Obituaries

Ann C. Dobrenz

Ann C. Dobrenz

Jun 26, 2010

Obituary for Ann C. Dobrenz Ann C. Dobrenz, 70, of Ronan, MT, passed away on Saturday, June 26, 2010 at her home. Born on October 10, 1939 at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC, she was the daughter of the late Carl and Lillian Daley Metcalf. Ann graduated from high school in 1958 in Medical Lake, WA...

L. Fern Merritt

L. Fern Merritt

Jun 26, 2010

Obituary for L. Fern Merritt L. Fern (Swope) Merritt, 72, of Polson, MT, peacefully went home to be with our Lord on Friday, June 25, 2010. Born on July 20, 1937 in Miles City, MT, Fern was the third of nine children to Fredric and Ellen Green Swope. In 1952, the family moved to Lonepine, MT where they continued ranching...

Viola Emily Burton

Viola Emily Burton

Jun 24, 2010

Obituary for Viola Emily Burton Viola Emily (Moss) Burton, age 95, a resident of St. Luke's extended living in Ronan for several years, has gone to rest under the shadow of her Mission Mountains she loved so well. Born in Everett, Washington in 1915, she came as an infant to her Polson home at Fulkerson Corner. She went to school...

Walter Lyle Jones

Walter Lyle Jones

Jun 23, 2010

Obituary for Walter Lyle Jones Walter Lyle Jones, 84, of Polson, MT, passed away on Wednesday, June 23, 2010 at his home. He was born September 30, 1925 in LaPorte, Indiana, a son of Harry and Jeanette Mills Jones. He attended and graduated from Kalispell High School and served in the Army with a Field Artillery Battalion from January 3,...

Della Haider (Spence)

Della Haider (Spence)

Jun 21, 2010

Obituary for Della Haider (Spence) Della (Spence) Haider, 76, Belfield, N. Dakota, died Monday, June 21, 2010 at her home. Della's funeral service will be at 2 p.m., Thursday, June 24, 2010, at Ladbury Funeral Service, Dickinson with Chaplain Harold Sundgren officiating. Visitation will be on Wednesday from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m., with the family present to greet and...

Lillian Grant

Lillian Grant

Jun 20, 2010

Obituary for Lillian Grant Lillian Mildred Grant, 95, of Polson, MT, passed away on June 20, 2010 at St. Joseph Medical Center, Polson. Lillian was born on April 3, 1915 in Klein, MT, a daughter of Charles and Mary Metully Rinehart. Born a coalminers daughter she was the oldest of seven children. Lillian met her husband Russell Grant while they...

Gary Lynn Purser

Gary Lynn Purser

Jun 13, 2010

Obituary for Gary Lynn Purser Gary Lynn Purser, 78, of Polson, MT passed away on Sunday, June 13, 2010 at his home. Gary was born on February 19, 1932 in Rigby, ID, son of the late Clifford and Bernice Robbins Purser He joined the US Air Force in 1948 and was honorably discharged in 1952. He married Karen Bergmann in...

Frances E. Hansen

Frances E. Hansen

Jun 13, 2010

Obituary for Frances E. Hansen Frances E. Hansen, 96, of Polson, MT, passed away on Sunday, June 13, 2010 at St. Joseph Medical Center in Polson. Frances was born on July 29, 1913 in Eagle Rock, California. She married John F. Hansen in 1936 and together ran a home flooring business. John passed away in 1968. Frances was also an...

Carole Jean Dreibelbis

Carole Jean Dreibelbis

Jun 7, 2010

Obituary for Carole Jean Dreibelbis Carole Jean Dreibelbis, 63, of Polson, Montana, passed away in the early morning hours of Monday, June 7, 2010 at St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula, Montana after a brief battle with cancer. Born on January 13, 1947 in Oak Creek, Colorado, Carole was a daughter of Leo and Bea Martinez. Carole married James Dreibelbis in...

Bernice Kujala

Bernice Kujala

Jun 5, 2010

Obituary for Bernice Kujala Bernice Kujala, 92, of Polson, MT, passed away on Saturday, June 5, 2010 at St. Josepg Medical Center in Polson. Cremation has taken place and no services are planned at this time. Grogan Funeral Home and Crematory, Polson, is assisting Bernice\'s family. Read Bernice Kujala's Obituary and Guestbook.

