Kathleen Donovan

Kathleen Gloraine Donovan, 69, a longtime Whitefish resident, passed of natural causes away Sept. 13, 2006, at Kalispell Regional Medical Center.

She was born March 28, 1937, in Kalispell, the daughter of Allan and Helen Phillips. Kathleen attended schools in Whitefish and graduated from Whitefish High School in 1955.

She was a loan processor at the Whitefish Credit Union for more than 30 years. She was a member of the Women of the Moose, the Mountain View Rebekah Lodge and Whitefish Order of the Rainbow Lodge of Eastern Star.

She was preceded in death by her husband John Thomas Donovan and by her parents.

She is survived by her daughter Karen Deardurff and husband Mike; son, Steve Tanska and wife Cyndi; daughter Tammy Anderson and husband Dean; daughter Jacque Lund and husband Bob; son Justin Donovan and wife Missy; son Kevin Donovan; 15 grandchildren; five great grandchildren; brother John Phillips; and by several nieces and nephews.

Memorial services will be held 11 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 22, 2006, at Austin Funeral Home in Whitefish, with Rev. Steve Tanska officiating. Women of the Moose rites will be cited at the funeral home. Inurnment will follow at the Woodlawn Cemetery in Columbia Falls with Rev. David V. Kauffman in charge of committal services.

The family has suggested that in lieu of flowers donations be made to the American Cancer Society.