Obituaries
Local Obituaries for North Idaho and Western Montana
James Fred Boutin
Oct 12, 2009
James Fred Boutin, 73, of Clark Fork, died Monday, October 12, 2009 at his home following a valiant battle with cancer. He was born June 28, 1936 in Winchester, CT, the son of Lewis and Mary Boutin. He was raised in Winsted, CT and graduated from high school there. He later served in the US Army. After his honorable discharge...
Charles R. Spiller, Jr.
Oct 12, 2009
Charles R. Spiller, Jr., 85, of Sandpoint, passed away Monday, October 12, 2009 at Life Care of Sandpoint. Charles "Chuck" Spiller was born October 21, 1923 in Los Angeles, CA the son of Charles R. Spiller, Sr., and Regina Roberts Spiller. Both parents were originally from Montana. Chuck was raised and educated in West Los Angeles, CA, graduating from Hamilton...
Cheri Ann Jones
Oct 10, 2009
Cheri Ann Jones, 51, passed away in Sandpoint, Idaho on October 10, 2009. She was born in Wheatland, Montana on September 14, 1958. Private Family services will be held at a later date.
Glenn Thomas Pusey
Oct 10, 2009
Glenn T. Pusey, 73, of Sagle, died at his home. He was born July 7, 1936 in Philadelphia, PA the son of James and Pauline Pusey. He graduated from high school in Lancaster County, PA and served in the U.S. Army for 3 years with the 82nd Airborne. He became an iron worker in 1964 in California and worked construction...
Verna Kathryn Halpin
Oct 8, 2009
Verna Kathryn Halpin, 86, of Sandpoint, died Thursday, October 8, 2009 at Life Care Center. She was born June 15, 1923 in Ponderay, Idaho the daughter of Andrew and Mary (Stans) Pomerinke. She attended local schools and lived for many years in Sprague, WA. In 2003 she returned to the Sandpoint area. Verna enjoyed sewing and embroidery work. She is...
Concette "Connie" Greenleaf
Oct 2, 2009
Concette “Connie” Greenleaf, 96, of Sandpoint, died Friday, Oct. 2, 2009 at Bonner General Hospital She was born June 14, 1913 in Spokane, WA the daughter of Frank and Martha (Fish) Rogers. She began her schooling at St. Xavier in Spokane. The family moved to Sandpoint in 1922 and she completed the 8th grade at Farmin School. She graduated from...
Russell Alan Lippincott
Sep 30, 2009
Russell Alan Lippincott, 60 of Sandpoint, died Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009 at Valley Vista Care Center. Private family services will be held at a later date.
Clifford Lawrence Eberley
Sep 28, 2009
Clifford Lawrence Eberley, 83 of Sandpoint, died Monday Sept. 28, 2009 at his home after a courageous battle against melanoma and multiple myloma. He was born March 20, 1926 in Fairview, Oklahoma the son of Joseph and Vinnie Eberley. He was raised in Oklahoma and Kansas and on May 31, 1956 he married Betty Golob in Pittsburg, KS. They lived...
Fay E. Meredith
Sep 27, 2009
Fay E. Meredith, 87, of Clark Fork, died Sunday, September 27, 2009 at Bonner General Hospital. She was born September 21, 1922 in Craig, Montana the daughter of Fred and Rita Pedersen. She was raised in Montana and graduated from Helena Montana high school. She married Clyde Meredith on October 20, 1945 in Helena. They lived in Boulder, CO from...
Stella Lucille Bianco
Sep 23, 2009
Stella W. Bianco, 84, passed away on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 in Sandpoint, Idaho. Private Family Services will be held.
Robert Arthur McElroy
Sep 20, 2009
Robert Arthur McElroy, 88, passed away in Sandpoint, Idaho on Sunday, September 20, 2009. Private Family Services have been held at Pinecrest Memorial Park.
John Robert Pennington
Sep 18, 2009
John Robert Pennington, age 83, died September 18, 2009 in Boca Raton, Florida. Born February 9, 1926 in Sandpoint, Idaho, he was the son of John Henry and Marjory Anderson Pennington. After graduating from Weber High School in Ogden, Utah, in 1944, John enlisted in the Army, joining the Army Air Corps. After the war, he entered Whitman College, graduating...
Norma Jean Jordan
Sep 16, 2009
Norma “Jean” Jordan (Flanagan) Norma Jean Jordan (Flanagan), 87, residing in Kootenai, Idaho passed away peacefully on Wednesday, September 16, 2009. It was a beautiful day as she made her journey home. Jean was born March 20, 1922 in Indianapolis, Indiana, the daughter of Dr. Estle Flanagan and his wife Bertha Flanagan. Norma graduated from high school in Walton, Indiana,...
Jack William Yaryan
Sep 15, 2009
Jack William Yaryan, 87, of East Hope, died Tuesday, September 15, 2009 at his home. He was born February 10, 1922 in Spokane, WA the son of Floyd and Perola Verral Yaryan. He was a lifelong resident of East Hope where he was reared and graduated high school. After high school he enlisted in the US Army serving World War...
Bob Allen Anderson
Sep 14, 2009
Bob Allen Anderson, 44, of Sandpoint died Monday, Sept. 14, 2009 at Kootenai Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be conducted 1:00PM, Saturday, September 26, 2009 at Coffelt Funeral Chapel.
Maxine Lavetra Moore
Sep 13, 2009
Maxine Lavetra Moore, 87, passed away in Emmett, Idaho on Sunday September 13, 2009. Graveside funeral services will be conducted at 4:00 pm, Saturday, September 19th, Pastor Jon Pomeroy, Sandpoint Church of God, will be officiating.
Justin Anton Peine
Sep 12, 2009
Justin Anton Peine, 41, of Sagle, died Saturday, Sept. 12, 2009 from injuries received in an accident at his home. Services will be conducted 10:00AM, Friday, Sept. 18, 2009 at the Westmond L.D.S. Chapel. Interment will follow in the Whispering Pines Cemetery. Family and friends may attend a viewing at Coffelt Funeral Chapel, on Thursday from 5:00-7:00 PM, and at...
Robert Parks Chenault
Sep 11, 2009
Robert P. Chenault, 84, of Sandpoint, died Friday, September 11, 2009 at Bonner General Hospital. Bob was born October 7, 1924 in Indianapolis, Indiana the son of Hobert and Emeroy Chenault. During his formative years he lived in various locations, moving 18 times by the time of his graduation from high school. He enrolled at the University of Indiana but...
Eugene Ryder Savage
Sep 9, 2009
Eugene “Gene” Ryder Savage, 76, of Sandpoint, Idaho, passed away at Valley Vista Care Center in Sandpoint on Wednesday, September 9, 2009. Gene was born in Coolin, Idaho on July 17, 1933, the third child of ten children born of Otho and Marie (Van Hoff) Savage. Gene was raised in the Priest River area before moving to Sandpoint where he...
Hazel Milton Lawson
Sep 8, 2009
Hazel Lawson passed away quietly on Tuesday morning, September 8, 2009, at her home at Life Care Center in Sandpoint. Ms. Lawson was born November 19, 1909, on a farm near Ava, Missouri, the fourth of five children. She married Gail Lawson in 1929, and they had one daughter. In 1935, she moved to San Francisco, living there until 1954,...





