Obituaries

Local Obituaries for North Idaho and Western Montana

Pearl Howard

Pearl Howard

Jul 23, 2014

Pearl Howard, 83, of Cocolalla passed away on Wednesday, July 23, 2014 at her home. Graveside funeral services will be conducted at 2:00pm, Thursday, July 31, 2014 in Westmond Cemetery. Memorial services will be held at 2:00pm, Saturday, Saturday, August 2, 2014 in the Southside Community Church. Pastor Rick McLeod, Southside Community Church, will be officiating at both services. Pearl...

Marlene Faye Mosher

Marlene Faye Mosher

Jul 23, 2014

Marlene Faye Mosher, 76, passed away on Wednesday, July 23, 2014 at her home in Kootenai, Idaho after a valiant nine-year battle with cancer. Private family services will be held at a later date. Marlene was born on June 5, 1938 in Buffalo, South Dakota, the daughter of Henry and Aldene Cornella. The family moved to Sandpoint and Kootenai where...

Valerie Diane Vierstra

Valerie Diane Vierstra

Jul 20, 2014

Valerie Diane Vierstra, 55 of Sagle passed away on Sunday, July 20, 2014 at her home in the loving care of her husband. Services will be conducted 1:00PM, Saturday, July 26, 2014 at Gamlin Lake Cemetery located behind the Church in the Wildwood. A potluck will follow at Garfield Bay. If you have questions regarding the potluck please call Kevin...

Kathleen Joan Farmin

Kathleen Joan Farmin

Jul 18, 2014

Kathleen Joan Sullivan Farmin, 83, passed away July 18, 2014 in Sandpoint, Idaho. She was born in Butte, Montana on December 1, 1930. She was preceded in death by her parents, James Roy Sullivan and Margaret O’Meara Sullivan, her sister Sheila Sullivan and her daughter, Patricia Ann Farmin. She is survived by her children: Sheila Farmin-Aumick (Rodney) of Sandpoint, Idaho;...

David Robert Contreras

David Robert Contreras

Jul 18, 2014

David Robert Contreras, 54, passed away in Hayden, Idaho on Friday, July 18, 2014. He was born in LA Mesa, California on June 13, 1960, the son of David and MaryLou Contreras. He grew up, and attended schools in El Cajon, California and served with the US Navy from 1980 until 1985. Following his military service he worked as an...

Larry Lewis DeLuna

Larry Lewis DeLuna

Jul 17, 2014

Larry Lewis DeLune, 72, passed away in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho on July 17, 2014. He was a former resident of Oldtown, Idaho. Private family services have been held.

Jack Irwin Turner

Jack Irwin Turner

Jul 17, 2014

Jack Turner, loving husband, Dad, Grand-dad, and Great Grand-dad, was born July 29, 1934. He went home to be with his Lord on Thursday morning, July 17, 2014 at his home in Naples with his beloved wife, Martha by his side. He was proceeded in death by his mother, Lucille Brown of Torrance, CA, and son Steven Turner of Porterville,...

Emma Louise Hawkins

Emma Louise Hawkins

Jul 17, 2014

Emma L. Hawkins, 87, passed away Wednesday, April 2, 2014 in an assisted living home in Manteca, California.She was born February 10, 1927 in Romulus, New York to Cora Ethal (Clark) Troutman and Harry William Troutman. When attending high school as a junior, she met, fell in love with and married Robert Noel Hawkins on March 26, 1946. They moved...

Robert Blettenberg

Robert Blettenberg

Jul 14, 2014

Robert Blettenberg, 71, of Sagle passed away on Monday, July 14, 2014 at Kootenai Health in Coeur d’ Alene. Services will be held 11:00am, Saturday, July 19, 2014 at the Westmond Ward Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day saints, located at 331 Westmond Rd., Westmond, ID. Friends may call at Coffelt’s Funeral Chapel in Sandpoint on Friday, July 18,...

Archie E. Jones

Archie E. Jones

Jul 13, 2014

Archie E. Jones, 75, of Laclede passed away on Sunday, July 13, 2014 at his home. Archie was born in Lake Park, Iowa on Nov. 3, 1938. He graduated from high school in Vista, California in 1956. On September 13, 1958 he married Jean Britton in Brainerd, MN. He worked construction in Brainerd, MN. He moved to Idaho in 1983...

