Christopher Carroll, 18

Christopher Carroll, 18, passed away Jan. 3, 2008.

He was born in Raleigh, N.C., on Jan. 30, 1989. Christopher attended schools in Bigfork and was in his senior year at Anaconda High School this year.

When Christopher was young, he wanted to live by himself in the woods with a bear and an alligator. He once caught a 3 pound trout in a small creek across the road from his house. As an avid hunter, he had harvested two big bucks, a bear, and a badger. He owned turtles, salamanders, geckos, and tarantulas.

Christopher was kind and quiet, and had a big heart. He was known by many as a hard worker and was always willing to help people even if he did not know them. His favorite foods included Tater Tot casserole, chicken cordon bleu, steaks, green beans, and Dinty Moore stew. Christopher loved so many things such as snowboarding, the mountains, camping, music, racing cars, mud bogging, working on cars (his favorite, the Camaro), riding horses, fire flies, climbing trees, bonfires, a good challenge, taxidermy, four-wheeling, rock climbing, playing Nintendo, the movies 'Rocky' and 'A Knight's Tale,' welding, carpentry, metal fabrication, the color blue, animals, his friends, and his family.

Preceding him in death was his grandmother, Marjorie Baumann of Conrad.

Christopher is survived by his parents, mother, Kay, and Les Saari of Bigfork, and father, David Carroll, of Anaconda; sisters, Jennifer Carroll of Bozeman, and Rebecca Saari of Bigfork; grandparents, Lewis Carroll of Garrison, Alberta Carroll of Anaconda, and Floyd Baumann of Conrad; aunts, Susan Trueax of Anaconda, Laura LaTray of Tacoma, Wash., and Linda and Edwin Ries of Sidney; uncle, Sam and Cheryl Carroll of Oxnard, Calif.; and numerous cousins, nieces, and nephews.

A service of remembrance will be held at 2:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 7, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Anaconda.

Service and cremation arrangements are under the care of KT Riddle Funeral Home.