All Obituaries

James ‘Jim’ Elliott Holder, 75, peacefully went home to his Lord and Savior in the morning hours of June 20, 2019, with the love of his family surrounding him.   Jim was born July 29, 1943 to Elliott and Mary Holder in Eureka, Montana. He was raised in Eureka along with three brothers, Bill (deceased), John and Tim. He graduated from Lincoln County High School in 1961. He served in the Navy and United States Airforce until his honorable discharge in 1968. He returned to...

Delbert Leroy Collins, 86 years young of Libby, Montana, went home to the arms of Jesus, on Friday, June 14, 2019 at his home in Libby.  He was born on June 1, 1933 to Donald and Daisy Collins in Chico, California.   Del graduated from Chico High School in 1951.  He was employed by his father as painter in 1952.  He moved on in 1953, working for Pacific Bell as a Cable Splicer, where he would retire from in 1985. In between the years, Del had a love for God and...

Marilyn H. (Slaney) Mason, passed away peacefully on Monday, June 10, 2019, at Good Samaritan-Mountain View Manor in Eureka, Montana. She was born on Sept. 24, 1933 in Los Angeles, California to William and Hazel (Robbe) Slaney. She was the oldest of 8 children. The young family moved to Eureka in 1934 where she started school at Roosevelt elementary and eventually graduated from Lincoln County High School in 1952.  She married Robert L. Mason on October 11, 1952.  They had 4...

Douglas L. Lauer, 76, of Libby, died on Sunday, June 9, 2019 at Cabinet Peaks Medical Center.  He was born on January 23, 1943 in Danville, IL to Anthony and Helen Lauer.  He graduated from Deer River Minnesota High School in 1961. Doug married Joyce Miller and they later divorced. He began his career in Libby on the Libby Dam.  He was a mechanic at Libby Motors.  He was the owner-operator of Hiway Truck Services in Montana, Alaska, and Canada and Due West Town and...

Yvonne (Vonnie) Varney passed away on June 9, 2019 at the age of 90 with her husband at her side. She was cared for at the Libby Care Center in Libby, MT after she sustained a broken hip in March. She was born in Billings, MT to Howard (Butch) Paul and Alice (Huntington) Paul on November 22, 1928. She and her sister, Pamella, grew up in Billings. As an adult, Vonnie worked at the Gambles store in Billings as a clerk and bookkeeper.   She met her husband, Leland (Mickey) Varney on a...

Joyce Lelm passed away June 6th, 2019.  She was born Joyce Torkelson April 24, 1930 on the farm in Turtle Lake, ND to Joseph and Bertha Torkelson.  She graduated high school and went on to business school, and worked at the capital in Bismark, ND. She married Lamoine Lelm on June 25, 1950 in Turtle Lake, ND.   They moved to Libby, MT in 1955. Built their home where they raised 5 children. She was employed at the court house and the county elections for a short time. She was...

Grace F. Miller, 88, died on Sunday, June 2, 2019, at Mountain View Manor in Eureka.   A Celebration of Life will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, June 29, 2019 at the Dale Miller residence, 955 West Road, Eureka, Montana 59917.

Eugene “Gene” William Frederick, 81, was welcomed into Heaven’s Flying Club by the Lord’s angels on Wednesday, May 29, 2019 at his Rocky Draw, Troy home.  He was born on May 20, 1938 in Fredonia, North Dakota to Emma Clara Lautt and Albert Richard Welhelm Friederich.  Gene served in the United States Army from 1953-1956.  He was Mr. Fix It! He was an excellent mechanic and could find a way to fix anything.  He was very proud of his trucktor. ...

Edward L Fuller passed away on May 26th, 2019 Whitefish Mt. at the good old age of 84.  He was born in Anaconda, Mt. on a cold day on February 5th, 1935 to James and Cora Fuller.   He loved riding horses, fishing, and hunting.  Over the years he loved to snowmobile, 4-wheel, camp, & ride motorcycles. He could do anything.  He farmed, ranched, welded, worked on automobiles, & worked with wood.  He could build anything he set his mind to.  From buildings...

Michael D. Shock, 69, of Libby, passed away on Saturday, May 25, 2019 at Cabinet Peaks Medical Center after a brief battle with cancer.  He was born Oct. 29, 1949 in Detroit Lakes, Minn.  He moved with his family to the Kalispell area when he was a young child.  He attended Kalispell schools, and was involved in Search and Rescue. Michael moved to Oregon in the 80’s and honed his carpentry skills which became his main occupation until he retired.  In 1991, he...