Brondle
Edward Kinyon, 93, of Shelby, a long time Galata area farmer, passed away
Saturday, November 10, 2007 at the Marias Medical Center due to
natural causes. Memorial services will be 11:00 am Wednesday, November 14, at
the Galata Lutheran Church with inurnment to follow in the Galata Cemetery .
Survivors include his daughters, Jane (Curt) Shaffer of Shelby and Jean (Dexter) Aspevig of Bozeman; step-children, Shirley (Norm) Kruse Nash of Yuma, AZ and Don (Mary) Kruse of Kalispell; grandchildren, Amy Aspevig (Nathan) Lindquist of St. Paul, MN, Amber Aspevig of Helena and Annalisa Shaffer of Shelby; special step-granddaughter, Amy (Bob) Bauer of Cut Bank.
He is preceded in death by his parents; wives, Leona and Hermie; daughters, Carol Ann Kinyon and Kathleen Kinyon; sister, Maggie Kinyon McSweeney; and brothers, Vern, Olen, Homer and Ray.
Brondle was born May 25, 1914 at Galata to James & May (Pegg) Kinyon, where he was raised and educated. He served in WWII as a Tech Sgt. with the Army Air Corp working as a power turret and gun sight mechanic on B17s stationed at Molesworth, England .
He and Leona Lalum were married Sept. 28, 1947 at Shelby; she passed away January 15, 1986. On Feb. 21, 1987 he and Hermie Ray Kruse were married at Columbia Falls; she died Sept. 17, 2005.
Brondle farmed his entire life before retiring in 1977. After which he would spend his winters in Yuma , AZ and his summers at his cabin near Essex .
He was a member of the Galata Lutheran Church where he had served on the church council, the Galata Water Board District, the Farmers Union Elevator Board, and the Galata American Legion Post.
Brondle enjoyed hunting, rock hounding and
lapidary, fishing, camping, woodworking and fixing things.
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