Obituaries
Local Obituaries for North Idaho and Western Montana

Virginia Louise Ziolkoski-Nunez
May 13, 2012
Virginia Louise Ziolkoski-Nunez, 70 passed away in Sandpoint, Idaho on Sunday, May 13, 2012. Memorial services will be conducted 11:00AM, Saturday, May 19, 2012 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Clark Fork, with Father Dennis C. Day, officiating. Virginia was born July 7, 1941 in Eugene, Oregon the daughter of Stanley and Mary Fronk Ziolkoski. She graduated from St. Francis...
James "Michael" Hazel
May 12, 2012
James Michael Hazel (Mike), beloved father, husband, and friend, passed away unexpectedly on May 12, 2012. He was 66 years old. Born in 1946, Mike grew up near Greencastle, Indiana with his seven brothers and sisters and graduated from Reelsville High School in 1964. He was a Vietnam Veteran who proudly served his country in the US Navy from 1966...
Janis Osborn Kramer
May 11, 2012
Janis Osborn Kramer Favorel, passed away from lung cancer at her home in Spokane on March 12, 2012; she had just celebrated her 75th birthday. Janis was born in Kellogg on February 10, 1937, the daughter of Ken and Josephine Graves Osborn. She attended local schools, worked at the Panida Theatre and graduated from SSH in1955. Janis married Russ Kramer...
Terry Michael Jacobson
May 8, 2012
Terry Michael Jacobson, 64, of Sagle passed away Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at Kootenai Medical Center. Graveside services will be conducted 2:00PM, Monday, May 14, 2012 in Lakeview Cemetery, Sandpoint, Idaho. He was born Oct. 8, 1947 in Sandpoint, Idaho the son of Frank and Verna Lock Jacobson. He was raised and educated in Sandpoint graduating high school in 1966....
John Theobald Bellomy
May 8, 2012
John T. Bellomy, 80, passed away in Sandpoint, Idaho on Tuesday, May 8, 2012. John was born on February 4, 1932 in the panhandle of Oklahoma, Boise City, Oklahoma. He later moved to Bellflower, California working in airplane manufacturing. He moved to Sandpoint, Idaho in 1985, working as a prep cook at the Hydra. John enjoyed hard work, music and...
Lillian Agnes Pugh
May 4, 2012
Lillian Agnes Pugh, 83, passed away in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho on Friday, May 04, 2012. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 am, Saturday, May 12th in Coffelt’s Funeral Chapel. Burial will be in the Clark Fork Cemetery. Lillian was born in Dent, Minnesota on April 8, 1929 the daughter of Harvey and Lillian Rounsville. The family moved to Clark...
Harriett Pauline Shadel
May 3, 2012
Harriett Shadel of Sandpoint, Idaho, passed away on May 3, 2012, at the Hearthstone Village in Kootenai, Idaho, at the age of 87, Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 on May 9, 2012, at the Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints, Sandpoint Ward, North Boyer Avenue, Sandpoint, Idaho. Interment will follow at 2:00PM in the Pack River Cemetery....
Oneda Lindsay
May 1, 2012
Oneda Lindsay, 83, passed away in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho on Monday, May 1, 2012. Memorial services will be held at 10:00 an, Monday, May 14, 2012 in Coffelt’s Funeral Chapel. Pastor Jon Pomeroy, Sandpoint Church of God, will be officiating. Oneda was born on June 12, 1928 in Gardner, Colorado where she grew up and attended school. As a child,...

Anna Kokot
Apr 29, 2012
Anna Kokot, 97, of Sagle, passed away Sunday, April 29, 2012 at Life Care. She was born January 4, 1915 in Allentown, PA. She moved to Buffalo, NY at 2 years of age where she was raised. She began working at the age of twelve in a boarding house for three dollars a week to help with family finances. She...
