Obituaries

Local Obituaries for North Idaho and Western Montana

Bob Oscar Bowen

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

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

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

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

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...

Sharon Anne Bopp

Sharon Anne Bopp

Feb 14, 2025

Sharon Anne Bopp passed away unexpectedly on February 14, 2025, in Jacksonville, Florida, following complications from a short-term illness. At 86, Sharon remained vibrant with a great sense of humor and interest in many things.

Sharon was born on January 14, 1939, in Bonners Ferry, Idaho to Catherine (Eckman) and Clair Carlson. Tragically, Clair contracted tuberculosis and died shortly after Sharon’s...

Geraldine May Orso

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

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

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.

Brenda Lee Bergh-Eastman

Brenda Lee Bergh-Eastman

Feb 4, 2025

Brenda Lee Bergh-Eastman, 54 passed away Tuesday February 4th in Sagle, Idaho. Private family services will be held at a later date.

Roger Allan Vanskyock

Roger Allan Vanskyock

Feb 2, 2025

Roger Allan Vanskyock, 70, passed away Sunday February 2nd in Cocolalla, Idaho. Private family services will be held at a later date.

Delores Marie Gasser

Delores Marie Gasser

Feb 2, 2025

Delores Marie Gasser, 95 passed away Sunday February 2nd in Sandpoint, Idaho. Private family services will be held at a later date.

Arthelle Trulson

Arthelle Trulson

Feb 2, 2025

Arthelle Trulson, 76, passed away Sunday February 2nd in Sandpoint, Idaho. Private family services will be held at a later date.

Mary Ann Ford

Mary Ann Ford

Jan 31, 2025

Mary Ann Ford, 54 passed away Friday January 31st in Bonners Ferry Idaho.  Private family services will be held at a later date.

Rosa Marie Buck

Rosa Marie Buck

Jan 29, 2025

Rosa Marie Buck (Grammie) was welcomed to heaven in the morning hours of January 29, 2025. Family was her everything, and we have no doubt that she was greeted by the warm embrace of her loving husband, Bob, her beloved grandson, Jamie, and her two sons, Gary and Ken, upon her arrival home.

Rosa was born on February 16, 1931 to...

Michael Edward Williams

Michael Edward Williams

Jan 29, 2025

Born on February 13, 1950 in Van Nuys, California

Passed away on January 29, 2025 in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho

He was preceded in death by his parents, Eugene and Marie Williams.  Michael is survived by his wife, Barbara; brother Gary Williams; sister Janet Valdez; brother-in-law Henry Valdez; nephew Hank Valdez (Kathy); niece Julee Valdez; niece Sherri Valdez; and nephew Jeff Valdez (Maria).

He...

Dale Richard Kunsa

Dale Richard Kunsa

Jan 29, 2025

With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of Dale Richard Kunsa, who died peacefully with a smile on his face in Sagle, Idaho on January 29, 2025.

Born in Manhattan, New York, on February 12, 1954, to parents Dorothy (Donna) Demme and Edward Kunsa, Dale grew up alongside his beloved sister, Sharon Kaminsky, in Queens, New York. From an early age,...

Nancy Lillian Haff

Nancy Lillian Haff

Jan 29, 2025

Nancy (Andersen) Haff, 85, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, January 29, 2025 in Kootenai, Idaho.

Nancy was born September 24, 1939 in Lake Forest (Chicago), Illinois to John and Ruby Swendsen - the third of four children. Nancy did a lot of her schooling in Walker, Minnesota and graduated from Walker High School in 1958. She met and married Richard “Dick”...

Mark Thomas Hansel

Mark Thomas Hansel

Jan 28, 2025

Mark Thomas Hansel, 54, passed away Tuesday January 28 in Coeur d’Alene, ID. Private family services will be held at a later date.

Joan Marie Taylor

Joan Marie Taylor

Jan 23, 2025

Joan Marie Oyler Taylor, 80, passed away in Sandpoint, Idaho on January 23, 2025.

Funeral services will be conducted at 10:00 am, Monday, February 10, 2025 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Stake Center, 602 Schweitzer Cutoff Road, Sandpoint, ID with interment in Evergreen Cemetery, Priest River, ID. A viewing for family and friends will be at 9:00...