Lillian Irene (McCart) Chapel, 95, formerly of Kalispell, died of natural causes on March 22, 2005, in Seattle.

She was born in 1909, in Missoula, to Anna and Ira McCart.

In 1927, she married Roy W. Chapel, and together they raised five children. From 1946, the family and later, Lillian and Roy, lived in Kalispell for several years where Lillian operated a boarding house on Third Street.

In 1951, they moved to Spokane with their youngest three children and remained for 31 years. While there, they attended South Hill Christian Church and later, Hamblen Park Presbyterian Church. Lillian made many friends in Spokane - at church and while working with Scout mothers, Campfire Girls, and LC band parents.

In 1982, she and Roy moved from Spokane to Crista in Seattle. Roy died in 1984.

Survivors include her children, Beatrice Gettys of Escondido, Calif., Shirley Stocke and Ralph of Portland, Jim Chapel and Bobbi of Bend, Ore., Roy Chapel Jr. and Carolyn of Edmonds, Wash., and Sharon Gebhardt Wonders of Missoula; and her sister, Florence Bakke, of Missoula. There are 17 grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren and 18 great-great-grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held at 1:30 p.m. April 2, at Kings Chapel at Crista.

The family suggests memorials to Crista Good Samaritan Fund, 19303 Fremont Ave. N., Seattle, WA 98133.

Arrangements are by Beck's Funeral Home in Edmonds, Wash.