Edmund Scheffler, 93, of Troy

Edmund (Ed) Burton Scheffler, 93, of Troy died May 2, 2014, of natural causes in Spokane, Wash. He was born December 9, 1920, in the Bull River Ranger Station near Noxon, to Clyde and Myrtle Gill Scheffler. He grew up in Noxon and graduated from Noxon High School. He worked various jobs including logging, railroad and firefighting until he enlisted in the Navy following the attack on Pearl Harbor. He was sent to serve his country in the Aleutian Islands on the U.S.S. Coghlan. He was very proud of having fought in the battle of the Komandorskis.

He met Peggy Cobbledick following his enlistment in the Navy. They married on Nov. 16, 1946. Shortly thereafter, Ed enlisted in the Army, where he served 17 years working as a Nike Hercules Missile Site Radar Technician. He retired as a Chief Warrant Officer 3, after a total of 20 years in military service.  

Ed and Peg raised eight children, born and raised in all the various places his service and later civil service took them. When they left the service they moved back to Montana and eventually Troy, into a home they built together.

He is survived by their eight children: Mike Evans and wife Jane of Libby; Patrick Scheffler of Anchorage, Alaska; George Scheffler of Portland, Ore.; William Scheffler and his wife Yvonne of Rota, Spain; Irene Corley of Culbertson; Martha Odegard and husband Neil of Troy; Linda Hays and husband Jerry of Bridgeland, Utah and Mavis Vaillancourt of Troy. Sisters Ruth Ryan of Spokane, Wash. and Helen Dahl of Libby; and brother Ralph Scheffler of Florence also survive him. He has numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren as well as nieces and nephews.

Viewing will be at Schnackenberg and Nelson Funeral Home at 422 W. 2nd in Libby on Friday, May 9 from 1:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, May 10 at Troy Church of God with the Rev. Gene Bushnell officiating. The burial service will follow at Milnor Lake Cemetery with rendition of full military honors. A reception will be held at the Odegard Pavilion at Bull Lake immediately following the graveside service.