Obituaries
RONAN — Our beloved little brother, Gale Patrick Miller, left us on July 6, 2019, from the same Ronan hospital where he was born on May 13, 1964. He was welcomed into the family of Clara Bick Miller and Ray “Pat” Miller as the youngest of nine children. In large families, the youngest child is everyone’s favorite. We tried to spoil him; he tried to resist. He let us know early on that he was unique and looked at the world with Gale-colored glasses. He attended public school in Ronan where his ideas about education differed from his teachers. He graduated in 1982 and has always been a faithful fan of the Ronan Chiefs. Gale collected history facts and photos of R...
TUCSON, ARIZONA — Tom Driscoll passed away on July 4, 2019, in Tucson, Arizona, from complications of Agent Orange Parkinson’s Disease, surrounded by his family. Thomas James Driscoll was born in St. Ignatius, Montana, on Sept. 11, 1949, to Stanley and Anne Driscoll of Charlo. Tom served in the U...
POLSON — Delbert A. Malgren passed away on July 3, 2019, from natural causes at the age of 99. Del was born on April 23, 1920, in Antelope, Montana, to Carl and Louise Malgren. He moved to Polson in 1925 where he remained the rest of his life. Del graduated from Polson High School in 1938. He attend...
POLSON — John Phillips Varnum, 86, passed away on Monday, July 1, 2019, in his home, surrounded by his loving family, after a longfought battle with cancer. John was born on June 23, 1933, to Frederick and Genevieve Varnum, in Fort Belknap. He was the sixth of seven children. At the age of six, his fat...
POLSON — Marie Mutchler passed away while holding the hands of her daughters on June 28, 2019, at Heritage Place in Kalispell. Born on March 4, 1933, to Alfred and Monica (Shue) Whitehouse, she grew up in a small home in Polson where McDonald’s now stands. Marie’s mother passed away when...
POLSON — Sidney “Sid” Turnquist, 91, died on May 6, 2019. He was born in Polson on June 25, 1927, to Louise and Mark Turnquist. As a youngster he survived whooping cough, which they treated by giving him mare’s milk. His sister, Reba, was born four years later. He attended Round Butte...
OMAHA, NEBRASKA — Mozelle Etta (Rice) Morin, of Omaha, Nebraska, and formerly of Arlee, Montana, passed away at 96 years old on July 14, 2018, in Omaha. She is preceded in death by her parents, Charles and Minnie Rice of Arlee; her husband, Wilbur Morin; her daughter, Judy; and siblings, Ed an...
POLSON — Jean MacKenzie Travis, 90, died on June 21, 2019, at The Retreat of Polson. Jean was a resident of Bozeman since 1950 and was born in Sydney, Nova Scotia. She is survived by Sandie and Jerry Hammer of Polson. No services are planned at this time. The Lake Funeral Home and Crematory of Polso...
POLSON — Birgit Dundas Magnus moved on to a new life on June 4, 2019 at age 97. At age 6 she emigrated from Norway with her family to the United States. They lived briefly in North Dakota until her father acquired a teaching position at U.C. Berkeley. From then on she considered herself a California Gi...
KALISPELL — A memorial service for Andrew Joel Tressel, 34, who died on March 11, will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, July 5, at Lawrence Park in Kalispell. A light reception will follow. Side dishes are welcome.
