Obituaries
Laura Marie Raisl
Jul 19, 2010
Obituary for Laura Marie Raisl Laura Marie Raisl, 91, of Polson, MT, passed away on Monday, July 19, 2010 at St. Joseph Medical Center in Polson. Laura was born on March 17, 1919 in Wilbaux, MT, the daughter of Joe and Betty Novak. As she was growing up, Laura attended schools in the Bloomfield and Polson areas. She graduated from...
Erma Ruth Dickson
Jul 11, 2010
Obituary for Erma Ruth Dickson Erma Ruth Dickson, 88, of Shoreline, WA and formerly of Polson, MT, passed away on July 11, 2010. She was born in Grace, Idaho on April 3, 1922. She moved to Montana with her family in 1930 and resided in Valley View. She and Clair Dickson were married on November 20, 1938. They moved to...
Jack Byron Cochran
Jul 9, 2010
Obituary for Jack Byron Cochran Jack B. Cochran, 85, of Polson, MT died on July 9, 2010 at his home in Polson. He was born on July 2, 1925 at Salt Creek, Wyoming to Alex & Carrie (Nelson) Cochran. He attended schools in Cut Bank, MT and graduated from high school in Cut Bank. He married Geraldine Dahl in 1947...
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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...



