Obituaries
Local Obituaries for North Idaho and Western Montana
Vernon "Alan" Barber
Sep 15, 2022
Vernon “Alan” Barber passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on September 15, 2022.
Alan was born on May 18, 1946, in Chicago, Illinois, and grew up mostly in Fairbanks, Alaska. He earned degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Washington in 1967 and from Stanford University in 1970. He spent his 33-year career in California as an electrical...
Elsie Mary Crosswhite
Sep 14, 2022
Our beloved mother, Elsie Mary Crosswhite, 78, entered into God’s Kingdom on September 14, 2022, after a prolonged battle with cancer.
Elsie was born to Earl and Iona Blakeley on October 4, 1943, in St. Maries, Idaho. When Elsie was 9 years old, her family moved to Sandpoint, Idaho, then when she was 12, the family moved to Spring...
Kathleen Mary Shippy
Sep 12, 2022
Kathleen Mary Shippy, 74, passed away, at home, on Monday, September 12, 2022. She was a longtime area resident and a retired truck driver.
Marian Margaret VanStone
Sep 10, 2022
Marian Margaret VanStone, 90, passed away, in Coeur d'Alene, on Saturday, September 10, 2022. Family services will be held later for the retired air lines sales manager. She was born on September 1, 1932, the daughter of Melvin and Margaret Dunham. She had married Bill VanStone in 1962.
Janet Lee Brignetti
Sep 9, 2022
It is with great sadness the family of Janet Lee Brignetti (Jay, Grandma J, Mamma J) shares she was called to Heaven at the age of 71 on Friday, September 9, 2022.
Janet was a member of the Sandpoint and Sagle community for over 30 years. She will forever be remembered for her kind spirit and big heart. She...
Steven A McCrery
Sep 8, 2022
Steven “Mac” McCrery passed away on the morning of Thursday, September 8, 2022, at his beloved Lake Pend Oreille home. Mac was born to Edna and Bill McCrery in Lewiston, Idaho, on July 22, 1950. He was an accomplished goldsmith, artist, game inventor, storyteller and an all-around great, great guy. He was very proud to have earned his Order of...
Elijah Lee Harkins
Sep 7, 2022
Elijah Lee Harkins, beloved son, grandson, nephew and brother, has immigrated to his heavenly homeland, going “further up and further in”.
Elijah was born to Todd and Julie Harkins on May 31, 2006 in Weston, Wisconsin. During his birth he had a brain injury, an event which resulted in cerebral palsy and elevated an “ordinary” life to one...
Cassie Hoye
Sep 3, 2022
On September 3, 2022, Cassie Hoye, loving mother of four children, passed away at the age of 65.
Cassie was born on February 7, 1957 in South Gate, California to Sam and Mary Pearl Howard. Cassie and the family moved to Idaho and Cassie was known to be a fireball as a child.
Cassie has two daughters and...
Radine Joyce Burch
Sep 1, 2022
Radine Joyce Schell Burch, age 75 of Sandpoint Idaho; passed away on Sept 1, 2022. Just four months before, she was diagnosed with Cancer. She opted out of treatment and was put on hospice for the last months of her life. During the last months, she had family and friends visit every day and spend quality time with her planting...
RaeAnn Fry
Aug 31, 2022
RaeAnn Fry, 75, passed away on Wednesday, August 31, 2022, in Sandpoint. She was born, in Chicago, IL on January 25, 1947, the daughter of Raymond and Ann Fry. She had moved to the Sandpoint area and was a retired hairdresser.
Annie Alice Poelstra
Aug 27, 2022
Annie A (Leach) Poelstra, formerly of Sandpoint, Idaho passed away peacefully Friday, August 26, 2022, at her home in The Royal Plaza in Lewiston, Idaho. Annie was born August 25, 1931, to Alice M. Williams & Lawrence Leach in Radersburg, Montana.
Annie lived an amazing 91 years, never knowing a stranger. She grew up in Radersburg, Montana where she met...
Paul Laverne Fitchett
Aug 22, 2022
Paul L. Fitchett, 88, passed away , on Monday, August 22, 2022, in Sandpoint. He was born, in St George, Utah, on June 5, 1933. He had served with the US Army during the Korean Conflict. He had his own trucking company, living in Heron, Montana. Family services will be held later.
Kenneth B. Kimbley, Jr.
Aug 18, 2022
Kenneth B. Kimbley, Jr., passed away on Thursday, August 18, 2022. Ken was born in Marion County, Indiana on October 31, 1951. He was a retired truck driver and had moved to North Idaho, and recently to the Sandpoint area.
Kenny Leon Downard
Aug 14, 2022
Kenny Downard passed away at his home on Sunday, August 14, 2022.
Kenny was born on January 4, 1953 in Rollins, Wyoming to parents E. James and Arla Downard. He was the 6th child born in a large family of eight kids. He met his wife, Vicki as a young man and fell in love. Vicki and Kenny married...
Ronald Owen Nelson
Aug 14, 2022
Ronald "Ron" Owen Nelson, 66, passed away in Sagle on the morning of August 14th. He was born on September 20, 1955, in Atlanta, Georgia; the son of Chuck and Lola Nelson. He was a retired electrical engineer living in Beaverton, Oregon and the Sagle area. He is survived by his wife Diana and other relatives in the area. A...
Lela Jane Northup
Aug 12, 2022
Lela Jane Northup, 94, passed away on Friday, August 12, 2021 in Sandpoint, Idaho.
Private family services have been held. Lela was buried next to her husband Frank in Myrtle Point, Oregon.
Wilfred "Bill" Franklin Hatcher
Aug 11, 2022
Wilfred "Bill" Franklin Hatcher, 89, passed away on Thursday, August 11, 2022 in Coeur d' Alene, Idaho. A complete obituary will be published later in the Bonner County Daily Bee.
Patricia Esther Evans
Aug 9, 2022
Patricia Timblin was born on March 7th 1928 in the home of her parents Rex Timblin & Mahala Nettleingham in Colburn Idaho where she grew up. She had two older brothers, Melvin (Viola Montgomery) (Pat Wills) and Jim (Lucille Miller). She also had an older half-sister Lucille (Max Cunningham), an older sister Mabel Anna who died before she was three...
Jennifer Kay Scott
Aug 5, 2022
Jennifer Kay Scott, 70, of Clark Fork, Idaho went to be with the Lord on August 5, 2022. A Celebration of Life will be held at Calvary Chapel, Clark Fork, on Tuesday, August 16th, at 5:00pm. A dinner will follow.
Jennifer was born January 16, 1952 in Portland, Oregon the daughter of Robert and Edna Wright. She grew up in...
Mary Jane Dunn
Aug 4, 2022
Mary Jane Dunn, 87, passed away, in Sandpoint, on Thursday, August 4, 2022. Family services will be held at a later date. Mary was born in Washington Iowa and had worked as an airlines sales representative. She had retired and moved to the Bonners Ferry area.
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