Eric Shelton, a former smokejumper and member of the National Smokejumper Association, presents a bouquet of flowers to the family of William J. Hellman during a pair of graveside memorial tributes for Hellman and Henry J. Thol Jr. at C.E. Conrad Memorial Cemetery in Kalispell on Thursday, Aug. 8. Thol and Hellman were two of thirteen firefighters who perished in the 1949 Mann Gulch Fire. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Casey Kreider
August 8, 2024
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Memorial held for victims in Mann Gulch fire at Conrad Cemetery
A memorial was held Thursday for two Kalispell natives who died in the 1949 Mann Gulch fire as part of commemorations surrounding the 75-year anniversary of the tragic blaze.