Joan M. Milam

Joan M. Milam, 83, died Friday Nov. 23, 2012, at Edgewood Vista in Kalispell following an extended illness. She was surrounded by her loving family.

Her memorial service will be at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Kalispell on Friday, Nov. 30, at 11 a. m. A private burial at Glacier Memorial Gardens will precede the service.

Joan was born July 28, 1929, at Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone Park, Mont., to Henry and Esther Peterson.

She grew up in Bozeman, Mont., and graduated from Bozeman High School. She met Donald B. Milam, a boarder at her mother's boarding house. They were married in 1951 at Ho...