Lloyd W. Hankel

Lloyd W. Hankel

Jun 1, 2010

Obituary for Lloyd W. Hankel Lloyd Hankel, 92, of Polson, MT, passed away on Tuesday, June 1, 2010 at St. Luke's Extended Care Facility in Ronan, MT where he had briefly been a resident. Lloyd was born on June 7, 1917 on a rural farm five miles south of Voltaire, ND and was one of 13 children of Louis and...

Burnette Guthrie

Burnette Guthrie

May 29, 2010

Burnette Guthrie, 92, of Polson, MT died on Saturday, May 29, 2010 in her apartment overlooking Flathead Lake. She was born May 28, 1918 on the family farmstead outside Minot, North Dakota, the first child of Esther (Rustad) and Bennie Olson. She graduated from Minot High School and attended Minot State College. Burnette met James R. Guthrie at her first...

Grant Wayne Bleazard (Red)

Grant Wayne Bleazard (Red)

May 28, 2010

Obituary for Grant Wayne Bleazard (Red) Grant Wayne (Red) Bleazard, 81, of Pleasant Grove, UT and formerly of Polson, MT, passed away on Friday, May 28, 2010 with his children at his side he passed to the other side. While we will miss him, we know that he is happy with Donna at his side and a fishing pole in...

Edna Wheeler

Edna Wheeler

May 24, 2010

Obituary for Edna Wheeler Edna Marie Cote Wheeler, 99, of St. Ignatius, MT passed away at her home in St. Ignatius on Monday, May 24, 2010 surrounded by her loving family. Edna was born on October 15, 1910 in Pincher Creek, Alberta, Canada a daughter of Anna Marie and Jean Baptiste Cote. The Cote family moved from Canada on January...

Mary Elizabeth Zimmer

Mary Elizabeth Zimmer

May 17, 2010

Obituary for Mary Elizabeth Zimmer Mary Elizabeth 'Betty' Zimmer, 91, of Ronan, MT passed away on Monday, May 17, 2010 at the St. Luke Extended Care Center where she had been a resident. Betty was born on February 17, 1919 in Florence, CO, a daughter of Joseph and Mary Hahn. She received her education in Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico....

John M. Heinrich

John M. Heinrich

May 16, 2010

Obituary for John M. Heinrich John M. Heinrich, 82, of Helena, MT passed away on May 16, 2010, at home, surrounded by his family. He was born Sept. 10, 1927 in Glendive, MT, the son of late John C. and Mary Della Heinrich. He was the 7th of 9 children. He graduated for Dawson County High School. He served in...

Stella Pearl Jamison

Stella Pearl Jamison

May 16, 2010

Obituary for Stella Pearl Jamison Stella Pearl Jamison, 93, of Polson, MT passed away on May 16, 2010 at St. Luke Nursing Home in Ronan. She was born on May 3, 1917, at Valley Creek, Montana to Eli and Nancy Morigeau. She attened schools in Arlee, Montana, Chemawa, Oregon, South Dakota and Lawrence Kansas. Stella was a proud member of...

Robert Andrew Nice

Robert Andrew Nice

May 10, 2010

Obituary for Robert Andrew Nice Robert Andrew Nice, 90, of Polson, died on Monday, May 10, 2010 at the St. Joseph Assisted Living Community of Polson with his son, Robert F., by his side. Born on April 13, 1920 at the family home in New York City, Robert was the first and only child to Frank and (Irena) Mae (Barney)....

Julia Elva Horstman

Julia Elva Horstman

May 6, 2010

Obituary for Julia Elva Horstman Julia Elva Horstman, 95, long time resident of Polson, MT passed away peacefully May 6, 2010 at Royal Park Care Center in Spokane. She was born October 24, 1914 in Sabetha, Kansas to Theodore F. and Evalyn C. (Carre) Ziegler. She attended elementary and high school in Hamlin, Kansas. Moving to Bonner MT in 1935,...

Anna Mae Storm-Harris Sullivan

Anna Mae Storm-Harris Sullivan

May 5, 2010

Obituary for Anna Mae Storm-Harris Sullivan Anna Mae Storm ' Harris Sullivan, 83, of Pablo, MT passed away on Wednesday, May 5, 2010 at home surrounded by her family. Anna was the eldest of five children and was born in eastern Montana on December 23, 1927. She married Theodore Ambross and they ranched and farmed in the eastern part of...