Frances Dodge "Candy" Cantrel
KALISPELL , Frances Dodge "Candy" Cantrel, 89, died on Wednesday, March 26, 2008, at the Heritage Place in Kalispell. She was born on Nov. 8, 1918, in Plains to Wilbur and Nell (Clark) Cameron.
Frances was raised on the family ranch in the Little Bitterroot area near Hot Springs, where she attended a one room school house until moving to Plains for high school. After graduation, Frances went to Kinnman Business College in Spokane. She decided that teaching was her calling and went on to get her B.A. degree in education from the University of Montana.
Frances met George Dodge while teaching at Noxon. They married in November of 1943. After the death of her husband George in 1958, she accepted a teaching position at Dixon grade school where she met and later married Gerald 'Ed' Cantrel.
Frances taught school at Noxon, Heron, Dixon, Arlee, Charlo and Ronan. She dedicated her life to her students up to her retirement in 1986 from the Ronan School District.
At that time she moved to Kalispell to be near her family.
Frances was preceded in death by her husband George, with whom she had her four children; her second husband Ed; her brothers, Phil Cameron and Richard Cameron; and a sister, Virginia Erchul.
She is survived by her children, Deanna Mathison and husband Steve of Kalispell, Patricia Murphy and husband Ron of Whitefish, Jon Dodge and wife Ann of Laramie, Wyo., and George Dodge, Jr. of Kalispell; grandchildren, Stephanie Bell and husband Charlie of Pearl City, Hawaii, Rebecca Mathison of Kalispell, Jessica Curry of Butte, Bryan Dodge and Dan Dodge and wife Karrah of Fresno, Calif., and great-grandchildren, Hannah Bell and Owen Burwell.
A memorial service for Frances will be held in June of 2008 at the Noxon cemetery.
Johnson Mortuary and Crematory is caring for Frances' family.
You are invited to go to www.johnsonmortuary.com to offer condolences and sign Frances' guest book.
Doreen Mae Anhorn Frolin
RONAN , Doreen Mae Anhorn Frolin, 76, of Ronan died peacefully at St. Luke Extended Care Facility on Sunday, March 30, 2008.
She was one of 14 children born to Fred and Lilly Anhorn. She was a twin born Feb. 16, 1932, in Torquay, Sask., Canada. Her family moved to Max, N.D., in 1933 and to Ronan in 1951.
She married Don Frolin on March 17, 1955, and they lived at Niarada for 45 years. They moved to Ronan because of Don's failing health and he died on Dec. 19, 2001.
Survivors include her daughter Donette; three granddaughters, Carol, Jaime and Dawn; two great-grandchildren, Erin and Leo; two brothers, three sisters and numerous nieces and nephews.
Memorial services were held April 3 in the Shrider-Thompson Funeral Chapel, in Ronan with Pastor Lee Wraith officiating.
Fred Hansen Brower
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah , Fred Hansen Brower, 73, former Polson resident and 1953 graduate of Polson High School, died peacefully April 3, 2008, surrounded by his family, after a prolonged illness.
He was born April 26, 1934, in Salt Lake City to Edgar Franklin Brower and Dagmar Fredrika Hansen.
Fred was father to seven sons and three daughters. He was an active member of the LDS Church and was well respected by everyone in the community.
He proudly served in the Korean War as a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne.
He will always be in our hearts and our memories.
He is survived by his children; sisters Beth-Ann and Kathy; brother Charles; 32 grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.
He was preceded in death by his wife Sheila Brower; his parents, Edgar and Dagmar, and stepmother, Venetta Brower.
Funeral services were held April 8 at Redwood Mortuary.