All Obituaries

Jo A. Lundin, 73, of Troy, died on Tuesday, November 30, 2021 at Cabinet Peaks Medical Center in Libby.  Arrangements are by Schnackenberg Funeral Home in Libby.  Online condolences and memories may be shared at www.schnackenbergfh.com.

Arthur E. Eaton, 68, of Libby died on Monday, November 29, 2021 at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane. Services will be at 1:00 p.m., Thursday, December 9, 2021 at the Assembly of God Church in Libby.          Arrangements are by Schnackenberg Funeral Home in Libby.  Online condolences and memories may be shared at www.schnackenbergfh.com.

               Marla R. Hanson, 67, of Libby, MT passed away Sunday, November 28, 2021 at Logan Health Medical Center in Kalispell, MT.  She was born October 29, 1954 in Glascow, MT to Roy and Mary (Robbins) Hanson.  Her family moved to Missoula where she attended school through the 8th grade.  They then moved to Columbia Falls for 1 year before moving to Whitefish, MT where she finished high school,...

   Marie Claire (Kuchenski) Purdy, our beloved Mother, grandmother, aunt, sister, cousin, friend, parishioner, classmate, card partner, bus driver and community contributor went to be with the Lord on November 26th, 2021, at the age of 90. She was a resident of the Mountain View Manor for the past four years where she was living with a degenerative neurological disease called PSP (Progressive Supranuclear Palsy). While this awful disease slowly stripped her of her fine muscle...

Alice “Shirley” Thompson Collier   Alice (“Shirley”) Thompson Collier (nee) Bowen passed on to join her family and loved ones in heaven November 21, 2021 at Logan Health in Kalispell, MT. Shirley was born December 30, 1936 in Libby, MT to “Woody” and “Toots” Bowen. During high school Shirley worked at the Blue Bear Café making sodas and shakes. Shirley was a blue-eyed, curly haired sprite who made a perfect tumbler and even...

Richard Cy McPherson, 64, of Libby, MT passed away suddenly on Saturday, November 20, 2021 from natural causes with his wife by his side.  He was born July 17, 1957 in Prosser, WA to Richard Gary and Edith Ellen (Midland) McPherson.  In his young years, he enjoyed floating the Yakama River and picking mushrooms (you know, the fun kind).  Richard loved being outdoors enjoying nature.                Richard...

William “Bill” Albert Dawson, born June 2, 1940, in Billings, MT to Jack and Jeannette Dawson, passed away November 20, 2021, due to complications from RSV. Bill lived in Billings most of his life, graduating from Billings Senior High in 1958. He started driving semi-trucks for his father’s business, B&B Trucking, at the age of 15 and didn’t stop driving until he was 70. After spending years driving for the family business, in 1976 he switched to locally hauling...

Louise E.  Raper, 79, of Troy died on Wednesday, November 17, 2021 at her home in Troy of natural causes.  She was born on February 23, 1942 at Kerrville, Texas to Bill and LaNell Orcutt.  She attended high school at Central High in Tulsa, Oklahoma.  She had an Associate’s Degree in Electrical and Mechanical Drafting from Tulsa Tech. Louise married L. B. (Buddy) Harp.  She married Gene L. Raper, the love of her life, on July 15, 1973 in Miami, Oklahoma. She...

  Lora L. Johnson of Eureka, Montana, beloved mother and grandmother, passed away on November 16, 2021.  Lora was born to Helen Thomas Hanchett (Schroeder) and Ray Hanchett on September 24, 1940, in Klamath Falls, Oregon.  She completed grades 1-6 in Klamath Falls and went to high school in Salinas and Cazadero, CA.  She and her mother then moved to Townsend, Montana where she met and married Darrell W. Miller of Radersburg, MT.  Lora and Darrell had three...

                 Charles Fredrick McFarland, 63, of Libby, MT passed away at his home on November 16, 2021 of natural causes.  He was born April 20, 1958 in Hartford, CT to Charles Anderson and Mary Ann (Quinn) McFarland.  Charles grew up in Wethersfield, CT and graduated from Wethersfield High School.  He spent time in California where he worked as a CNA at the Sonoma Care Center and for the Sonoma...