Obituaries

Local Obituaries for North Idaho and Western Montana

Vernon "Bub" Osborne

Vernon "Bub" Osborne

Feb 21, 2016

Vernon (Bud) Osborne passed on to a new "adventure" with his maker, on the 21st of Feb 2016. He was 91 years and 10 days old. He lived many chapters in his "book of life". It all started on the 11th of Feb 1925 in Graham Texas, the first son of Barney and Annie Osborne. They soon moved to Rawlings,...

William "Bill" Keis

William "Bill" Keis

Feb 20, 2016

William “Bill” Joseph Keis, 57, passed away on Saturday, February 20, 2016 in Sandpoint, Idaho. A complete obituary will be posted later.

David Frank Lindsay

David Frank Lindsay

Feb 15, 2016

David Frank Lindsay left this realm to join his loved ones and meet his father at 7:45pm on February 15, 2016. He was born on January 4, 1939 to John Ray Lindsay and Mary Emily Martin in Chilco, Idaho. His father had passed away a couple of months before David’s birth. He was the tenth child born to the couple....

Irene A. Bomba

Irene A. Bomba

Feb 13, 2016

Longtime resident, wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and great great grandmother, Irene Fincke Bomba passed away at 93 on February 13, 2016 in Sandpoint. Rosary services will be conducted 7:00PM, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016 at St Joseph’s Catholic Church, with Father Dennis C. Day, officiating. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held 11:00AM, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016 at St....

Raymond G. Phelps

Raymond G. Phelps

Feb 9, 2016

Raymond G. Phelps, 78, of Sagle passed away on Tuesday, February 9, 2016 at Bonner General Hospital. Memorial services will be conducted 11:00AM, Saturday, February 13, 2016 at New Song Bible Church in Sagle, with Pastor Barry Johnson, officiating. Ray was born July 20, 1937 in Auburn, WA the son of James and MyFanwy Phelps. He lived in the Stampede...

Anna K Spencer

Anna K Spencer

Feb 8, 2016

Anna K. Spencer left us on Monday, Feb. 8, 2016, she was 93 years old. Private family services will be held. Anna was born in Pe Ell, WA on April 13, 1922 to Andrew and Magdalene King. She was the last of 12 children. She grew up and attended school in Pe Ell. On June 22, 1940 Anna married Harold...

Carol Ann Stephan

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...