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William Donald Crail

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William Donald Crail

Birth
Dresden, Cavalier County, North Dakota, USA
Death
18 Sep 1983 (aged 72)
Whitefish, Flathead County, Montana, USA
Burial
Columbia Falls, Flathead County, Montana, USA Add to Map
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Services for William D. Crail, 72, Columbia Falls, are 2 p.m. Thursday (today) at Van Leuven Funeral Home with the Rev. Ron Paulson of Our Savior's Lutheran Church officiating.

Mr. Crail died at North Valley Hospital Monday. He was born Dec. 8, 1910, at Dresden, N.D., son of William and Mayme Crail.

As a young man he moved to the Judith Basin area, where he ranched until 1966, when he moved to Columbia Falls. He worked for Superior Buildings in Columbia Falls until 1976 when he retired.

On Feb. 4, 1978, he and Inga Soiseth Olsen were married in Columbia Falls. She now survives at the family home.

He is survived by two sons, Donald, Cut Bank, and Ron, Billings; two daughters, Sharon Biehl, Eugene, Ore., and Carolyn Slack, McGregor Lake; 14 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren; one stepson, Arnie Olsen, Williston, N.D.; three stepdaughters, Helen Dallen, Carlsbad, N.M., Louise Ulick, Tuolumne, Calif.; and Ricci Kay Olsen, Kalispell; seven stepchildren (step-grandchildren)and one brother, Cliff Crail, Mesa, Ariz.
Services for William D. Crail, 72, Columbia Falls, are 2 p.m. Thursday (today) at Van Leuven Funeral Home with the Rev. Ron Paulson of Our Savior's Lutheran Church officiating.

Mr. Crail died at North Valley Hospital Monday. He was born Dec. 8, 1910, at Dresden, N.D., son of William and Mayme Crail.

As a young man he moved to the Judith Basin area, where he ranched until 1966, when he moved to Columbia Falls. He worked for Superior Buildings in Columbia Falls until 1976 when he retired.

On Feb. 4, 1978, he and Inga Soiseth Olsen were married in Columbia Falls. She now survives at the family home.

He is survived by two sons, Donald, Cut Bank, and Ron, Billings; two daughters, Sharon Biehl, Eugene, Ore., and Carolyn Slack, McGregor Lake; 14 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren; one stepson, Arnie Olsen, Williston, N.D.; three stepdaughters, Helen Dallen, Carlsbad, N.M., Louise Ulick, Tuolumne, Calif.; and Ricci Kay Olsen, Kalispell; seven stepchildren (step-grandchildren)and one brother, Cliff Crail, Mesa, Ariz.


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