Obituaries
Local Obituaries for North Idaho and Western Montana
Margaret Lea
Apr 7, 2008
Margaret Lea, 85, passed away in Sandpoint, Idaho on Monday, April 07, 2008. Memorial services will be conducted at 11:00 AM, Friday, April 11th in Coffelt’s Funeral Chapel. Pastor Bob Nale, Clark Fork Lutheran Church, will officiate. Margaret was born in Pontefract, England on September 30, 1922. She attended schools in England and during WW II worked in a factory...
Raymond W. Opatz
Apr 6, 2008
Raymond W. Opatz passed away in Sandpoint, Idaho on Sunday, April 6, 2008. A complete obituary will be posted later.
Bobby Jean Wales
Apr 6, 2008
Bobby Jean Wales, 62, passed away at her home in Clark Fork, ID on Sunday, April 6, 2008. Private family services will be held later. Bobby was born in Milton, Florida on May 30, 1945. She grew up in Milton, FL, and attended local schools. She worked as a C.N.A. for several years and then cooked in restaurants in the...
William Bill Duryea
Apr 3, 2008
William E. “Bill” Duryea, 91, passed away at his home in Careywood on Thursday, April 3, 2008. The vigil rosary service will be held at 7:00 PM, Sunday, April 6th, in Coffelt’s Funeral Chapel. The Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11:00 AM, Monday, April 7th, in St. Joseph’s Catholic Church at 6th and Oak, Sandpoint, ID. Father Dennis...
John Wesley Rivers
Mar 29, 2008
John Wesley Rivers, 77, passed away in Sandpoint, Idaho on Saturday, March 29, 2008. Private family services will be held at a later date.
Robert Gene Cloud
Mar 25, 2008
Robert Gene Cloud, 72, passed away at his home on March 25, 2008. Family memorial services will be held later in Mount Vernon, Oregon.
Joe Hunter Creighton
Mar 23, 2008
Joe Hunter Creighton, 86, passed away in Sandpoint, Idaho on March 23, 2008. Joe was born in Grand Haven, Michigan on January 16, 1922, the son of John and Clara Creighton. He served, as a PFC, with the US Army, in the European Theatre during WW II. On Nov. 23, 1944 he married Sandra Lorraine Oleson in Sioux Falls, SD....
Robert Louis (Bob) Linsday
Mar 21, 2008
Linsday, Robert Louis "Bob". Bob passed away peacefully on March 21, 2008 at the age of 94, in Spokane, WA. Memorial services will be conducted at 11:00 AM, Thursday, March 27th in Coffelt’s Funeral Chapel; 109 N. Division, Sandpoint, Idaho. Pastor Gary Fox, New Life Community Church, will officiate. Inurnment will be in Pinecrest Memorial Park. He is survived by...
David R Miller
Mar 18, 2008
David Miller, 82, passed away in Sandpoint, Idaho on Tuesday. Funeral services will be conducted on Wednesday, March 26, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. in Coffelt's Funeral Chapel in Sandpoint, Idaho. Pastor Jon Pomeroy, First Church of God, will officiate. Although welcomed into the world on a blustery day on January 26, 1926, David Roswell Miller was escorted away by the...
Lucille Lorraine Thompson
Mar 16, 2008
Lucille Lorraine Bricker Thompson, 92, passed away in Puyallup, WA on March 16, 2008 Private family interment will be in Pinecrest Memorial Park. .Lucille Loraine Bricker Thompson was born to Ernest and Bessie (Civis) Bricker August 8, 1915 in Belle Plain, Iowa. Lucille moved to Sandpoint, ID in 1942 with her daughter Ruth Forrester. In 1954 she moved to Tacoma,...
Frank Dennis Montgomery
Mar 15, 2008
Dennis Montgomery, 63, of Coeur d Alene, former Sandpoint resident died at Kootenai Medical Center on Saturday, March 15, 2008. Dennis was born November 3, 1944 in Millville, NJ, the son of Frank and Florence Montgomery. He was raised and educated in Vineland, NJ and later received his AA in accounting in Philadelphia. On December 22, 1970 he married Lauraine...
Josephine M Vriale
Mar 12, 2008
Josephine M Vriale, 96, passed away on Wednesday, March 12th, in Sandpoint, Idaho. Private family services will be held at a later date.
Glenn Ernest Johnson
Mar 11, 2008
Glenn Ernest Johnson, 88, of Sandpoint, died Tuesday, March 11, 2008, at Life Care Center. He was born May 29, 1919 in Stacy, MN, the son of John Ernest and Olive Campbell Johnson. He attended schools in Cameron, WI, and joined the National Guard in Richmond, CA. He married Evelyn Marie Nissen Pearce on Feb. 10, 1950, and she preceded...
Twylah Ann Graham
Mar 6, 2008
Twylah Ann Graham, 70, passed away in Sandpoint, Idaho on Thursday, March 6, 2008. Funeral services will be conducted at 11; 00 am, Monday, March 10th in the Sandpoint Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Stake Center. Services will be under the direction of Bishop Nelson Boren. Interment will be in the Pack River Cemetery. Friends may call...
Velma Pauline Osborn
Mar 4, 2008
Velma Pauline Osborn, 89, passed away in Spokane, Washington on Tuesday, March 4, 2008. Memorial services will be conducted at 11:00 AM, Saturday, April 5th, in Coffelt’s Funeral Chapel. Bishop Ed Dittmar will officiate. Velma was born in Caddoa, CO on Oct. 16, 1918, the daughter of James and Martha Vernon. In 1929 the family moved to the Morton area...
Robert Duncan McCabe
Mar 4, 2008
Robert Duncan “Bob” McCabe, 79, passed away in Spokane, WA on Tuesday, March 4, 2008. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 PM, Saturday, March 8th, in Coffelt’s Funeral Chapel. Aaron Thorp will be officiating. Robert was born in Luce County, MI on March 28, 1928 the son of Robert and Margaret McCabe. The family moved to the Morton area...
Claudia Virginia Bartlett
Mar 2, 2008
Claudia Virginia Bartlett, 97, passed away in Sandpoint, Idaho on Sunday,March 3, 2008. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 AM, on Friday, March 7th, in Coffelt’s Funeral Chapel. Pastor Brian Noble, Assembly of God Church, will officiate, with interment in Pinecrest Memorial Park. Friends may call on Thursday from 3:00 PM until 6:00 PM at Coffelt Funeral Service. Virginia...
Hildagarde Hilda Johnson
Mar 2, 2008
Hildegard M. Johnson, age 65, died at her home in the Bitterroot mountains above Sandpoint Idaho, on a beautiful snowy morning, Sunday March 2nd 2008, following a courageous six year battle with cancer. Hilda was born March 12th, 1942 in Stark County, North Dakota to the late John and Rose Sticka. Her family moved to Woodburn, Oregon in 1947 where...
Norman Frank Linscott
Mar 2, 2008
Norman Frank Linscott passed away on March 2, 2008 in Sandpoint, ID. He was 96 years old. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 6th at Coffelt’s Funeral Chapel. Pastor Jon Pomeroy officiating with interment to be in Pinecrest Memorial Park. Visitation will be on Wednesday from 3:00 PM until 6:00 PM at Coffelt Funeral Service...
Emelia Bonci Anderson
Mar 2, 2008
Emelia B Anderson, 84, passed away in her home on Sunday, March 2. Private family services will be held at a later date.