Obituaries
Lollie Sue Boushie, 55
Lollie Sue Boushie, age 55, died Jan. 14, 2009 at Kalispell Regional Medical Center in Kalispell, Montana. She was born April 10, 1953 in Browning, Montana to Frank and Mary Jane (Crosswhite) Boushie.
Lollie was raised and lived in the Martin City area most of her life. She went to California for a few years and while there worked as a Supervisor for an Electronic Plant. She also worked for Plessee Micro Science. When she moved back to the Flathead Valley she worked as a cook and bartender in several different places. In 1982, Lollie won the Bartending Award taking first place while she was working at the Log Cabin Bar.
She is preceded in death by her parents and her first husband Rick Stratton. She is now survived by one brother, Frank Boushie of Nordland, WA; three sisters, Chick Boushie of Portland, OR, Mona Gulbranson of Martin City, MT and Gigi Tallent of Kalispell, MT; also a son, Robert LaRocque of Wadena, MN with many cousins, nieces and nephews.
A Rosary was held Friday Jan. 16, 2009 at 3 p.m. at Johnson-Gloschat Funeral Home followed with a Celebration of life and Pot Luck at the Dam Town Tavern in Hungry Horse, Montana at 6 p.m.
Johnson-Gloschat Funeral Home is caring for Lollie’s family. You are invited to go to www.jgfuneralhome.com to offer condolences and sign Lollie’s guest book.
William Salisbury Bissell, 82
William Salisbury Bissell, 82, formally of Griffin, danced into the arms of Jesus at 11 minutes to 11 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2009 at the Edgewood Vista Senior Living in Kalispell, Montana. He was born on April 8, 1926 in Thomasville, Georgia to Theodore and Isabel (Veitch) Bissell.
Bill grew up in Griffin, Georgia with his brother, Bob and sister, Sally. He joined the Army Air Corps in 1944, being honorably discharged in 1946. He then attended the University of Maryland and graduated with a degree in Aeronautical Engineering in 1952.
Bill married his college sweetheart, Mary, on August 25, 1951 in Hyattsville, Maryland. Bill turned his love of building model airplanes into a career when he joined Lockheed Aircraft Company in Burbank, California, working in the Advanced Development Project (“Skunkworks”) section. He helped design the U2, SR71 and the F-117A among several others. Bill retired after 40 FUN-TASTIC years!
Bill loved Jesus very much. He sang in church choirs, taught Bible classes, and was a leading Elder. He was a scoutmaster in the Boy Scouts program for 20 years. He loved traveling, the outdoors, and played chess by mail for 40 years.
Bill and Mary moved to Bigfork, Montana in 1991 to be closer to their family and good friends, Marv and Pat Bennett, where he enjoyed gardening, playing pool with friends and many church activities.
Bill is survived by his wife of 57 years, Mary Bissell of Bigfork; three sons: Steve and wife Bonny of Oregon, Eric and wife Karen of Oregon; and Don and wife Cindy of Bigfork; and a daughter: Debbie Fulford and husband Kirk of Bigfork; a brother: Bob; one sister: Sally; seven grandchildren: Michael, Daniel, Sheila, Ben, Israel, Shaunna and Hannah; three great grandchildren: Alena, Kylie and Elliot as well as many other relatives and friends.
“The wing designer has been given his own wings!”
Memorial services for Bill were be held at noon on Friday, Jan. 16, 2009 in the Bigfork Chapel with Pastor Richard Stewart officiating. The family suggests memorial gifts be given to the Edgewood Vista Senior Living, C/O Bill Bissell Memorial Bus Fund: 141 Interstate Lane, Kalispell, Montana 59901. These funds will be used for much needed transportation to enrich the lives of Bill’s fellow residents.
Johnson-Gloschat Funeral Home is caring for Bill’s family. You are invited to go to www.jgfuneralhome.com to offer condolences and sign Bill’s guest book.
Donald James Baughman, 52
Donald James Baughman of Somers, Montana, died at home of natural causes, on Dec. 23, 2008.
Don was born on September 13th, 1956, in Houghton, Michigan, and was raised in Missoula, Montana. From a very early age he pursued what would become a lifelong passion for Native American history, books, art and antiques.
Don was also an avid outdoorsman. Through his late teens and twenty's he roamed the northwest working in the timber industry and other odd jobs. After a summer of working the pea canneries in Redlodge, MT, he was simply known to many of us, as Redlodge. Don always took the road less traveled; meandering along back roads, frequenting every book shop, auction house and antique store that crossed his path. He will be greatly missed by the many unique and colorful people met on those back roads.
In his early thirties Don hung up his cork boots to seriously pursue a career buying, selling and appraising fine art and antiques. During the late 1980's he owned and operated, Legend and Lore Books and Antiques, in Alberton, Montana. In the 1990's he worked in Santa Fe, New Mexico art galleries and participated in major tribal art shows on both the east and west coasts. In 1999 he settled along the shores of Flathead Lake in Montana to write a weekly column for Discovery.com called, The Appraiser's Corner. A few years later he opened, The Flathead Gallery, in Somers, Montana.
Don was a full member of the Antique Tribal Art Dealer Association, a Member of Technical Advisory Service Association, a Candidate Member of the American Society of Appraisers, and an associate board member of the Hockaday Art Museum. For eighteen years he operated Donald James Baughman Antiques, Arts and Appraisals, diligently working with museums, estates and private collectors. Don dedicated his life to his work; but his two sons were his greatest source of pride and joy.
Don is survived by his sons, Trask Adams Baughman and Jesse Robert Baughman both of Missoula, Montana; his father, Robert Baughman of Portland, Oregon; and his brother, Dave Baughman of Atlanta, Georgia. He is preceded in death by his mother, Marylou Baughman of Fox Island, Washington.
The Baughman family asks gifts in Don’s memory be made to the Hockaday Museum of Art - Attention: Donald Baughman Memorial Fund. All donations to this fund will be spent for the further development and enhancement of the Hockaday Museum's Native American Perspectives Exhibition Program, which Donald strongly advocated, supported and advised during his lifetime. A memorial gathering to honor Donald Baughman and celebrate his life will be held at the Hockaday Museum of Art on Saturday, Jan. 24 from 5 - 7p.m.
Hockaday Museum of Art 302 Second Ave East, Kalispell, MT 59901.