A. Howard Furlong
Apr 28, 2012
A. Howard Furlong, 83, passed away on Saturday, April 28, 2012 at his home in Sagle, Idaho. Howard was born in Wetaskwin, Alberta; Canada on May 17, 1928. He attended school in Millet, Alberta, moving, with his family, to East Los Angeles in 1941 where he finished high school. He was a staff sergeant with the US Air Force, during...
Juli Murphy-Nelson
Apr 25, 2012
Juli, a well-loved relative, friend and neighbor to many; passed away on Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at her home on Rapid Lightning Rd, with family and friends present. Viewing for family and friends will be held from 2-5pm on Saturday, April 28th at Coffelt’s Chapel, located at 109 N. Division Ave in Sandpoint. Memorial services will be held on May...
Donald Oliver Lowry
Apr 19, 2012
Donald Oliver Lowry, 77, passed away on Thursday, April 19, 2012 at his home in Spirit Lake, Idaho. He was born May 23, 1934 in Palmetto, Florida. He served in both the Korean War and the Vietnam conflict.
Deanna Lee Pence-Schendel
Apr 18, 2012
Deanna Lee Pence-Schendel, 51, passed away in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho on Wednesday, April 18, 2012. A complete obituary will be posted later for the retired school district teacher.
Vera Jean Martel
Apr 17, 2012
Vera Jean Martel, 89, passed on to a higher life in Sandpoint, Idaho on Tuesday April 17, 2012. Graveside services will be conducted 11:00AM, Monday, April 23, 2012 at Pinecrest Memorial Park, with Pastor Jon Pomeroy of the Sandpoint Church of God officiating. Friends may call at Coffelt Funeral Chapel Sunday from 3:00-5:00PM. She was born Nov. 30, 1922 in...
Helen J. Weinand
Apr 17, 2012
Helen J. Weinand, 75, of Sandpoint passed away Tuesday, April 17, 2012 Valley Vista Care Center. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00am on Thursday, April 26th, in St. Joseph’s Catholic Church. Father Dennis C. Day will be officiating with burial in Pinecrest Memorial Park. Helen was born in Kootenai, Idaho on December 23, 1936 the daughter of Fred and...
Josephine "Jo" Hanson
Apr 17, 2012
Josephine Marie Hanson went to be with the Lord surrounded by her loving family April 17, 2012. She was born Aug 17, 1923 in Minneapolis Minnesota the daughter of Vince and Rose Surma and the oldest of 4 children. After high school graduation she began a journey to California to begin a new life, stopping briefly in Sandpoint, which became...
Jack Leroy Stevens
Apr 15, 2012
Jack Leroy Stevens, 90, passed away on Sunday, April 15, 2012 peacefully at his home in Kootenai, Idaho. Jack was born on March 22, 1922 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Warren and Johannah Stevens. He had seven brothers and three sisters. He traveled to North Idaho with his parents in 1931 and lived with his family for two years...
Ernest Merton Zumwalt
Apr 15, 2012
Ernest M. Zumwalt, 84 on April 15th, 2012 joined his twin boys that were born on his birthday and had gone to meet their maker. The words he wrote, “I thank you God for the gifts you gave. Of a life of love and happiness- of children – dad and mom, aunts and uncles; brothers and sisters and dear friends...
George F. Elliot
Apr 11, 2012
George Frank Elliot, 86, a long time resident of Sandpoint and Post Falls, Idaho, passed away at Life Care Center of Sandpoint, on the evening of April 11, 2012. George was the son of the late Frank Elliot and Johanna Gertrude (Koch) Elliot, and a loving husband to his late wife Flora Darlene (Graham) Elliot of 60 years. George was...
Mae Marie Beers
Apr 10, 2012
Mae Marie Beers, 76, of Sagle passed away Tuesday, April 10, 2012 at Valley Vista. Funeral services will be conducted 11:00AM, Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at the Westmond LDS Chapel with Bishop Ben Thompson conducting. Friends may call at Coffelt Funeral Chapel on Monday from noon to 6:00PM. Interment will follow in Westmond Cemetery. Mae was born Nov. 27, 1935...