Paone and Higgins married

Bill and Robin Paone of Whitefish, Montana, and Grae Higgins of Sandpoint, Idaho, announce the marriage of their children on Aug. 15, 2026, at Somers Mansion in Somers, Montana. The bride, Katerina Paone, is a graduate of the University of Minnesota and Yale School of Public Health. She works as a research manager at the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation. The groom, Seager Higgins, is a graduate of Flathead Community College. He is a firefighter paramedic with the Kalispell Fire Department. The couple resides in Whitefish, where they met.