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Leonard Siple
Leonard V. Siple, 71, of Libby, died April 23, 2003, at St. John’s Lutheran Hospital.
He was born on Nov. 11, 1931, at East Chicago, Ind., to Leonard V. Siple and Edna Hughes Siple.
Raised and educated in Indiana, Leonard married Juanita Brumfield on Aug. 14, 1952, at Hammond, Ind.
He and his wife lived at Munster, Ind., for 19 years and later lived at Hammond where Leonard worked as a millwright for LTV Steel Company.
After retiring they moved to Troy in 1990 and to Libby in 1995.
They celebrated their golden wedding anniversary last summer.
Survivors include his wife Juanita, Libby; eight children, Linda Jones, Indianapolis, Ind.; Leonard F. Siple, Baycliff, Texas; James Siple, Crown Point, Ind.; John Siple, Highland, Ind.; Mellisa Tunison, Troy; Robert Siple, Valparaiso, Ind.; Jeff Sipple and Richard Sipple, both of Highland, Ind.; 12 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Services will be conducted at 12:45 on Sunday, May 4, at Suncrest Christian Church, 10009 Parish, St. John, Ind.
Memorials may be made to Wings, P.O. Box 1550, Libby.
Local arrangements are by Nelson & Vial Funeral Home.
Betty Denzin
Former Libby resident Betty Denzin, 74, of Stevensville, died Sept. 27, 2003, at the Community Medical Center in Missoula.
She was born on Aug. 27, 1929 at Shelby to Roy and Ellen Bardwell Campbell.
Betty moved with her family to Darby, where she graduated from Darby High School.
On Nov. 7, 1947, she married Elmer Schmitt at Hamilton and they had three children.
Elmer and Betty were later divorced and Betty married Marlin (Butch) Denzin on Feb. 27, 1981.
Butch preceded her in death on Oct. 26, 1997.
Betty lived in Libby for 25 years before moving to Greybull, Wyo., where she lived for 17 years before returning to the Stevensville area in 1998.
She was a member of Our Savior Lutheran Church at Stevensville and enjoyed reading, music, playing the organ and writing songs. She also loved to crochet and knit.
Survivors include her three children, John Schmitt, Port Orchard, Wash.; Janice Gardner, Raleigh, N.C.; and Joellen Roberts, Stevensville; step-children Herbert, Donna and Glen; sisters Louise Schallenberger, Darby, Jennie Lindquist, Hamilton; half-brothers Jim and Tom Campbell, Townsend, six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Services were conducted at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the Grace Lutheran Church in Hamilton with the Rev. Glenn Merritt and the Rev. Raymond Larson officiating.
Interment followed at the Lone Pine Cemetery at Darby.
Memorials may be made to Our Savior Lutheran Church at Stevensville or to Grace Lutheran Church at Hamilton.
Daly-Leach Chapel was in charge of arrangements.
Bobbie Clawson
Former Libby resident Robert (Bobbie) Erven Clawson, 66, of Airway Heights, Wash., died Sept. 25, 2003, at Spokane.
He was born on Nov. 11, 1936, at White Sulphur Springs to Erven and Dora Petersen Clawson.
The only boy, Bobbie, was the oldest of seven children.
Bobbie spent most of his life as a log truck driver.
He was blessed with a large family who loved him dearly.
Known to all for his sense of humor, he will be greatly missed.
He was preceded in death by his parents, sister Josephine Harvey and son Corey Clawson.
Survivors include five children, Rob Clawson, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho; Charles Carr and his wife Julie, Cheney, Wash.; Kallie Hansen and her husband Doug, Greeley, Colo.; Kari Livingston and her husband Laren, Denver, Colo.; and David Clawson and his wife Darcie, Post Falls, Idaho; sisters Sharon Larson, Libby; Evelyn Nygard and her husband Jack, Marble Falls, Texas; Linda Carr and her husband Delbert, Libby; Kathy Stringham and Vicky Clawson, both of Kalispell; grandchildren Tori and Casey Clawson, Colby Karam; Brittany, Cory and Christopher Carr; Dakota, Cassidy and Drew Hansen; Kayla, Alyssa, Kyle and Rilyn Livingston; Ricky, Bailey and Katie Clawson, and great-grandson Kyle.
Visitation was from 1-8 p.m. Tuesday and services will be conducted at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 1, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Libby.
Kenneth Guinard
Kenneth L. Guinard, 67, of Troy, died on Sept. 24, 2003, at the Libby Care Center.
He was born on March 13, 1936, at Great Falls, to Lucien and Alice Guinard.
Kenneth had lived in the Thompson Falls and Trout Creek areas in Sanders County until coming to Troy in 1968.
He served with the U.S. Army and after his honorable discharge was employed as a logger and sawmill worker.
He also worked on the Libby Dam Project and was employed by the City of Troy for a number of years before working at Asarco.
An avid outdoorsman, Kenneth enjoyed fishing and hunting.
He was preceded in death by his wife Cleo, brothers Wayne, Ben and Jasper and sister Bea Marshall.
Survivors include his children, Jim Guinard and his wife Dorothy; Fred Guinard and his wife Gabriele; Randy Bacon and her husband Allen and Tracy Guinard, all of Troy; Alice (Missy) Guinard, Kalispell, and Mark Guinard and his wife Monica, Troy; brothers Tom and his wife Jan in Idaho; Jerry and his wife Lela, Dillon, and Bill and his wife Ellen, Stevensville; sisters Nancy Lewis and her husband Brian, Eureka; Judy Bruce and her husband Gary, Kalispell; Marge White and her husband Larry in Idaho; Rosalie Kelly and her husband John Sietta, Vista, Ariz., and Wilma Jietje and her husband Forrest; eight grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
Services will be conducted at 1 p.m. on Saturday at the Troy Church of God with the Rev. Gene Bushnell officiating.
Arrangements are under direction of the Nelson & Vial Funeral Home.
Esther Robbe
Esther Jane Robbe, 81, longtime Troy resident, died on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2003, at her home on Savage Lake.
The ninth in a family of 12 children, she was born on July 19, 1922, at Polson, to George W. and Ida Embody Davis.
Esther attended country school at Sunny Slope and at Polson.
She married Lyle James of Polson and they had two children, Elsie and Larry.
After moving to Libby, Esther worked at the C&H Meat Market, Adkins Store and Rosauers.
On Oct. 19, 1959, she married Warren Robbe of Libby, and they had a daughter Pat.
They moved to Troy and after taking over ownership of the Saverite Service in 1974, the carwash became Esther’s baby.
After selling the station, Esther enjoyed taking care of her home and working in the yard.
She belonged to the VFW Auxiliary 1548 at Libby and the Kootenai Senior Citizens Center at Troy.
She loved playing cards.
Her parents, brothers George, Walt, Frank and Ray, sisters Lula Sager, Violet Koehler, Inez Mefford and Lenore Larson and grandson Russell DeMars preceded her in death.
Survivors include her husband Warren, Troy; children Elsie DeMars and her husband David, Bigfork; Pat McLeod, Houston, Texas, Tenas and son Larry James in Spain; sisters Mariane Heyne, Libby; Alice Needles, Lincoln; brother Ralph Davis, Stockett, grandson Dale DeMars, Kalispell; granddaughters Darla Czyz, Marion; Cindy Cory, Bigfork, Ginger Webber, Sandpoint, Idaho; Laurie Hawkins, Boulder, Colo.; Lexi James, San Francisco, Calif., 11 great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandson and numerous nieces and nephews.
Services will be conducted at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 4, at the Kootenai Senior Citizens Center in Troy.
