William Hodge

William R. “Bill” Hodge, 95, died June 23, 2014, at North Valley Hospital following an accidental fall in his home.

He was born May 25, 1919, in Alfalfa, Okla., to Benjamin Harrison Hodge and Opal Phippany Hodge.

Bill married his high school sweetheart, Euna Faye Garner. They would have celebrated their 75th wedding anniversary this September. He went to business college in Anadarko, Okla., but then later graduated from the Bible Institute of Los Angles and became an ordained minister. He and Euna ministered in churches in Oregon, California, Idaho and Montana.

Bill was preceded in death by his parents, three sisters, one brother, one grandson and one great grandson.

He is survived by his beloved wife, Euna, of Timbercreek Village in Columbia Falls; one sister, Opal Lavell, of Oklahoma; and children Ron, of John Day, Ore., Royce and Diana of Saratoga, Wyo., and Jon and Roberta Shandorf of Kalispell; eight grandchildren; and 18 great grandchildren.

Graveside services will be held at Glacier Memorial Gardens on Friday, June 27, at 11:30 a.m. with a reception following at Sykes Restaurant in Kalispell.