Ann C. Dobrenz, 70, of Ronan, MT, passed away on Saturday, June 26, 2010 at her home.             Born on October 10, 1939 at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC, she was the daughter of the late Carl and Lillian Daley Metcalf. Ann graduated from high school in 1958 in [...]

              L. Fern (Swope) Merritt, 72, of Polson, MT, peacefully went home to be with our Lord on Friday, June 25, 2010.             Born on July 20, 1937 in Miles City, MT, Fern was the third of nine children to Fredric and Ellen Green Swope. In 1952, the family moved to Lonepine, MT where [...]

          Viola Emily (Moss) Burton, age 95, a resident of St. Luke’s extended living in Ronan for several years, has gone to rest under the shadow of her Mission Mountains she loved so well.           Born in Everett, Washington in 1915, she came as an infant to her Polson home at Fulkerson Corner. She went [...]

    Walter Lyle Jones, 84, of Polson, MT, passed away on Wednesday, June 23, 2010 at his home.  He was born September 30, 1925 in LaPorte, Indiana, a son of Harry and Jeanette Mills Jones.              He attended and graduated from Kalispell High School and served in the Army with a Field Artillery Battalion [...]

        Della (Spence) Haider, 76, Belfield, N. Dakota, died Monday, June 21, 2010 at her home.  Della’s funeral service will be at 2 p.m., Thursday, June 24, 2010, at Ladbury Funeral Service, Dickinson with Chaplain Harold Sundgren officiating.  Visitation will be on Wednesday from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m., with the family present to greet [...]

            Lillian Mildred Grant, 95, of Polson, MT, passed away on June 20, 2010 at St. Joseph Medical Center, Polson.             Lillian was born on April 3, 1915 in Klein, MT, a daughter of Charles and Mary Metully Rinehart. Born a coalminers daughter she was the oldest of seven children. Lillian met her husband Russell [...]

            Gary Lynn Purser, 78, of Polson, MT passed away on Sunday, June 13, 2010 at his home.             Gary was born on February 19, 1932 in Rigby, ID, son of the late Clifford and Bernice Robbins Purser He joined the US Air Force in 1948 and was honorably discharged in 1952. He married Karen [...]

            Frances E. Hansen, 96, of Polson, MT, passed away on Sunday, June 13, 2010 at St. Joseph Medical Center in Polson.             Frances was born on July 29, 1913 in Eagle Rock, California. She married John F. Hansen in 1936 and together ran a home flooring business. John passed away in 1968. Frances was [...]

              Carole Jean Dreibelbis, 63, of Polson, Montana, passed away in the early morning hours of Monday, June 7, 2010 at St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula, Montana after a brief battle with cancer.             Born on January 13, 1947 in Oak Creek, Colorado, Carole was a daughter of Leo and Bea Martinez. Carole married [...]

        Bernice Kujala, 92, of Polson, MT, passed away on Saturday, June 5, 2010 at St. Josepg Medical Center in Polson. Cremation has taken place and no services are planned at this time. Grogan Funeral Home and Crematory, Polson, is assisting Bernice\’s family.

                    Lloyd Hankel, 92, of Polson, MT, passed away on Tuesday, June 1, 2010 at St. Luke’s Extended Care Facility in Ronan, MT where he had briefly been a resident.             Lloyd was born on June 7, 1917 on a rural farm five miles south of Voltaire, ND and was one of 13 children [...]