McKenzie Holm

McKenzie “Mac” Cecil Holm, 49, of Columbia Falls died Dec. 7, 2013.

Mac was born in Whitefish on Sept. 12, 1964, and lived in Columbia Falls his entire life, the youngest of four children born to Faye and Carl Holm.

He married Denise Ann Berta on Sept. 26, 1992. They have three children, KC, 17, Montana, 15, and Hailie, 10.

After graduating from high school, he went to work at Plum Creek. Mac later bought a semi-truck and ran his own business. After his second kidney transplant, Mac worked a year at the Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. plant and then returned to work at the Plum Creek plywood plant.

Throughout his life, Mac cut numerous loads of firewood, plowed snow and recycled scrap metal for extra money. He was an avid Columbia Falls Wildcat fan and attended many local sporting events. He was a member of the Fellowship Alliance Church, a former member of the Stingray Bike Club and the swim team.

Mac is survived by his wife Denise, son KC and daughters Montana and Hailie, all of Columbia Falls; mother Faye Holm; sisters Laura Prichard and husband Scott and Carla Holm; brother Gene Holm and wife Cheri; father- and mother-in-law, James and Marie Berta, of Columbia Falls; sister and brother-in-law Elizabeth and Greg Mutzenberger, of Missoula; brother-in-law Bob Berta, of Columbia Falls; many nieces and nephews; and special friends, including Sarah and Gary Pemble, Scott and Jennelle Cassidy, Rich and Helen Samples, Sean and Kim White, Ed and Nichole Bechtel, Dev and Bonnie Stutsman, and Steve and Merla Barta.

A viewing will take place at Columbia Mortuary in Columbia Falls on Thursday, Dec. 12, from 5 to 7 p.m.

Funeral services will take place at St. Richard’s Catholic Church on Friday, Dec. 13,  at 11 a.m. Interment will immediately follow at Woodlawn Cemetery in Columbia Falls. A celebration of life at Fellowship Alliance Church in Columbia Falls will follow the burial.

In lieu of flowers, donation may be made to the Holm family to help with expenses at any Park Side Federal Credit Union branch in the name of Denise or Mac Holm.