Patricia Fellers

Patricia Ann Fellers, 61, passed away

peacefully at home on Oct. 16, 2011 with her husband Ron and

daughter Tracy by her side.

She was born on Feb. 6, 1950 in

Ellensburg, Wash., to Earl and Betty Gordon. She attended Lourdes

Academy from first grade through eighth grade. She attended Morgan

Junior High for ninth grade and graduated from Ellensburg High

School in 1968.

She met Ron Fellers in Ellensburg in

1971 and fell in love. They were married on Feb. 18, 1972. On July

25, 1972, Tracy Lee was born. The family stayed in Ellensburg until

1974 before moving to Spokane to work for the Sprouse Reitz Store.

They transferred a couple more times to other Sprouse Reitz stores

in Washington before moving to the store in Hamilton.

They moved to Whitefish in 1985 and

have made it “home” for 26 years. They operated the True-Value/Ben

Franklin store in Whitefish until it closed in 2005. In 2007 Pat

opened and managed the current Ben Franklin store in the Mountain

Mall. Besides working for the Sprouse Reitz stores, Pat was busy

creating beautiful Native American Ceramics and lots of homemade

items for her family. She enjoyed being with family and friends and

considered Ron and Tracy her world.

Patricia was preceded in death by her

father, Earl Gordon. She is survived by her husband, Ron Fellers;

daughter, Tracy Fellers of Whitefish; mother, Betty Gordon, of

Ellensburg; sisters, Kathy ( Lonnie) Sala of Ellensburg, Mary (Rob)

LaPierre of Juneau, Alaska; brothers, Robert (Sheri) Gordon of

Wiley City, Wash., John Martin (Janet) Gordon of Centralia, Wash.;

as well as many nieces and nephews.

Patricia leaves us with many wonderful

and fond memories of her life.

A celebration of Pat’s life will be

held on Saturday, Oct. 29 at 11 a.m. in the chapel of Austin

Funeral Home, 6200 U.S. Hwy. 93 South, Whitefish, MT. Pat’s brother

Robert will officiate. In lieu of flowers, contributions to Ron and

Tracy would be appreciated. Arrangements entrusted to Austin

Funeral Home. You are invited to go to www.austinfh.com to offer

condolences, share memories and view Pat’s tribute wall.