Obituaries
Local Obituaries for North Idaho and Western Montana
Margaret Ellen Emmett
Oct 6, 2023
Margaret Ellen Emmett, 80, passed away on Friday, October 6, 2023 in Sandpoint, Idaho.
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Private family services will be held at a later date.
Jean L. Gerstenberger
Oct 5, 2023
Our sweet 94-year old Mother, Jean Louise Gerstenberger, born March 6, 1929, was called home by Jesus, her Lord and Savior, on October 5, 2023. Â Ten years (plus a few hours) before, her husband of 67 years, Richard "Rich" Gerstenberger, preceded Mom to heaven on October 4, 2013. Â Mom and Dad lived nearly all their married years in Trout Creek,...
Esme Anne Dunn
Oct 4, 2023
Esme Anne Dunn, infant daughter of Joel and Moriah Dunn, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, October 4, 2023.Â
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Memorial services will be conducted at 11:00 am, Saturday, October 28, 2023 at English Funeral Chapel in Post Falls, Idaho
Barbara S. Tonsager
Oct 3, 2023
Barbara S. Tonsager, 93, passed away , on Tuesday, October 3, 2023, in Sandpoint. Family services will be held later. Barbara was born on June 17, 1930 in Kewaskum, Wisconsin. She had retired, as a dental hygienist, recently moving to the Sandpoint area.Â
Robert (Bob) James Evans
Oct 2, 2023
Robert "Bob" James Evans, 98, passed away, in Post Falls, on Monday, October 2, 2023. He was a Veteran of WW II, having served in the Pacific Theater, and was a member of the Great Generation. He was wounded on Guadalcanal and received the Purple heart. Bob was a retired logger in the area. He will be placed, with his...
Robert "Moose" Carl Verdal
Sep 26, 2023
Moose passed away in Bonner General Health on Tuesday, September 26 from a stroke. Â Having endured several major medical issues since 2009, he was not able to go on, and will be greatly missed.
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Robert Carl Verdal was born on December 6, 1950 to Mary (Jones) and Thor Verdal, in Sandpoint.  He grew up in the ‘50s and ‘60s,...
James Roy Bos
Sep 25, 2023
James Roy Bos, 74, passed away, in Sandpoint, on Monday, September 25, 2023. James was born on September 20, 1040 in Sunnyside, Washington. He had served with the US Army. He was a carpenter, building custom log homes, had lived in Bayview, Idaho prior to moving to the Sandpoint area. Family services will be held later.
Jean D Jasman
Sep 14, 2023
Jean Jasman, 95, passed away on Thursday, September 14, 2023, at Mountain Springs Assisted Living in Spirit Lake, Idaho.Â
Jean was born at home on April 11, 1928, to Moses M. and Cynthia Hill Dahle in a two-room log cabin in Martin, Idaho, near Arco. She was the youngest of ten children.Â
Prior to her birth, her father...
Jeanette Greer Patterson
Sep 11, 2023
Jeanette Greer Patterson, 93, passed away on Monday, September 11, 2023 in Sandpoint, Idaho.
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Interment will take place at Miramar National Cemetery in San Diego, California. Jan was a nurse for many years.
Ted Andrew Hart
Sep 3, 2023
Ted Andrew Hart, 63, passed away on Sunday, September 3, 2023 at his home in Sandpoint, Idaho.
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Private family services will be held at a later date. Â Ted moved from California to Priest River in 1998 and then to Sandpoint in 2018.
Landen Connor Peterson
Aug 31, 2023
Landen C. Peterson passed away on August 31st 2023 in Sandpoint, Idaho at sixteen years old.
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He is survived by his mother Erika Moon of Sagle, Idaho, his father Todd Peterson of Laclede, Idaho, his five sisters Alex (Shane), Ruthie, Adrian (Michael), Abby, and Kaitlin, Grandparents Barry and Betty Burke of Sagle, Idaho, and Kathy Peterson of Ponca City,...
Shirley Geneva Goodin
Aug 30, 2023
Shirley G. Goodin, 66, passed away, on Wednesday, August 30, 2023, in Sandpoint.   Shirley has been an area resident since 2019, living in Sagle. Family services will be held later in Oregon.
John Michael Bouse
Aug 28, 2023
John Michael Bouse, 61, passed away on Sunday, August 28, 2023 in Sandpoint, Idaho.
Graveside services will be Saturday, September 9, 2023 at Pack River Cemetery at 11:00 am followed by a Memorial Service lunch at the Ponderay Events Center.  John’s wish was for his friends and family to get together after his death.
John was born June 4, 1962...
Donald Melvin Butler
Aug 24, 2023
Don Butler passed away peacefully on August 24, in Sandpoint. Don (known as Donny to locals) was born in Hope to Guy and Helen Butler in 1937. His parents owned and operated the only store in Hope: Butler's One Stop where they raised their family of five children: Don, Marilyn, Bruce, Joyce and Kathy. Don grew up working at the...
Dorothy Bonita Vess
Aug 23, 2023
Dorothy B. Vess, 88, longtime Sagle resident, passed away on Saturday, August 19, 2023. Family services will be later and she will be buried in the Gamlin Lake Cemetery. Dorothy was born on July 4, 1935, in Caldwell, Idaho, the daughter of Andrew and Nettie Roberts. She was a sales clerk, retiring from different retail outlets.
Rose Ruth Webb
Aug 20, 2023
Rose Ruth Webb, 85, passed awaqy, in Sandpoint, on Sunday, August 20, 2023. She will be buried in the Chesed Shel Emes Cemetery, Woodbridge, New York. Rose was born in Los Angeles, California on July 5, 1938, the daughter of Joseph and Lillian Zacky. She had worked as a nanny, prior to retirement.
Darold Arthur Britton
Aug 19, 2023
Darold A. Britton, 90, passed away on August 19, 2023 at Kootenai Medical Center, in      Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.  Darold was born on May 10, 1933 in Maple Grove Township, Minnesota, the son of Archie and Della (Johnson) Britton.  Â
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He graduated from Little Falls High School in 1952. Â Following graduation he moved to Seattle, Washington and went to work...
Arthur Jay Pollock
Aug 17, 2023
Arthur Jay Pollock, 84, passed away on Thursday, August 17, 2023, in Sandpoint. Family services will be held later.  He was born on April 25, 1939, in Philadelphia PA, the son of Theodore and Cecelia Pollock.  He was an attorney and had retired to the Sandpoint area.
Thomas Arlo Hoisington
Aug 16, 2023
Thomas A. Hoisington, 75, passed away, in Sagle, on Wednesday, August 16, 2023. A full obituary will be posted later. He was born in Coffey, Missouri on March 10, 1948. He had served with the US Navy and had retired as a juvenile detention officer.
Irene K. Bry
Aug 13, 2023
Irene Kazokas Bry, 85, passed away peacefully on Sunday, August 13, 2023, at her home in Sandpoint. Â
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Born in Concord, Massachusetts on February 24, 1938, she is the daughter of the late William and Jennie Kazokas. She is the mother of Francis Louis Bry, Sagle, Idaho; Lisa Jennie Bry, Sandpoint, Idaho; Thomas Charles Bry, Sagle, Idaho; and William...
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