LeWayne “Le” Orville Schutter was born October 9, 1943 in Missoula, Montana to Orville and Mabel (Montgomery) Schutter. He was the second of eight children. He passed away of heart failure on September 14, 2020 in Lewistown, Montana, with family by his side. He was 76.
He grew up in the Rivulet-Quartz Creek-Superior areas, graduating from Superior High School in 1961. After serving in the U.S. Navy, he worked for the paper mill in Frenchtown, retiring after 35+ years. He was never one to sit idle and always had side jobs to stay busy, including delivering milk for a dairy in Superior as teenager, owning Scooter’s Auto selling used cars and tires for many years, being the first area distributor of Tillamook Jerky for Western Montana, and anything else he could find to stay busy.
He married Darlene Bestwick in December of 1964. They lived in Alberton and had 3 children together, William (Bill), Dawn and Lisa. In December of 1984, he married Lorna Frank, living in 9 Mile. Later, he married Nikki LaTray, having 2 more sons, Justin and Quenton. He loved taking his kids on hunting trips and traveling to see family and friends in the western states, even a trip through the Dakotas, often taking a few extra kids along with them. His other hobbies included stock car racing, snowmobiling, shooting competitions at the Alberton Sportsman’s Club, and always looking for the next “good deal.” He spent most of his life in the Missoula, Huson, and Alberton areas, with some later years around Helena, Boulder, and Butte.
