Obituaries
Local Obituaries for North Idaho and Western Montana
Robert E "Bob" Day-Phalen
Jun 5, 2015
Robert E. "Bob" Day-Phalen, 67, passed away suddenly on Friday, June 5, 2015. Calling hours will be Friday, June 12th, from 4pm until 6pm in Coffelt's Funeral Chapel. Memorial services will be conducted at 11:00am, Saturday, June 13th in the Sandpoint Church of the Nazarene. Pastor Chad Wilks will be officiating. Bob will be laid to rest in Grandview Cemetery...
Martin Joseph Vitale
Jun 4, 2015
Martin Joseph Vitale, 73, passed away in Sandpoint, Idaho on Thursday, June 4, 2015. Memorial services will be announced later. Martin was born in Warsaw, New York on March 25, 1942, the son of Martin and Jane Vitale. For many years he lived in Brentwood, California and had a cherry orchard in southern California. He semi-retired and moved to the...
Charles R. "Chuck" Charlton
Jun 4, 2015
Charles Rodney Charlton was born October 30, 1951 in Sandpoint, Idaho to Lois E. and Earl L. Charlton. Charles (Chuck) graduated from Sandpoint High School in 1970. Upon graduation, he worked at Safeway in Sandpoint. In 1971, he married Deborah Hahn and moved to Arlington, VA. Two children, Christopher and Cynthia, were born of this union. Chuck had numerous construction...
Hazel Ione Noble
Jun 3, 2015
Hazel Noble, age 85, of Grandview, WA and former Sandpoint, Idaho resident passed away on Wednesday, June 3, 2015 at her daughter’s home in Grandview, WA. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 am, Monday, June 8, 2014 at the Stake Center of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, with Bishop Redford presiding. Burial will follow at...
Kathleen L. "Kathy" Ginter
Jun 2, 2015
Kathleen L. “Kathy” Ginter, 60, died Tuesday afternoon from injuries received in an automobile accident on Highway 95, near Elmira. Memorial services will be scheduled later this summer. Kathy was born on October 12, 1954 in Fort Morgan Colorado the daughter of Homer and Ina Mae Burkheart. She grew up, and attended local schools, in Fort Morgan, Colorado and graduated...
Douglas Carson Osborne
Jun 2, 2015
Douglas Carson Osborne, 61, passed away on Tuesday, June 2, 2015 in Sandpoint, Idaho. Doug was born on May 31, 1954 in Bonners Ferry, Idaho the son of Carson and Valmire Osborne. He married Barbara Sanderson in Bovill, Idaho on May 12, 1979. Doug served with the US Air Force and moved to Sandpoint in 1989. He enjoyed raising tomatoes...
Jacqueline Cooper
Jun 2, 2015
Jackie Cooper, 68, passed away at her home on Tuesday, June 2, 2015 in Sandpoint, Idaho. Private family services will be held at a later date.
Patricia E "Pat" Parks
May 30, 2015
Patricia E. “Pat” Parks, passed away in peace on Saturday, May 30, 2015 at the age of 81 in Frederick, Maryland. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00am, Thursday, June 11th in Coffelt’s Funeral Chapel. Interment will follow in Pinecrest Memorial Park. James Comish will be conducting the services. Pat was born in Bayard, Nebraska on April 21, 1934, the...
Carlton Eugene Shade
May 26, 2015
Carlton Eugene Shade, 94, of Priest River passed away on Tuesday, May 26, 2015 at Bonner General Hospital. Private family services will be held at a later time. Carlton was born April 18, 1921 in Martinsburg, WV the son of George and Louella Shade. He was raised in West Virginia and served in the U.S. Army during World War II....
WIlliam "Bill" J. Jewsbury
May 26, 2015
The unexpected death of William Joseph Jewsbury, 55, occurred Tuesday May 26 at 10:00pm in his home. Bill was born in Santa Ana, CA on April 17, 1960. He grew up in North Idaho, attending Southside School then Sandpoint High School where he was considered the life of every party. He married his loving wife, Wendy Jewsbury in 1982. Bill...
