Our Website is dedicated to Richard Matt and Heather Shepard-Adams of the Flathead Reservation
To give thanks to those that have passed away before their time,
we bow our heads in silence and pray. Thank you Great Spirit for taking
two young souls into you arms, may they always be remembered.
To a cousin…
RICHARD L. MATT
POLSON -- Richard L. Matt , 27, of Ronan, died as a result of an automobile
accident near Ronan on June 15, 2003. Richard attended schools in Ronan
and Polson and graduated from Two Eagle River High School in Pablo in
1994. He attended Salish Kootenai College and graduated from the Building
Trades Program in 1997. Richard worked for Jore, S&K Electronics and
fought fires throughout the west. He was active in sports and enjoyed
fishing, hunting, listening to music and spending time with his children
and family. Richard was a member of the Salish-Kootenai Tribes. He was
preceded in death by his grandparents, Peter Matt and Regina Couture Matt;
and two uncles, Thomas Couture and Kevin Thomas Matt. He is survived by
three children, Isiah Matt and LaRissa Matt (both of Butte) and Alexis
Matt (Ronan); his mother and step-father, Jody and Arnold Irvine (Ronan);
his father, Louis Caye, Jr. (Elmo); his twin brother, Robert James Matt
(Ronan); his sister, Anitra Janet Irvine (Ronan); aunts and uncles: Beverly
and Wilbert Michel, Gerald and Selina Matt, Arlene and Frank Powell and
Donata and Stan Healy; step-brothers Joseph, Ambrose, Gabriel and Mayuk
Caye (all of Elmo); and numerous other relatives. Traditional wake services
were conducted in Elmo. Mass was celebrated on June 19, also in Elmo.
Burial was at Dayton Cemetery( http://www.charkoosta.com/obitsJUN2003.html).
To a childhood best friend…
HEATHER SHEPARD-ADAMS
ST. IGNATIUS -- Heather Marie Shepard-Adams, 16, died on June 8, 2003,
from injuries sustained in a car accident with her sister-cousin, Viola
Brown Johnson. Heather was born on Aug. 25, 1986, to Andrea Adams and
Arthur Shepard. She was lovingly known by many as "Auntie Hellers."
Although she didn't have any children of her own, she was "auntie"
and "mamma" to many children that she cared for as if they had
been hers. She was preceded in death by her grandmothers, Nadine Adams
and Beulah Brubaker; her cousin Shelley McLeod; and an uncle, Duane Bourdon.
She is survived by her mother, Andrea Adams (St. Ignatius); her father,
Art Shepard (Missoula); four brothers, Brendan Adams (Ronan) and Gabe,
Vincent and Calvin Shepard (St. Ignatius); two sisters, Lisa Dunlap (NC)
and Isabelle Pablo (Arlee); her grandfather, Louis Adams (Arlee); nine
uncles; seven aunts; five sister-cousins; other cousins; and many friends.
A wake was conducted at the St. Ignatius Community Center. Funeral services
were held on June 12 at the Longhouse with burial following at the Adams
family cemetery at Valley Creek( http://www.charkoosta.com/obitsJUN2003.html).
*Obituaries Courtesy of Charkoosta News
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