Walter William Zook, 89, of Polson, MT, passed away on Wednesday, July 28, 2010 at his home. Cremation has taken place and a memorial service will be held at a later date. Grogan Funeral Home and Crematory, Polson, is assisting Mr. Zook’s family. www.groganfuneralhome.com.

       
            Hilma Hansine Wik Strom, 92, of Polson, MT, passed away on Sunday, July 25, 2010 at home with her daughter.
            Hilma was born on September 23, 1917 to Norwegian parents, Ole and Johanna Wik in Minot, ND. Joining her sister Olga, brother Melvin, followed by another brother, Odin.
            The family moved to Kalispell [...]

        Doreen (McKenzie) Alexander of Polson passed away on July 22 after a recent illness. Born in Canada on January 5, 1929 in Elbow, Saskatchewan to immigrant parents, just in time for the Great Depression where her early years were spent with her family working various farms in the province. She often travelled to the [...]

   Betty A. “Betsy” Plant age 84 of Arlee passed away on Thursday July 22, 2010 at St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula.  Betsy was born in Nespelem, WA. at the family home on March 26, 1926, the sixth child of Michel Plant and Cecille LaMoose Plant.  She attended schools in Washington, Idaho, the Ursulines at [...]

Erich Gottfried Schlaile, 83, of Polson, MT passed away on Wednesday, July 21, 2010 at St. Joseph Medical Center in Polson.
            He was born May 22, 1927 in Baltimore, Maryland, the only child of Gottfried Gottlieb Schaile & Johanna Schiller Schaile.
            He grew up and attended schools in Randallstown, Maryland. He attended the University of [...]

Berniece Louise Freschet, 82, of Polson, MT, passed away on Tuesday, July 20, 2010 at St. Luke’s Extended Care Facility in Ronan, MT.
Born on August 4, 1927 in Miles City, MT, Berniece was a daughter of Paul and Rose Zigele Speck and in1952, married Ferruccio Freschet in Virginia City, NV.
The Freschet family traveled and [...]

            Virginia Marie Wegner, 88, went home to be with the Lord on July 20, 2010 at St. Luke’s Extended Care Center in Ronan.
            Virginia was born on May 5, 1922 in Rupert, ID, the daughter of William and Bertha Johns. Her family moved on a ranch at the foothills of the Mission Mountains. She [...]

Laura Marie Raisl, 91, of Polson, MT, passed away on Monday, July 19, 2010 at St. Joseph Medical Center in Polson.
Laura was born on March 17, 1919 in Wilbaux, MT, the daughter of Joe and Betty Novak. As she was growing up, Laura attended schools in the Bloomfield and Polson areas. She graduated from [...]

      
Erma Ruth Dickson, 88, of Shoreline, WA and formerly of Polson, MT, passed away on July 11, 2010. 
She was born in Grace, Idaho on April 3, 1922.  She moved to Montana with her
family in 1930 and resided in Valley View.  She and Clair Dickson were married on November 20, 1938.  They moved to [...]

         Jack B. Cochran, 85, of Polson, MT died on July 9, 2010 at his home in Polson.
            He was born on July 2, 1925 at Salt Creek, Wyoming to Alex & Carrie (Nelson) Cochran.
            He attended schools in Cut Bank, MT and graduated from high school in Cut Bank. He married Geraldine Dahl in [...]

 
            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 Medical [...]

 
            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 they [...]

          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 from [...]

       
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 and [...]

            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 James Dreibelbis [...]

        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.