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Barbara K. Burch, age 64, passed away very unexpectedly on the evening of March 29th from a pulmonary embolism. Barbara Lynn Kaiser was born in Dubuque, Iowa to Sally and William Kaiser on January 12th, 1956. As the daughter of a Navy Chaplain, Barb and her family moved to Japan and various states in the USA before finally settling in St. Paul, Minnesota where she graduated from high school in 1974. She went on to receive her Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing from Montana State University. ...

James A. Daley passed away March 20, 2020, after a brief stay at Kalispell Regional Medical Center. He was born on the family homestead near Simms, Montana, on Feb. 10, 1918, the second son of Carl Alfred Daley and Benora Vigen Daley. His dad gave up his homestead and moved the family to Whitefish when Jim was in the second grade. He attended various schools in the Flathead Valley, graduating from Flathead High School in 1936. After graduation he worked in the woods near Half Moon and stayed...

Charles (Chuck) Goodwin Carda, 81 peacefully slipped away from this earthly world on March 20, 2020 at the Kalispell Regional Medical Center, surrounded by family, due to complications from pneumonia. Chuck was born on August 21, 1938 in Sidney, MT to George and Fancheon (Goodwin) Carda. He lived on the family farm near Richey, MT until graduating from high school. Upon graduation in 1958, the family sold the farm in Richey and moved to the Flathead Valley, settling on a farm in the West...

On March 17, 2020, after a fearless battle with cancer, William P. Slavish, 65, peacefully departed the place he called “the closest thing to heaven”…Montana, for heaven itself.    Born December 29, 1954 in Lewistown, PA, Bill grew up in Wilmington, DE. He joined the Navy fresh out of high school and was stationed on the USS Kitty Hawk. After his service, he moved to Kalispell and in 1979, married Joanna Griffin and opened in his own barber shop, Father and Sons. Much...

For every good story, there are usually a few different versions. In the story of Eugene Houser's life, he was born in the Highland Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, to Willard and Anna Mae Houser. He met Janet Davis at Azusa Pacific University, and they were married in 1970. In their 40 years of living in Modesto CA, they raised three sons and were very involved in the Free Methodist Church, where they made many lifelong friends. Although he had a degree in biology and experience as a...

Carter Worden Hardy, born December 16, 1935 in Kalispell, MT left this earthly life on March 17, 2020, at home in Kalispell, at the age of 84. Worden grew up on a ranch in Lost Prairie, MT. He attended the old Elrod school, Lost Prairie School and graduated from Flathead High School in 1954. Worden worked on the family ranch from 5 years old until 1988 when he relocated his family to town (Kalispell). He loved to travel, a road trip to New York City, NY in his younger years and in 1971,...

Tim McCracken, 59, joined his Savior Jesus Christ peacefully in the early hours of Saturday March 14th while surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Whitefish March 2, 1961 and resided in Columbia Falls for all of his life. Tim was a devoted husband, father, and the best grandpa a kid could ask for. He has set the bar high for all of us on how to be an active and loving husband, dad, and grandpa. He is survived by his faithful and loving wife Sandy, and children, Heather (Dan)...

Gerald Costanzo, 85, of Lakeside, passed away in his home on March 12, 2020. Gerald was born in Chicago on June 22,1934. He was married to Mary Costanzo for 61 years, retired and moved to Montana in 1997. He is survived by his loving wife, Mary; his daughters Marie Costanzo and Linda Glenn; and son-in-law Mike Glenn.

A. Richard "Dick" Forsythe, 91, of Lakeside died March 5, 2020. Dick is survived by his daughter Jill Weigand and his son Rick Forsythe. No services are being held at this time. Johnson-Gloschat Funeral Home and Crematory is caring for the family.