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Stanley Virgil Webber, 71, passed away Monday September 14th, 2020 from kidney failure and pneumonia. He was COVID negative. Stan was born December 3rd, 1948 to George C. and Florence E. Webber in Whitefish, Montana. He was the younger brother to sister Mary and older brother to sisters Shirley and Linda. Stan attended grade school and secondary school in Whitefish, graduating from Whitefish High School in 1968. On June 23rd, 1969 Stan married Charlene Reich of Whitefish. After they were...

Marilyn Gay Holzwarth, 83 of Kila died September 4, 2020 in Kalispell. Marilyn is survived by her husband Robert. No services are being held at this time. Johnson-Gloschat Funeral Home and Crematory is caring for the family.

Edward John Puckett, 84, a loving, lifelong Montanan, died at his home in Kalispell, Montana, Sept. 4, 2020. Ed was a quiet, generous, and fiercely patriotic man who dearly loved his family, his country, and the Green Bay Packers. He died as he lived, working hard to the end with a wrench in his hand. He was born and raised in Wolf Point, Montana to Andy and Blanche Puckett. He had three siblings, Pearl Jensen, Rebecca Anderson, and Henry. Ed proudly graduated from Wolf Point High School. He...

Dian M. Haines Obituary Dian M. Haines Birth: March 23, 1947 Death: September 3, 2020 Dian Haines died peacefully with two of her children by her side on September 3, 2020 at Kalispell Regional Hospital, Montana. She lost a decade long battle with leukemia and respiratory illness. Dian was born in Los Angles, California to Clifford and Jane (Sloan) Bolles. She attended Catholic grade school and high school in Glendora CA. Dian finished her college in Missoula Montana as an LPN. She...

Linnea Ghilardi, January 30, 1945 – August 27, 2020 Linnea was born on January 30, 1945, in Chicago to William Phillip and Doris Bartelt Phillip. She was raised in the near west village of Riverside, designed by the landscape architect Fredrick Law Olmstad. Linnea passed away on Thursday morning, 1:30 a.m., August 27, 2020, with her husband of nearly forty years holding her hand and watching her take her last peaceful breaths. Linnea had an idyllic childhood attending schools in...

Marion O’Connell, 79 years young, passed away suddenly at home on August 26, 2020. She was born September 5, 1940 to Glenn and Dorothy Manning in Kalispell, MT. She was a daughter, a sister, a wife, a mother, a grandmother, a great grandmother and one hell of a friend. She left a legacy of the heart and soul of a family. She is survived by her husband Dennis, her sister Jo Ann Olliphant, sister-in-law Candy Richter and her children Randy (Sandy), Debi Davis (Marvin) and Shawn (Shelley),...

Karen J. McGihon, 73, peacefully passed away at Clark Fork Valley Hospital in Plains, MT surrounded by the staff from the Little Bitterroot Services, Inc (LBSI) Group Home where Karen has lived for 17 years. Karen was born on September 18, 1946 in Kalispell to Marjorie and Charles McGihon. She attended Flathead High School until emerging disabilities in 1963 resulted in Karen being placed in Residential Care settings until her final placement at LBSI in 2003. It is worth noting that the...

LaNeta “Neta” Stuart was born on July 8 to Clay and Freda Stuart. Her father was in England flying on a B-17 as a ball turret gunner at the time of her birth. When World War II was over and he was discharged, the family moved to the Wenatchee/Okanagan area of Washington to grow apples. In 1948 her brother Pete completed the family. In the spring of 1959 Clay went to Fairbanks, Alaska, to more easily support his family. When school was out, Freda sold the orchard, house, and most of their...

Jennifer Lee Waite passed away August 24 at the Kalispell Regional Medical Center. Jennifer was born on April 27, 1973. Shortly thereafter her family moved to various locations in Wyoming as Jennifer’s father climbed the UPS corporate ladder. Ultimately the family landed in Casper, Wyoming where Jennifer graduated from high school with honorable distinction. Jennifer received several scholarship offers and ultimately settled on Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado. It...

Glenn Eugene Wills walked the road to heaven in his cowboy boots on August 24, 2020. He was born on March 25, 1932, to John and Cecil Wills. He grew up in Power, Montana, and in June 1952 married Roberta Munroe of Dutton. They had been married almost 62 years when Roberta made her own journey to heaven in 2014. Just weeks after his wedding, Glenn left for basic training. He served as a medic in the U.S. Army in Korea from 1952 to 1954. He was very proud of the Korean War Service Medal...