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Wayne Peterson
Wayne K. Peterson, 68, of Libby, died May 6, 2000, at St. John’s Lutheran Hospital.
He was born on Aug. 31, 1931, at Libby, to Ernest and Irene Kammeyer Peterson.
Wayne grew up in Libby, attended Libby schools and graduated from Libby High School with the Class of 1950.
He served with the U.S. Navy from July 1950 until his honorable discharge in May 1954.
Wayne returned to Libby to work for J. Neils Lumber Company, St. Regis and Champion, retiring in 1992 after 37 years’ service.
He married Sandy Taylor at Sandpoint, Idaho in 1991.
Wayne enjoyed woodworking, remote control airplanes and fishing.
Survivors include his wife Sandy, Libby; step-son Robert J. Taylor and his wife Coreena, Kalispell; step-daughters Shannon Taylor in Virginia and Shelly DeHaven and her husband Jared, Libby; sisters-in-law Barbara Peterson, Seattle; Alice Peterson, Libby, and Helen Peterson, also of Libby; six grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
Graveside services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the City of Libby Cemetery.
Visitation was from 1-8 p.m. on Tuesday at the Nelson & Vial Funeral Home.
Scott Schultz
Scott Schultz, 77, a longtime northwest Montana resident, died May 4, 2000, in Vancouver, Wash.
He was born on Sept. 18, 1922, to Travis and Gus Schultz on their homestead land on the North Fork of the Yaak River.
Scott was the second of two sons born to Travis and Gus. The older brother, Bobby, preceded Scott in birth and death, drowning in the North Fork when Scott was 2 years old. His mother died a few years later and in 1961 Scott’s father died in a winter accident on the Yaak River Road.
Scott attended elementary school in several one-room schoolhouses in the Upper Yaak Valley, a common situation for homestead families who periodically moved the schoolhouse to accommodate the students. Scott and cousins Dick and Cleve Runyan represented the North Fork student body and traveled home on weekends and school vacations. They shared rich tales of snow shoeing, trapping, travel and wildlife from this period.
Scott graduated from Troy High School in 1941. Like other Yaak students, he boarded with various Troy families during his high school years, returning to the family homestead during the summer and vacation from school.
Scott had a natural gift for problem solving and organization and an excellent memory, a set of gifts that led to a number of small inventions over the span of his life.
He joined the U.S. Army shortly after graduation from high school and spent four years in the European Theatre during World War II. Like many men of his generation, he spoke little of his military life upon his return to Troy in 1945.
He married June Carr in April 1945 and she was to remain his lifelong companion for 54 years.
His post-military career began as a timber scaler for the U.S. Forest Service, a career interrupted when he contracted polio in 1952. Scott spent the rest of his working career with J. Neils Lumber Company in various positions. Known as Scotty to his co-workers, he was known throughout the Libby sawmill for his sense of humor, jokes and pranks.
Scott and June retired to Spokane in 1988 and in recent years they relocated to Vancouver to be near their daughter Cathee Souza and her family.
Survivors include his wife June, sons Terry and Bruce, daughters Cathee and Becky, several grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Military memorial services will be held at the Boyd Cemetery in the Upper Yaak Valley in July on a date to be announced.
Memorial gifts may be made to any Hospice Care organization.
Leffard Smith
Longtime Troy resident Leffard E. Smith, 76, died on May 4, 2000, at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane.
He was born on July 10, 1923, at Priest River, Idaho, to Lewis and Emma Smith.
Leffard grew up in the Spokane area and graduated from Rogers High School.
He served in the U.S. Air Force during World War II, and after receiving his discharge, moved to the Rexford-Upper Yaak area, where he engaged in logging and trucking.
He and his wife Marion built a home on top of the Yaak Hill where they lived for 40 years.
Leffard retired after working for much of his life for the Burlington Northern Railroad at Libby.
He enjoyed hunting, fishing and most of all, spending time with his family.
He was preceded in death by his parents and sister Ilah Leighty.
