Obituaries

Local Obituaries for North Idaho and Western Montana

Lois Hall

Lois Hall

Jan 3, 2017

Lois Hall, 91, passed away in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho on Tuesday, January 3, 2017. Private family interment will be in Pinecrest Memorial Park with a memorial service to be announced in April 2017. Lois was born in Conrad, Montana on June 15, 1925, the daughter of Presley and Violet Vaught. In 1935 the family moved to Trout Creek, Montana and...

Gordon LeRoy Forsythe

Gordon LeRoy Forsythe

Dec 28, 2016

Gordon LeRoy Forsythe, 88, went to be with the Lord on December 27, 2016. Gordon was born in Park Place, Oregon, November 10, 1928. He was the son of LeRoy and Lucille Forsythe. Gordon had a diverse background. With a degree as an Electrical Engineer he worked for the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power, owned and operated a...

Emilia Jones

Emilia Jones

Dec 27, 2016

Emilia Jones, 103 January 25, 1913-December 27, 2016 When anyone is able to carry a life-crescendo 100+ years, they also carry with them an equivalent number of stories that impact countless lives. For Emilia Jones, there is no one tale that can fully embody the woman that I came to look up to at an early age. She was a...

Undean Grace Rainey

Undean Grace Rainey

Dec 27, 2016

Undean Grace Rainey passed away at Luther Park in Sandpoint, Idaho on December 27, 2016, at the age of 91. She will be remembered for her faith, patience, kindness, her strength, her sense of humor, and pleasure she took in activities like gardening, huckleberry picking, cooking and canning, entertaining friends and dancing with her husband Francis. She was a lifelong...

Harry L. Roberts

Harry L. Roberts

Dec 25, 2016

Harry L. Roberts, 88, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, December 25, 2016; Christmas morning. Harry’s life will be celebrated by his family and friends at 10:45 Sunday morning, January 15, 2017, at the Sandpoint Church of God. Family inurnment services will be held later in Pinecrest Memorial Park. Harry was born on November 27, 1928 in...

Frabert "Bert" Stobie

Frabert "Bert" Stobie

Dec 23, 2016

Frabert Eugene “Bert” Stobie, passed away in Spokane, Washington on Friday, December 23, 2016 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00pm (MST) on Saturday, December 31, 2016. The services will be in the Noxon High School gymnasium with burial following in the Noxon Cemetery. Bert was the Noxon School administrator for many years,...

Margaret May Stevens

Margaret May Stevens

Dec 21, 2016

Margaret May Stevens, 93, passed away on Wednesday, December 21, 2016. A complete obituary will be posted later. Margaret was born in Sandpoint on October 30, 1923 in Sandpoint the daughter of William and Ethel Hadley. She was the bookkeeper for the family logging operation.

Donald "Don" Johnson

Donald "Don" Johnson

Dec 21, 2016

Donald Lester “Don” Johnson was born on November 4, 1930 at the family farm in Oden, and passed away on December 21, 2016 at Hearthstone Assisted Living in Kootenai, Idaho. Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. on December 30, 2016 at Coffelt Funeral Home, in Sandpoint. A side dish and dessert potluck for friends and family will follow...

James Val Kidd

James Val Kidd

Dec 20, 2016

James Val Kidd, age 82, passed away on December 20, 2016 in American Fork Utah from causes incident to age. Val was born to James Andrew Hobson Kidd and Elgy Ora Whittle Kidd on June 12, 1934 in Farmington, UT. He attended school in Stockton, California where he met, grew up with, and married his “honey,” Norma Marie Atkinson. Val...

Laura Louise Woods

Laura Louise Woods

Dec 18, 2016

Laura Louise Woods, 56, passed away in Blanchard, Idaho on Sunday, December 18, 2016, where she had lived since 2000. She had worked as a nursing home chef, prior to retirement.

