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Donald Barry Blair was called home on Wednesday, October 3, 2018, in Thompson Falls, Montana. He was 79. Donald was born in Hamilton, Montana, on December 23, 1938, to Lee and Edith (Tabor) Blair. He attended schools in Kalispell, graduating from Flathead County High School. Donald had been married to Rene Sansom-Blair for 30 years, Alida Wright for 15 years, and the mother of his children, Caroline (Curry) Blair, for 15 years. Donald worked for Glacier National Park for 10 years, and then went...
Andrew Marich passed away October 13, 2018 at Plains, Montana, surrounded by his loving family. Andy was born in Philipsburg, Montana, to John and Rose Marich during May of 1927. He was proud of his service in the army during World War II, serving in the Army in the United States and Japan. He married Letty in June of 1947. During their lifetime together Andy and Letty raised three children on their farm at Whitepine. He was a hard-working man with occupations including dairy, farming, sawmill...
Alice Helen Dettwiler, 91, went home to be with the Lord, passing peacefully on Oct. 6, 2018 at Luther Park in Sandpoint, Idaho. A full obituary will be published at a later time for Alice, a longtime resident and active member of the Heron, Montana, community. Family and friends are invited to sign Alice’s online guestbook at www.coffeltfuneral.com. Arrangements have been placed in the care of Coffelt Funeral Services....
Phyllis June Bernhardt-Hilts passed away at Providence Hospital, in Everett, Washington, on September 9, 2018 at the age of 102 years old. Phyllis was born in Warner, Alberta on June 30, 1916 to Effie and Charlie Sheets of Audubon, Iowa. Phyllis was raised in Great Falls, Montana, where she was a graduate of Great Falls High School. Phyllis Hagen excelled as a senior leader in the Girl Scouts of America and the Rainbow order. Phyllis enjoyed spending many hours working for her step father, Carl...
On September 7, 2018, Lawrence F. "Larry" ONeil, loving husband and friend, father, stepfather, brother, soldier and all-around nice guy, finished his final tour of duty here on this earth. After over six years of a slow decline in health, he closed his eyes for the last time. A funeral mass, followed by a luncheon, will be held at Saint William's Church in Thompson Falls at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018. If you wish to make a charitable donation in Larry's name, he would want the donation...
Sergeant First Class Kelly James Scott Brigham of Delta FSC, 6th Squadron, 1st US Cavalry, 1st SBCT, 1AD of Fort Bliss, Texas was a leader to many, and a mentor to more. He has left behind wonderful memories of being a loving husband, father, son, grandson, and friend. Kelly was born on July 2, 1983 to Debra Brigham and Gregory Sharp. Upon completing high school he joined the army where he served faithfully for 14 1/2 long years. He was born to lead and excelled in career. On January 8, 2009...
DeLyle L. Larson was born in Sioux Falls, S.D., on September 23, 1943 and slipped away suddenly but peacefully from this life to the next on August 30, 2018, at his home in Thompson Falls. He was raised on a cattle ranch in Clear Lake, S.D., where he graduated high school. He was an Army veteran, serving in Germany, where he was discharged in 1967. He excelled at the Detroit Lakes, Minn., Vocational Sign Painting program. He married Cathy Wolverton on June 25, 1982, and they welcomed their...
After a protracted battle with cancer, Sheldon Scott McArthur passed away peacefully on August 1, 2018 in Henderson, Nev. at the age of 53. He is now with the Lord. He leaves behind two daughters, Jadyn and Madisyn McArthur and one son, Zacary McArthur; his parents Bill and Peggy McArthur; two sisters, Candy (Les) Clay and Rebecca (Howard) Bradley; two brothers, Travis and James (Ty) McArthur. He is also survived by his 100-year old grandmother Carol Wise as well as three nephews and one niece and a great many cousins, great nieces and nephews...