Jake Leedy

Jake Leedy

Jul 13, 2014

John "Jake" Wyatt Leedy, 63, of Sandpoint, Idaho, passed away Sunday, July 13, 2014, at Bonner General Hospital. Born May 1, 1951 in Santa Monica, California, to Daniel Cassius Leedy and Lorna Mae Leedy, John was the second of their four children. John grew up in the small town of Encinitas in coastal Southern California. He spent summers on the...

Laurie Anne Clay

Laurie Anne Clay

Jul 13, 2014

Laurie Anne Clay, 57, passed away on Sunday, July 13, 2014 at her home in Ponderay, Idaho. A complete obituary will be posted later.

Gavin Duncan Wallis

Gavin Duncan Wallis

Jul 11, 2014

Gavin D. Wallis, 70, died suddenly of a stroke on July 11th after a short bout with cancer. Private family services will take place at a later time. Gavin had been a resident of Sandpoint for over thirty years. He was also a navy veteran who served in active duty aboard a submarine for eight years. He continued to serve...

Anne Robinson D'Olier

Anne Robinson D'Olier

Jul 8, 2014

Anne Heaton Robinson D’Olier passed away on July 8th, 2014 in Sandpoint, Idaho the town she loved so dearly. Anne was born in New York City July 5, 1949. She grew up in Manhasset on the north shore of Long Island. She graduated from Oakwood Friends School in 1967 and later attended Emerson College in Boston. At the end of...

Theodore Roosevelt Crabb

Theodore Roosevelt Crabb

Jul 8, 2014

Theodore Roosevelt Crabb, 92, passed away on Tuesday, July 8, 2014 at his home in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. Ted Crabb was born May 28, 1922 in Orofino, Idaho to Jarrett and Stella (Kight) Crabb. He attended schools there, graduating from Orofino High School in 1940 and the University of Idaho in Moscow in 1942. Ted was a Staff Sergeant in...

Betty Jo Standish

Betty Jo Standish

Jul 5, 2014

Betty Jo (Caughey) Standish, 91 after 66 years of marriage, four children, seven grandchildren, fourteen great grandchildren, and one great-great grandchild passed away on July 5, 2014. Private family services will be held at a later time. Betty was born October 20, 1922 in Filer, Idaho the second child of five born to Robert “Shorty” and Fern (Bills) Caughey who...

Simone (Mona) Palmere Vincent

Simone (Mona) Palmere Vincent

Jul 2, 2014

Simone (Mona) Palmere Vincent 101, of Sandpoint, after a full and beautiful life went peacefully home to the Lord on Wednesday, July 2, 2014 at Hearthstone Village with her loving daughter; Elaine and other family members at her bedside. A Vigil service with Rosary will be recited on Monday, July 7, 2014 at 7:00PM at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church. The...

Janice Lavonne Jay

Janice Lavonne Jay

Jun 29, 2014

Mrs. Janice “Jan” LaVonne Jay, 81, passed away in Sandpoint, Idaho on June 29, 2014. Jan was born on July 22, 1932 in Penang, Malaysia. She spent the early years of her life in Bangkok, Siam now known Thailand. She came back to the States to attended Upper Columbia Academy in Spangle, Washington where she met her future husband and...

Emery H "Red" Ramey

Emery H "Red" Ramey

Jun 28, 2014

Emery (Red) Herman Ramey a resident of Lamoille, NV passed away on June 28, 2014. He was 88 years old. Emery was born to Doc and Carrie (Hedgecock) Ramey in Pikeville, KY on October 22, 1925. He was one of nine siblings. Wheeler Ramey, Hester Ramey Goff, William Ramey, Elmer Ramey, Joseph Ramey, Phillip Ramey, Harold Ramey, Ruth Ramey Adams....

Mary Louise Tonning

Mary Louise Tonning

Jun 25, 2014

Mary Louise Jellum Tonning, 68, passed away at Valley Vista Care on Wednesday, June 25, 2014. Memorial services will be conducted on Monday, June 30, 2014 at 11:00 am in Christ Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, with inurnment in Lakeview Cemetery. A reception will follow at 12:00 pm. She was born December 24, 1945, in Fosston, Minnesota to Gordon and Ruth...