Obituaries
Local Obituaries for North Idaho and Western Montana
Dale Orville Tutje
Dec 1, 2025
Rev. Dale Tutje, 98, of Sandpoint, ID, formerly of Urbana & Champaign, IL passed away peacefully on December 1, 2025 with his daughters at his side. A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date.
Roger Duane Pendergrass
Nov 30, 2025
Roger D, Pendergrass, 75, passed away Sunday November 30th, in Spirit Lake, Idaho. Family services will be held at a later date.
Marian Lee Brown
Nov 29, 2025
Marian L, Brown, 95, passed away Saturday November 29th in Sandpoint, Idaho. Family services will be held at a later date.
Rebecca Ann Jones
Nov 28, 2025
Rebecca Ann Jones, 90, passed away on November 28, 2025 at her home in Sandpoint, Idaho.
Family services will be held,
Charles Everette Johnson
Nov 27, 2025
Charles Everette Johnson ("Chuck") passed peacefully from this world on November 27, 2025, at the age of 84. Chuck was born and raised in the Noxon area, the youngest of seven children born to Walter and Phoebe Johnson. He is survived by his sister Dora Adams (Spokane Valley) and many nieces and nephews.
Chuck lived in Noxon his entire life and...
Terry Lee Spade
Nov 23, 2025
Terry Lee Spade, 66, passed away on November 23, 2025 in Spokane, Washington.
Family services will be held at a later date.
Jessie Edward Walters
Nov 18, 2025
Jessie E, Walters, 75, passed away Tuesday November 18th in Sandpoint, Idaho. Family services will be held at a later date.
Nova Jo Kellogg
Nov 18, 2025
Nova Jo Kellogg, 83, passed peacefully in her sleep at Life Care Center in Sandpoint on Tuesday November 18th 2025.
Nova Jo was born June 30th 1942 in Longmont Colorado to Marguerite Iola Judy (Coleman) and Edgar Dean Judy. She spent her early childhood in Colorado and Utah before her family moved to Careywood Idaho in 1948. Nova Jo was one...
Norma Jean Syth
Nov 15, 2025
Norma Jean (Langford) Syth, born on June 23, 1936, in Wagner, Oklahoma, moved to Bonners Ferry, Idaho, as a child. Her father operated a ferry, and swimming became her passion. She spent her summer days either swimming behind the ferry or at the town’s public pool. Bonners Ferry held a special place in her heart, where she met the love...
Mariam Cash Weill
Nov 9, 2025
It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our Mother, Wife and Grandmother Mariam Cash Weill. On November 9th, 2025, she peacefully went to be with the Lord surrounded by family at her beloved home on the mountain. The last of 3 children born to Jack and Loretta Cash in Cottonwood Idaho March 16th, 1955, her childhood...
Kerry Anne Collison
Nov 7, 2025
Kerry Anne Collison passed away Friday, November 7th in Spokane, WA.
Kerry Anne Collison was born December 3, 1953, in Redwood City, CA to Elloise and John McLaughlin.
Kerry spent her childhood in and around California’s Bay Area before graduating from Sacramento State University with a degree in Anthropology. Kerry’s creative and entrepreneurial spirit led her on many travels, eventually taking her...
E. Marilla Kemmis
Nov 3, 2025
E. Marilla Wilson Schoonover Kemmis, 92, passed away peacefully in her home on Monday, November 3, 2025.
She is survived by her children Sandy Dawson and her husband Chris, Bob Schoonover and his wife Heidi, Roley Schoonover and his wife Janice and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
Marilla was born on March 3, 1933 in Towner, Colorado during the great...
Lawrence Dennis Fury
Oct 31, 2025
Lawrence, D. Fury, 69, passed away Friday October 31st, in Sandpoint, Idaho. Private family services will be held at a later date.
Francis Leo Miller
Oct 30, 2025
Francis Leo Miller, 90, passed away on Thursday, October 30, 2025 at his home in Bonners Ferry, Idaho.
Private family services will be held at a later date.
James Edward Davis
Oct 30, 2025
James “Jimmy” E. Davis, age 72, passed away at his home on Thursday October 30, 2025. He was born June 16, 1953 to Clarence and Lois Davis of Sagle. Before retirement he worked as a logger and lived life to the fullest with simple pleasures; early morning coffee at the Hoot Owl, visiting buddies over breakfast at Connies, and going...
Brian Douglas Koide
Oct 30, 2025
Brian Douglas Koide, 40, passed away on Thursday, October 30, 2025 in Spokane, Washington.
Private family services will be held at a later date.
Christopher Colton Charles Collison
Oct 28, 2025
Chris Collison, age 40, passed away at his home in Sandpoint on October 28th, 2025.
Christopher Colton Charles Collison was born in Salt Lake City, Utah to Kenneth and Kerry Collison on October 5th, 1985.
Chris spent his early years in the mountains Park City, Utah and many summers on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay in St. Michaels, Maryland with grandparents,...
Jennifer Nicole Hedgecock
Oct 28, 2025
In Loving Memory of Jennifer Nicole Hedgecock.
Jennifer was a beloved Mother, Daughter, Sister, Aunt, Niece, Cousin, and Friend.
It is with our family’s deepest sorrow that we share the passing of our beautiful Jennifer (Jen-Jen), who passed away at her home in Sandpoint, Idaho on October 28, 2025, at the age of 39. She leaves behind a legacy of love, joy,...
Arthur William Larson
Oct 28, 2025
Arthur William Larson was born on May 26, 1941 at the Old Graham hospital in Sandpoint, Idaho to Gunnar (Connie) and Mary Blanche (Blanche) (Wolfe) Larson. He died October 28, 2025 at the age of 84 years old.
Art attended all 8 grades of grammar school in Sagle, Idaho and graduated from Sandpoint High School in 1959. He spent the summer...
Nancy Gail Kirschbaum
Oct 27, 2025
Nancy Gail Kirschbaum, 88, passed away on Monday, October 27, 2025 in Coeur d' Alene, Idaho.
A complete obituary will be posted later.





