Victor V. Crace, Jr., 64
Victor V. Crace, Jr., 64, died of a sudden heart attack Dec. 13, 2019, at home in Libby. He was born in Toledo, Ore., Feb. 21, 1955, to Victor Crace and Peggy Garonski Crace.
He came to Libby with his family in 1965, where he attended grade school while his father worked on the Libby Dam project. The family left Libby in 1968, and he completed his education in Vancouver, Wash.
Early in his career, Vic was a commercial fisherman. But his dream always was to return to Libby to raise a family. After a vacation to Libby in the early 1980s, he decided to move his family — his first wife, Lori, and three small children — from Washington to Libby in 1984.
He purchased a home up Pipe Creek where the family enjoyed the freedom and camaraderie of living in a small, out-of-town neighborhood. Vic called Pipe Creek home for most of his adult life.
Vic was proud of the many roads he helped build throughout the Pacific Northwest during his construction career, which he retired from in 2013. Some of his favorite projects were the Going to the Sun Road in Glacier Park and U.S. Highway 2 between Libby and Troy.
Vic was most at home in the great outdoors. He enjoyed fishing, boating and camping with family. He was happiest among the mountains; he often drove the back roads to see animals or gather firewood. His love of muscle cars and hot rods began in high school and spanned his whole life. He was adventurous and loving. His greatest enjoyment was being a grandfather to Zach, Alexandria, Cody, Kieran and Dylan.
His parents Victor and Peggy Crace, of Libby, preceded him in death.
Surviving him are his beloved and cherished wife, Toni, of Libby; his children: Victor (Sarah) of Libby, Clark (Bruce Ramsburg) of Ariz., and Sara Elmore (Colby) of Wash.; sisters Diane Quick of Ore., and Donna Stoffel of Mont.; and many other members of his extended family.
Services will be held at 2 p.m., Dec. 23, 2019, at the Schnackenberg Funeral Home Chapel in Libby. Online condolences and memories may be shared at www.schnackenbergfh.com.