Local Obituaries for North Idaho and Western Montana

Dec 4, 2024

Fred Palmer passed on December 4th, 2024 after a long battle with kidney cancer. Fred was born to Fred C and Margaret Palmer on August 8, 1946 in Yakima, WA. Fred was the middle child of two sisters, Patricia and Nancy Palmer.

Raised in Yakima, he attended Eisenhower High School. Fred loved to complete and was an outstanding athlete at Eisenhower,...

Dec 4, 2024

Clifford Delano Sires, at the age of 87, passed at his home on Whiskey jack Road, Sandpoint, Idaho. He received an invitation to a special luncheon with his Lord and Savior in paradise on Wednesday, December 4th at 11:38am which he eagerly accepted while surrounded by his family and friends. He had a big heart bit if just couldn’t keep...

Dec 3, 2024

Sharon Lee Girtman, 87, passed away on Tuesday, December 3, 2024 in Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho.

Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 am, Saturday, December 21, 2024 in Coffelt’s Funeral Chapel. Interment will take place in Pinecrest Memorial Park.

Sharon was born on July 2, 1937 in Sandpoint, Idaho, the daughter of William and Lucille Kannady. She grew up l happily...

Nov 30, 2024

Doran Dale Desirey, 74, passed away on Saturday, November 30, 2024 at his home in Sagle, Idaho and is now resting in the arms of his savior. Doran was born in North Bend, Oregon and loved to fish and clam dig on the beaches. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, camping, bowling and target practice as did his wife, Mary. He loved...

Nov 26, 2024

Donald Alan Robson, 78, passed away on Tuesday, November 26, 2024 at his home in Sandpoint, Idaho.

A complete obituary will be posted later.

Nov 26, 2024

Jack Lee Wilson, 84, passed away on Tuesday, November 26, 2024 in Spirit Lake, Idaho.

Private family services have been held.

Nov 24, 2024

Nov 23, 2024

William L. Smith, 76, passed away on Saturday, November 23, 2024 at his home in Sagle, Idaho.

Bill was born on October 7, 1948 in Santa Cruz, California the son of Gene and Bettye Turner. He entered the US Navy in 1966 serving in Vietnam on riverboats. Returning home from the military he would go to work for Albertsons grocery store...

Nov 21, 2024

Gary Gene Russell, 77, passed away on Thursday, November 21, 2024 in Sandpoint, Idaho.

Private family services have been held.  Gary was a veteran of the US Army serving in Vietnam.

Nov 20, 2024

Gudrun Hertha Guelich passed away on November 20, 2024 at the age of 88. 

She was born on September 3, 1936 to Kurt and Hertha Panicke in Treugebohla, Germany. She had two brothers, Gottfried and Johannes. Gudrun was a child during World War II and she escaped from East Germany at the age of 17. She immigrated to the United States...

Nov 17, 2024

Lois Jean Peterson, 87, passed away on Sunday, November 17, 2024 in Sandpoint, Idaho.

Private family services have been held.

Nov 15, 2024

Zane Roy Strickland, 81, passed away on Friday, November 15, 2024 in Sandpoint, Idaho.

 

At Zane's request there will be no services.

 

Zane as born in Wendell, Idaho to Roy and Cleta (Freeman) Strickland. After a bean crop failure, Roy and Cleta moved their family of three boys, for work, to Rogue River, OR. Zane graduated from Rogue River High School in...

Nov 14, 2024

Geraldine Davis, 90, passed away on Thursday, November 14, 2024 in Spirit Lake, Idaho.

 

Private family services will be held at a later date. 

Nov 8, 2024

William Lewis Baxter, 76, passed away on Friday, November 8, 2024 in Sandpoint, Idaho.

Private family services have been held.  William was a resident of Hope, Idaho.

Nov 7, 2024

Nov 7, 2024

Bradley Stewart Yunek, 65, passed away on Thursday, November 7, 2024 at his home in Sandpoint, Idaho.

A complete obituary will be posted later.  Bradley was a mechanic and worked at the Western Pleasure Guest Ranch in Sandpoint, Idaho.

Nov 7, 2024

Nov 4, 2024

Nov 3, 2024

Wanda (Ereman) Savage was born November 29, 1937, in Coeur d Alene Idaho to Cecil and Enid Ereman of Sandpoint. Wanda unexpectedly passed away on November 3, 2024 at Kootenai Health in Coeur d Alene surrounded by her family and 26 days short of her 87th birthday.

Wanda attended school in Sandpoint, graduating in 1955. On October 2, 1955, she married...

Nov 2, 2024

Joyce E. Seppala, 89, of Sandpoint, Idaho, passed away on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, at Senior Park Villa in Chandler AZ. She was born Nov. 26, 1934, in Artesian, South Dakota, the daughter of Chester and Ruth Grindle, and was raised and educated in Aitkin, Minnesota. She married the love of her life, Melven Seppala, on June 19, 1954, in...