Obituaries
Local Obituaries for North Idaho and Western Montana
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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,...
MaeBelle Ellen Hulquist
Oct 4, 2010
MaeBelle Ellen Schutter Hulquist passed away at her home at Jewel Lake on October 4, 2010. Memorial services will be conducted 2:30PM, on Saturday, October 16, 2010 at Jewel Lake Barn, 3056 Jewel Lake Road in Sagle. MaeBelle was born in Missoula, Montana on May 13, 1941. She was the oldest of eight children, four brothers and three sisters. MaeBelle...
William Guy Gibson
Oct 4, 2010
William Guy Gibson, 96, a longtime machinist for the railroad, died Monday, October 4, 2010 at Luther Park. A complete obituary will be posted later.
Kathryn "Kat" McGinnis
Sep 29, 2010
Kathryn. “Kat” McGinnis (Kelley), 58, of Clark Fork, died Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010 at her home surrounded by her loving family. Memorial services will be conducted 1:00 PM Thursday, October 7, 2010 at Coffelt Funeral Chapel, with Pastor Buddy Jones, officiating. The family suggests memorials to the East Bonner County Library, P.O. Box 219, Clark Fork, Idaho 83811. Kathryn was...
Mary Beatrice de Fremery
Sep 28, 2010
Mary (Molly) Beatrice de Fremery, 95, passed away in Sandpoint, Idaho on Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010. Graveside funeral services will be conducted 10:00AM, Friday, October 8, 2010 at the Pilot Butte Cemetery, in Bend, Oregon. Memorial services will be held 10:00 AM Thursday, October 14, 2010 at The Bridge in Sandpoint. Molly was born on April 21, 1915 in Santa...
Curtis Carl Reed
Sep 28, 2010
Curtis Carl Reed, 61, of Sandpoint, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010 at his home. Memorial services will be conducted 10:oo AM, Thursday, October 7,2010 at Coffelt Funeral Chapel, with Pastor Jon Pomeroy of the Sandpoint Church of God, officiating. He was born June 30, 1949 in Sandpoint, the son of Carl and Frances Reed. He was raised in Sandpoint...
Verna LaVaughn Carter
Sep 25, 2010
Verna L. Carter, 84, passed away, in Sandpoint, on Saturday, September 25, 2010. Graveside services will be conducted at 11:00 AM, Saturday, Oct. 2nd, in Pinecrest Memorial Park. Pastor Jon Pomeroy, Sandpoint Church of God, will officiate. Verna was born on Dec. 19, 1925 in Careywood, ID the daughter of Charles and Jenny Victoria Heller. She attended school in Kootenai...
Aletha F. Shields
Sep 25, 2010
Aletha E. Shields, 89, passed away in Sandpoint, Idaho on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010. The memorial celebration of her life will conducted at 1:00 PM, Wednesday, Sept. 29th, in the Sandpoint First Baptist Church. Pastor Jon Pomeroy, Sandpoint Church of God will officiate. Private family interment will be in Pinecrest Memorial Park. Aletha was born Sept. 4, 1921 in Granum,...
Nancy Ann Boals
Sep 23, 2010
Nancy Ann Boals, 79, passed away in Priest River, Idaho on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. Nancy was born in Bakersfield, California on Oct. 10, 2010. Private family services will be held later for the former assistant librarian.
Lorna Lucille Popejoy
Sep 22, 2010
Lorna Lucille Karst-Popejoy, 82, passed away in Hanford, California on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010. A memorial service, celebrating her life, will be conducted at 11:00 AM, Friday, Oct. 8th, in Coffelt’s Funeral Chapel. Pastor Jon Pomeroy, Sandpoint Church of God, will officiate and inurnment will be in Pinecrest Memorial Park. Lorna was born Dec. 23, 1927, in Dover, Idaho, the...
Edward R Walson
Sep 20, 2010
Edward R. Walson, a native of Sandpoint, Idaho passed away in Louisiana on May 15, 2010. The son of Ray and Nadine Walson, Ed grew up in Sandpoint, Idaho. He enjoyed fishing and driving logging truck. When he was 17 he quit school and joined the US Navy. He was an UDT specalist and served on the submarines; The USS...
Beulah Mae Erwin
Sep 18, 2010
Beulah Mae Erwin, 90. passed away on Saturday, September 18, 2010 surrounded by her family. Private family services will be held later. Beulah was born on June 9, 1920, daughter of Riley and Josephine Bowman in Reeds Spring, Missouri. She moved to Jerome, Idaho at the age of 2 and attended elementary and High School there. She married the love...