All Obituaries

                John A Thede, JR, 94, of Libby, MT passed away Monday, December 10, 2018 at the Libby Care Center of natural causes.  He was born February 3, 1924 in Glendive, MT to John A. SR and Hilda (Belle) Thede.  He spent his early childhood in Richey, MT and in 1936, at the age of 12, he moved with his family to Libby.  The family settled on a ranch in Sheldon Flats.  John started work in a...

  Dorothy Evelyn Fagg, 93, of Troy, MT, passed away Friday, December 7th, 2018 at Libby Care Center from health related issues. Evelyn is blessed with passage to the kingdom and to reunite with family and her husband Dale.   “When God’s people close their eyes on earth, they open them in heaven, for “to be absent from the body’ is ‘to be present with the Lord” (2 Corinthians 5:8) Evelyn was born in Faulkton, SD, on September 20th 1925 to...

Charles O'Neil Berget passed away on December 6, 2018 in Libby, Montana surrounded by his loving family at Cabinet Peaks Medical Center.  He was born on April 2, 1937 in Turtle Lake, North Dakota to Ranold and Clarissa Berget.  After serving in the Army National Guard, Charlie married Janice Johnson. They had three children Anthony (Tony), Todd, and Tawndi.  The young family came to Libby in 1965. Charlie had many jobs in the timber industry including working on logging...

Donald N.  “Buck” Swennes, 88, passed away on Tuesday, December 4, 2018 at Libby Care Center.  He was born on December 30, 1929 in Kalispell to Sidney and Amanda (Hatlen) Swennes.  He graduated from Flathead High School.  Buck grew up working on the family farm on Reserve. Buck married his love Bernadine Healey on January 17, 1953.  They moved to Libby in the late ‘50’s to work at J. Neils Lumber Co., St. Regis, and Stimson until he...

Basil Canavan, 87, died November 26, 2018 at Home Sweet Home in Eureka.. He was born July 17, 1931 to Mortimer and Margaret Canavan. He was their only child and the first son born in America. He was raised in the Yaak and continued to live on the property his parents homesteaded throughout his life. After serving in the US Army in Korea, he worked for the Forest Service and then began a gypo logging company, which he operated until his retirement. Basil married Winifred Whitmarsh on October...

Phyllis Joanne McDonald, 82, passed away at her home in Libby on Saturday, November 24, 2018.  Phyllis was born to the late George and Bernice McNulty on January 8, 1936.  The oldest of twelve children, Phyllis was born and raised in Fergus Falls, MN and later moved with her family to Troy, MT.     Phyllis was adored and loved by all who knew her.  She was affectionately called “Nana” by her grandchildren and “Nanny with the Fanny”...

Marjorie Ellen Thatcher, 82, passed away, with relatives at her side, Thanksgiving Day November 22, 2018 at the Kalispell MT Regional Medical Center from natural causes.  Marge, as she was known, was born May 15, 1936 in Great Falls, MT to John and Lucile Braun. She spent early childhood growing up on a ranch north of Geyser and attended grade school in Columbia Falls while her step dad worked on the construction of Hungry Horse Dam.  In 1954, Marge moved to Stanford and graduated...

Tamra White, 59, died on Sunday, November 18, 2018 at her home in Libby of natural causes. Visitation will be from 1:00 – 7:00 p.m., Monday, November 26, 2018 at Schnackenberg Funeral Home in Libby.  Services will be at 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, November 27, 2018 at Christ Lutheran Church in Libby.  A full obituary will appear in a later issue.

Tamra J. (Tami) White, 59, passed away peacefully at home in Libby on Sunday, November 18, 2018. She was born to Maynard and Jean Sonju on January 23, 1959, and was raised and educated in Libby, graduating from Libby Senior High School in 1977. On September 18, 1982 Tami married Ernest Anderson. They had two children Mariah and Austin. They later divorced. On May 20, 1995 Tami married the love of her life, Mark White. In 2004 Tami and Mark adopted two children, Brieanna and Matthew. Tami...

     Darlene Kay Shelton, 61, of Troy, MT passed away Wednesday, November 14, 2018 at the Libby Care Center of natural causes.  She was born July 18, 1957 in Spokane, WA to Cornielious and Opal (Tallmadge) Nicolaas.  Darlene married Richard Shelton on December 11, 1998 at the Troy Methodist Church.  She was preceded in death by a brother, Donald Irwin Denison and a sister, Donna Cody.      Survivors include her husband, Richard of Troy;...