Obituaries
Local Obituaries for North Idaho and Western Montana
Jerry Leon Whitley
Mar 17, 2025
Jerry L, Whitley, 81, passed away Monday March 17th in Coeur d'Alene, ID. services will be held at a later date.
Thomas Alan Paulsgrove
Mar 13, 2025
Thomas A. Paulsgrove, 78 passed away Thursday March 13th in Vay, Idaho. Private family services will be held at a later date.
Mary Ann Healey
Mar 12, 2025
Mary A, Healey, 74, passed away Wednesday, March 12th in Athol, ID. Family services will be held at a later date.
Norman Charles Riffle
Mar 11, 2025
Norman C. Riffle, 96 passed away Tuesday March 11th, in Spokane, WA.
A complete obituary announcing services will be posted later. Interment will take place in Pinecrest Memorial Park.
Colleen Jean Carter
Mar 11, 2025
Colleen Jean Carter passed away at home on Tuesday, March 11 from complications of cancer. She was 65 years old.
Colleen is survived by her husband, Ken Carter, her daughter, Katie Barbera, her sister, Lisa McEwan and her two granddaughters, Helena Fornasier and Rebecca Snow. She was preceded in death by her parents, Jim and Yvonne McEwan, her sisters Victoria Valentin...
Virginia Lucille Liggett
Mar 7, 2025
Virgina Lucille Liggett, age 71, passed away peacefully at Serenity House of Morristown on March 7th, 2025. Virginia was born on December 23rd, 1953, in Barnwell, South Carolina, spent her younger years in Washington and Idaho, and finally settled in Morristown, Tennessee in the year 2000.
Virgina was a strong, independent, and hard-working individual. She worked as an LPN for over...
Marie Leona Hawkins
Mar 3, 2025
Marie Leona Hawkins passed away on March 3, 2025 at the age of 87. She was a giving, caring, wife, mother and grandmother. She was born in Sandpoint ID on September 1, 1937 to Ross and Leona Converse. She attended school in Sagle and Sandpoint graduating Salutatorian from Sandpoint High School in 1955. She played the accordion in her family...
Robert Hiram Strong
Mar 1, 2025
Robert Hiram Strong, 88, passed away on Saturday March 1, 2025 in Sandpoint, Idaho.
Private family services will be held at a later date. Robert is a retired pharmacist.
Eva May Whitehead
Mar 1, 2025
Eva May Whitehead, 93, passed away on Saturday, March 1, 2025 in Bonners Ferry, Idaho.
A complete obituary will be posted later. Eva worked at the Bonner County Historical Society and ran Pack River Cemetery for many years.
Barry Lee Johnson
Feb 27, 2025
Barry Lee Johnson, 70, went home to the Lord on February 27, 2025, in Deer Lodge, Montana.
Funeral services will be conducted at 1:00 pm, Saturday, March 8, 2025 at North Summit Church with Pastor Chad Wilks officiating. Interment will take place in Pinecrest Memorial Park.
Born March, 24, 1954 in Glendale, California, to Barry B. Johnson and Audrey Lee Yanz, Barry...
Jo Anne Munson
Feb 26, 2025
In Loving Memory of Jo Anne Munson**
January 30, 1964 – February 26, 2025
It is with heavy hearts and profound sadness that we announce the passing of Jo Anne Munson on February 26, 2025, at the age of 61. Jo passed away peacefully at her home in Sagle, Idaho, surrounded by her loving family.
Jo was born on January 30, 1964, in...
Peter Andreas Polt
Feb 24, 2025
Peter “Pete” Andreas Polt of Naples, Idaho, passed away February 24, 2025, at the age of 68 years old. Peter was an amazing husband, dad, brother and Opa and will be so greatly missed. Peter leaves behind his beautiful wife, Christine Ella, and his son, Nathan Polt and his daughter, Monika Brown, both of California. He will also be missed...
Bob Oscar Bowen
Feb 17, 2025
Bob Oscar Bowen, 83, passed away Monday February 17th in Sandpoint, Idaho. Private family services will be held at a later date.
Lloyd Thomas Graham
Feb 17, 2025
Lloyd Thomas Graham, 94, passed away on 17 February 2025, in Sandpoint, Idaho.
Services will be held on Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 11:00 am at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Sandpoint. Friends who wish to attend the viewing may do so from 10:00 to 10:30am.
Lloyd was born on 13 December 1930, in Chillicothe, Ross, Ohio, to...
Sara Lou Springer
Feb 16, 2025
Sara Lou Springer, 84, an amazing mother, loving wife, selfless grandmother, avid gardener, outdoor adventurer, prolific writer, passionate environmentalist, and meticulous curator of family and Heron history, passed away peacefully from cancer complications surrounded by family on February 16th.
Born July 18, 1940, in Kansas City, Mo., Lou was a long-time resident of Heron, Mont. She fell in love with the...
Barbara Ann Howard
Feb 16, 2025
Barbara Ann Howard, 69, passed away in her home on Sunday February 16, 2025. She was born May 17th, 1955 in Sandpoint, ID. Her parents Howard Anthony Peterson and Barbara Lucille Peterson, and one sister Darlene Tope, Have preceded her in Death. Her surviving siblings are Carol Vandenberg, JoAnn Jones, Howard Peterson, Marie Miller, Martin Peterson and Cindy Desalles. Barbara...
Marjory Loraine Carlson
Feb 15, 2025
With love and gratitude, we remember the remarkable life of Marjory L. Carlson, who passed away peacefully on February 15, 2025 at the age of 91. A beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, teacher and friend. Marjory left an enduring legacy of kindness, adventure and devotion to those she held dear.
Born on December 30, 1933 in Los Angeles, California to Edward...
Geraldine May Orso
Feb 14, 2025
On Feb.14, 2025 we lost our precious Sister, Aunt, and friend, Geraldine (Geri) May Orso. Geri was born at home in rural Gillespie, IL to Walter and Thelma (Sandahl) Ryan. Part of a large family, she was the third of four daughters, followed by four brothers.
Geri’s elementary years were spent walking three miles every day to the one room school...
Barbara Ann Botsch
Feb 8, 2025
Formidable is not a word that is often used, yet perfectly describes Barbara Ann Botsch, who passed away peacefully after an incredible nearly 95 years on this earth. An only child born on April 9, 1930 to Peter Botsch and Ethel L. Reed, in Norfolk, Nebraska and would spend the first years of her life on the family farm. There...
Lawrence David Jenkins
Feb 5, 2025
Lawrence David Jenkins, 73 passed away Wednesday February 5th in Sandpoint, Idaho. Private family services will be held at a later date.