Obituaries
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R. Keith Granrud
R. Keith Granrud, 73, died at his home in Ryegate, Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010.
Patricia Ann Gardner
Patricia “Pat” Ann Gardner passed away Nov. 26, 2010, at her home in Columbia Falls, after a long battle with cancer.
John (Jesus John) Cochran
John (Jesus John) Cochran, 51, passed away peacefully Saturday, Nov. 6, 2010 at his Coram residence.
Robert (Bob) E. Burns
Robert (Bob) E. Burns passed away Nov. 8, 2010. He was a resident of the Montana Veterans Home in Columbia Falls.
Marcella 'Toni' Wells
Marcella “Toni” Wells, 88, died peacefully in her sleep at home with her daughter by her side, on Nov. 12, 2010.
Arthur Vincent Dresen
Arthur “Art” Vincent Dresen, 77 passed away Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010 at home in the arms of his wife of 53 years, after battling several long illnesses.
Cindy Lee Shields-Koponen
Cindy Lee Shields-Koponen, 46, went to be with the Lord on Nov. 13, 2010 at Kalispell Regional Medical Center.
Margaret Marge Ryan Bennett
Marge (Ryan) Bennett passed away on Oct. 6, 2010 at St. John’s Hospital in Springfield, Mo. She was born on Sept. 5, 1939 in Columbia Falls to Anne and James R…
Lloyd W. Wilson
Lloyd W. Wilson, 85, husband, father, grandfather and retired Flathead High School teacher, died Oct. 14, 2010, at his home in Yuma, Ariz.
Fred Mumbower
Fred Mumbower passed away in the early morning of Oct. 26 2010, at his home in Columbia Falls.
Violet Arneson
Violet Arneson, 96, died of natural causes on Sept. 19, at the Aphrodite Assisted Living Home where she received six years of excellent and loving care.
Michael William Sloan
Michael William Sloan of Hungry Horse passed away Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010, doing what he loved, fishing Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park.
Johnna Kathryn Pimentel, 49, of Ashburn, Va., died July 20, 2010 in Leesburg, Va. after courageously battling an aggressive case of cancer that began as melanoma.
Johnna was born to Sharon and (George) Roger Wilson Feb. 20, 1961 in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. In 1970 her family moved to Columbia Falls, just outside of Glacier …
Dick TrinastichThe cutthroat trout of the Hungry Horse reservoir can rest a little easier now that Dick Trinastich has passed away.
Richard "Dick" Trinastich was born July 10, 1931 to Pete and Florence Trinastich in Great Falls. He graduated from Great Falls High School, where he was a stan…
Inga Julia OlsonInga Julia Olson passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 8, at the Immanuel Lutheran Home. She was 92.
Inga was born in Malta on Feb. 28, 1918, to Alfred and Marie Higdem. She grew up on the family homestead, where she went to country school in the Bennett Lake …