Obituaries
Local Obituaries for North Idaho and Western Montana
Billie Lee Churchman
Nov 19, 2011
Billie Lee Churchman, 85, passed away in Sandpoint, Idaho on Friday, November 18, 2011. Billie was born in Wellington, Texas on August 4, 1926.
Raymond O Turner
Nov 18, 2011
Raymond O. Turner, 88, passed away in Sagle, Idaho on Friday, November 18, 2011. A memorial service, and potluck, will be held at 1:00 pm Sunday, Nov. 27th in the Cocolalla Cowboy Church. Raymond was born in Hagerman, Idaho on Dec. 12, 1922 the son of Emery and Marlda Turner. He started school in Hagerman and graduated from high school...
Marnie Higgins
Nov 15, 2011
Marnie Higgins, 73, of Elmira passed away Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011 at Bonner General Hospital. Memorial services will be conducted 4:00PM, Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011 in Coffelt’s Funeral Chapel. Marnie was born June 8, 1938 in Billings, MT the daughter of Emanuel and Martha Schneidmiller. She attended schools in Billings, Riggins, Idaho and Boise, ID. On June 30, 1971 she...
Roland E. "Rollie" Ackerman
Nov 14, 2011
Our husband, father, father-in-law, brother-in-law, grandpa and friend, son of Casper and Eva Colburn Ackerman, Rollie came to us on July 11, 1914. He left us on his own tee off on Monday, Nov. 14, 2011. He married Dorothy E. Darrow on May 4, 1935 in Griswold, IA. Memorial services for Rollie will take place at a later time in...
Averie Elizabeth Rickman
Nov 13, 2011
Averie Elizabeth Rickman, 7, passed away Sunday, Nov. 13, 2011 at Bonner General Hospital. A balloon release celebrating Averie’s life will take place at noon on Friday, Nov. 18, 2011 at the center of the long bridge in Sandpoint. Averie was born April 15, 2004 in Auburn, Washington. Averie was a crazy, beautiful, smart, energetic 7 year old who kept...
Betty Louise Gage
Nov 13, 2011
Betty Louise Gage, 73, of Sagle, passed away Sunday, Nov. 13, 2011 at Kootenai Medical Center. A gathering celebrating Betty’s life will be held from 2:00PM-4:00PM on Friday November 18, 2011at the Edgewater Conference Room. She was born in Harrisburg, Arkansas on August 2, 1938 the daughter of John and Marvin Beaird. As a child the family relocated to Madera,...
Jeffrey Carl Maass
Nov 12, 2011
Jeffrey Carl Maass, 57, of Sandpoint died suddenly Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011 at Bonner General Hospital. Memorial services will be held at a later time. Jeffrey was born Sept. 25, 1954 in Torrance, CA the son of Eric and Jean Farr Maass. He was raised and educated in Manhattan Beach, CA where graduated high school in 1972. He worked as...
Edith Viola Peterson
Nov 10, 2011
Edith Viola Peterson, 97 of Spokane, former longtime Sandpoint resident passed away Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011 in Spokane. Funeral services will be conducted 12:00pm (noon) Friday 11-18-2011 at the First Lutheran Church, 526 S. Olive, with Pastor Dave Olson, officiating. Interment will take place in Westmond Cemetery. Edith was born June 7, 1914 in Phoenix, British Columbia, Canada, the daughter...
Wasil Moroz
Nov 9, 2011
Wasil “Russ” Moroz, 90, of Sagle passed away Wednesday morning at Valley Vista Care Center in Sandpoint. He was born in Fairfield, New York on January 7, 1921 to Maxim and Sophia (Sadovska) Moroz, both Russian immigrants who came to the United States by 1914. An avid fisherman and hunter from an early age, Wasil became a skilled shot with...
Frances Marion Newell
Nov 9, 2011
Frances Marion Newell, 94 of Sandpoint passed on to her new life in the arms of her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011 at Bonner General Hospital. Memorial services will be conducted 2:00PM, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011 at 1st Lutheran Church, 526 S. Olive in Sandpoint, with Pastor Dave Olson, officiating. Inurnment will take place Athens, PA....
