Obituaries
Local Obituaries for North Idaho and Western Montana
Imogene Rochelle Crosswhite
Sep 21, 2016
Imogene Rochelle Crosswhite, 80, passed away on Wednesday, September 21, 2016 in Sandpoint, Idaho. A complete obituary will be posted later.
Robert Edwin Nesbitt
Sep 11, 2016
Robert Nesbitt, a lifetime area resident, passed away quietly on September 11th. Robert was born April 25, 1920 to pioneer residents Mel and Grace Nesbitt. He graduated from Sandpoint High School in 1939 and attended classes at WSU. In 1941 he married his high school classmate and sweetheart Enid Pierce. He worked for Boeing in Seattle until joining the Navy...
Dorothea Jean Hoffman
Sep 9, 2016
Dorothea (Dot) Jean Hoffman passed away on Friday, September 9, 2016 in Sandpoint, Idaho at the age of 92. A Funeral Mass will be conducted at 11:00 AM on Friday, September 23, 2016 at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church. The Vigil service will be said at 7:00 PM on Thursday, September 22nd at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church. Dot was born in...
Kristopher J "Kris" Hertel
Sep 5, 2016
On Monday September 5, 2016, Kristopher “Kris” Jon Hertel, 16, of Sandpoint ID passed away at Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane, WA. Kris was born in Sandpoint, Idaho on July 18, 2000. Kris brought joy to everyone he met. He had a beautiful infectious smile, bright blue eyes and a heart of gold. He was an excellent student and athlete...
Eleanor Theresa McGovern
Sep 2, 2016
Eleanor Theresa McGovern, 97, passed away peacefully on September 2, 2016 with some of her family present. Funeral Mass will conducted at 11:00 am, on Saturday, September 17, 2016 in St. Joseph’s Catholic Church with Father Dennis C. Day officiating. The Vigil service will be said at 7:00 pm, Friday, September 16, 2016 in St. Joseph’s Catholic Church. Inurnment will...
Adam Keith Ferris
Aug 29, 2016
Adam Keith Ferris, 23, passed away from injuries received in an accident, near Samuels, on Monday August 29, 2016. A complete obituary will be posted later. Adam had worked at Schweitzer and in local restaurants.
Robert Carson Stevens
Aug 27, 2016
Robert (Robby) Carson Stevens passed away Saturday, August 27, 2016 in Sandpoint, Idaho. Memorial services will be held the morning of Saturday, September 3, 2016, at 10:00 at the Sandpoint United Methodist Church. Pastors Stan Norman and Jerri Harvill will be officiating. Visitation and Potluck will follow at Sandpoint Senior Center. Robby was born on December 6, 1982 in West...
Robert Christopher Klatt
Aug 27, 2016
Our beloved Bob departed this earth peacefully, surrounded by his wife and family on Saturday, August 27, 2016 at Kootenai Health Center. Bob faced many health challenges in the last years of his life and his unwavering courage, calm acceptance and grace inspired all who knew him. Bob was born on October 9, 1950, in Ritzville, Washington to Robert and...
Benjamin Carl Reese
Aug 27, 2016
Ben Reese, 86, peacefully passed away in Sandpoint, Idaho on the 27 August, 2016. Funeral Mass will be conducted at 11:00 am on Thursday, 1 September, 2016 at St. Joseph's Catholic Church with Father Dennis C. Day officiating. The Rosary will be said at 5:00 pm on Wednesday, 31 August, 2016 in St. Joseph’s Catholic Church. Inurnment will take place...
Arthur "Buster" Franklin Withers
Aug 25, 2016
Buster Withers, 83, of Athol, Idaho, “rode off into the sunset” Thursday, August 25, 2016 at Hospice House of North Idaho. He was born 1933, February the 28th, in Denver Colorado to Solan and Ollie Withers. He moved with his family to Mountain Home, ID in 1939. He married Irene Shreffler in 1958 in Elko, Nevada, after a whirlwind courtship...
Warren Jay Peterson
Aug 24, 2016
Warren Jay Peterson, 95, passed away on Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at his home in Sandpoint, Idaho. A complete obituary will be posted later.
Lewis Raymond Kulczyk
Aug 24, 2016
Lewis Raymond Kulczyk, 73, passed away in Sandpoint, Idaho on Wednesday, August 24th. The Sagle area resident had worked, as a logger, in the lumber industry.
Don Alvin Engle
Aug 22, 2016
Don Alvin Engle, 100, passed away in Sandpoint, ID Monday, August 22, 2016. Graveside memorial services will be conducted at 11am, Wednesday, September 7, 2016 in the Gamlin Lake Cemetery, behind the Church in the Wildwood. Pastor Lori Morton, First Lutheran Church, will be officiating. Don was born on December 23, 1915 in Krupp, Washington, the son of George and...
Herman Floyd Crawford
Aug 21, 2016
Almost a century ago airplanes were an eccentric’s toy, trains were the fastest mode of travel, and the automobile was the culmination of human ingenuity for the common man. The neutron had not been discovered, and electronics meant vacuum tubes. A war of unspeakable horrors was only just fading into memory, while the tragedy of the great Depression loomed, and...
Donald Taber Wallace
Aug 17, 2016
Long time Sandpoint resident Donald Taber Wallace passed away August 17, 2016 at Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane, Washington just short of his 83rd birthday. He was born August 22, 1933 in Utica, NY to Dean and Helen Wallace. He was the fourth of five boys. Following in his brother’s footsteps, Don wanted nothing more than to serve his country....
John Harmon Howard
Aug 17, 2016
John H. Howard, 89, WWII veteran, died on Wednesday, August 17, 2016 in Sandpoint, Idaho. John is survived by his loving family: Shirley Howard, his wife of 65 years; his children Judy Jones (Kyle Jones) and Jeff Howard (Patty Grandos); his son-in-law Ed Baran; his grandchildren Sam Baran (Franchesca Baran), Jacob Baran (Melissa Baran), Cydney Jones, Ben Howard and Alihna...
Sunny Ann Winter
Aug 12, 2016
Sunny Ann Winter, 71, passed away at her home on Friday, August 12, 2016 in Sagle, Idaho. A complete obituary will be posted later.
Sheffler "Deb" Delbert
Aug 11, 2016
At the conclusion of a beautifully ordinary life, Delbert Kenneth Sheffler, age 83, passed away peacefully August 11 at The Bridge in Sandpoint. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday, August 15 at Coffelt’s Funeral Chapel. There will be a gathering of friends and family at New Song Bible church in Sagle directly following the interment at Pinecrest...
Sally Lyell Clancy
Aug 9, 2016
Sally Lyell Clancy, 75, passed away on August 9, 2016 in Sandpoint, Idaho. A memorial service will be conducted at 3:30 pm, Tuesday, August 16, 2016 in Coffelt’s Funeral Chapel.
Dona Mae Venn
Aug 9, 2016
Dona Mae Venn was a survivor of breast cancer for over 26 years. On August 9, 2016, at age 78, she passed away after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Her husband, of 59 years, Robert D. Venn (“Bob”), and the latest addition to the family, a rescue dog named CC were by her side. The vigil/rosary will be held in...