Obituaries

CHARLO — Rachel “Bernice” Palmer, age 89, passed away Feb. 8, 2021. She was born on the vast open prairie in a one-room cabin between Brusett and Jordan, Montana, on May 9, 1931. Rachel Bernice Shriner arrived with the help of a neighboring midwife to William Dee and Rachel Payne Shriner. Bernice was the second of five children - Robert, Ruth, and Ben, also born in the cabin with baby sister Elvira to arrive when they hit the mountains near Stevensville.  Bernice attended school in Stevensville, Victor, Arlee, and St. Ignatius. She loved to attend sporting events, dances, and movie shows. She played baseball in high school, (before the girls pitched underhand), ...

PLAINS — Pearl Gean Barry, 77, passed away after a brief battle with lung cancer, at her home in Plains, on Feb. 15, 2021.  Pearl was born on June 30, 1943, in Mequon, Wisconsin, as the sixth of nine children to William and Leola Myhill. This world was not her home, she was just passing thro...

PLAINS — Pearl Gean Barry, 77, passed away after a brief battle with lung cancer, at her home in Plains, on Feb. 15, 2021.  Pearl was born on June 30, 1943, in Mequon, Wisconsin, as the sixth of nine children to William and Leola Myhill. This world was not her home, she was just passing thro...

SPOKANE, WASHINGTON — David Lawrence Pearson, 71, passed away on Feb. 13, 2021, in Spokane, Washington. Brookside Funeral Home and Crematory in Moxee, Washington, is handling the arrangements.   

POLSON — Walter (Walt) James Reznicsek was called back home on Feb.4, 2021, in Polson, at the age of 76, after fighting a long courageous battle. He was born on Jan. 15, 1945, in Silverton, to his parents Adam Reznicsek Jr. and Dolly Parren.  Adam, a widower, married Dolly in 1945. Dolly had fi...

ARLEE — Vicki Lucile Peterson, 71, of Arlee, passed away on Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021, at home.  Born on Dec. 7, 1949, in Sunland, California, to Boyd and Bobbie Burns, she was the oldest of four children. The family lived in California and Arizona, settling in Shaver Lake, California, in 1957, wher...

POLSON — Sherelle was an individual who had a big personality and childlike wonder when it came to life. She always wanted to share the things she accomplished and enjoyed with her loved ones. “No” was not a word she employed in her vocabulary and if you told her “no” she just t...

SILVERDALE, WASHINGTON — Gladys “Hap” Anderson Dudik, 94, passed away in Silverdale, Washington, on Jan. 12, 2021. Born on Feb. 11, 1926, she was raised in Malta. Hap graduated from Montana State University in Bozeman.  While teaching in Polson, friends introduced her to Marine vete...

RONAN — Sheila Schmitz Conner was born on May 24, 1953, to Phillip and Florence Schmitz and joined siblings Cherryl, Dee, Phil (Butch) and Barb. She attended schools at Villa Ursula in St. Ignatius and Ronan, graduating from Ronan High School in 1971. Sheila continued her education at Montana State Uni...

POLSON — Robert “Bob” Charles Wilkinson, avid fisherman, lover of country music and classic cars, embarked on his eternal fishing trip the morning of Jan. 11, 2021, while surrounded by the love of his family. Robert was born on June 21, 1950, in Alameda, California, to parents Charles Wi...