Survivors include his wife Marion Smith, Troy; sons Wade Smith and his wife Dianna, in Nevada; and Brent Smith, Troy; daughter Alana Kessel and her husband Duane, Libby; brother Colin Smith and his wife Jean, Spokane, and grandchildren Patrick Smith, Caresse Smith, Alan Smith, Ashley Kessel and Quinn Kessel.
Services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Thursday at the Troy Church of God. A meal and time of sharing will follow at the church.
Natashai Secrett Jacobs
Natashai Secrett Jacobs, 2, died at St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula on May 1, 2000.
She was born on August 24, 1997, in Spokane, to Jesse and Tracy Jacobs.
Natashai touched more lives in her two short years than many people do in a much longer lifetimes. Her family is thankful for Natashai, for the love she shared and the lives she touched.
Survivors include her parents Jesse and Tracy Jacobs, Polson; grandparents William and Lova Jacobs, Polson; Brent and Joanna Rogers, Missoula; and Wally and Darlene Wuest, Salem, Ore; great-grandparents Jay and Donna Jacobs, Polson; William and Betty Hickenbottom, Polson; Jim and Bonnie Rogers, Ovando; and Larry and Liz Williams, Libby; great-great-grandmother Evelyn Stromberg in Minnesota and numerous family members.
Mass of the Angels with Gary Reller as celebrant was at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Polson Thursday, because the Catholic Church is being renovated.
Burial followed at Lakeview Cemetery.
Arrangements were by Grogan Funeral Home in Polson.
Bob Thompson
Bob Thompson, 62, of Libby, died Tuesday, May 2, 2000, in St. Joseph’s Hospital in Chewelah, Wash.
He was born on Oct. 2, 1937, at LaClede, Idaho, to Howard O. and Thelma M. Long Thompson.
Bob was raised at LaClede and Priest River, Idaho, and moved to Libby in 1953, where he attended high school, and where he met Effie M. Wilkes.
They were married in 1955.
After high school Bob worked on the railroad and for J. Neils Lumber Company.
He started doing construction work in 1963, building bridges and dams, including work on the Libby Dam Project. For about 22 years he worked in the logging industry, taking pride and joy in his work.
Bob loved the outdoors, hunting, camping and fishing. He enjoyed spending time with his family and playing with his great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Survivors include his wife of 44 years, Effie Thompson, Libby; daughters Penny Brown and her husband Tim, Libby, and Linda Remp and her husband Randy, also of Libby; grandchildren Lisa Holzer and her husband Brian; Aaron Brown, Hannah Serna and her husband Brian, Jessie Remp and Andy Remp; great grandchildren Chelsea and Whitney Holzer; sisters Phyllis Stevens and her husband Harley and Gloria Gustafson and her husband Garry; two brothers, Ronald Thompson and Jerry Christenson and his wife Corrine, and many other relatives. Viewing will be from 1-8 p.m. Friday at the Nelson & Vial Funeral Home.
Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at Faith Bible Church with burial to follow in the City of Libby Cemetery.
Arrangements are under direction of Nelson & Vial Funeral Home.
Phil Davis
Former Libby resident Phil Davis, 59, of Bonners Ferry, Idaho, died at his home on Sunday, April 30, 2000.
He was born on June 5, 1940, at Kalispell, to Ernest and Regina Davis.
Phil grew up in the McGinnis Meadows-Manicke area and attended the Manicke School through seventh grade before completing high school at Libby.
He had worked as a logger in the Bonners Ferry area for 30 years. Phil enjoyed hunting, fishing, dancing and spending time with family members and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents and one son.
Survivors include daughter Becky Garrison, Troy; sons Barry Davis and Michael Davis, both of Bonners Ferry, and Dan Davis, Troy; sisters Barbara Messick and Rhea Norvell, both of Libby and Gina Edgar, Maui, Hawaii; brother Bruce Davis, Libby, 10 grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Services will be conducted Friday in Bonners Ferry.
