Jeremy Scott Sandvick Monroe

CHINOOK - Lance Corporal Jeremy Scott Sandvick Monroe, 20, of the United States Marine Corps. Echo Company 2 Battalion 3rd Marines Division, was mortally wounded in action on Oct. 8, 2006, at Al Anbar Province in Haditha, Northwestern Iraq.
Funeral services will be Monday, Oct. 16, at 10 a.m., in the Chinook High School Gymnasium, with burial following at the Hillside Cemetery in Dodson, with full military honors. Arrangements are by Edwards Funeral Home of Chinook.
Jeremy is the son of Mellissa Sandvick Pike of Chinook and Monte Monroe of Darby. He is a 2004 graduate of Chinook High School. Jeremy was known for his witty personality. He could make you smile with the greatest of ease. He loved people, but the most important things were his friends and family, all of whom appreciated and respected him deeply. Jeremy enjoyed playing his guitar and jamming with his friends. Everyone who had the opportunity to meet him loved him. He respected the young and the old. He will be missed by all who knew him.
Jeremy is survived by his mother, Mellissa (Ken) Pike of Chinook; father Monte (Dana) Monroe of Darby; siblings Zacharie and Danielle Gard, both of Chinook, Logan Monroe of Darby, Jordanne and Darryl Southwick, both of Chinook; great-grandmother Betty Wasson of Columbia Falls; grandparents Harold and Elizabeth Sandvick of Malta, Marilyn Jensen of Saco, Monte Monroe of Arizona; aunts and uncles, Robin Labrie Peterson of Havre, Yvette Sandvick Hurley of Tucson, Ariz., Michelle Monroe of Wolf Point, Jess Jensen of Absarokee, Beth Sandvick Walsh of Columbia Falls, Chris Sandvick of Malta, Bart Jensen of Gillette, Wyo., Nathan Sandvick of Malta, Yasmine Sandvick Baker of Kalispell, Marty Jensen of Harlem, Levi Sandvick, Karessa Sandvick, all of Malta; and various other relatives too numerous to mention.
He was preceded in death by his great-grandfathers, John Monroe, Martin Sandvick; great-grandmothers, Hazel Sandvick, Blanche Monroe; great-grandfathers Ed Peterson, Jim Wasson; aunt Shantel Sandvick; and cousin Martin Sandvick Kuszmul.
He was a truly wonderful person and will be missed.