Obituaries

Local Obituaries for North Idaho and Western Montana

Jessie Edward Walters

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Jack Rollie DeBaun

Jack Rollie DeBaun

Oct 27, 2025

Jack DeBaud “shuffled off this mortal coil” on October 27, 2025, after succumbing to the complications of lung cancer. He was born as the only child to Lauren and Wanda DeBaun in Lewiston, ID on September 14, 1941. During high school he strove for academic excellence, serving as president of the National Honor Society and of his 1959 graduation class....

Patricia Ann Lang

Patricia Ann Lang

Oct 25, 2025

Patricia Ann Lang, 72, passed away on Saturday, October 25, 2025 in Sandpoint, Idaho.

Private family services will be held at a later date.

Mary Leola Naccarato

Mary Leola Naccarato

Oct 23, 2025

Mary Leola Naccarato, 92, passed away on Thursday, October 23, 2025 in Sandpoint, Idaho.

Funeral Mass will be conducted at 3:00 pm, Thursday, November 6, 2025 at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church with Father Rob Cook officiating. Interment will take place in the Colfax Cemetery on November 7, 2025.

Newly born Mary Leola Presnell was rescued along with her parents Roby and Francis...

Michael Boyd McClure

Michael Boyd McClure

Oct 21, 2025

Michael Boyd McClure, 85, passed away on Tuesday, October 21, 2025 at his home in Sandpoint, Idaho.

Private family services will be held at a later date.

Marie Anna Shirtcliff

Marie Anna Shirtcliff

Oct 20, 2025

Marie Anna Shirtcliff, 90, passed away on Monday, October 20, 2025 in Sandpoint, Idaho.

Marie was preceded in death by her son, Nathan.

Marie Anna Shirtcliff

Marie Anna Shirtcliff

Oct 20, 2025

Marie A. Shritcliff, 90, passed away on Monday October 20th, 2025 in Sandpoint, Idaho. She was preceded in death by her son, Nathan.