Obituaries

Local Obituaries for North Idaho and Western Montana

Rita Lynea Plummer

Rita Lynea Plummer

Oct 5, 2008

Rita Lynea Plummer 51 passed away in Ponderay, ID in September 2008. Memorial services will be conducted at 11:00 am, Monday, Oct. 13th in Coffelt’s Funeral Chapel. Rev. John Paul Travis will be officiating. Rita was born in Moscow, Idaho on June 9 1957, the daughter of Melford and Shirley Sturman. The family later moved to Coeur d’Alene, ID where...

Arthur James Post

Arthur James Post

Oct 4, 2008

Arthur James Post, 87, passed way in Sandpoint, Idaho on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008. Private family services will be held at a later date. Arthur was born in Missouri on July 11, 1921 the son of Charles and Drucilla Post. He attended school in Missouri and then worked in a defense plant. During WW II he served with the US...

Douglas Michael Ballard II

Douglas Michael Ballard II

Oct 4, 2008

Douglas Michael Ballard II, 36, passed away on October 4, 2008 in Clark Fork, Idaho. Graveside Services were held at 10:00 am, Wednesday, October 8th, with Pastor Mark Wendle officiating. He was a member of the Clark Fork United Methodist Church.

Elizabeth "Betty" Cheeks

Elizabeth "Betty" Cheeks

Oct 3, 2008

Elizabeth “Betty” Amelia Cheeks, 91, passed away in Sandpoint, Idaho on Friday, Oct. 3, 2008. Private family services will be held later. Elizabeth was born on May 26, 1917 in Bridgeville, PA. She lived in Bridgeville, PA where she attended school and married Walter Cheeks on June 5, 1940. She continued to live in Bridgeville while her husband served in...

Alice Dorothy Merola

Alice Dorothy Merola

Oct 1, 2008

Alice D Merola, 83, passed away in Sandpoint, ID on Wednesday, October 1, 2008. The vigil Rosary service will be held at 7:00 PM, Monday, October 6th in Coffelt’s Funeral Chapel. The Mass of Christian Burial will be conducted at 11:00 AM, Tuesday, Oct. 7th, in the new Catholic Church located at Lincoln and Ontario Streets in Sandpoint. Father Dennis...

Betty Lou Glazier

Betty Lou Glazier

Oct 1, 2008

Betty L Glazier, 77, entered into eternal peace on October, 1 2008 in Sandpoint, Idaho. A memorial service will be held on Monday, October 6, at 2:00pm at the Laclede Community Church. She was born on April 14, 1931 in Wilsonville, Nebraska to parents Arthur and Pearl Pywell. She moved to Idaho in 1936, living north of Bonners Ferry with...

Sharon Irene Rosenberg

Sharon Irene Rosenberg

Sep 26, 2008

Sharon Irene Rosenberg, 69, of Sandpoint, died Friday, Sept. 26, 2008 at Bonner General Hospital. Services will be conducted at a later time. She was born May 15, 1939 in the Dalles, Oregon, where she lived and attended schools through the sixth grade. When the family moved to California she grew up, had kids, moved to Sandpoint in 1979, and...

Jean Crouse

Jean Crouse

Sep 24, 2008

JEAN CROUSE: Catherine Jean Eakin Crouse died Wednesday, September 24 at Life Care Center in Sandpoint, ID, at the age of 88. Born on August 26, 1920, in Wilbur Washington to Charles and Nadine Funkhouser, Jean graduated from Palouse High School and then graduated from Washington State College (now University) with a degree in Microbiology. She married Jack (Dr. Lawrence)...

Beatrice Adell Glahe

Beatrice Adell Glahe

Sep 21, 2008

Beatrice Adell Glahe, 83, of Sandpoint, died peacefully at home on September 21, 2008. She was born February 9, 1925 in Roseau, Minnesota, to Pearl (Yost) and George Listug. She left home and went to work for Honeywell in Minneapolis/ St. Paul when WWII started. In 1944, she moved to Idaho with her family. She met Lawrence W Glahe, the...

