Obituaries

POLSON — Don Wayne Ambrose slipped from this life on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019, with his beloved wife Shirley by his side. Don was born in 1943 in Buhl, Idaho, and spent his childhood and college years in southern Idaho before accepting a position with the Carnation Company in Spokane, Washington, in 1971. Don enjoyed a long and successful career in the wholesale grocery business, earning many promotions until he retired as a regional sales manager with several employees under his supervision. Don met the love of his life, Shirley, in 1977. The story of their first meeting had Don presenting himself as a dentist, “Dr. Ambrose” and Shirley and her friends were airline s...

RONAN — Orville Stanley “Bud” Harris was born on Nov. 6, 1927, and passed away of natural causes on Aug. 30, 2019, at the age of 91.  He was preceded in death by his parents, Herbert and Dora Lee Harris; his siblings, Fred and Hugh McAdam, Hazel Ostrom, Billie Braaten, and Maxine Kn...

RONAN — Dan Allen Madsen, 91, passed away peacefully at St. Joseph Hospital on Aug. 26, 2019. He was surrounded by loving family. Dan was born on Nov. 10, 1927, in Sheridan County, Montana, to Danish immigrants Hans and Henriette Madsen. He attended one room schools, Hawthorne and Garfield, in the Dagm...

KALISPELL — Frederick William McFarland, 81, passed away on Aug.9, 2019, in Kalispell. Fred was born on April 27, 1938, to Frederick William and Jean Corrigan McFarland in Kansas City, Missouri. Fred grew up in Baldwin Park, California, where he graduated from Baldwin Park High School in 1957 and th...

POLSON — Clara Florence (Pryor) Mays passed away at her home in Polson, on Aug. 11, 2019, at age 74. She was born to Edna and William Pryor on Dec. 31, 1944, in Morenci, Arizona.  Clara grew up with her five siblings in Butte. Along with achieving math student of the year, Clara shone as head m...

POLSON – Wanda Ruth Robinson, age 94, and a unique soul, left her body on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019, at The Retreat in Polson. She was born on Aug. 24, 1924, in Greeley, Colorado.  Wanda spent the last 23 years in Polson, and in these years she remained a force, dedicated to love, relentless in he...

POLSON — Edith Marie Farnum passed away on Aug. 4, 2019, at the age of 98 at St. Luke Extended Care in Ronan. She was born on March 30, 1921, in Denver, Indiana. She spent her early childhood in Hayden Lake, Idaho, then later on moved to Missoula, where she met her husband, Joseph Bruce Farnum. They we...

POLSON — George Robert Mahoney passed away on Aug. 2, 2019, at Kalispell Regional Hospital after a long brave battle with cancer. He passed from the loving hands of his wife into the hands of our Savior. George was born June 27, 1952, in Wilmington, Delaware, to John and Violette Mahoney. His father...

Friends say John Gardner lived nine lives and was working on the next nine when he died Tuesday, July 16, in an accident near his home on Logan Rd., south of Charlo. The architect, furniture maker, chef, entrepreneur, former sailor and reluctant sheep rancher was also a devoted companion to his wife, Susan, ...

POLSON — Michael John Chernikoff, 34 years old, of Polson, was lost to us in a swimming accident on Flathead Lake on Aug. 4, 2019. He was born on April 25, 1985, to Kenneth and Katrina Chernikoff. “/stōkt/ adjective: stoked. exhilarated, excited, or euphoric. (slang).” There was one word ...