Obituaries
Local Obituaries for North Idaho and Western Montana
Carol Ann Stephan
Feb 7, 2016
Carol Ann Stephan, 74, passed away suddenly on Sunday, February 7, 2016 in Boise, Idaho. Private family services will be held and interment will take place in Pack River Cemetery.
Jean Rupp Harris
Feb 7, 2016
Jean Rupp Harris, 89, passed away on Sunday, February 7, 2016 in Sandpoint, Idaho. Memorial services will be conducted at 1:00 pm, Saturday, February 13, 2106 in Coffelt’s Funeral Chapel with Pastor Dave Elliott of Mountain Springs Church officiating. Jean Marie Rupp Harris, born in Ohio on May 4, 1926 was the daughter of the Rev. Monroe J. Rupp and...
Gregory Bryant Edwards
Feb 2, 2016
Gregory Bryant Edwards, 67, of Sagle, passed away suddenly at his home from a blood clot to the heart. Private funeral arrangements will be held at a later time. He was born January 29, 1949 in Lindsay, CA the son of Robert and Elizabeth Edwards. He was an avid golfer having played on both the PGA Tour and the Champions...
Hazel Elaine Brown
Jan 31, 2016
Hazel Elaine “Shawgo” Brown passed away peacefully at her home Sunday, January 31, 2016 surrounded by her loved ones. Memorial graveside services will be conducted 10:00AM, Friday, April 29, 2016 in Pinecrest Memorial Park. There will be no reception following the service. Elaine (which she preferred to go by), was born March 5, 1927 to Herbert Shawgo and Hazel “Lamb”...
Lavern Wade Peterson
Jan 25, 2016
Lavern Wade Peterson, 82, passed away on Monday, January 25, 2016 at his home in Laclede, Idaho. Private family services will be held at a later date.
Mary Louise Zindler
Jan 23, 2016
Mary Louise Zindler, 92, passed away in Sandpoint on Saturday evening, January 23, 2016. Mary Louise Zindler was born April 28, 1923 in Dayton, Ohio. She was employed at Edwards Air Force Base in 1941. Some of her experiences centered around space testing and flight test engineering and she was a neighbor of Chuck Yeager, the pilot. She loved being...
Ella Mae Chronic
Jan 23, 2016
Ella Mae (Becker) Chronic, 90, passed away on January 23, 2016. Ella Mae was born in Gooding, Idaho, to John and Effie Becker. She was the third of seven children; her siblings included Bill, Juanita, Hazel, Esther, Bob and Don. Shortly after graduating high school in southern Idaho, Ella Mae moved to Dover, Idaho, with her family. She served in...
Chelsea Erin Lemley
Jan 23, 2016
Chelsea Erin Lemley passed away on Saturday, January 23, 2016 in Sandpoint, Idaho. She was born in Seattle, Washington on February 20, 1973. She was 42 years old. She resides in heaven now with her mother Zoe Anne Lemley who preceded her in death along with her father Thomas Grant Lemley, her grandfather John Keith Todd and Grandmother Zoe Justice...
Brenda Arlene Park
Jan 23, 2016
Brenda Arlene (Hobbs) Park, 77, was called back home to heaven on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016 at her home. Memorial services will be held at a later time. Brenda was born Dec. 3, 1938 in Martins Ferry, Ohio the daughter of John and Lois Davis. After high school she married Donald R. Hobbs and had three children. On April 4,...
Marta J Kollock
Jan 22, 2016
Marta Johanna Kollock, 91, passed away in Sandpoint on Friday, January 22, 2016. Marta was born on April 15, 1924 in Lotz, Poland and immigrated to America in 1952. She had lived in Cleveland, Ohio and Thompson Falls, Montana prior to moving to Sandpoint in 2015. She was a member of the Lutheran Church.
Enid Rae Gilmore
Jan 19, 2016
Enid Rae Gilmore, 85, passed away on Tuesday, January 19, 2016 in Sandpoint, Idaho. A complete obituary will be posted later.
Hugh Eugene "Gene" Thurlow
Jan 19, 2016
Hugh Eugene “Gene” Thurlow, 87, passed away, at his home in Sandpoint, on Tuesday, January 19, 2016. Memorial services will be conducted 11:00 am Saturday, January 23, 2016 at Coffelt’s Funeral Chapel, with Pastor Chuck Wigton, officiating. Gene was born December 1, 1928 in Sandpoint, Idaho the son of Hugh and Eva LaComb Thurlow. He was raised and educated in...
Dr, Margaret (Peggy) Boyd
Jan 18, 2016
Dr. Margaret (Peggy) Boyd, 83, devoted mother, grandmother and wife, passed away peacefully on January 18, 2016 surrounded by her loving family from complications of pneumonia. She was born and raised in The Bronx New York along with her two brothers, John and James, to Irish immigrants, John Tivnan and Margaret (Tobin) Tivnan. She left New York as a flight...
Evelyn T Kemery
Jan 17, 2016
EVELYN THOMAS KEMERY, age 91, went to be with her Lord and Savior on January 17, 2016. Memorial services will be conducted 11:00am, Saturday, January 30, 2016 at Cedar Hills Church, 227 McGhee Rd, Kootenai, Idaho. Interment took place in Pinecrest Memorial Park, in Sandpoint, ID. Born on November 18, 1924, in Denver, Colorado to Walter and Frieda Thomas, she...
Keith Lowell Hawn
Jan 12, 2016
Keith Lowell Hawn, 87, passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family on January 12, 2016 at Hospice House in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Funeral services will be conducted on Friday, January 15, 2016 at 1pm at Coffelt’s Funeral Chapel with Dale Coffelt officiating. Keith will be laid to rest next to his wife Erline at Pinecrest Memorial Park. Keith was...
Betty Lou Largent
Jan 12, 2016
Betty Lou Largent, 88, of Sandpoint, ID, formerly of Kennewick and Othello, WA; passed away on Tuesday, January 12, 2016 due to an acute respiratory condition. Betty is buried in Sandpoint. The family plans a good weather memorial celebration of life later in the year. Betty was born September 22, 1927, to Paul and Bessie Loman, in Sheridan, Wyoming where...
Jean Jensen
Jan 12, 2016
Jean Jensen, 72, passed away on Tuesday, January 12, 2016 in Sandpoint, Idaho. A memorial service will be held later in the spring.
Douglas DeVern Johnson
Jan 2, 2016
On Jan 2, 2016, Doug peacefully left this world in his sleep to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Doug was born May 2, 1974 in Sandpoint, Idaho to Kenneth D. Johnson and Gloria A. Johnson. He grew up in Sandpoint, graduating from SHS lettering in football, track, wrestling, soccer and basketball. Doug remained in the Sandpoint and...
Barbara Ann Kelly
Jan 1, 2016
Barbara Ann Kelly, 72, of Sagle, passed away on Friday, January 1, 2016 at her home. She was an administrator in public education in Alaska for many years.
Steven Gilbert Martin
Dec 28, 2015
Steven Gilbert Martin, 62, passed away in his home in Sagle, Idaho on Monday, December 28th, 2015. Steve was born on September 25, 1953 in California son of Gill and Alberta (Archer) Martin. He moved to Idaho in 1976 to settle down and have a family. He worked as a manager at our local Safeway store. He took pride in...