Obituaries
BIGFORK — Mary Elizabeth Peterson, age 85, passed away on Jan. 18, 2021, at Lake View Care Center in Bigfork. She was born in Bountiful, Utah, on May 25, 1935. Mary was the third of four children born to Robert W. and Halleen Nicol. In 1950, Mary met and married the love of her life, Harold “Sonny” Ray Peterson. In 1958, the family, which now included three children, moved to Long Beach, California, and in 1971 they moved to Riverside, California. Mary worked as a “patient greeter” at Beaver Medical Clinic in Redlands, California. In 2002, Mary and Sonny retired in Polson. Mary was one of God’s special earth Angels. She was a kin...
RONAN — Judy Joy Granley Thingelstad, age 74, passed away on Jan. 15, 2021, at Hidden Meadow Memory Care. She was born on Aug. 16, 1946, in Bagley, Minnesota, not far from her father’s hometown (O’Lander and Shirley Granley). She loved to play gently with her dolls and pretend to cook and i...
WELLTON, ARIZONA — Gregg McConnell, 64, a former Mission Valley resident, passed away in Wellton, Arizona, on Jan. 12, 2021, following a brief battle with cancer. Gregg was born in Ronan on Dec. 25, 1956, a Christmas present to Perry and Virginia McConnell. He was the youngest of eight c...
WHITEHALL —Dan was born at home in Polson on Aug. 10, 1943, and died on Dec. 28, 2020, from complications of COVID after fracturing his hip falling. When Dan was 11, the family moved to Twin Willows Ranch off Post Creek Hill. Dan and his sister Bonnie and brother Norman grew up on that ranch with mom, ...
POLSON — Isaac Swan was born wanting to fly. He was a natural athlete and artist. Whether filling a room with piano music, painting “S” turns on a ski hill or casting to rising trout while knee deep in a river, his effortlessness in acquiring new skills and achieving excellence was to the a...
RONAN — Paul George Metzger, age 97, passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, at his residence. He has gone to join his wife, Anne. He was born on Jan. 13, 1923, in Hebron, North Dakota, the son of Jacob and Caroline (Klein) Metzger. He grew up in North Dakota with two brothers and one sister. He was ...
BIGFORK — Neil passed away on Dec. 28, 2020, in Bigfork. Born January 26, 1949, in Portland, Oregon, the only child of Dean and Dorothy Miskimins. He attended Central Catholic High School and the University of Portland. Neil met his wife, Christine Clifford, and they married in 1970 at St. John Fish...
POLSON — Kenneth John Chernikoff, 78, of Polson, passed quietly away in his home late on the night of Dec. 27, 2020, after spending a lovely day watching football with his wife and visiting with friends. Ken was born on Feb. 26, 1942, in Huntington Park, to parents Albert and Alice Chernikoff. ...
RONAN — Amanda Lynn Dodson nee Allen came into this world on March 14, 1974, the third child of Sandra Rae Davis and Richard Wayne Allen. Born with a complicated medical condition, she faced and surmounted incredible challenges throughout her life yet remained unwaveringly determined, joyful and loving...
POLSON — Donna Ruth Ackom, age 72, passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, at Polson Health and Rehabilitation. Services for Donna have been held. Arrangements are under the care of The Lake Funeral Home and Crematory.
