Viola May (Blasdel) Keller
Viola was born to Jesse and Ethel Blasdel, on Oct. 3, 1927, at the family homestead in Lower Valley. She attended Brocken School and graduated from Flathead County High School. Viola married Charles Keller on April 29, 1947 in Anchorage, Alaska. Their son was born there in 1948. The family soon returned to the Flathead in 1949, and four more children were born. Viola and Charles were involved in their own logging business for more than 60 years. As a member and president of the Loggerettes, a precursor to Montana Women in Timber, she was among the first to speak publicly about the impacts of wilderness designations on logging. She was preceded in death by her husband Charles; her parents, Jesse and Ethel; and her sister, Eva Belle Mower. Viola passed away peacefully on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014, at Hidden Meadows Memory Care in Columbia Falls.
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Son:Terry L Keller
Viola was born to Jesse and Ethel Blasdel, on Oct. 3, 1927, at the family homestead in Lower Valley. She attended Brocken School and graduated from Flathead County High School. Viola married Charles Keller on April 29, 1947 in Anchorage, Alaska. Their son was born there in 1948. The family soon returned to the Flathead in 1949, and four more children were born. Viola and Charles were involved in their own logging business for more than 60 years. As a member and president of the Loggerettes, a precursor to Montana Women in Timber, she was among the first to speak publicly about the impacts of wilderness designations on logging. She was preceded in death by her husband Charles; her parents, Jesse and Ethel; and her sister, Eva Belle Mower. Viola passed away peacefully on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014, at Hidden Meadows Memory Care in Columbia Falls.
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Son:Terry L Keller
Viola May (Blasdel) Keller
Viola was born to Jesse and Ethel Blasdel, on Oct. 3, 1927, at the family homestead in Lower Valley. She attended Brocken School and graduated from Flathead County High School. Viola married Charles Keller on April 29, 1947 in Anchorage, Alaska. Their son was born there in 1948. The family soon returned to the Flathead in 1949, and four more children were born. Viola and Charles were involved in their own logging business for more than 60 years. As a member and president of the Loggerettes, a precursor to Montana Women in Timber, she was among the first to speak publicly about the impacts of wilderness designations on logging. She was preceded in death by her husband Charles; her parents, Jesse and Ethel; and her sister, Eva Belle Mower. Viola passed away peacefully on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014, at Hidden Meadows Memory Care in Columbia Falls.
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Son:Terry L Keller
Viola was born to Jesse and Ethel Blasdel, on Oct. 3, 1927, at the family homestead in Lower Valley. She attended Brocken School and graduated from Flathead County High School. Viola married Charles Keller on April 29, 1947 in Anchorage, Alaska. Their son was born there in 1948. The family soon returned to the Flathead in 1949, and four more children were born. Viola and Charles were involved in their own logging business for more than 60 years. As a member and president of the Loggerettes, a precursor to Montana Women in Timber, she was among the first to speak publicly about the impacts of wilderness designations on logging. She was preceded in death by her husband Charles; her parents, Jesse and Ethel; and her sister, Eva Belle Mower. Viola passed away peacefully on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014, at Hidden Meadows Memory Care in Columbia Falls.
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Son:Terry L Keller
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