Patricia D O'Brien

Patricia D O'Brien

Dec 10, 2016

Patricia Donlan O’Brien, 64, passed away in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho on Saturday, December 10, 2016. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00pm, Saturday December 17th in Coffelt’s Funeral Chapel. Dale Coffelt will be officiating. Patricia was born in Middletown, CT on May 30, 1952, the daughter of John and Frieda Donlan. She grew up in Middletown, CT graduating from Mercy...

Theodore Walter Comerinsky

Theodore Walter Comerinsky

Dec 7, 2016

Theodore Walter Comerinsky, 83, passed away in Sandpoint, Idaho on Wednesday, December 7, 2016. Theodore married his wife Susan on November 18, 1971 in Los Angeles, California. He retired, as an aeronautical engineer, in the early k1990's and moved to the Sandpoint area from Huntington Beach, California.

Jill D Johnson

Jill D Johnson

Dec 6, 2016

Jill Donnan Johnson fought hard with an optimistic and cheery attitude, but unfortunately lost the battle against cancer on December 6, 2016, at Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane, Washington. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. on December 17, 2016 at First Christian Church, 201 N. Division Street, in Sandpoint, Idaho. A potluck gathering for friends and family will...

Genevieve "Jenny" Levon Thurlow

Genevieve "Jenny" Levon Thurlow

Dec 3, 2016

Genevieve Levon “Jenny” Thurlow, 83, passed away at Valley Vista, where she was receiving Hospice Care on December 3, 2016. Graveside services will be conducted at 10:00 am, December 10, 2016 at Pinecrest Memorial Park with a reception to follow at the VFW Hall. Genevieve was born February 19, 1933 in Ray, North Dakota, the daughter of Earnest John and...

Dean Wesley Barber

Dean Wesley Barber

Nov 29, 2016

Dean Wesley Barber, 65, passed away at his home, in Sagle, on Tuesday, November 29, 2016. He was a retired power plant engineer.

Jeraldyne Marie Reed

Jeraldyne Marie Reed

Nov 29, 2016

Jeraldyne McNearney Reed, 87, passed away unexpectedly November 29, 2016 as the result of a fall. She was born to Mamie & Percy McNearney on August 29, 1929 in Colville, Washington. Jerry married Robert Reed on January 8, 1955 and they resided in Clark Fork, Idaho until Bob’s passing in 1982. Jerry then moved to Spokane and trained to be...

Beverly Burns Tuel

Beverly Burns Tuel

Nov 26, 2016

Beverly Burns Tuel, 71, passed away on Saturday, November 26, 2016 at her home in Clark Fork, Idaho. A complete obituary will be posted at a later time.

Emma Lynn Welsh

Emma Lynn Welsh

Nov 25, 2016

Emma Lynn Welsh passed peacefully in the loving arms of her father and mother, Ryan and Bethany Welsh, on Friday, November 25, 2016. She was born at 12:21 a.m. on Thanksgiving Day, November 24, 2016. Emma Lynn gave us a lifetime of love during her 44 hours on earth! She will forever live on in our hearts! We will never...

Ruth Maxine Bradetich

Ruth Maxine Bradetich

Nov 23, 2016

Ruth Maxine Bradetich, 79, passed away suddenly on Wednesday, November 23, 2016 in Sandpoint, Idaho. Ruth was born March 14, 1937 in Buhl, Idaho. Ruth was the youngest of three daughters born to Walter and Ruby Roberts. She attended school in both Buhl, Idaho and Westmond, Idaho and earned her diploma from Buhl High School. Ruth met her husband Joe,...

Edith Pearl Bollacker

Edith Pearl Bollacker

Nov 21, 2016

Edith Pearl Bollacker, 93, of Sagle, ID decided to continue her soul’s journey on Nov. 21, 2016. Daughter of James Arthur Williams and Violet Terrell Williams, she was born on Sept. 25, 1923 in Denver, CO. She grew up in Arvada, CO where she worked to put herself through high school and after graduation immediately began working to help support...