LeRoy Lodahl

    Memorial services for LeRoy Lodahl will be held at 10:00 AM Monday, September 15,
    2008. Pastor Ron Martin-Dent will officiate at the service at Plentywood Lutheran
    Church. A private interment of cremated remains in Plentywood Cemetery will follow the
    service. On Wednesday, September 10, 2008, LeRoy, 72, died unexpectedly at his
    home in Plentywood from a broken heart. The event occurred 34 days after losing his
    wife and soul mate Patricia Lodahl.

    Anders LeRoy Lodahl was born on January 24, 1936 in Plentywood. He graduated from
    Medicine Lake High School. Lee married Patricia Mae Geelan at the Nathanael Church
    in Dagmar on November 24, 1956. They lived in Great Falls for a short time, after which
    they moved to California and then to Michigan while Lee was in military service. After his
    discharge, they returned home to Northeast Montana. They lived in the Dagmar
    community for about a year before moving to Plentywood, where they have lived since.

    Lee was the owner and operator of Lee’s Westland Station. Lee was a member of
    Volunteer Fire Department of Plentywood for several years. He also enjoyed bowling
    and was a friend to all, putting others before himself.

It would be difficult to determine where Lee began and Pat would end as they journeyed through life as true partners. LeRoy is
remembered by his grandchildren as their ever-loving ‘Papa Lee’ and as a very devoted father by his children. His dry sense of
humor that only the sharpest of wit could grasp can be recalled when he rang the front doorbell of his own home with pants in hand
in need of alterations. His story was simple. Since his wife Pat was too busy as a seamstress-for-hire for the community of
Plentywood, he presented himself as a customer. He had heard she was the best in town! She obliged him and made the
necessary repairs, and of course . . . charged him!

LeRoy and Pat were devoted members of Plentywood Lutheran Church, where they served as “assistant custodians” to their
daughter, Bonnie.

LeRoy is survived by his two daughters: Bonnie Kanning and her husband Spencer, of Plentywood and Terrie Iverson and her
husband Roland, of Billings. He is also survived by five grandchildren: Dr. Nicholas Kanning, of Omaha, Nebraska; Zachary
Kanning and his fiancé Stephanie Thompson, both students at MSU Bozeman; Danielle Iverson, a student at MSU-Billings, as well
as Bryce and Brandon Iverson of Billings. He is also survived by his sisters Elice Nelson of Plentywood, Vera (Folmer) Nyby of
Michigan City, Indiana, Pearl Kruger of Great Falls, Montana, and also by his brother Ove Lodahl of Murray, Idaho. Lee is also
survived by numerous nephews and nieces who were very near and dear to his heart. Lee was preceded in death by his parents
Niels and Signe Lodahl, an infant brother Franklin, and his loving wife of almost 52 years Patricia Mae.

Fulkerson Funeral Home of Plentywood has charge of arrangements.
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Remembering Lee
Cyndi (Hilyard) Vitone
Montara, CA
climbamountain@hotmail.com

Bonnie and Terrie,
I'm so sorry about your father.  As a neighbor, I have fond memories of both your parents.  Bless you both and your families.
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Wendy(Olson) Fellers
Kirkland Wa.
wendyfellers@hotmail.com

My thoughts and prayers go out to your family during this sad time.