HOWARD MOON obituary

KALISPELL - Howard Jay Moon, 100, died Thursday, Dec. 20, 2004, in Kalispell.

A Mass will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Saint Judes Church, 440 Seventh Ave. N. in Kalispell.

Howard was born May 23, 1904, at Tyler, Minn., to Frederick O. Moon and Mary E. Moon. In 1909, Howard traveled the Great Northern Railway with his mother, brother and grandfather to join his father at their new home in the Flathead Valley. Howard attended grade school in Kalispell and graduated from Flathead County High School in 1922. He earned his degree in mechanical engineering at Montana State University in 1928 and...