Eric Shelton, a former smokejumper and member of the National Smokejumper Association, presents a bouquet of flowers to John Thol, brother of smokejumper Henry J. Thol Jr., and family members during a pair of graveside memorial tributes for Henry J. Thol Jr. and William J. Hellman 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