Raymond H. "Ray" Remp, 73

Raymond H. "Ray" Remp, 73, a native and resident of the Kootenai Valley, died Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2005, at Pahrump, Nev.

A longtime Libby area business operator for over 33 years, he had operated Remp Sand & Gravel until his retirement in 1998.

He was born in Libby to H.C. "Pete" Remp and Bonnie Dunwoody Remp on April 21, 1931.

Survivors include his wife, Iris, of Libby; his children, Ron Remp and wife Susan, Randy Remp and wife Linda, and Russell Remp and wife Kathy, all of Libby; Roxanne McCallum and husband John of Commerce, Mich.; Renee Schad and husband Al of Libby; and Robbie Remp and wife Darla of Kent, Wash.; a sister, Ramona Thornton of Vineta, Okla.; and 15 grandchildren.

Services will be Tuesday at 11 a.m. at the Libby Memorial Center. Interment with military honors will be in the City of Libby Cemetery.

A public reception will follow at the VFW banquet facility. Friends may call at the Nelson & Vial Funeral Home in Libby from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday. Memorials may be made to the Raymond Remp Memorial Fund, in care of Glacier Bank of Libby.