Terri Lynn Crill, of Spokane, Washington and Libby, Montana, passed away peacefully on Oct. 10, 2024, as she sat resting after bringing in her laundry from the clothesline – a quiet end that matched her wish for independence and simplicity.
Born in Ogden, Utah on April 16, 1960, Terri was the daughter of Harold C. Crill Jr. of Ohio and Jill Patricia Giles Crill of Oxfordshire, England.
Terri’s adventurous spirit shone early. In the 1970s, she competed in horse barrel racing. In the 1980s and ‘90s, she worked at Harold’s in Libby alongside her then-husband Greg Gommenginger (1981–1995). Later, she joined road construction crews as a flagger and roller operator, where she met her second husband…