Obituaries
Local Obituaries for North Idaho and Western Montana
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...
Donald Ross Green Jr.
Aug 12, 2023
Donald Ross Green Jr., 73, passed away on Saturday, August 12, 2023 at his home in Clark Fork, Idaho. Private family services will be held at a later date.
Jeffrey Kier McIntyre
Aug 12, 2023
Jeffrey K. McIntyre, 79, passed away in Libby, Montatana on Saturday, August 12, 2023. Family services will be held later, in Noxon, Montana. He was born in Hollywood, California on July 12, 1949. He had served with the US Army in Vietnam. He had worked in City Government, later moving to Noxon, Montana.
James Lawrence Lock
Aug 12, 2023
James L. "Jimmie" Lock, 74, passed away, in Sandpoint, Idaho, on Saturday, August 12, 2023. He was born in Philadelphia, PA on January 12, 1949, the son of Albert and Anna Lock. He had served with the US Army, worked for retail outlet stores and retired to the Sagle area. Services for friends and family will be held later.
Lisa Helen Hensley
Aug 12, 2023
Lisa Helen Hensley, 59, passed away, in Dover, on Saurday, August 12, 2023. Family services will be held later.  She was born on February 1, 1964, in Spokane, the daughter of James and Helen Glynn. She had lived in Spokane, Washington working as a real estate broker.
Anna S. McManus
Aug 11, 2023
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Our lovely mother has passed away Anna McManus died peacefully in her sleep at home with her family.
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She arrived in the US on the Swedish ship Gripsholm in 1960 knowing that this was the country of freedom and opportunity. She became a US citizen and was a great patriot. She traveled the world with her family for...
Natalie Ednie
Aug 4, 2023
Natalie (nee Allen) Ednie, of Sandpoint, lover of the woods and reading, has passed away in her home on the 4th of August 2023, just 10 days shy of her 90th birthday. She was proud to say that she made it well into her 90th year.
With roots that began in Ashland, Oregon, and meandered to Billings and Roundup, Montana,...
Earl L. "Chuck" Archer
Aug 3, 2023
Earl L. "Chuck" Archer, 84, passed away, in Sandpoint, on Thursday, August 3, 2023. Chuck was born on February 13, 1939 in Clifton, Colorado the son of Earl and Frances Archer. He served 20 years with the US Navy, retiring on July 26, 1976, as an electronic technician. He had received the Vietnam Service Medal and the Vietnam Campaign Medal.
Larry Gene Saunders
Aug 3, 2023
Larry Gene Saunders, 73, passed away, in Spirit Lake, ID, on Thursday, August 3, 2023. A complete obituary with service information, will be posted later. Larry was born on March 27, 1950, in Sandpoint, the son of Gene and Dorothy Saunders. He had served with the US Navy, during Vietnam, later working as a letter carrier for the US Postal...
Sharon Rose Larkin
Jul 31, 2023
Sharon Rose (Albano) Larkin was born August 14, 1934 in Idaho Falls to Sidney and Rita Albano. After a long hard fight with cancer and she went to join her beloved Lord and loved ones on July 31, 2023. Â
When Sharon was eight years old her family moved from southern Idaho to Heron, Montana where she resided until she...
Dorothy W. Long
Jul 26, 2023
Dorothy W. Long (90) passed away peacefully from natural causes at the Sandpoint Idaho Life Care Center on July 26, 2023. She was preceded in death by her high school sweetheart and husband Col. Arthur W. Long (retired) of Hope, Idaho and more recently her brother, Robert (Bob) Howard Day of Buffalo, Wyoming.
Dorothy and her brother Bob were the...
Barbara Gale Shaver
Jul 23, 2023
Barbara G. Shaver was born on January 26, 1943 in Oakland, California to parents Frank and Carrie Chance.  She had a sister – Elizabeth and brother Bob.  She graduated from Mt. Diablo High School in Concord, California in 1960 and was active and loved the drama club all during school.
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Barb married Bob Shaver of Sandpoint, Idaho her husband,...
Bernhard Loewen
Jul 20, 2023
Bernhard Loewen, 86, passed away on Thursday, July 20, 2023, in Coeur d'Alene.  He was born, in Chihuahua, Mexico on March 17, 1937. He had worked as a boilermaker/welder in heavy construction. He has lived in the Sandpoint area since 1998. A complete obituary, with service information, will be posted later.Â
Toni Jo Britton
Jul 19, 2023
Toni Jo Britton (Graff), beloved mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, and widow, has returned home on July 19th, 2023 to be with her husband Ronald Leslie Britton, her mother Hazel Graff and father Henry Graff, and her beloved pets that have crossed the Rainbow Bridge.
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Toni succumbed to a 10 year battle with non-small cell lung cancer, (non-smoking). Initial...
John Joseph Kovatch
Jul 17, 2023
John Joseph Ambrose Donald Quentin Kovatch passed away July 17, 2023 at the age of 79 in his home in Sagle Idaho.  He spent much of his early years raising hell in Coeur d’Alene and the surrounding mountains.  DeArmond Joyner (later IFI) saw mill hired John in his late teens, he worked his way up through the ranks, and retired...