Obituaries
Local Obituaries for North Idaho and Western Montana
Kirt Ronald White
Jul 11, 2021
Kirt Ronald White, 57, passed away on Sunday, July 11, 2021 in Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho.
Memorial services will be conducted at 4:00pm, Saturday, July 24, 2021 in Coffelt’s Funeral Chapel. Dale Coffelt will be officiating.
Kirt was born on August 16, 1963 in Bellflower California, the son of Ronald and Sharon White. He grew up in Southern California, attending...
Earl Alfred Chapin
Jul 9, 2021
Earl Alfred Chapin passed away on July 9th. He was born in Pierre South Dakota to Frank Forrest and Nora May (Henneman) Chapin on March 27th, 1932. When he was 3, the family had to leave the dust bowl area to find a new home. The search ended in Edgemere Idaho.
Earl went to Edgemere school through 8th...
Steven Gene Ribail
Jul 8, 2021
Steven Gene Ribail, 65, passed away in LaGrande, Oregon on July 8, 2021. Graveside funeral services will be held at 11:00am, Monday, July 26th, in Pinecrest Memorial Park. Dale Coffelt will be officiating.
Steven was born on November 10, 1955 in Burns, Oregon. He attended grade school in Athena, Oregon. He later moved to the Sandpoint area and graduated from...
Dorothy L Dunlap
Jul 7, 2021
Dorothy L Dunlap, 98, passed away on Wednesday, July 7, 2021 in Sandpoint, Idaho.
Private family services will be held at a later date.
Donald Edward Andwood
Jul 2, 2021
Donald Edward Andwood, 78, passed away on July 2, 2021 in Sandpoint, Idaho surrounded by his family.
Don was born November 16, 1942 in Jamaica, Queens, New York, the second of three children born to Agnes and Edward Andwood. He grew up in Queens and attended St. John's University, where he earned a BA in English, MS in...
AZ Knapp
Jul 1, 2021
It is with heavy hearts that must share that AZ Knapp passed away on July 1, 2021. AZ was born in Cooperstown, New York in 1952. The only son of Howard and Doris Knapp, he grew up in Unadilla and Sidney, NY with his sisters Nancy Voorhees of Santa Barbara, nephew Barry and Kathryn (Richard) Meron of Gansevoort, NY. AZ...
Heidi Faye Luettgerodt
Jun 25, 2021
Heidi Luettgerodt, a longtime resident of Bonner County, passed away at Schneidmiller House in Hayden Idaho on June 25th, 2021. She was only 57 years old.
Heidi was born in Moorhead, Minnesota on May 5th, 1964 to her father Gerald Lee Dronen of Sharon North Dakota and her mother Janet Frances Peterson of Bertha Minnesota. At the age of two,...
George Robert Soetje
Jun 23, 2021
George Robert Soetje, 85, passed away on Wednesday, June 23, 2021 in Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho.
Graveside services will be conducted at 10:00 am, Wednesday, July 7, 2021 in the Whispering Pines Cemetery.
The family suggest that memorial may be made to a disabled veterans group of your choosing, groups that protect wolves and wildlife and Idaho Native...
Larry Mark Owens
Jun 22, 2021
A loving husband and father and accomplished construction worker, Larry Mark Owens passed away unexpectedly on June 22, 2021 in Sandpoint, Idaho.
Larry was born July 17, 1948 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Cecil and Bernice Owens. He attended Holy Rosary Catholic School and was a graduate of Idaho Falls High School in 1966. Upon graduation, Larry enlisted in...
Georgia Eulalia Caven
Jun 16, 2021
Georgia Eulalia Ramsay Caven, 60, passed away on June 16th, 2021 in Sandpoint, Idaho.
Georgia was born to George and Eulalia Ramsay on April 10th, 1961 in Hawthorne, California. She moved to Sandpoint in 1975 where she graduated from Sandpoint High School. At the young age of 17, she met the love of her life, Vern Caven, while riding...
