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Adam Smart of the Kalispell Fire Department and others cry as the final alarm bell is rung in honor of Whitefish Firefighter Ben Parsons at his funeral on Thursday, January 12, at the Northwest Montana Fairgrounds. Smart said Parsons’ death was like “losing a brother.” Parsons was killed in an avalanche while descending Stanton Mountain on January 5. (Brenda Ahearn/Daily Inter Lake)

Adam Smart of the Kalispell Fire Department and others cry as the final alarm bell is rung in honor of Whitefish Firefighter Ben Parsons at his funeral on Thursday, January 12, at the Northwest Montana Fairgrounds. Smart said Parsons’ death was like “losing a brother.” Parsons was killed in an avalanche while descending Stanton Mountain on January 5. (Brenda Ahearn/Daily Inter Lake)

January 13, 2017

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Hundreds honor firefighter Ben Parsons at funeral
January 13, 2017 2:46 p.m.

Hundreds honor firefighter Ben Parsons at funeral

Family, friends, and fellow first responders were openly weeping as the members of the Montana State Firemen’s Association Honor Guard began to ring the bell signaling the end of watch for Whitefish firefighter Ben Parsons at his funeral on Thursday, Jan. 12, at the Flathead County fairgrounds in Kalispell.