All Obituaries

Charlie Catron, 75, of Troy, MT, formerly of Richmond, IN and St. Charles, VA, passed away on Friday, January 10, 2020.  He was born in Bonny Blue, VA to Fred and Mae Catron on July 25, 1944. He attended school in Lee County, VA.   He served in the United States Air Force and Reserves. He was employed by the Indiana State Hospital until his retirement. After retiring he moved to Troy, Montana where he enjoyed spending time in the outdoors, hunting, fishing, and taking pictures of...

William Auchus Jr., 86 of Troy, MT passed away peacefully on Sunday, January 12, 2020, after a massive stroke.  He was born on December 9, 1933, in Plymouth, PA to the late William Sr. and Dorothy Auchus.    Bill had been an independent truck driver and owner of Cousin Bill’s Tavern in Kunkle, PA. He served in the US Air Force and was a member of the American Legion. He was an avid hunter and fisherman but his true love was singing and...

Lawrence (Larry) C. White (83) passed onto greener pastures on January 11th, 2020 in Libby, Montana. He was born on April 19th, 1936 in Brownsville, Oregon to Clifford and Henrietta White.   In 1972 Larry met the love of his life Brenda Wilson. They spent a wonderful 48 years together. He worked at a particle board plant in Sweet Home, Oregon. He served with the Army. In 2014 he moved up to Libby, Montana to be closer to family.   His memory lives on in his wife, Brenda White...

  Ron Truman was released from this world on January 7, 2020 in the most peaceful way possible.  Although it is a huge shock and so very painful to lose him this unexpectedly, what a blessing from God to be able to lay down comfortably in bed at home and wake up in heaven. Ron was born in Eureka on July 31st, 1955.  He was the second son of Alvin (Dutch) and Betty Truman.  Ron was raised along with his six siblings in the most beautiful place on Earth: the family...

Donald Fredrick “Red” Munsel, 82, passed away on Wednesday, January 1, 2020 at his home in Libby after a long time battle with asbestosis.  He was born on August 2, 1937 in Libby to Fred and Mary (Stout) Munsel.  He grew up in Libby and lived in Soda Springs, Idaho with his mom and beloved stepdad Paul Thomas.  He served his country after high school as a cook in the US Air Force.  Red returned to Libby after being honorably discharged and married Rosemarie...

Steven Keith Newstrom, 67, passed away on Wednesday, January 1, 2020 at Kalispell Regional Medical Center of natural causes.  He was born on February 23, 1952 in Eureka, California to Sherman and Jeannie Newstrom.  He married Linda Rodriguez in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho and later divorced and remained good friends. Steve owned S & N Repair and Maintenance in Troy, Montana and was the head carpenter for Environmental Restoration in Libby on the EPA Superfund project.  He...

Tucker S. Schork, 54, of Heron, MT passed away Sunday December 29, 2019 of natural causes.  He was born in Los Angeles, CA on September 28, 1965 to Kenneth and Sharon (Stalians) Schork.  Tucker grew up in Hacienda Heights, CA and attended Los Altos High School, graduating with the Class of 1983.  Following graduation, he attended college at USC where he earned his degree as a Certified Public Accountant.  On January 29, 1994, Tucker married JoAnn Genarella at Whittier,...

Victoria Elena Haugen passed away December 28th, 2019 at the Brendan House in Kalispell, Montana following a 5 month battle with lung cancer. Vicki was born in Ely, Nevada on November 16th, 1941. Her family moved to Plains, MT in 1948 where she attended school and graduated. It was there that she met Terry Haugen, her husband of 57 years.   They were married on July 27, 1962. They later moved to Libby in 1965 where they raised their 3 sons. During the years the boys were in...

William O. Teigen, 82, of Libby, MT passed away Saturday, December 28, 2019 at Cabinet Peaks Medical Center of natural causes.  He was born January 29, 1937 in Kalispell, MT to Oswald and Dorothy (Wilson) Teigen.  Bill grew up farming, spending lots of hours on a John Deere baling hay and he served in the United States Air Force.  Bill married Margaret (Marge) Rider in Polson, MT on June 2, 1956.   After moving to Libby in 1958, he started working at St. Regis Lumber...

               Fredrick Bruce Boothman, 66, of Kalispell, MT passed away Tuesday, December 24, 2019 at Kalispell Regional Medical Center from natural causes.  He was born November 22, 1953 in Libby, MT to Allen J. and Eva (Powell) Boothman.  Fredrick grew up in Libby, enjoying the activities of the great outdoors that Montana has to offer.  He attended school in Libby, graduating from Libby High School with...