Tilda Lydia (Ost) Green

Tille passed away on June 30, 2013 at home at the age of 83. Tillie was born in 1930 in Zap, N.D., to Christ and Emma Ost.

They moved to Priest River Falls, Idaho and from there moved to Whitefish in 1933 after a fire claimed their home.

Tillie was in a severe motorcycle accident when she was 17 and spent most of her senior year of high school in a hospital in Spokane, Wash., with numerous broken bones and was in traction for months.

After her return to Whitefish, she met and fell in love with Arthur Green, who, at the time, was a boarder at the Ost house, while working on Hungry Horse Dam.

They married on Oct. 29, 1949 at the Episcopal Church in Whitefish. They were happily married for 56 years until Art’s passing in 2005.

Tillie will always be remembered for her amazing ability to cook, especially over an open pit fire for large groups. She was a Cub Scout leader and helped to form many young minds.

She had a passion for gardening and took great pride in her flower beds. She occasionally worked out of the home for various hotels in Whitefish, but her main job and love was being a full time mom to her three wonderful children and their numerous pets.

Tillie also helped form the Big Mountain Ski Patrol.

Art and Tillie were blessed once again in their lives in 1970 to acquire a step-son, Greg Loberg.

Tillie is survived by her two sons, George (and Karen) of Columbia Falls, and Greg Loberg of Whitefish; daughter Renee (and Steve) of Minnesota; six grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Brothers Fred Ost (and Margie) of Whitefish, Leo Ost of Whitefish; sisters Ida Grant of Las Vegas, LaVonna of Washington state; sister-in-law Millie Hansen on California; and numerous nieces and nephews.

She is preceded in death by her loving husband Arthur Henry Green; parents Christ and Emma Ost; brothers Otto, Butch, Orrin and Gene; sisters Loretta and Laverne and numerous Nieces and nephews.

A celebration of Art and Tillie’s lives will be held Aug. 24 at the Stillwater Free Lutheran Church. at 2 p.m.

The family would like to invite you to a time of fellowship and remembrance at the church immediately following the service.

Burial will take place at 6 p.m. at the Whitefish Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to Stillwater Free Lutheran Church, Flathead County Animal Shelter or to your choice.