Kelly James Brigham, 35 of Thompson Falls, passed away September 7, 2018 in Kalispell. Kelly is survived by his wife Cassandra and his children Chance and Jennabelle. There will be a graveside service for Kelly at the Thompson Falls City Cemetery on Saturday, September 22, 2018 at 2 p.m. Johnson-Gloschat Funeral Home and Crematory is caring for the family....
Dianna Lynn Richardson, 61, of Thompson Falls died in her home of kidney failure Sat., August 25, 2018. She was born in Marion, Ohio on May 3, 1957 to Carol and Shirley Jackson. Her siblings were Carol, Rocky, Rita and Melody. Dianna earned her GED and attended an MTA school tractor trailer driver program. She also earned an associate of arts degree in criminal justice. Throughout her life, Dianna worked for the Lancaster Police Department, YMCA and Spring Creek. She was a volunteer for the VA and Thompson River Animal Care Shelter (TRACS)....
Brent Prophet, our beloved husband, father, brother, grandfather and great-grandfather met our heavenly father on August 23, 2018. He was born on January 29, 1936, in Sugar City, Idaho, to Harold "Shorty" Prophet and Alt M. Prophet, and later moved to Armstead, Montana, where he met his future wife Barbara Harwood. Brent served four years in the U.S. Navy assigned to the USS Cimarron and USS Mount Katmai. He had a stroke in 1959 and was paralyzed on the right side of his body. He didn't allow...
Margo Burnette, on August 10, 2018, at the age of 78, traveled into that gentle night. She leaves behind Jim, her husband of 55 years, a son, daughter and extended family. They miss her dearly. Her simple wish was for her family and friends to be happy, healthy and enjoy the Clark Fork. Graveside services were held Friday, August 17, 2018....
David E. Bunch, 100, died Thursday, August 9 at Clark Fork Valley Hospital in Plains. He was born September 3, 1917, at the family farm in Williamsburg, Kansas, the oldest of four children of Oscar and Frances (Shepheard) Bunch. He graduated from Williamsburg High School in 1935. During the dust bowl years of the 1930s, he did general farm work at home and for hire in Kansas and Oklahoma before joining the Civil Conservation Corps in Pueblo Colorado in 1937. He learned to operate a transit and to lay out terraces, ditches and dams and...
Lois Lee Derr Cuddy, 85, passed away on Thursday, July 26, 2018 in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, August 11, 2018 at the Clark Fork Cemetery with Pastor Scott Douglas officiating. Following the service there will be a celebration of her life at Sam Owen Campground under the pavilion. Lois was born on July 30, 1932 in Sandpoint, Idaho, to Ross and Doris Derr. She graduated from Clark Fork High School and attended Kinman Business College in Spokane....
Robert G. Lawrence, 73, passed away July 19, 2018. He is survived by his wife, Marilyn of Thompson Falls; his mother Betty Hernandez and sister Candy Lynch of Vancouver, Washington; and his brother, Donald Hernandez of Reno, Nevada. Bob and Marilyn moved to Thompson Falls in 1989 from Santa Cruz, California, and for 0 years owned and operated Bob's Auto Repair until he contracted COPD with emphysema and asthma. Bob was a vehicle repair mechanic his entire working life and was being driven by...
Thomas “Tom” Willard Ormsby, age 87, passed away on Sunday, July 8, 2018, at Hot Spring Health and Rehab Center in Hot Springs, Montana. Tom was born in Tracy, California, on January 24, 1931. Tom was a crop duster for 25 years and retired from the Air National Guard as a Master Sergeant. In 2000, Tom married Leslie Fike in Hot Springs. They have been together for 21 years. Tom was preceded in death by his parents. He is survived by his wife Leslie, son Mark Ormsby, grandson James Ormsby, brother John Ormsby and sisters Luella Sexsmith and Jea...
Cheryl Gene Conlin passed away at home where she was cared for by family and hospice. At 75 years young, Cheryl was born in Missoula and raised in Thompson Falls. She graduated from Thompson Falls High School and married Larry Conlin, a U.S. Airman. She had three children and traveled to many different places as all military families do. She received her teaching degree from Alaska University in Anchorage. Cheryl requested no service. She will be remembered for her love and compassion for animals, her cookie baking with the grandkids, the...
