- Mike Lodahl
Funeral services for Mike Lodahl took place in Lewistown, Montana at 1:00 P.M. on
Thursday, February 4, 2010 at the Cloyd Funeral Home. Burial was in Lewistown City
Cemetery following services. A public visitation was at Fulkerson Funeral Home in
Plentywood all day on Saturday and Sunday, January 30th and 31st. Mike, 52, died
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at his home in Plentywood.
Mike was born in Grenora, North Dakota on September 28, 1957, a son of Delmo
and Evonne (Lee) Lodahl. He grew up and went to school in Lewistown, Montana
and graduated from Fergus High School in Lewistown in 1976. In 1979, he moved to
Plentywood to work in the oil fields and lived there until the time of his death. In 1986,
Mike pursued his dream of owning his own trucking business and founded the M & M
Lodahl Trucking Company. His high school sweetheart and companion, Verna Turk
lived with Mike for several years and they had a son, Henry. They separated in 1986.
Mike was married to Mary Kanning in October of 1988 and they were later divorced in
February of 1996.
Mike was a hard worker and loved to snowmobile, hunt and go four wheeling. He had a passion for automobiles and took pride in
them. He was a man who would help anyone out who needed it. Mike loved to laugh and see smiles on other people’s faces and loved
his sidekick (dog) Kiwi. He always signed his letters to others with “Love, Mike and Kiwi.” Mike was a member of the Sno-Travelers
Snowmobile Club and also enjoyed driving in the annual Bump and Runs. He was a great Father and Grandfather, great friend and will
be missed by a lot of people.
Mike is survived by his son Henry “Hank” and his wife Alisa of Lewistown, Montana; two grandchildren, Kaitlyn Hinkley and Owen Lodahl,
also of Lewistown; his mother, Evonne Geary of Lewistown; his father Delmo Lodahl of Clear Lake, Wisconsin; one brother, Kim (Netzi)
Lodahl of Belgrade, Montana and four sisters; Terry (Cruz) Belasco of Benson, Arizona, Arlene (Mark) Wichman of Hobson, Montana,
Susan (Robert) Twiford of Malta, Montana, and Patti Lodahl of Lewistown. He is preceded in death by his step father Owen Mick Geary.
Fulkerson Funeral Home in Plentywood and Cloyd Funeral Home in Lewistown had charge of arrangements.
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