Obituaries

PABLO — Vernon Edward Frisk, age 78, passed away on May 29, 2021, of complications from a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. Vern was born on March 23, 1943, in Valley City, North Dakota, to Walter and Margaret Frisk. His mother was killed in a car wreck when he and his siblings were all at a very tender age. They then went to live with their grandparents in Everett, Washington. Childhood was hard for the Frisk kids but his grandparents did the best for them with what they had.  He delivered papers as a teenager and then found his true passion, driving logging trucks and semis, which his father got him into. He would go on to do this for 50 years. He loved driving tru...

CHARLO — Betty Jane Hagen Steindorf was born on Nov. 30, 1935, and passed away peacefully in her sleep and went home to Jesus on May 31, 2021. Betty was the oldest daughter of two born to Lila and John Hagen in Glenwood, Minnesota. She earned her medical assistant’s degree in Minneapolis, Minn...

Ralph Thomas Salomon was born Sept. 22, 1929, in Polson to Thomas and Gertrude (Bocksnick) Salomon. Ralph attended Ronan High School and graduated in 1948.   He then partnered with Reynold Unger on a farm in Kalispell, MT. Duty called and Ralph served honorably in the Army from August 1954 until May ...

RONAN — Jerry Don Hudgins, age 76, passed away on Sunday, May 16, 2021 at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Helena. He was born on July 2, 1944, in Levelland, Texas, the son of John and Ruth (Wynn) Hudgins. Jerry loved and served his country for over 30 years in the Army, Marine Corps, and ...

ST. IGNATIUS — Beloved Child of God, Mary Ruth Gertson, departed this world on Wednesday, April 28. Born in Fort Collins, Colorado, in 1960, she is survived by her mother, Marcia Parsons in Vancouver, Washington; her brother, Lindsey Gertson, and many loving friends. Her husband Jose Vicente Franco dee...

MEDFORD, OREGON — Patricia Ann McLeod, age 75 years, passed peacefully on Sunday, May 2, 2021, in Medford, Oregon. She was born on Oct. 5, 1945, in St. Ignatius, to parents James Hector McLeod and Mary Yvonne Souci. She has four surviving children: three daughters, Nina Keller and Scarlet Guenther of M...

POLSON — Glenn Jerry Reum, born October 18, 1954, to LeRoy Clifford Reum and Geraldine Hope West in Polson, began his final journey home on April 25, 2021.  Glenn was a concrete man with over 40 years of experience. He passed on this experience and knowledge to his son Jeremiah and son in-law M...