Elsie Neier

Elsie E. Neier, 90, died Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009, at Brendan House in Kalispell.

She was born Feb. 27, 1918, in Cripple Creek, Colo. She was the youngest daughter of three children born to Albert and Anna Larson.

On Feb. 4, 1946, she married Leon E. Neier in Colorado, where Leon had taken work as a railroad fireman and electrician after World War II. In 1950, Elsie gave birth to their only child, Glen. In 1956, Elsie and Leon moved their family to Montana where Leon worked for the Columbia Falls Aluminum Plant and Elsie served as a housewife. She enjoyed being a mother, a wife and a good friend to all who knew her.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Leon.

Elsie is survived by her son Glen Neier and his wife, Cheryl, of Columbia Falls; granddaughter

Shelly Neier of Kalispell; step-granddaughter Teresa and her husband, Kirk Malzer, along with their children, Richard, Andrew, and Benjamin of Augusta, Ga.; step-granddaughter Jacey and her husband, Todd Johnson, along with their child, Connor of Boise, Idaho; and step-granddaughter Alicia and her husband, Matt Cumming, and their children, Makayla and Noah of Kalispell.

Visitation was Sunday, Jan. 11 at the Columbia Mortuary in Columbia Falls. A funeral service was held Monday, Jan. 12 at the Columbia Mortuary. Burial was at Woodlawn Cemetery.

Arrangements are with the Columbia Mortuary in Columbia Falls