Obituaries
Local Obituaries for North Idaho and Western Montana
Susan Ann Rathburn
Oct 10, 2008
Suan Ann Rathburn, 88, passed away in Sandpoint, Idaho on October 10, 2008. Susan was born on October 6, 1920 in Wapato, Washington, daughter of Pearl and Ruby Pace. Memorial Services will be held at 1:00 pm, on Saturday, October 18, 2008 at the United Methodist Church in Noxon, Montana with Pastor Mark Wendle officiating. Graveside services will be at...
Alberta Pearl Johnson
Oct 9, 2008
Alberta Pearl Johnson, 90, passed away on Thursday, October 9, 2008 in Sandpoint, ID. Funeral services will be conducted at 11;00 am, Wednesday, October 15th, in Coffelt’s Funeral Chapel. Pastors Barry Johnson and Chuck Wigton will be officiating with interment to follow in Pinecrest Memorial Park. Alberta was born on April 9, 1918 in Yuma, Colorado. She attended school in...
Tyler James Pesce
Oct 8, 2008
Tyler James Pesce, 18, passed away on Wednesday, October 8, 2008 near Clark Fork, ID. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:00 PM, Saturday, October 18th, in Coffelt’s Funeral Chapel. Tyler was born in Sandpoint, ID on May 17, 1990. He attended Hope Elementary School and was finishing his senior year at Clark Fork high School. He enjoyed sports, playing...
Sebastian Tobias - Rene Jurgensen
Oct 8, 2008
Sebastian Jurgenson, 17, passed away on Wednesday, October 8, 2008 near Sandpoint, ID. Private family graveside funeral services were held in Pinecrest Memorial Park. Sebastian was born in Grafelfing, Germany on January 9, 1991. He attended school in Germany, moving to Sandpoint, ID in 2005. He was a senior in Sandpoint High School. In 2005 when he moved to Sandpoint,...
Emilie Julia Girdwain
Oct 6, 2008
Emilie J Girdwain, 53, passed away on Monday, October 6, 2008 in Sandpoint, ID. A complete obituary will be posted at a later date.
Marion Eleanor Powers
Oct 6, 2008
Marion Eleanor Powers, 87, passed away on Monday, Oct. 6, 2008 in Sandpoint, ID. Funeral services will be conducted at 10:00 AM, Friday, Oct. 10th, in Coffelt’s Funeral Chapel. Pastor Steve Nickodemus will be officiating. Marion was born in Los Angeles, CA on Nov. 30 1920. She graduated from L.I.F.E. Bible College in Los Angeles, CA in 1939 and has...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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