Obituaries

Local Obituaries for North Idaho and Western Montana

Irene Helen Brackett

Irene Helen Brackett

Nov 13, 2010

Irene Helen Brackett, 93, of Sandpoint, died Saturday, Nov. 13, 2010 at Huckleberry Retirement Home. She was born July 10, 1917 in Aigle, Switzerland the daughter of Emile and Elizabeth Schori. She moved to the United States with her parents when she was just a toddler. The family settled in Los Angeles where she was raised and educated. She married...

Paul James Bankhead

Paul James Bankhead

Nov 12, 2010

On November 12, 2010 Paul J. Bankhead of Heron, MT went home to be with the lord. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:00 PM, MST, Saturday, November 20, 2010 in the Heron Community Center, Heron, Montana. Pastor Barry Johnson, New Song Bible Church, will officiate with interment following in the Heron Cemetery. Paul was born on July 19, 1950...

Paul Bennett Armstrong

Paul Bennett Armstrong

Nov 9, 2010

Paul B, Armstrong, 84, passed away in Post Falls, ID on Tuesday, November 9, 2010. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am, Saturday, Nov. 13th in Coffelt’s Funeral Chapel. Ed Dittmar, Post Falls, will be conducting with inurnment in Pinecrest Memorial Park. Paul was born in Dodge City, Kansas on March 30, 1926 the son of Francis and Ruth...

Lorena E. Hawkins

Lorena E. Hawkins

Nov 8, 2010

Lorena had a fall on Wednesday, Nov. 3rd and died from complications. She lived a very complete life and is now where she would want to reside for eternity, with Jesus Christ and many, many of her loved ones, especially her husband Ed. Lorena was born the seventh of eleven children, August 24, 1923, in a cabin on Lower Pack...

Steven James Hosier

Steven James Hosier

Nov 6, 2010

Steven James Hosier, 64, of Sandpoint died Saturday Nov. 6, 2010 at his home. He was born Sept. 11, 1946 in Seattle, WA the son of Verl and Shirley Hosier. He was raised and attended schools in Burien, WA. He joined the U.S. Army in 1965 where he served in Viet Nam. He was discharged in 1967. Following his military...

Edward Ernest Ahlquist

Edward Ernest Ahlquist

Nov 6, 2010

Edward Ernest Ahlquist, 85, of Sandpoint, died Saturday, Nov. 6, 2010 at Life Care. Private family services will be held at a later time. He was born Oct. 28, 1925 in San Diego, CA the son of Roger & Billie Ahlquist. He was raised and completed school in San Diego. Following his graduation he enlisted in the U.S. Army and...

Justin Lee Tallman

Justin Lee Tallman

Nov 4, 2010

Justin Lee Tallman, 32, of Clark Ford died Thursday Nov. 4, 2010 at his home. Memorial services will be conducted 4:00PM, Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010 at the Clark Fork Baptist Church, 109 W. 2nd St., Clark Fork, Idaho. To Those He left behind…. He was a devoted son to his parents Charles Keith Tallman, Teri Sue Tallman and stepfather Rodney...

Doris Lucille Lloyd

Doris Lucille Lloyd

Nov 3, 2010

Doris Lucille Lloyd, 92 of Sandpoint, died Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010 at Valley Vista Care Center. Private family services will be held at a later time in California. Doris was born Nov. 1, 1918 in Sacramento, CA, the daughter of Jess and Ruby Tucker. She was raised and educated in Sacramento. In 1951 she married Willard F. Lloyd in Sacramento...

Loren Ralph Wittrock

Loren Ralph Wittrock

Nov 2, 2010

Loren R. Wittrock, 72, of Clark Fork, died Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010 at his home. Funeral services will be conducted 12:00 PM (noon) Saturday, Nov. 6, 2010 at Coffelt Funeral Chapel. Interment will follow in Heron Cemetery in Heron, MT. He was born March 31, 1938 in Sioux, Falls, SD, the son of Ralph and Margaret Wittrock. At an early...

Robert Lee Owen

Robert Lee Owen

Nov 1, 2010

Robert Lee Owen, 66, passed away in Heron, montana on Monday, November 1, 2010. He was born in Dahlgren, Illinois on August 28, 1944. He served with the US Air Force from 1963 until 1969 and worked as an engineer in a Chevron research labratory. Inurnment will be in a National Cemetery in California.

