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- LaVon Wanda Wisher, 75, died Wednesday, Sept. 23, 1998, at her homeinKalispell.
LaVon was born Sept. 17, 1923, in Austin, Minn., to Martin andEdithOlson. She moved to Montana at a very young age and graduatedfromFlathead High School in 1941.
She married Clement P. "Clem" Wisher on June 6, 1942, in Portland,Ore.LaVon and her husband Clem started Wisher's Wood Yard, supplyingwood andwood products to many people in the Flathead Valley. LaVon wasan avidsupporter of stock-car racing because of her husband'sparticipation inthe sport. She was a very good mother who successfullyhelped raise hersons to become good workers and successful at anythingthey did.
LaVon was also a collector. She had a very nice collection of JimBeamcollectible bottles and a nice collection of dolls. She also usedto makedolls and had become very good at it.
LaVon was an avid keno player, as long as it didn't cost more thanadollar. If it did, she would quit. She will be missed by all herfamilyand friends.
LaVon was preceded in death by her parents; her step-father, AustinHesh;a son, Joseph C. Wisher, in 1980; two brothers, Ken and Alvin; asister,Esther; and her husband Clem Wisher, in March of this year.
She is survived by three sons, James P. Wisher, Jerry M. Wisher andJohnJ. Wisher, all of Kalispell; 16 grandchildren; sixgreat-grandchildren;and two sisters, Irene Rishoff and Jewel Bellmore,both living atImmanuel Lutheran Home in Kalispell.
Viewing will be Monday, Sept. 28, 1998, from noon until 6 p.m. atBuffaloHill Funeral Home. Mass of the Christian Burial will be at 10a.m.Tuesday, Sept. 29, at St. Matthew's Catholic Church with the Rev.KevinO'Neill as the celebrant. Burial will follow at Glacier MemorialGardens.
A reception will be put on by the Eagles Auxiliary at 2 p.m. attheEagles Lodge. All family and friends are invited.
The family asks that in lieu of flowers, memorials be made inLaVon'sname to James Wisher, to be contributed to the NationalSclerodermaFoundation.
Buffalo Hill Funeral Home and Crematory is in charge of arrangements.
--"The Daily Inter Lake"; Kalispell, MT; September 27, 1998
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1923 - 1998 (75 years)
