Columbia Falls baseball figure suffers stroke

A key figure in Columbia Falls youth baseball is recovering from a massive stroke he suffered recently.

Dick Lundstrom is currently being treated at Kalispell Regional Medical Center. Doctors had to remove a portion of his skull to relieve the pressure on his brain, family friend and neighbor Rhonda Hoon said.

Lundstrom, 69, was a youth softball coach in Columbia Falls for more than two decades and helped maintain the Sapa Johnsrud fields as a volunteer for many years.

Hoon said Lundstrom was taken off a ventilator on Feb. 5. He suffers paralysis on his left side and will have a long recovery, she said.

There was little warning of the ailment, Hoon said — his wife Sandy found him sitting in a chair shortly after he had breakfast.

Get well cards for Lundstrom are being collected at the North Valley Senior Center.

A key figure in Columbia Falls youth baseball is recovering from a massive stroke he suffered recently.

Dick Lundstrom is currently being treated at Kalispell Regional Medical Center. Doctors had to remove a portion of his skull to relieve the pressure on his brain, family friend and neighbor Rhonda Hoon said.

Lundstrom, 69, was a youth softball coach in Columbia Falls for more than two decades and helped maintain the Sapa Johnsrud fields as a volunteer for many years.

Hoon said Lundstrom was taken off a ventilator on Feb. 5. He suffers paralysis on his left side and will have a long recovery, she said.

There was little warning of the ailment, Hoon said — his wife Sandy found him sitting in a chair shortly after he had breakfast.

Get well cards for Lundstrom are being collected at the North Valley Senior Center.