Mary Francis Johnson
Nov 8, 2011
Mary Francis Johnson, 80, of Sandpoint passed away Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011 at Life Care Center. Private family services will be held at a later time.
Park W. "Bill" Fournier
Nov 7, 2011
Park W. “Bill” Fournier, 86, longtime Sandpoint resident passed away on Monday, Nov. 7, 2011. Funeral services will be conducted 11:00AM, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011 at Coffelt’s Funeral Chapel. Interment with military rites will follow in Pinecrest Memorial Park. Friends may call at Coffelt's Funeral Chapel, Friday from 5:00-7:00PM. Bill was born Feb. 28, 1925 in Selle, Idaho the son...
Fields White Cobb, Jr.
Nov 7, 2011
Fields “Sonny” White Cobb, Jr. was born February 16, 1932 in Key West, Florida to Fields Sr. and Alice (Presson) Cobb. At the time, his father was working in Key West wiring the post office. When he was six months old, his family returned to their Virginia roots. The Cobb home in Dendron, Virginia was built by Fields’ grandfather in...
Rosa M. Davis
Nov 3, 2011
Rosa M. Davis, 81, of Sandpoint passed away Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011 at Life Care. She was born Sept. 13, 1930 in Gwynne, Alberta, Canada the daughter of Charley and Anna Tusty. Services will be held at a later time at the Kingdom Hall of the Jehovah's Witnesses in Sandpoint. Rosa moved to Edmonds, Washington when she was 12 where...
Laura "Jer" Trulock
Nov 1, 2011
Laura Jane “Jerri” Trulock passed away on November 1st, 2011 in Sandpoint, Idaho. Born February 19, 1920 in Mount Vernon, NY, daughter of Thomas Angus Jenkins and Marjory Lane Jenkins. Jerri graduated from Saint Lawrence University in 1942. She married Thomas M. Trulock , November 9th, 1945 and moved to Hamden CT where they lived for sixteen years. In 1962...
Genevieve Patricia Klatt
Oct 31, 2011
Gen was born March 3, 1921, in Fargo, North Dakota, the first of four children of Albert E. and Pearl McDermott Powers. Gen grew up in La Moure, N.D., graduating from high school in 1939. She graduated from St. Benedict’s College in St. Joseph, MN, in 1943 and taught high school English in Le Centre, MN, before leaving for Hawaii...
Wauneta Hazel Zantow
Oct 30, 2011
Wauneta H. Zantow, 79, of Dover passed away Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011 at her home after losing her battle with lung cancer. Funeral services will be conducted 2:00PM, Sunday, November 6, 2011 at Coffelt’s Funeral Chapel. Friends may call at Coffelt's Funeral Chapel from noon until time of service on Sunday. Interment will be in Pinecrest Memorial Park. Wauneta Hazel...
Katherine Louise Young
Oct 28, 2011
Katherine Louise Young, 87, passed away in Sandpoint, Idaho on Friday, October 28, 2011. She was born in Jackson, Michigan on December 8, 1923, daughter of Harriett and Alva Hayworth. She was married to Alec Young and they resided in Heron, Montana.
Tallulah Ruby Watt
Oct 28, 2011
Tallulah Ruby Watt, infant daughter of Thomas E Watt and Taylor E Stewart, passed away in Sandpoint, Idaho on Friday, oct. 28, 2011. The family lives in Priest River, Idaho.
Dalene Janice Carlson
Oct 28, 2011
Dalene Janice Carlson aka Day Day, age 23 of Sandpoint, Idaho passed away August 7th in Stockton, California. Memorial services will be conducted 11:00AM, Monday, November 14, 2011 at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, 601 S. Lincoln, Sandpoint, Idaho, with Father Dennis C. Day, officiating. Inurnment will follow in Pinecrest Memorial Park. A memorial service will be held later in Stockton,...