Patrica L. Keeler

Patrica L. Keeler, 83, passed away due to natural causes at her residence on Friday, April 10, 2026, surrounded by her family. Funeral services in Havre will begin at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, April 13, 2026, at Fifth Avenue Christian Church with Pastor Rick Hodshire officiating. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home was entrusted with arrangements. Services in Libby will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, April 16, 2026, at the Libby Nazarene Church, with a private family burial to follow later. Schackenburg-Nelson Funeral Home is handling Libby arrangements. Please visit Patricia's online memorial page to send a card or leave a message of condolence for her family at http://www.hollandbonine.com. Following is the obituary Patricia wrote.

If you're reading this, that means that I have passed on to Paradise where I am now in the arms of my Savior.

I was born and raised in Kalispell, MT, the 8th of nine children born to William Hoyt and Lucille Carter Bird, my parents. My brothers, Eugene K Bird, Theodore Bird, Robert Hoyt Bird, Michael Lee Bird, William James Bird, and sisters, Carol Wasinger, and Marilyn Meyers, preceded me in death.

Surviving me are my guardian angels, my husband Raymond Keeler of Havre, MT, children Louis and Julia Fayant and son Cameron of Helena, MT, Michelle Fayant and children Damon and Mckinzie Waits and son Keenan of Kentucky, Minda Waits and children Ashkii, Shanelle, and Gemma of Washington, William Robert and Julie Fayant and sons Brandon and Justin and Claire Fayant of Spokane, WA, and Rayminda and Scott Linton and daughters Sheradia and Nate Seek of Florida, and Zephanhia and Zinan Bennet and Nhiaora of New Zealand, sister Donadell Sampson of Colestrip, MT, along with 19 nieces and nephew loved dearly.

I met and fell in love with Raymond Keeler, and we married on February 2, 1980. This union brought into our world our daughter Rayminda Keeler Linton along with our children from previous marriage, Louis, Michelle, and Robert Fayant. This resulted in 7 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren that I love and treasure and I thank God for the privilege and joy of having been called you Mom and grandmother.

I attended elementary school and Flathead High School in Kalispell and Flathead Community College. I have worked as a nurse aide, waitress, cook, truck driver, substitute teacher, realtor, and business owner. I owned and operated Hacienda Ranchwear from 1979-1998. In 2020 we leased out our business C&R Auto and leaving many wonderful people God placed in our lives, we moved to Havre, MT to be closer to our daughter and her family. Just as I moved to Havre to prepare our new home a month before Ray, I again have moved on to a better place and mansion and am waiting for my family to join me.

Ray and I adapted to retirement life making many more cherished memories traveling in our RV knocking sites off our bucket list and those that should have been on it, and basking in the love showered upon us from family and wonderful new friends we met. Next to my family I loved gardening, and even though I did not have the best or most beautiful garden, I found weeding to be very therapeutic and a time to reflect and pray. I loved sharing the fruits of my labor with others. Knowing how much I loved adventure and travel, our children provided me with many memories and took me to places and sites I never thought I would see, or experience. Raymond had a comment about my love of adventure but you can ask him what that phrase was. When I was able we hiked to the surrounding lakes every year and even though I did not like to fish I was content with a book and a big bush to sit in. Reading and enjoying the beauty and sounds of nature God created. My mother taught me the love of simple family gathering, playing games, sharing stories and filling my life with special memories and basking in the love of family. My nieces and nephews could give the best hugs and make the best comfort food and I could always count on my favourite drink - strawberry rhubarb punch at our times together.

It is important to me to close with my testimony of my Savior, Jesus Christ; I know that He lives and that He loves each and every one of us. He deserves all of us to return to the presence of our Heavenly Father, after all, that's why He came and sacrificed Himself for us. Let my family know how much I love them. And in hindsight how I wish I could have been a better parent, wife, grandmother, and aunt to them. I want to remind every one of them how much I cherished them and would have told them again but time ran out and I was called home. I am thankful for the life I was given and lived and for your forgiveness of my many mistakes and imperfections.