Obituaries

RONAN — Sharon Jean Turner Hall (Snyder) passed away with family by her side on June 22, 2024, from a battle with metastasized colon cancer. Sharon was a loving, funny and beautiful person. She was there for her parents and siblings as they passed, and her family was there for her.  Sharon was born to Wayne Harold Snyder and Melva Pearl Snyder.  She was the eighth of fourteen children. She was raised on a dairy in Ronan where she was taught hard work and what family meant. She went to high school at Ronan High School and graduated in 1959.  She moved to Susanville, California, where she met her first husband, Darrel Turner and had two children, Wendelynn and Lynelle....

POLSON — Albert Knutson, age 91, passed away on Jan. 18, 2024, at St. Luke Extended Care in Ronan. Memorial services for Albert will be held on Saturday, July 13, at 10 a.m. at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Polson. Arrangements are under the care of The Lake Funeral Home and Crematory.  

POLSON — Celebration of life for Kenneth Alan Feiler will be held at Valley View Clubhouse, 40762 Valley View Rd, on July 13. Opening held at 2 p.m., with shared stories at 3 p.m. and a music session after that in his memory.  

SAINT IGNATIUS — Donna Lynn Rawhouser, passed away peacefully into the arms of her Heavenly Father at the age of 69, on Friday, June 28, 2024, at her home in Saint Ignatius. She continues to be loved and remembered by her mother, husband of 35 years, two daughters, grandson and all who knew what a brig...

PASADENA, CALIFORNIA — Merle was an amazing and kind woman who loved her family above all. Merle Elaine Walling passed on June 23, 2024. Born on Oct.12, 1937, in Pasadena, California, to parents, Gwindon and Anna Elizabeth Spindt, she was the oldest of three children with brother David and sister So...

POLSON — Ayden Willie Luper peacefully entered his eternal home on June 15, 2024, after a courageous four-year battle with Ewing’s Sarcoma. He passed as he lived surrounded by family and friends while loving and praising Jesus. Ayden was born on Feb. 2, 2007. Ayden had just finished his junior...

POLSON — Mary Janet Swanson Vail, on Sunday, June 16, 2024, slipped peacefully into the loving arms of her Heavenly Father, at the age of 91. She was born on Dec. 15, 1932, on a snowy day, to Frank and Rachel Swanson at Mason County General Hospital in Shelton, Washington.  Janet graduated from...

TUCSON, ARIZONA — Richard “Dick” Flagg Ayres, Jr. passed away peacefully on June 19, 2024, surrounded by his family in Tucson, Arizona. He is predeceased by his father, Richard Flagg Ayres, Sr.; mother, Sarah Ayres; stepmother, Jane Ayres; sister, Susanne Graves; brother, Robert Ayres; and ...

KALISPELL — Tait William Humble passed away June 11, 2024, at his home in Kalispell. Tait was thriving and healthy, which makes his death of natural cause a complete shock. He was born on Oct. 27, 1977, in Missoula, one minute after his twin sister, Cassie Ann Cooper. Her beating him in the race to sta...

RONAN — Sally Deane Bailey Cook, born July 18, 1938, passed away May 19, 2024, at the age of 85, in Missoula, of natural causes. Sally was the daughter of Art and Blanche (Noble) Bailey. She grew up in Valley View. She shared her home with three older sisters and one younger brother. JoAnne Bailey Finc...