Clyde Ross Jr.

On June 5, Clyde Ross Jr. joined his beloved mother and sister in Heaven. Clyde Jr. was born in Libby, Montana on July 11th, 1965, to parents Betty Louise Hutton Ross and Clyde Ross Sr.

Clyde Jr. was the brother of Marcia Sunell Alexander, Kenneth Robert Sunell, Howard Ralph Sunell, Sally Sunell Phillips, Thomas Wayne Sunell and John Michael Ross.

Clyde Jr. graduated from Libby High School in 1983, attended Portland Christian College and set his sights on the ocean in San Diego, where he spent his days working at Fireman’s Fund Insurance and enjoying the sounds of the surf break and soaking in the sun.

Clyde Jr. eventually returned home to the mountains, where he was closer to Betty and Clyde.

He worked at First Montana Bank, State Farm Insurance, the County Clerk and Recorder’s Office, and lastly, at the Montana Department of Revenue as a tax assessor.

Clyde was greatly loved by all that had the opportunity to know him. He was colorful and hysterical. He always surrounded himself with those who enjoyed laughing, smiling and raising a glass with him. When faced with adversities in his life, he never cowered or changed and kept smiling.

He shared all his heart with the world to the end and we will all have forever been touched and lives changed because we knew him. He is cherishingly memorialized by soaking in the sun in the sky, beverage in hand, laughing so hard he is crying, with sister Sally and mother Betty by his side.

Clyde Jr. is preceded in death by his mother, Betty Louise Hutton Ross; sisters, Sally Sunell Phillips and Evelyn Marie Sunell, brother Thomas Wayne Sunell; grandparents, Evelyn Catherine Hutton, Harold “Happy” Hutton; aunts and uncles, Marcia “Rae” Madison, Shirley Kihs, Jack Hutton, Larry Hutton, Donald Hutton, Jean Campbell, Cleveland Hutton, Charles “Junior Hutton, Kenneth Hutton, Lawrence “Larry” Hutton, Ardith Myhre, Maurice Hutton, Edward Ross, Charlie Ross, Jake Ross, Lottie Simler and great-niece, Piper Jane Ann.

Clyde Jr. is survived by his father, Clyde E. Ross; brothers Howard R. and Fran Sunell and Kenneth R. and Marina Sunell of Kalispell, Montana, Marcia and Bill Sunell Alexander of Bonners Ferry, Idaho; brother John Michael Simms, of California, aunts and uncles, Lorne “Jim” Hutton, Montana “Tana” Hutton, Judy Hutton Tulleners, Margorie Hutton Johnson and Betsy Ross. Nieces and nephews, Crystal, Michael, Jesse, Stacey, Dave, Oliver, Zachery, Cassie, Karina, Larissa, Aaron, Jason, Jeremy, Ashley, Emily, Melissa, Adam and Matthew.

Join Clyde Jr.’s family and friends for a Celebration of Life gathering and barbeque from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. July 28 at the Fred Brown Pavilion at Riverfront Park in Libby, Montana.

We will provide hotdogs and hamburgers; please bring a side dish and beverages to share.

Join us as we share stories and laughs and raise a glass to the great life of Clyde Ross Jr.