Kris Wade

1948 - 2025

Kris Alexander Wade, 77, passed away on November 17th, 2025 at home in Cape Coral FL from natural causes. Kris was born to Erling and Carrie Wade on 08/08/1948 in Sunnyside, WA but grew up in Bigfork, MT. Kris always believed he had the best childhood a person could possibly have, spending summer days with his older brother Jeff and their friends down on Big Fork Bay, or family and friends at their cabin on Swan Lake.

Kris graduated from Big Fork High School in 1966 and immediately enlisted in the US Navy. He left early in August for training in San Diego and after bootcamp, electronics and radio school, then did a stint in Okinawa. He then received orders to report to Thailand, where he served on the Admiral Staff in communications on a 3P Orion, doing antisubmarine and maritime patrol surveillance over Viet Nam. After his honorable discharge in 1969 he worked construction, went to work for Mountain Bell, tried his hand at Real Estate and then enrolled at the University of Montana where he earned his BS in Business Management while working for the Missoula Collection Bureau. He then went to work for Greentree Finance as an Inventory Control Manager, until his retirement in 2017.

He married Laurie Froehlich on 5/5/2001, (after a four-year trial period.) When Kris knew the end was near, his consolation was knowing he would never again have to watch Aaron Rodgers play for his beloved Pittsburgh Steelers.

He is survived by his wife Laurie, his brother and sister in-law, Jeff and Jessie Wade, Mother in-law Shirley Froehlich, brothers-in-law and sister's in-law Mike and Janice Froehlich, Leslie and Ed Wetherbee, Becky and Dirk Cloninger and Tracy and Dale Thompson, numerous nieces and nephews and grandchildren Trent, Callie, Carter and Abbigale.

Services will be held in July of 2026 with further information to follow.