Obituaries

Apr 2, 2018

Eva Kuntz, age 88, passed away Monday, April 2, 2018 at Polson Health and Rehab.

Arrangments are under the care of Shrider-Thompson Funeral Home and Crematory.

Apr 1, 2018

On Resurrection Sunday, 2018, Calvin “Cal” Lindburg entered heaven’s gates in his home, surrounded by his adoring family.

One could use many words to describe Cal.  When he received the prestigious Bowl of Hygeia Award for Pharmacist of the Year, the announcer called him “Ronan’s Favorite Son”.  His grandchildren call him “a legend”.  Customers in the drug...

Mar 29, 2018

Emma Jean Blumer, age 87, passed away Thursday, March 29, 2018 at St. Luke Extended Care in Ronan.

Arrangements are under the care of Shrider-Thompson Funeral Home and Crematory.

Mar 29, 2018

Kimberly Joy Isaac Jordan was born on February 6, 1985, to Garry and Joanne Isaac in Ste Anne, Manitoba. She peacefully slipped away on March 29, 2018, at home, with her family by her side, at the age of 33.

Kimberly moved with her parents from Rosenort, Manitoba, to the Annapolis Valley Congregation in Nova Scotia in...

Mar 25, 2018

Dolores Turpin, age 89, passed away Sunday, March 25, 2018 at her home in Ronan.

A memorial service will be held Monday, April 9, 2018 at 12:00 pm at Lucky Strike Lanes in Ronan.

Arrangements are under the care of Shrider-Thompson Funeral Home and Crematory.

Mar 24, 2018

Niva Tubbs Resner lived 93 eventful years and passed on peacefully in Missoula on March 24, 2018.  Born on August 24, 1924, to Guy and Niva Hay in Jens, Montana, she grew up an only child living in Butte, Montana where her father worked in the mines.  When Niva was ten years old, her family moved to Ronan, Montana...

Mar 20, 2018

Richard Victor (Dick) Orr passed away at his home in St. Ignatius,  March 20, 2018, at the age of 83.

Dick was the youngest of 14 children born to William and Caroline (Felsman) Orr in St. Ignatius, where he attended school and has resided most of his life.  After High School Dick joined the  military’s 101 st...

Mar 17, 2018

Dr. Gordon Edgar Warrington, age 79, passed away Saturday, March 17, 2018 at Kalispell Regional Medical Center.

Raised on a dairy farm in eastern Ohio, Gordon was educated in natural systems, earning a PHD and spending a career as “Dr. Dirt”, a soil scientist with the U.S. Forest Service.  Gordon was...

Mar 11, 2018

Stanley Wayne Harris passed away at home with his wife at his side on Sunday, March 11, 2018. He was born in Yakima, Washington on October 25, 1934 to Kenneth and Isabelle Harris.

Stan enjoyed sports, especially baseball at which he excelled in during his high school days.

He raised his family...

Mar 9, 2018

Robert V. (Bob) Engels, 95, passed away peacefully Friday morning March 9, 2018 at his home in Ronan with his family by his side.

Bob was born August 16, 1922, to Henry and Rose Engels in Chicago, Illinois, where he was raised and received his primary education.  Like so many young people he left high school during...

Mar 3, 2018

Neal Kurtz Coulter passed away from natural causes March 3, 2018. He was the 8 th child born August 27, 1921 to Archie Aaron and Ollie Fay Kurtz Coulter in Maybutt, Alberta, Canada. He was the last surviving sibling from a family of eleven. He’s preceded in death by his parents, Archie and Fay, siblings Keith & Kenneth (twins,...

Mar 1, 2018

Bob left us to be with his son, Bobby. He passed away on March 1, 2018 at St. Luke Community Hospital in Ronan. He was born on May 8, 1937 in Polson. He attended school in Polson and enlisted in the Army from 1955 to 1957. He married his friend and love of his life, Bea...

Feb 28, 2018

For one whose achievements reflect his compassion and regard for community, Ed has had a good long ride. "I came into this valley in the fall of 1923," is the way George Edward Bratton described his birth. His father Neil homesteaded in the Irvine Flats area, then married Helen Findley, whose family settled here from Iowa....

Feb 24, 2018

It’s hard to know whether his life’s titles or his many loving names describe Don Emerson better.  A flip of a coin landed miraculously on the edge, so we’ll combine the two to tell this beautiful story:

Born Donald Warren Emerson in St. Ignatius, MT on April 8, 1950 to doting parents Glen L. &...

Feb 24, 2018

Karen Kaye LaRance, age 71, passed away Saturday, February 24, 2018 at her home in Charlo, MT.

Arrangements are under the care of Shrider-Thompson Funeral Home and Crematory.

Feb 14, 2018

Joseph (Jody) Edward Forte of Ronan Montana peacefully passed away on Wednesday February 14, 2018 at his home.

Born in Polson on February 18, 1934 to Joseph Benedict and Margaret Dempsey Forte, Joe (or Jody, as his friends and family called him) grew up in Ronan. He graduated from Ronan High...

Feb 3, 2018

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 2 Timothy 4:7

Linda Lee McDermott, 67, of Ronan, MT, entered the gates of heaven to join the party she was anxiously awaiting on Feb. 3 rd 2018.

The daughter of a Navy man, Linda was born on September...

Jan 22, 2018

Fordyce Dale Erickson, Sr., 84, of Ronan, passed away on Monday, January 22, 2018 at his residence after a brief illness.

Dale was born on November 13, 1933 in Kalispell to Hessie and Fred Erickson, Sr. Throughout his childhood, Dale lived in many locations. He worked an assortment of jobs but finally ended up retiring from Western Bee Supplies,...

Jan 22, 2018

John Michael Alden, age 54, passed away January 22, 2018 at his home in Pablo, MT.

Arrangements are under the care of Shrider-Thompson Funeral Home and Crematory.

Jan 12, 2018

Richard Noel Tougas, age 82, passed away Friday, January 12, 2018. Dick was born at home on the farm in Oriska, North Dakota on October 3, 1935. He was the second child of Noel & Agnes (Fairfield) Tougas. Dick attended first through sixth grade in Oriska until the family moved to a farm west of Pablo, Montana in October,...