Obituaries
Local Obituaries for North Idaho and Western Montana
Bradley Goodyear
Feb 24, 2010
Bradley (Brad) John Goodyear, beloved son of Laura and Rob Goodyear, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010. Brad was born on November 29, 1992 in Walnut Creek California. He moved to Idaho with his family in 2003. He attended Sagle Elementary, Sandpoint Middle and High Schools. For the past eight months he has been attending school in Kalispell, Montana. Brad...
Gertrude "Chris" Story
Feb 18, 2010
Chris was born on November 28, 1925 in Pompton Lakes, New Jersey and passed away Thursday, February 18th 2010, in Sandpoint, Idaho. Chris graduated in the top 10% of her high school class in 1943 at Pompton Lakes High School. She attended Wood Secretarial School in New York City. Chris joined the Army Air Corp in 1949 where she met...
Norman L. Bolstad
Feb 17, 2010
Norman Bolstad was born on July 13, 1917 on the Bolstad farm just north of Norwich, North Dakota. He was the twelfth of the 13 children of John L. and Inger (Emerson) Bolstad. He grew up around Norwich, working on the family farm until his graduation from high school. It was the height of the depression and there was little...
Jeremy Andrew Cooke
Feb 14, 2010
Jeremy Andrew Cooke, 62, of Sandpoint, died Sunday, February 14, 2010 at his home. Private family services will be conducted at a later time.
Cathleen Annette Riley
Feb 14, 2010
Cathleen A. Riley, 63, of Cocolalla, Idaho died Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010 at Life Care of Sandpoint. Funeral services will be conducted 1:30PM, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010 at Coffelt Funeral Service with Pastor David Hess, officiating. Private interment will be held at Westmond Cemetery.
Laurel Ann Wagers
Feb 13, 2010
Laurel Ann Wagers, 61, of Sandpoint, died Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010 at Life Care of Coeur ‘d Alene. She was born Sept. 12, 1948 in Spokane, WA, the daughter of Joseph and Margery Pratt. As a child she lived in Alaska and Sandpoint where she graduated high school in 1964. She then attended Michigan State University where she received a...
Eugene L. Driggs
Feb 12, 2010
Eugene L. Driggs, 78, of Sagle, passed away on Friday, Feb. 12, 2010 at Bonner General Hospital from complications from a fall with his family at his side. Eugene Leo “Gene” Driggs was born May 8, 1931 in Alta Vista, Kansas to Bruce and Mary Groppe Driggs. His family arrived in Sandpoint the last day of February 1935. He always...
Carolyn Pauline Snyder
Feb 12, 2010
Carolyn Pauline Snyder, 89, of Clark Fork, died Friday, Feb. 12, 2010 at Life Care of Sandpoint. Private family services will be held at a later time.
Dale Edward Viall
Feb 11, 2010
Dale Edward Viall, 61, of Clearfield, Utah former North Idaho resident died Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010 in Utah. Funeral services will be held at a later time.
Larry Gene Sample
Feb 9, 2010
Larry Sample, 67, of Laclede, died Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010 at his home. Private services will be conducted.
Evelyn May Broehl
Feb 8, 2010
Evelyn May Broehl, 86, known as Gramma B by her grandchildren and great grandchildren, passed away Monday, Feb. 8, 2010 at Huckleberry Retirement, surrounded by her loving family. She passed quietly to join her loved ones who we know are there waiting for her on the other side. Evelyn was a strong independent woman who until recently lived on her...
Leonard Euell Plaster
Feb 4, 2010
Leonard Plaster, 77 A Sandpoint resident for more than 70 years, Leonard Eule Plaster, 77, passed away Feb. 4, 2010, at Kootenai Medical Center from heart failure. In the two days that he was in the hospital, he was visited by numerous family members and friends. When he passed, his children were at his side. He was born in Gillette,...
Thomas McGuirk
Feb 3, 2010
Thomas McGurik, 60, passed away on Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at his home in Careywood, Idaho. A full obituary will be posted at a later date.
Rosaline Eugenia Wilson
Feb 2, 2010
Rosaline “Rose” E. Wilson, 89, passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010 in Kootenai, Idaho of natural causes. Memorial services will be conducted 3:00PM, Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010 at the Sandpoint Seventh-day Adventist Church with Pastor Matthew Lombard, officiating. Rose was born July 20, 1920 in Vallejo, CA, the daughter of Emery Edward and Elva Ferrari Cota, and was raised...
Jean Louise Thomas
Jan 31, 2010
Jean Louise Thomas, 86, of Sandpoint, died Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010 at Hearthstone Village. Private family services will be held at a later time.
Kirk Von Sauer
Jan 22, 2010
Kirk Von Sauer, 48 of Kootenai, passed away Friday, Jan. 22, 2010 at Bonner General Hospital, after a long, courageous battle with cancer. He was a loving husband, father, son, brother and friend. Kirk was born October 3, 1961 in Missoula, MT, to Patricia and Darold Sauer. The family moved back to Sandpoint in 1965 in order to manage the...
Marjorie V. Findlay
Jan 22, 2010
Marjorie V. “Jones” Findlay, 87, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother , of Cocolalla died Friday, Jan. 22, 2010 at Kootenai Medical Center in Coeur d’Alene, ID. She was born in Billings, MT on April 23, 1922 the daughter of Russel Edgar and Vera Marrion Pearce Jones. She spent the early part of her life in Canada, but was...
James Jim (Woody) Woodhead
Jan 17, 2010
James “Jim”, “Woody” Woodhead, 69, passed away in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho on Sunday, January 17, 2010. Graveside funeral services will be conducted on Friday, January 22nd, at 1:00 PM, Mountain Standard Time. The service will be conducted by Father Bob Lily, in the Heron Cemetery, Heron, Montana. Woody was born in Columbus, Ohio on Oct. 30, 1940, the son of...
Robert Lewis Hernvall
Jan 15, 2010
Robert Lewis Hernvall, 85, of Sandpoint, died Friday, January 15, 2010 at his home. Robert was born May 1, 1924 in Saint Maries, Idaho the son of Gustav and Jennie Watts Hernvall. His early life was greatly influenced by his grandparents, Rolland and Delia Watts. He graduated from Sandpoint High School in 1942. Robert proudly served our country for three...
Nancy C Crabb
Jan 14, 2010
Nancy Colleen Crabb of Bonners Ferry, Idaho, passed away after her brief, courageous battle with cancer. She died at home on Thursday, January 14, 2010, at the young age of 70 surrounded by her husband, Theodore Crabb and her family. Nancy was born in Dover, Idaho, on December 6, 1939, to Darrell and Mary Perry. Nancy grew up in Dover...