Tonya LaMont Fife

Tonya LaMont Fife passed from this life on to the next on Nov. 3, 2014. She was born May 9, 1963, to Paul Roy LaMont and Barbara (Rusty) Ellen Barlow LaMont.
Dynamic and determined, Tonya filled her childhood with camping, tree climbing and horseback riding. She enjoyed hunting, fishing and playing ball. Like the rest of her spunky family, Tonya loved to play, and she was good at it. She also learned to cook at a young age. These hobbies and interests stayed with her throughout life.
The second oldest of five children, Tonya filled the role of worker bee. Weeding, hauling hay and bucketing water to the animals were familiar tasks to her on the family farm. She helped with cooking, canning and raising her two younger brothers. She always found great personal satisfaction in a tough job well done.
After working at the family A&W as a teenager and graduating from Sky View High School, Tonya moved to Salt Lake City to attend cosmetology school.
She thoroughly enjoyed her time and developed lifelong friendships. Her new career in hairstyling was one part of a bright life she was very happy with.
In 1984, Tonya received an LDS mission call to Toronto, Canada. She devoted all her energy to serving her Heavenly Father, proselyting full-time for 18 months. Her mission proved to be the foundation for teaching her children. Her testimony of and love for God permeated all aspects of her life.
Tonya's three sons, Tony, Casey and Bronson, were her pride and priority. She never tired of singing their praises and recounting their accomplishments. Her children were central sources of her hope, health and happiness.
Tonya walked a path of hardship and trial, but she always did her best with what she had. She made a point to learn from her struggles and used her personal experience to raise her sons to become good men, hard workers and finishers of what they started. Her love and dedication live on in the honorable lives of her sons and her soon-to-be grandson.
Tonya is survived by her sons, Tony Scott (Paige) Fife, Casey Paul Fife, and Bronson Brian Fife (currently serving in the Mexico Monterey North Mission), her father Paul LaMont, sisters Terrie (Jeff) Curtis and Tamra (Corey) Kendrick, and brothers Craig Roy (Diane) LaMont and Tom DeVere (Brenda) LaMont, and many beloved nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by her mother, Barbara Ellen Barlow LaMont (Rusty), and an infant son, LaMont Fife.
A donation account is open at Lewiston State Bank for those who would like to assist with the financing of flowers, funeral services and Bronson's mission.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday Nov. 8, at the Lewiston 1st Ward, 10 S. 1600 West, Lewiston. Friends may call at the church from 12-1:30 p.m.. Interment at Lewiston cemetery.