Shelley Lynne Sharp, 57, passed away at Kootenai Medical Center Monday, July 2, 2018 due to complications of hypertrophic cardiomyopthy, a genetic heart disorder, surrounded by her siblings. She spent her childhood in Heron attending schools both in Heron and Noxon. After high school she studied Graphic Art at NIC in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. She furthered her education at University of Montana Western in Dillon, graduating with a bachelors degree in elementary education. She started her teaching...
My Grandma, Evelyn Marie Brockman Damron, was born in a smoke-house in Adair County, Oklahoma in 1941 to Opal and James Brockman. Her faddy spent the depression years riding the rails and freight cars up and down the country as a migrant worker. Grandma immortalised some of his exploits in a poem entitled "Daddy was a Hobo." Towards the end of the great dust bowl Opal and Jim left the Ozark farm where Opal had grown up and headed out west to California with my Grandma and her siblings Kenneth,...
David Gary Sparks, born July 24, 1947, went home to his heavenly father and family on June 14, 2018, in Thompson Falls. Dave peacefully passed while at home, surrounded by the love of his wife and children. Dave was preceded in death by his parents Eleanor and Tyler, siblings William (a casualty of the Korean War), Jack, Roger, Beverly, Bobby, Joanne, his son, Tyler Lon, and granddaughter Jade Brooks-Sparks. Dave is survived by his wife Mary Kathleen, sister Darlene DeCulty, brother and...
Surrounded by her loving family, our sweet mother, Marion Louise Swanson, went home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Sunday, June 17. She was born the youngest of eight children to Ernest and Ella Scott on August 20, 1934 in Arkansas. She is preceded in death by her husband and best friend Donald D. Swanson. They spent nine happy retirement years together in Thompson Falls, Montana where they made many wonderful friends. She is survived by her three children Susan (Len) Bone,...
Bill M. Battles of Thompson Falls passed away June 14, 2018 of heart failure. He was born June 10, 1948 in Lakeview, Ore. Bill is survived by his wife, Suzanne; daughter, Maria Molzhon and husband Brian; their children, Keith and wife Stepheni, Chris, wife Andrea and their children, Henry, Garrette and Dean, Kyla Lyons, husband Richard and their daughter, Sauier, and Connor; son, Mike and wife Nykolee Battles and their sons, Ryan and Tyler; sisters Sandra and Vic Fox of Mololla, Ore., Judy Kuskie of Springfield, Ore., and Bonnie and Skip...
Patricia (Pat) Ann Puphal Sularz, age 81 of Gold Canyon, Ariz., passed away in Seattle, Wash., on April 26, 2018. She was born in Missoula, Mont., on July 16, 1936 to Irwin (Irv) and Winnifred (Winn) Puphal and eventually moved to Thompson Falls, Mont., where Pat graduated from Thompson Falls High School in 1954. Pat attended the University of Montana, majoring in Business and Music and was active as a member of the Tri Delta sorority, until she married her husband, Frank Sularz of Trout Creek,...
Samuel J. Tomas, Jr. left us to be with our Lord on June 1, 2018. Sam was born on November 18, 1942 to Samuel J. and Cecelia Tomas, Sr. in Seattle, Washington, the second of four children. Sam enlisted in the U.S. Army at the age of 18. Sam proudly served his country (as a Military Police Officer) and he sincerely thanked every serviceman for their service. After the Army, Sam continued his law enforcement career with the Los Angeles Police Department. Sam was nominated for commendations...
Former Thompson Falls resident Sharon Guenzler, of Charlo, passed away Saturday, June 2, 2018. Services will be Friday, June 8, at Christian Alliance Church on Terrace Lake Road East in Ronan. Viewing is at noon, with the services following at 1 p.m....