Lorena Jane Greenwood

Lorena Jane Greenwood

Sep 20, 2008

Lorena Jane (Ereman) passed away Saturday, September 20, 2008 at Bonner General Hospital in Sandpoint. Lorena was born in Coeur d'Alene on June 21, 1939 to Cecil and Enid (Bair) Ereman of Sandpoint. She attended Washington School, the Old Farmin School, Sandpoint High school on Euclid and graduated from Sandpoint High school. Following graduation. she worked in Spokane before returning...

Alberta B Troy

Alberta B Troy

Sep 19, 2008

Alberta B. Troy, 95, of Sagle, died Friday, Sept. 19, 2008 at her home. A complete obituary will be posted at a later date.

Glenn Dudley Newton

Glenn Dudley Newton

Sep 16, 2008

Glenn Dudley Newton, 89, of Cocolalla died Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008 at his home after a year long battle with cancer, never once losing His sense of humor. He was born October 18, 1918 to Alvie and Allie Newton, the sixth of ten children, in Enon, Arkansas. As a small boy his family moved to Verdagas, Oklahoma. After the sudden...

Henry "Shorty" Leon Lagrou

Henry "Shorty" Leon Lagrou

Sep 14, 2008

Henry L. “Shorty” Lagrou, 96, of Spokane, former Sandpoint resident died Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008 in Spokane. He was born June 29, 1912 in Sandusky, Michigan the son of Leon and Elodia Lagrou. He moved to the Sandpoint area as a small child and was raised and educated here. He married Mildred C. Anderson on June 2, 1943 in Havre,...

Dr. Fred Elwood Marienau

Dr. Fred Elwood Marienau

Sep 11, 2008

Toward the end of his life, Dr. Fred Elwood Marienau, a man married 55 years to his bride Delsie, gave his grandson David Marienau some advice, “Always do what your wife tells you,” he said. His children would agree that Fred practiced this during his life. Fred, a man of outstanding achievements, also told David that he’d like to be...

Leigh Miles Standish

Leigh Miles Standish

Sep 10, 2008

Leigh Miles Standish, 85, passed away in Sandpoint, Idaho on Wednesday, September 10, 2008. Leigh was born a "preemie" weighing under two pounds in Underwood, North Dakota April 7, 1923, the son of Lloyd & Ellen Standish. The doctor sent him home to die. His parents kept him alive in a cigar box in the warmer of the wood stove....

Duane Faith Mathena-Sinn

Duane Faith Mathena-Sinn

Sep 5, 2008

Duane Faith Mathena-Sinn, 68, of Hope, died Friday, Sept. 5, 2008 at Bonner General Hospital. A complete obituary will be posted at a later date.

Larry Dean McNeeley

Larry Dean McNeeley

Aug 31, 2008

Larry D McNeeley, 66, passed away in Sandpoint, ID on Sunday, August 31, 2008. Private family services will be held at a later date.

Donald Mitchell

Donald Mitchell

Aug 28, 2008

On August 28, 2008, Don Mitchell lost his four and a half year courageous battle with cancer, at home, with his family by his side. Don Mitchell was born in Islington, Ontario, Canada on November 1, 1932 to Frances James Mitchell & Laura (Bache) Mitchell. He came to the United States on a permanent Visa in 1955. Don was an...

Edward C Alvarado

Edward C Alvarado

Aug 28, 2008

Edward C. Alvarado, 84, passed away in Sandpoint, ID on August 29, 2008 in Sandpoint, Idaho. A complete obituary, for the US Army Veteran, will be posted later.

Wilma Irene Page

Wilma Irene Page

Aug 23, 2008

Wilma Irene Page, 90, passed away in Sandpoint, Idaho on Saturday, August 23, 2008. Funeral services will be conducted at 10:30 AM, Friday, August 29th, in Coffelt’s Funeral Chapel. Father Dennis C. Day, St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, will officiate and interment will follow in Pinecrest Memorial Park. Wilma was born in Madera, CA on Oct. 15, 1917, the daughter of...