June C. Keller, 86, of Libby “entered into peace with her Savior” on Aug. 31, 2012, after a very short stay at the Libby Care Center.

She was born on June 10, 1926, in Kalispell to immigrant parents Carl Eliasson from Lesvik, Norway and Magdalena Grosen from Copenhagen, Denmark.  

June attended school and grew up in Somers as the fourth of five girls. She married her husband Gerald A. Keller on March 25, 1944, in Somers. They spent most of their 51 years of marriage in Libby.  

June enjoyed spending time with friends and family. She had a strong spirit and a very loving heart.  She enjoyed having the ladies over for card games and many potlucks were enjoyed at her home. June loved making afghans for her grandchildren and friends until her failing eyesight would no longer allow it.  

June was employed most of her adult life, working as a cook on a large wheat ranch, as a waitress, even starting a business in Libby with a friend — J & J Womens' Apparel, as a study hall teacher at Libby High School, and as a clerk for 15 years for the Montana Department of Revenue.

June was preceded in death by her parents; husband; and three older sisters, Alice Nelson, Lillian Hager and Mary Stout.

Survivors include her son, Michael and his wife, Nancy, of Libby; sister, Inga Holmquist of Kalispell; grandchildren, Jerrod Keller of Olympia, Wash., John Keller of Portland, Christopher Keller of Chapel Hill, N.C., Michelle Lowe of Valparaiso, Ind., and Jennifer Weaver of Springfield, Ore.; six great-grandchildren, Ryann Keller, Colby Keller and Caden Keller of Olympia, Kanesha Lowe and Thomas Lowe of Valparaiso, and Emma Weaver of Springfield. Surviving nieces are Paulette Bolla of Brownsville, Ore., Joan Duffy of Gowanda, N.Y., Wanda Byers of Kalispell and Carol Harvey of Promise City, Iowa; and one surviving nephew, Jerry Hager of Collins, N.Y.

Services will be at 11 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 7 at St. John Lutheran Church in Libby, with interment at C.E. Conrad Memorial Cemetery in Kalispell. Visitation will be from 1 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 6 at Schnackenberg & Nelson Funeral Home in Libby.