Obituaries
Local Obituaries for North Idaho and Western Montana
Veva Lee Blood
Jul 8, 2017
Veva Lee Blood, 93, passed away on Saturday, July 8, 2017, at her home in Spokane Valley. A complete obituary will be posted later for the retired secretary. Burial will be in Pinecrest Memorial Park.
Floyd N McGhee
Jul 7, 2017
Floyd N. McGhee, 93, area cattle rancher and land developer, passed away in Kootenai, Idaho on Friday, July 7, 2017. Private family services, with military honors, will be conducted in Pinecrest Memorial Park on Saturday, July 15th, at 11:00am. The McGhee and Berry families moved to the Sandpoint area in August 1917. Floyd was born on December 19, 1923 in...
John Clinton Pigman
Jul 6, 2017
John Clinton Pigman, 53, passed away on Thursday, July 6, 2017 in Sandpoint, Idaho. Services will be held at a later date in Stevensville, Montana.
Marianne Nilsson
Jul 6, 2017
Marianne Nilsson passed away quietly at the age of 91 years of natural causes, at home in her little cottage overlooking the sea on the Malahat, in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Marianne moved back to Canada January 26, 2017 to live with her daughter, Ria Hokanson, and son in law Ron Hokanson. Marianne resided in Sandpoint, Idaho for 36 years,...
Terry Michael DeMers
Jul 4, 2017
Terry Michael DeMers, 73, passed away, with his family by his side, on Saturday August 4, 2017. A complete obituary, with service and reception information will be posted later. Terry, a native of Sandpoint, was born November 18, 1943 in Sandpoint. He attended local schools and worked in the lumber industry as a logger.
Myrvin Neal Anderson
Jul 4, 2017
Myrvin Neal “Bill” Anderson passed away July 4, 2017 at his home in Kootenai. He was born January 5, 1924 to Emil Anderson and Louise Hanson Anderson. At the age of three his father took him fishing and hunting which instilled a lifelong love of the outdoors. He did not measure time by the calendar, it was gauged by hunting...
Erling W. "Earl" Bonin
Jul 3, 2017
Erling Wayne “Earl” Bonin, age 84, passed away at his home in Kootenai, Idaho on July 3, 2017 with his children and his wife by his side. Earl was born September 24, 1932 in White Butte, South Dakota to Emery W. Bonin and Larena H. (Moe) Bonin. The family moved to Sandpoint in 1934 arriving here on his second birthday....
Ruth Evelyn Mitchell
Jul 3, 2017
Ruth Evelyn Mitchell, 87, passed away on Monday, June 3, 2017 at her home in Sagle, Idaho. Private family services will be held at a later date. Ruth moved from Lake Port, California to the Sandpoint area in 2002.
Fae Jane Lewis
Jul 2, 2017
Fae Jane Lewis, 79, passed away on Sunday, July 2, 2017 at her home in Noxon, Montana. Private family services will be held at a later date.
Phyllis Ann Fox
Jun 29, 2017
Phyllis Ann Fox, 85, passed away in Grand Terrace, California on Thursday, June 29, 2017. Graveside services will be conducted at 2:00pm, Tuesday, July 11th, in Pinecrest Memorial Park. Phyllis was born in Clay City, Indiana on November 21. 1931. She moved to Terre Haute, Indiana in 1943 where she graduated from high school. She attended Indiana State University and...
Philip G Albanese
Jun 26, 2017
Philip G. Albanese passed away peacefully at home on June 26, 2017. He was born December 31, 1942 in New York, the son of Dominick and Lucy Albanese. At the age of eight, the family moved to Patchogue, Long Island where he graduated high school. He was proud to participate in track and lead as co-captain of his football team....
Ralph Herbert Millin
Jun 26, 2017
Ralph H. Millin, 87, passed away peacefully at home on June 26, 2107. Memorial services will be conducted at 2”00 pm, Saturday, July 8, 2017 at the Kingdom Hall, 1715 N. Boyer. Ralph was born on July 17, 1929 in Gladstone, New Mexico. He was the youngest of six children, the son of Louis and Winnifred Millin. The family moved...
William Eugene Broadsword
Jun 23, 2017
William Eugene Broadsword, 85, passed away in Hayden, Idaho on Friday, June 23, 2017. Private family graveside services will be held later in Pinecrest Memorial Park. He retired, as a bridge foreman, from the railroad and was a US Army Veteran, serving in Korea.
Marjorie O Anderson
Jun 23, 2017
Marjorie O. Anderson, 87, passed away in Sandpoint, ID on Friday, June 23, 2017. Family services will be held later. She was born in Spokane, Washington on October 29. 1929
Michelle Rene Caldwell
Jun 23, 2017
Michelle Rene Caldwell, 63, passed away unexpectedly, in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho on Friday, June 23, 2017 four days shy of her 64th birthday. She was born in Whittier, California on June 27, the daughter of Bill and Valarie Berry. Michelle spent the majority of her life in Southern California where she met her loving husband, of 45 years, Ronald Caldwell....
Pamela Diane Roberts
Jun 21, 2017
Pamela Diane Roberts, 46, passed away on Wednesday, June 21st, 2017 in Spokane WA. A small ceremony for family and close friends will be held at 10 am at the Pack River Cemetery in Sandpoint Idaho on Saturday, July 29th, 2017. Pamela Roberts was born on April 20th, 1971, in Crosby Minnesota to proud parents Steve and Barbara Stangel. The...
Donald Edward Becker
Jun 21, 2017
Donald E “Don” Becker, 82, passed away in Sandpoint on Wednesday, June 21, 2017. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00am, Wednesday, June 28, 2017 in Coffelt’s Funeral Chapel. Joe Gibbs, family friend, will be officiating. Don was born on March 14, 1935 in Aberdeen, Idaho the son of John and Effie Becker. The family moved to Dover in 1944...
Vernon Arnold Webb
Jun 20, 2017
Vernon Arnold Webb passed into the arms of Jesus on June 20, 2017, at his home, after a courageous battle with leukemia. A memorial service is planned for Saturday, July 1st, at 1:00pm in the Sandpoint Christian Center. A gathering, with desserts and coffee, will follow Born in Sandpoint, December 2, 1935 to Vernon E. Webb and Bessie (Clark). The...
Leigh Noel Shadel
Jun 19, 2017
Leigh Noel Shadel, of Hayden, Idaho, passed away on June 19th, 2017, with family by his side. Leigh was born December 6, 1921, in Gridley, Kansas, to William & Ethel (Leigh) Shadel. Leigh’s parents brought him to Sandpoint, Idaho in 1924, with his brothers Francis and Vernon. They arrived by railroad car, with their farm equipment, and started the Shadel...
Alan Robert Cole
Jun 14, 2017
Alan Robert Cole, 58, passed away suddenly on Wednesday, June 14, 2017. He was born in Burns, Oregon on November 12, 1958. He was a contractor, working in construction, and had lived in Ammon, Idaho. Family services will be held later.