Local Obituaries for North Idaho and Western Montana

Nov 21, 2024

Gary Gene Russell, 77, passed away on Thursday, November 21, 2024 in Sandpoint, Idaho.

Private family services have been held.  Gary was a veteran of the US Army serving in Vietnam.

Nov 20, 2024

Gudrun Hertha Guelich passed away on November 20, 2024 at the age of 88. 

She was born on September 3, 1936 to Kurt and Hertha Panicke in Treugebohla, Germany. She had two brothers, Gottfried and Johannes. Gudrun was a child during World War II and she escaped from East Germany at the age of 17. She immigrated to the United States...

Nov 17, 2024

Lois Jean Peterson, 87, passed away on Sunday, November 17, 2024 in Sandpoint, Idaho.

Private family services have been held.

Nov 15, 2024

Zane Roy Strickland, 81, passed away on Friday, November 15, 2024 in Sandpoint, Idaho.

 

At Zane's request there will be no services.

 

Zane as born in Wendell, Idaho to Roy and Cleta (Freeman) Strickland. After a bean crop failure, Roy and Cleta moved their family of three boys, for work, to Rogue River, OR. Zane graduated from Rogue River High School in...

Nov 14, 2024

Geraldine Davis, 90, passed away on Thursday, November 14, 2024 in Spirit Lake, Idaho.

 

Private family services will be held at a later date. 

Nov 8, 2024

William Lewis Baxter, 76, passed away on Friday, November 8, 2024 in Sandpoint, Idaho.

Private family services have been held.  William was a resident of Hope, Idaho.

Nov 7, 2024

Nov 7, 2024

Bradley Stewart Yunek, 65, passed away on Thursday, November 7, 2024 at his home in Sandpoint, Idaho.

A complete obituary will be posted later.  Bradley was a mechanic and worked at the Western Pleasure Guest Ranch in Sandpoint, Idaho.

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Nov 3, 2024

Wanda (Ereman) Savage was born November 29, 1937, in Coeur d Alene Idaho to Cecil and Enid Ereman of Sandpoint. Wanda unexpectedly passed away on November 3, 2024 at Kootenai Health in Coeur d Alene surrounded by her family and 26 days short of her 87th birthday.

Wanda attended school in Sandpoint, graduating in 1955. On October 2, 1955, she married...

Nov 2, 2024

Joyce E. Seppala, 89, of Sandpoint, Idaho, passed away on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, at Senior Park Villa in Chandler AZ. She was born Nov. 26, 1934, in Artesian, South Dakota, the daughter of Chester and Ruth Grindle, and was raised and educated in Aitkin, Minnesota. She married the love of her life, Melven Seppala, on June 19, 1954, in...

Nov 2, 2024

Richard Allen Wells, 74, passed away on Saturday, November 2, 2024 at his home in Sandpoint, Idaho.

Graveside services will be conducted at 12:00 pm, Thursday, November 7, 2024 in Pinecrest Memorial Park with full military honors.

Nov 1, 2024

Oct 27, 2024

Sheldon Jay Bennett passed away Oct 27, 2024, at the age of 82.

He was born to Dorothy Louise Phillip Bennett and Lloyd Allen Bennett on July 16, 1942, at Ogden Memorial Hospital, Utah.

Sheldon is survived by four sisters Kathryn Ann Hill (Gordon), Judy Raye Scott (Richard), Janet Marie Bouse (Daniel), Patti Lynn Withers (Gary). After adding 3 sisters to the...

Oct 26, 2024

Roma Kikie Kramer, our beloved sister, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother passed away peacefully on October 26, 2024, just a few months short of 95. 

Kikie, the eldest of six children, was Born on December 9, 1929, in Jordan, Montana, to Kermit and Myrtle Kramer. When Kikie was 15 the family moved to Sandpoint, Idaho, to join Myrtle’s father and mother Tom...

Oct 21, 2024

Scott A. Smith, 59, passed away Monday October 21st in Ponderay ID.  Family Services will be held at a later date. Born June 9th 1965 in Vancouver, WA.  The son of Robert and Teri Smith.

Oct 16, 2024

Bob Lamburth 81, worlds best surveyor, husband, father, grandfather, passed peacefully at home on October 16, 2024.

Bob was born in St. Louis, Missouri on February 20, 1943. He served in the Navy for 3 years during the Vietnam war. He was stationed in Norfolk, Virginia as an air crewman in Squadron VR(F)-31 which ferried planes and helicopters to the west...

Oct 10, 2024

Hazel Lynn Siple, 77. passed away, in Clark Fork, on October 10, 2024.  Services pending.  Hazel was born on February 24 1947, in Flathead County, Montana, the daughter of Walter and Evealyn Zook.  She later moved to North Idaho and then to Clark Fork.

Oct 3, 2024

Helen G. Radsliff, 78, passed away Thursday October 3rd in Sandpoint, ID.  Born March 27th 1946 in Moscow, ID.  The daughter of David and Vina Radsliff  She had retired as a paralegal.

Family services will be held at a later date.