Willard Bell

Willard J. Bell, 82, died Dec. 28, 2011, at his residence in Columbia Falls after a short battle with leukemia.

He was born in Boulder, Colo., to Jake and Annie Bell. He served in the Navy on a troop transport ship from 1948 through 1952. He moved his family to Montana in 1968 and worked for the Forest Service and then the Anaconda Aluminum Co., where he retired in 1991.

He married Judy Howe in 1953 and had three children, Dave, Joyce and Gayla.

He is survived by his wife Judy; son Dave Bell and wife Karen; daughter Joyce Head and husband Jim; daughter Gayla Weyrauch and husband Dave; four grandchildren; and one great grandchild.

A memorial service will be held at the North Valley Senior Center in Columbia Falls on Saturday, Jan. 7, from 2 to 4 p.m.