Esther Lorene Verwolf
May 24, 2015
Esther Lorene Verwolf, 88, passed away in Sandpoint, Idaho on Sunday, May 24, 2015, her birthday. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00am, Saturday, May 30, 2015 in Coffelt’s Funeral Chapel. Pastor Jon Pomeroy, Sandpoint Church of God, will be officiating. A reception will follow at the Dover Community Hall. Esther was born on May 24, 1927 in Sandpoint, Idaho...
Arie Elroy Poelstra
May 23, 2015
Arie Elroy Poelstra, 85, of Sandpoint passed away Saturday, May 23, 2015 at Valley Vista. Funeral services will be in Coffelt’s Funeral Chapel at 9:00am, Thursday, May 28th. Wayne Gunter, Community of Christ in Sagle, will be conducting with interment in Pinecrest Memorial Park. Arie was born on September 5, 1929 on a farm, to Elmer and Lena Poelstra, in...
Anne W Cordes
May 15, 2015
Anne Williams Cordes passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her family on May 15, 2015. She had suffered a stroke a week earlier. Funeral services will be conducted 10:00AM, Tuesday, May 26, 2015 at Coffelt Funeral Chapel with Paul Graves, officiating. Interment will follow in Pinecrest Memorial Park. Anne was born Anna Louise Williams in Asbury Park, New Jersey...
Sally Ann Lindemann
May 12, 2015
Sally Ann Lindemann was born Sally Ann Stuart on December 24, 1941 in Davenport, Iowa to parents Lyle and Alice Stuart. She passed away at her home in Portland, Oregon on May 12, 2015 at the age of 73 following an extended illness. Sally lived in Sandpoint from 1984 to 2012. She and her husband, artist Bob Lindemann, moved to...
Margaret I "Maggie" Becker
May 12, 2015
Margaret I. “Maggie” Becker, 72, passed away in Sandpoint on Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at Life Care. Memorial services will be conducted 11:00AM, Monday, May 18, 2015 at Coffel’s Funeral Chapel. Maggie was born Aug. 2, 1942 in Bridgewater, MA the daughter of Michael and Irene McDonnell. She moved to Long Beach, CA where she graduated from high school. She...
Donald Eugene Zahn
May 10, 2015
Major Donald Eugene Zahn 94 was born October 15th, 1920, and joined his loving wife Norma in heaven on May 10th, 2015. Memorial Services will be conducted Saturday June 6th, 2015 at 11:00 am in the First Lutheran Church on the 71st anniversary of D-Day. Pastor Steve Neuder will be officiating. "Don" as he liked to be called was born...
Toni Renae Crawford
May 10, 2015
Toni Renae Crawford, age 50, passed away in her home, surrounded by loved ones on Sunday, May 10, 2015. She was born on June 29, 1964 in Auburn, California. After being raised by Ilean and Bill Buster, along with her brother Tracey Buster, she graduated from Bonners Ferry High School in 1982. Two years later she married the love of...
John Malcolm Tara
May 6, 2015
John Malcolm Tara was a beloved husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather and friend who passed away peacefully on May 6, 2015 in Sandpoint, ID at the age of 94. John was born in Oakland, CA on February 11, 1921 to John Tarabochia and Margaret E. Crandell. When John was a young child, his greatest dream was to fly airplanes and...
Patricia E. "Pat" Parks
May 3, 2015
Patricia E. “Pat” Parks, 81, passed away in Frederick, MD on Saturday, May 30, 2015. A complete obituary, announcing funeral services, will be posted later. Pat was a long time resident of the Hope area and a retired real estate agent. She will be buried, beside her husband Paul Parks, in Pinecrest Memorial Park.
James "Jim" Hugh Fulling
May 1, 2015
James Hugh Fulling, 76, of Sandpoint, died peacefully at his home with his wife Betsy by his side, on May 1, 2015, after a courageous two and a half-year struggle with many ongoing health issues. He was born in the Bronx, New York on August 25, 1938 to Thomas Raymond Fulling and Geraldine Rose Davitt, and was the second of...