Margaret Nash

Margaret Ann “Sereday” Nash, 89, died at her home in Kalispell on April 6, 2013. She was born Aug. 19, 1923, in Wayne, between Great Falls and Belt, at her grandparent’s home to John Sereday and Suzie “Mital” Sereday.

Raised at Lehigh and near Schilztown, a coal-mining town, she grew up on a dry land farm and had three brothers, Henry, Johnnie and Albert. She would walk 3 1/2 or four miles to grade school in Lehigh and went to Windham High for two years.

She got her first job at the age of 14 on a turkey farm at Belt for the sheriff and his family, then worked at Star Dairy in Great Falls until she married Alvin E. Nash on May 22, 1940, at the Assembly of God Church in Great Falls by Pastor Homer Rugwell.

Margaret was married to Alvin more than 57 years. She lived in Great Falls for six years, then the family moved to Hungry Horse in 1946. She and her husband built the Crooked Tree Motel and Swimming Pool in Hungry Horse and operated and managed the business until it sold in 1976. They lived for two years in one of the apartments they purchased in Columbia Falls while building their home in Kalispell. They raised five children, all of whom graduated from Columbia Falls High School.

Margaret was friendly and outgoing. She had many friends and loved every one, especially getting a hug with everyone she met. Her favorite hobby was taking pictures and sharing them with those she took them of. She attended the Assembly of God churches In Great Falls, Hungry Horse and Columbia Falls and the Kalispell Christian Center. She also, taught Sunday school in Great Falls and Hungry Horse.

She was a member of Hungry Horse Homemakers and Stillwater Homemakers and was treasurer for AARP for four years. She also was a member of the Senior Citizens for many years and was a member of RSVP.

Margaret enjoyed traveling with her husband to Hawaii, the Holy Land, New England, Niagara Falls, and a 14-day missions trip to Oaxaca, Mexico. She also enjoyed visiting her children.

Margaret was preceded in death by her father and mother; step-mother Mary Kasarda-Sereday; three brothers; granddaughter Renae Burtsfield; and husband Alvin in August 1997.

She is survived by her sons Gary Nash and wife Brenda of Blue Springs, Mo., and Rodney Nash and wife Lori, of Kalispell; daughters Ruth Burtsfield-Daughtery and husband Len, of Kennewick, Wash., Donna Morken and husband Phil, of Bigfork, and Leona Kost, of Livingston; 12 grandchildren, 27 great grandchildren; and 15 great great grandchildren; many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Visitation will take place at Buffalo Hills Funeral Home on Friday, April 12, from 5 to 7 p.m. Services will take place at the Kalispell Christian Center (Assembly of God) on Saturday, April 13, at 11 a.m., with Rev. Bob Ross officiating. Interment will follow at Glacier Memorial Gardens.

The children suggests memorials be made in Margaret’s name to Agency of Aging, 160 Kelly Rd., Ste. A, Kalispell MT 59901; Hospice, 275 Commons Loop Corporate Dr. Ste. 600, Kalispell MT 59901; or the Christian Center (Assembly of God), 255 Summit Ridge Dr., Kalispell MT 59901.