Raella Kelley was a Kalispell native who was raised in Butte. Seen here in a formal pose from the 1950s, Raella caught the eye of Rudolph “Zip” Rhoades when he was staying at the home of her grandparents in Kalispell, and later was married to him for 56 years.
March 5, 2017
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March 5, 2017 4 a.m.
Raella Rhoades met the love of her life in Kalispell
Raella Rhoades has a remarkable story of her own, and although she never achieved the prominence of her husband Rudolph “Zip” Rhoades in local lore, she helps to fill in valuable chunks of the black history of Montana.