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Laura Lea (Green) Djonne

Laura Lea (Green) Djonne, 71, passed away Jan 27, 2017 after a brief illness surrounded by her family. She was born Sept. 23, 1945 in Whitefish to Gordon and Thelma Green. She attended school in Columbia Falls and in 1960 she married Walt Webster and had two children Walt and Vicki.

The family purchased the Dam Town Tavern in 1971. She tirelessly ran the bar until 2014 and along the way helped start the Canyon Kids Christmas which she spearheaded until her departure in 2014.

In 1985 she married Buck Djonne and they resided in Columbia Falls until her death.

She is preceded in death by her first husband Walt Webster, her parents Gordon and Thelma Green and brother Larry Green.

She is survived by her husband Buck; children Walt and Terri Webster, Vicki and Ryan Watmough; stepchildren Penny and Bob Hardy, and Marvin Djonne; brothers Richard and Karen Green, John and the late Debbie Green, Terry and Deanna Green; grandchildren Scott, Justin and Kyle Lingle, Jeremy Webster, Devin Chappel, Brittney Gietzen, Nicole Chappel as well as numerous nieces, nephews and great-grandchildren.

There will be a viewing on Friday Feb. 3 from 5-7 p.m. at Columbia Mortuary.

Services will be held Saturday Feb. 4 at 1 p.m. There will be a pot luck reception following at Eagles Club in Columbia Falls at 3 p.m.