Obituaries
Local Obituaries for North Idaho and Western Montana
Richard Henry Peterson
Dec 18, 2011
Richard (Dick) H. Peterson of Heron, MT passed away at home of natural causes Sunday, December 18, 2011. Dick was born October 18, 1932 to Henry A. and Mary B. (Podlas) Peterson in Camden, WA. He attended school in Nordman, ID, and then in Sandpoint, ID, graduating Sandpoint High School in 1950. After a summer working for the US Forest...
Esther Ella McCormick
Dec 18, 2011
OUR DEAR MOTHER Esther McCormick, our beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, passed away on December 18, 2011, at her daughter’s home near Sandpoint, Idaho, after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease and cancer. She is now with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Esther was born Feb. 17, 1923 in Seibert, Colorado, to George and Ruth (Stevens) Simon. She had...
Delphine Coon Phipps
Dec 16, 2011
DELPHINE ELIZABETH (DEWAR) COON PHIPPS, 90, of Cherokee, Iowa passed away Friday, December 16, 2011 at the Cherokee Villa Nursing & Rehab Center. Funeral services were held on Tuesday, December 20th, at 10:30 a.m. at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee, Iowa. Local graveside services will be conducted 10:30AM, Wednesday, January 25, 2012 in the Pack River Cemetery. A viewing...
Alvan C Finney
Dec 14, 2011
Alvan “Bud” Finney, 87, passed away on Wednesday, December 14, 2011, in Yuma, AZ. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 AM, Thursday, December 22nd in Coffelt’s Funeral Chapel. Chuck Wigton, Post Falls, Idaho; will be officiating with interment be in Pinecrest Memorial Park. A reception will follow the services at the VFW Hall. Bud was born in Lusk, Wyoming...
Martha Elizabeth Kilmer
Dec 14, 2011
Martha Elizabeth Kilmer. 72, passed away on Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at Bonner General Hospital. She was born May 7, 1939 in Pendleton, New York. A complete obituary will be posted later.
Frances Doris Palaniuk
Dec 14, 2011
Frances Doris Palaniuk, was born on Oct. 3, 1921 and passed away in Sandpoint, Idaho on December 14, 2011. Private family services were held. Frances was born to Charles Albert (Al) Green and May Frances (Elsasser) Green in Sandpoint, Idaho. She had two older sisters, Merle and Theda. May and Al were later divorced. May married Matt Brenner to whom...
Beverly Kay Knapp
Dec 14, 2011
Beverly Kay Knapp, 64, passed away in Spokane, Washington on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011. Memorial services will be conducted in the Southside Community Church at 10 am on Friday, Dec. 23rd. Inurnment will follow in the Westmond Cemetery. Beverly was born in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho on June 18, 1947 the daughter of Amison and Emma (Dale) Hensler. She grew up...
Jerry Leonard Van Ooyen
Dec 8, 2011
Jerry L. Van Ooyen, 81, passed away in Sandpoint, ID on Thursday, December 8, 2011. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 AM, Thursday, December 15th, in the Sandpoint First Lutheran Church. Pastor Dave Olson, First Lutheran Church, will be officiating and interment will be in Pinecrest Memorial Park. Jerry was born on March 17, 1930 in Milwaukee, WI the...
Mary Catherine Ebner
Dec 7, 2011
Mary C. Ebner, 98, passed away in Kootenai, Idaho on Wednesday, December 7, 2011. Funeral services and interment will be conducted in Baltimore, MD
James A "Jim" Kendrick
Dec 7, 2011
James A “Jim” Kendrick, 72, passed away in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011. Jim was born in Fort Smith, Arkansas on May 20, 1939, the son of James and Lena Kendrick. The family moved to California and he graduated from high school, Oakland, CA in 1957. He served with the US Air Force following the Korean conflict....
Elizabeth Donahue
Dec 3, 2011
Elizabeth Donahue, 95, passed awway in Sandpoint, Idaho on Saturday, December 3, 2011. Services, for the longtime Spokane area resident, will be held later in Spokane, Wshington. Interment will be in the St Joseph Cemetery on Trent in the Valley.
Kenneth KJ Shankweiler
Nov 28, 2011
Kenneth R “K J” Shankweiler, Jr. 47 passed away in Sandpoint, Idaho in November 2011. Memorial Service and Potluck will be held on Friday, December 9th at 5:00 pm at the V.F.W. Hall on Pine Street across from Coffelt Funeral Service. Please feel free to park at the Funeral Home. He was born in Orange County, California on Nov. 23,...
Elma Loretta Hatch
Nov 28, 2011
Elma Loretta Hatch, 100, passed away Nov. 28, 2011 at Valley Vista Care Center. Services and burial will take place in Seattle at a later time.
Fay S Gregg
Nov 26, 2011
Mrs. Fay Gregg, age 71, of Rutledge, GA widow of Dick Gregg, passed away Saturday, November 26, 2011. She is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law, Jennifer and Ricky Haynes, Rutledge, GA, Sandra and Richard Ogden, Dallas, TX; grandchildren: Brian Ogden, Dallas, TX, Casey Haynes, Chad Haynes both of Rutledge, GA; brother and sister-in-law: Richard Law and Barbara Shott, Littleton,...
Carl Frederick Bartz, Jr.
Nov 26, 2011
Carl Frederick Bartz, Jr., age 84, died Saturday, November 26, 2011 at his home in Hope, Idaho. Carl was born February 16, 1927 in Toston, Montana, son of Carl Frederick Bartz, Sr. and Anna Stockburger. Carl attended school in a one room school house up six mile creek out of Toston, Montana. He grew up and worked on the family...
Julie Ann Wahlgren
Nov 25, 2011
Julie Ann Wahlgren passed away on Nov. 25, 2011 in Sandpoint following a long illness. She was born on December 18, 1927 in the Oden farmhouse of her parents, Dan and Amelia Zaklan. She was raised on the farm with her seven brothers and two sisters. After graduating from Sandpoint High School, she attended both Lewiston State Normal School and...
Jens Olaf Knudsen
Nov 24, 2011
Jens “Buster” Knudsen passed away on November 24, 2011. He was 93 years old. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, April 18, 1918 to Jens Sr and Martine (Larson) Knudsen who had immigrated from Denmark shortly before. He was the oldest of three children with sisters Esther and Norma. As kids they all lived and worked on a farm with their parents...
William "Bill" E Truby, Jr
Nov 23, 2011
The life of William (Bill) Truby Jr. ended at 5:30 a.m. Wednesday, November 23. He died of a brain tumor induced stroke, with massive bleeding in the brain. The speedy decline left him mercifully unaware after connecting with family so there was no suffering. He was 82. Bill was born in Lindrith, New Mexico in 1929. He lived a cowboy’s...
Donald Lee Hoerl
Nov 21, 2011
Donald Lee Hoerl, 82, of Clark Fork passed away at his home in Clark Fork. Arrangements are pending and will be announced by Coffelt Funeral Service.
Virginia Pearl Babler
Nov 19, 2011
Virginia Arnold Babler June 22, 1922 - Nov. 19, 2011 She was always "Gin". Gin was born in Kansas City, MO; In 1940 at the age of 18 she married Richard Babler. They made their home in Milwaukie OR, where they raised their daughters; Bonnie, Linda and Nancy (with the help of Gram Cook). Gin and Richard divorced in 1965....
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