Bob Robert Marley

Bob Robert Marley

Oct 30, 2010

Bob Marley, 67, passed away in Sandpoint, Idaho on Saturday, October 30, 2010. Bob was born in Sandpoint, Idaho on July 29, 1943 the son of Clyde and Opal (Martin) Marley. He attended local schools, graduating from Sandpoint High School in 1961. He graduated from the University of Idaho with a degree in political science. He served with the US...

Jesse R. Bennett

Jesse R. Bennett

Oct 29, 2010

Jesse Richard Bennett, 96, of Careywood, died Friday, October 29, 2010 at his home. Private memorial services will be held at a later time. Jesse was born July 26, 1914 in Memphis, TN. When he was a teenager, due to the depression, he hopped a train with his brother to make a living in the Southern California area. They shot...

Clarence T. "Lindy" Linstrum

Clarence T. "Lindy" Linstrum

Oct 28, 2010

Clarence T. “Lindy” Linstrum, 96, of Sandpoint, died Thursday, October 28, 2010 at Luther Park. Memorial services will be conducted 10:00AM, Saturday, Nov. 13, 2010 at Christ Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, with Pastor Steve Nickodemus, officiating. Family and friends are invited to a reception immediately following the service at Luther Park, 510 S. Olive, in Sandpoint. Clarence was born Feb....

Jack Holden Plumb

Jack Holden Plumb

Oct 28, 2010

Jack H. Plumb, 89, passed away in Kootenai, ID on Thursday, October 28, 2010. Funeral services will be conducted at 11;00 AM, Tuesday, Nov.9th in Coffelt's Funeral Chapel. Pastor Barry Johnson, New Song Bible Church will be the officiant. Interment will be in Pinecrest Memorial Park. Jack was born in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho on August 18, 1921, the son of...

Bill A. Sellmer

Bill A. Sellmer

Oct 22, 2010

Bill Sellmer went home to be with his Lord, Friday, October 22, 2010 in Heron, Montana. Bill was born in Hay Springs, Nebraska on December 19, 1926 and was raised in Heron, Montana. He left briefly several times in his youth to find work elsewhere, but he always returned to the town he loved. In September of 1945 at his...

Timothy Lee Mecham

Timothy Lee Mecham

Oct 21, 2010

Timothy L. “Tim” Mecham, 52, passed away in Sandpoint on Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010. Private family services were conducted at the Sandpoint Church of the Nazarene. Private inurnment will take place in Pack River Cemetery. Tim was born April 13, 1958 in Sandpoint, Idaho the son of Lyle and Carolyn Mecham. He grew up and graduated from high school in...

Randy Guy Brown

Randy Guy Brown

Oct 17, 2010

Randy Guy Brown, 50, of Sandpoint, died Sunday, October 17, 2010 at Bonner General Hospital after a noble 18 month fight with cancer. A celebration of life for Randy will be conducted 1:30PM, Sunday, October 24, 2010 at “Our Club” 1102 W. Second Avenue in Spokane, WA. Randy was born June 4, 1960 in Pendleton, Oregon the son of Amos...

Virginia (Ginny) Mae Elder

Virginia (Ginny) Mae Elder

Oct 8, 2010

Virginia Mae “Ginny” Elder, 84, of Sagle, died Friday, Oct. 8, 2010 at her home. Memorial services will be conducted at 11:00 AM, Saturday, October 16th in Coffelt’s Funeral Chapel, with Dale Coffelt officiating. Virginia was born May 1, 1926 in Sandpoint the daughter of Harold and Gladys Graves. She attended local schools and graduated from the 8th grade at...

Margaret Pierce

Margaret Pierce

Oct 5, 2010

Long time Sagle resident Margaret Pierce born September 8th 1912 passed away on October 5, 2010. Margaret Grisham moved from southern Idaho to the north end of Griffith (Shepherd) Lake in the early spring 1929 with her parents and five siblings. She finished her sophomore year of high school at the old (then new) Sagle School and graduated from Sandpoint...

Michael "Mike" Bruce Casey

Michael "Mike" Bruce Casey

Oct 4, 2010

Michael “Mike” Bruce Casey 58, of Ponderay, died Monday, October 4, 2010 at Bonner General Hospital. Come join the family in remembrance and celebration of Mike Casey’s life. The celebration will be in the Tam from 5 PM until 9 PM, Saturday, October 9th. Mike was born in Fresno, California on August 21, 1952. He grew up in Sacramento, CA,...