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Shayla Dunlap Obituary

Shayla Marie Dunlap, 22, who was born in Kalispell and raised and educated in Columbia Falls and who enjoyed working out and being outdoors, died as the result of a car crash Sunday near Kalispell. Also killed in the crash was her boyfriend, David Ampudia.
A joint celebration of life will be held for Shayla and David at 11 a.m. Friday at New Covenant Church in Kalispell with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery in Columbia Falls. A potluck reception will immediately follow at the Babe Ruth baseball fields on Talbot Road in Columbia Falls. Johnson–Gloschat Funeral Home and Crematory is handling arrangements.
She is survived by her mother, Vicki Dunlap; a sister, Shelby Dunlap; a brother, Hunter Koleszar; maternal grandparents, Leland and Jane Leivo; and paternal grandmother, Karen Ricks Dunlap.

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Published by Great Falls Tribune on Jul. 28, 2010.

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