Irma Ruppel

Irma C. Ruppel, 103, passed away at her home in the Flathead Valley on Sept. 7, 2014.

She was born in Toledo, Ohio, on Jan. 3, 1911, and married Alvin Ruppel on June 15, 1931.

After 70 years in her home, Irma moved to the Flathead Valley to be with her daughter and family.

Irma was preceded in death by her husbandl; son-in-law Paul Shelt; brothers Arthur, George and Frank Gable; and sisters Loretta Carr and Mildred Craig.

She is survived by her daughter Ann Shelt; grandsons Nick Shelt and wife Brenda Lee, of Kalispell, and Bruce Shelt and wife Lena, of Anchorage, Alaska; great granddaughters Stacie Erickson and husband Rocky, of Columbia Falls, and Trina Shelt, of St. Albans, Vt.; and great great granddaughters Bailey and Oakley Erickson.

Visitation will be held from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 11, at Johnson-Gloschat Funeral Home, with services to follow at 11 a.m.

Her family requested in lieu of flowers and cards that donations be made to hospice in her memory.