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Thomas A. Balf
January 18, 1951 - July 6, 1996
LIBBY - Thomas A. Balf, 45, formerly of Sweetgrass, died Saturday, July 6, 1996, at a local hospital of respiratory failure.
His funeral is 2 p.m. Tuesday at the United Methodist Church in Sweetgrass with burial in Sweetgrass Cemetery. Whitted Funeral Chapel of Shelby is handling arrangements. Local arrangements are by Nelson & Vial Funeral Home. Memorials are suggested to the church.
He was born Jan. 18, 1951, in Great Falls, and graduated from Sunburst High School. Balf attended Beauty College in Billings and returned to Sweetgrass to open his own business. He also worked for the United States Customs Service until 1987. He moved to Libby in 1988.
Surviving is a sister, Marge Hacke of Libby.
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Barry Atkinson (Atkinson) (1969)
I miss Tom, when my wife and I lived in Hawaii we had dinner together and we all had a good time.Joe White (1958)
With impish smile and irrepressible sense of humor, Thomas carved his unique niche in the hearts of Sweet Grass and North Toole County friends. By the time he suffered the accident that left him in a wheelchair, he had lived in Libby for years; even so, his family and old friends in North Toole County quickly organized a benefit that raised some $10,000 in one night at the American Legion Hall. Tom never ceased to be amazed and humbled by that show of affection, and he never forgot those old friends. Thomas Balf remains forever a cherished child of Sweet Grass and a proud product of NTCHS.