Mary Jane Fonner, 89
Daily Inter Lake | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 16 years, 3 months AGO
Mary Jane Fonner was born Sept. 28, 1919, in Rozet, Wyo., and died Oct. 14, 2008, at Immanuel Lutheran Home in Kalispell.
She graduated from Rozet High School.
Mary married Les Fonner on May 2, 1938, in Nebraska. In 1945, she moved to Whitefish with her husband and two children.
She was a nurse's aide at Whitefish Hospital, and a member of Women of the Moose and the Presbyterian Church.
Her greatest life's pleasures were her family, cooking and painting.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Lester; parents, Edward and Irean Hoxsie; son, Larry Fonner; and sisters, Thelma Weaver, Roycie Stok and Ethel Clark.
Mary is survived by her daughter, Eleanor Whited, and husband, Richard; brother, Lester Hoxsie; four grandchildren, Teri Whited Seward, Randy Whited, Leslie Fonner and Larra Fonner; and 11 great-grandchildren.
Cremation has taken place.
A memorial service will be held at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19, at First Presbyterian Church, 301 Central Ave., in Whitefish.
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