Obituaries
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Death notices for Oct. 16, 2024
Darin Wayne Harp died Oct. 3, 2024 in Kalispell. Services will be held privately at the convenience of the family. To send online condolences, please visit col…
George Edwin Tourtelott
George Edwin Tourtelotte died Sept. 26, 2024 in Kalispell. A graveside service was held Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024, at Woodlawn Cemetery in Columbia Falls. Columbi…
Kenneth C Prichard
Kenneth C Prichard was born Sept. 10, 1929 in Fairview, the oldest of eight children born to Nellie and Dale Prichard. When he was a young man, he and a coupl…
Margaret “Peg” Wagner
Margaret “Peg” Wagner, age 67 of Hungry Horse, passed away Sept. 29th, 2024, with her family by her side. She was born Nov. 29th, 1956 in Ronan to Harold and P…
Death Notices for September 24, 2024
Karen Lynn Standley died Sept. 17, 2024 in Kalispell. No services will be held. Family plans are being made at this time. Darlington Cremation and Burial Ser…
William Opalka
Bill Opalka, 90, passed away in Davis, California on June 17, 2024.
Shane “Ricky” Richard Decker, 53
It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Shane Richard “Ricky” Decker, a beloved father, son, brother, and friend, who left us on Sept. 3, 2…
Gary Steffen, 77
All the world was Margaritaville on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. On that warm, summer’s day, Gary L. Steffen, The Man, The Myth, The Legend, met up with the gamble…
Death notices for Sept. 18, 2024
Michael Wayne Craner died Sept. 7, 2024 in Columbia Falls. To send online condolences, please visit columbiamortuary.com.
Carolyn Jane Cheek, 87
Carolyn Jane Wingfield was born in 1950 in Arkadelphia, Arkansas to Merdis And Sam Wingfield. Her early years were spent alongside two older brothers Sam and J…
Dean Hagen, 91
At age 91, Dean Leroy Hagen of Columbia Falls, passed peacefully into the arms of the Lord on Aug. 30, 2024. He was born on June 29, 1933 to Carl J. Hagen and …
Death notices for Sept. 4, 2024
James “Jim” William Burg died Aug. 21, 2024 in Kalispell. Services will be held privately at the convenience of the family. To send online condolences, please …
Christian ‘Chris’ Hanson, 60
Christian J. Hanson left us to be with the Lord on Aug. 15, 2024.
Fredrick Raymond Miller, 81
Fredrick Raymond Miller, 81, a long-time resident of Columbia Falls and Fairview, Montana, passed away peacefully at the home of his son in West Haven, Utah, o…
Death notices for Aug. 21, 2024
Stacey Lynn Gilliam died May 19, 2024 in Kalispell. A celebration of life will be scheduled at a later date. To send online condolences, please visit columbiam…