Joseph Weisz
Jun 12, 2021
Joe Weisz, 95, passed away on Saturday, June 12, 2021, in Sandpoint.
Graveside funeral services, with military honors, will be conducted at 10:00am, Friday, June 18th, in Pinecrest Memorial Park. Dale Coffelt will be officiating.
Joe was born April 30, 1926 in St. Paul, Minnesota and moved to Sandpoint at the age of 1 year. He attended local schools,...
Shane Edward Dunaway
Jun 12, 2021
Shane Dunaway 52 passed away on June 12, 2021, in Coeur d’Alene.
A celebration of Shane’s life will be held at 2:00pm, on Saturday, July 17, 2021, in the New Life Church on North Boyer Avenue.
Shane was born on October 16, 1968 in Sioux City, Iowa. He was an Air Force Brat,. Shane was raised in Fort Worth TX. ...
Thomas "TC" Brown, Jr.
Jun 8, 2021
Thomas “TC” Brown Jr, 84, passed away on Tuesday, June 8, 2021, in Sandpoint.
Funeral services, with military honors, will on Wednesday, June 16, 2021, at 11:00am, in Coffelt’s Funeral Chapel. Dale Coffelt will be officiating, with burial in the Westmond Cemetery.
Tom was born on March 29, 1937 in San Angelo, Texas, attended local schools and graduated from...
Roland Wayne Derr
Jun 7, 2021
Roland Wayne Derr 94, from Clark Fork Idaho passed in peace on June 7, 2021. Roland was born in Sandpoint Idaho to William and Dorothy (Huff) Derr. He grew up in Clark Fork and lived there his entire life. He graduated from Clark Fork High School in 1946 and enlisted in the US Army shortly after, serving his country during...
Richard Lee Largent
Jun 5, 2021
Memorial service for Richard Lee Largent, 66, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday July 24th at Pinecrest Memorial Park in Sandpoint Idaho. He will be interred next to his father Donald W. Largent.
Richard, a longtime Spokane resident, died June 5th, 2021. He was born in Spokane, Washington and grew up in Sandpoint, Idaho, graduating from Sandpoint high...
Dale R. Payton
Jun 3, 2021
Dale Reuben Payton, 75, passed away on Thursday, June 3, 2021, at his home in Laclede, following a battle with cancer.
Graveside funeral services were conducted on Saturday, June 5, 2021 in Pinecrest Memorial Park.
Dale was born to Richard and Alice Payton on January 10, 1946 in Seattle, Washington. He married Janice Melvin in April, 1964 at Stites,...
Alexander Drew Mackin
Jun 1, 2021
Alexander "Alex" Drew Mackin died at the age of 34, on Memorial Day, 2021, in Sandpoint, Idaho. He was born in Austin, Texas on September 2, 1986. His parents Tom and Rhonda Mackin chose to move their young family to Wilderness Ranch, in East Boise County, Idaho and then into Idaho City, where Alex and his sister Lindsay grew up,...
David Lee Crum
May 29, 2021
David Lee Crum, 62, passed away in Elmira, on Saturday, May 29, 2021. Family services will be planned later for the North Idaho native. He was born on April 27, 1959 in Bonners Ferrry, Idaho. He was a carpenter working with, and finishing, concrete. A complete obituary will be posted later.
Maxine Sophia Congleton
May 21, 2021
Maxine Sophia Congleton, 100
Maxine Sophia Congleton passed away on Friday, May 21 naturally caused by being six months past her 100th birthday. Born in Antigo, Wisconsin on October 27, 1920, Maxine was the second of five children born to Clarence and Mayme Freiburger.
She married the love of her life, George Lee Congleton, Jr., on January 16,...
Myron E. "Buzz" Watts
May 20, 2021
Myron E. "Buzz" Watts, 86, passed away, on Wrencoe Loop, on Thursday, May 20, 2021. A complete obituary will be posted later. Buzz was born on October 21, 1934 in Wrencoe, a small community at that time. He attended local schools and worked in the lumber industry, driving logging truck He had also driven long haul trucks.