Obituaries
Local Obituaries for North Idaho and Western Montana
Kyal Douglas Watts
Oct 14, 2015
Kyal Douglas Watts, 46, former Sandpoint resident died while surfing in Cosa Rica. A celebration of Kyal Douglas Watts life will be held on Saturday, October 31, 2015 at 11:00 am at Coffelt Funeral Chapel in Sandpoint with Pastor Steve Bradshaw and Sig Jensen officiating. Kyal was born in Las Vegas, Nevada on October 23, 1968. He and his family...
Dorothy M. Rosenberger
Oct 13, 2015
Dorothy M. Rosenberger, 94, of Sandpoint passed away on Tuesday, October 13, 2015 in Sandpoint. Funeral services will be at 11:00am, Tuesday, October 20, 2015 in Coffelt’s Funeral Chapel. Pastor Paul Graves will be officiating with interment in Pinecrest Memorial Park. Dorothy was born on July 4, 1921 in Ashland, Oregon the daughter of John and Bessie McKenzie. In 1923...
Vicki Cassidy
Oct 12, 2015
Vicki Roberts Cassidy, 73 of Kootenai passed away on Monday, Oct. 12, 2015 at Valley Vista Care Center. Private family services will be held at a later time.
Alma Estella Fournier
Oct 10, 2015
Alma Estella Fournier, 87, passed away on Saturday, October 10, 2015. Private family graveside services will be held in Pinecrest Memorial Park. Alma was born in Spokane, Washington on January 13, 1928, the daughter of Winfield and Violet Francis. The family moved to the Sandpoint area in 1939 and she attended the Algoma Grade School and then the Sagle High...
Dr. Pamela Riddle Bird
Oct 8, 2015
Dr. Pamela Bird, 59, of Sandpoint, Idaho, gained her set of wings on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015, as she lost her life in a tragic airplane accident in the Cabinet Mountains near Hope, Idaho. Pamela was born on Aug. 19, 1956, in Rolla, Missouri to Albin and Julia Nicklyn Hudek. Pamela was the youngest of eight children. Pamela was an...
Connor-Lee Wayne Henderson
Oct 8, 2015
Connor-Lee Wayne Henderson, 21, of Pasco, Washington lost his life in a tragic train-vehicle accident on October 8, 2015 in Cocolalla, Idaho. Connor was born on June, 4, 1994, in Littleton, Colorado to Christopher and Linda Henderson. He was the youngest of three siblings. Connor graduated from Snake River High School just outside of Blackfoot, Idaho in 2012. Prior to...
Donnie Dawson
Oct 6, 2015
Donald Edward Dawson, 78, passed away peacefully on October 6, 2015 at his home in Clark Fork surrounded by his loving family. Donnie was born on September 2, 1937 in Quilcene, Washington. He was the youngest of 11 children born to Ed and Viola Dawson. The Dawson family moved to Clark Fork when Donnie was a year old. He went...
Patricia Joyce Lang
Oct 6, 2015
Patricia Joyce Lang, 82 of Sandpoint passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015 at her home. Graveside services for Patricia will be held at a later time in Pinecrest Memorial Park. She was born June 10, 1933 in Drummond, Montana the daughter of Lavon and Lillian Mitton. As a young child she moved with her family to Ponderay, Idaho. She...
Marcella Antonette Healy
Oct 5, 2015
Marcella A. Healy, 89, of Sandpoint, Idaho, passed away in Bonners Ferry, Idaho, on Monday, Oct. 5, 2015. Marcie was born on June 9, 1926, in Grand Rapids, Mich., to Alfred and Johanna Langenbacher, who immigrated to the United States from Germany. She was the third of five children. She grew up in Grand Rapids during the Great Depression. In...
John Wallace
Oct 2, 2015
John Wallace, 75, of Careywood, passed away suddenly on Monday, Nov. 2, 2015 at his home. A complete obituary will appear in a later edition of the Bonner County Daily Bee.
Barbara Fairbanks Ross
Oct 1, 2015
Barbara Fairbanks Ross, 88, of Sandpoint former Noxon, Montana resident passed away on Thursday, October 1, 2015 at Bonner General Health.
Beulah Elizabeth Houk
Oct 1, 2015
Beulah Elizabeth Houk, 101, went to heaven on October 1, 2015 in Sandpoint, Idaho. Graveside services will be held in Reddick Cemetery in Garfield, Arkansas. She was a loving mother of Vick Johnson, Bill Forgey and Linda Follett. She was preceded in death by her son Robert Forgey.
Dean T. Caldwell
Sep 26, 2015
Dean T. Caldwell, 78, passed away, at his home in Heron, MT; on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015. Dean was born on August 27, 1937 in Nampa, Idaho and moved to Buhl, Idaho as a child. He was raised on the Rocking Horse Ranch, an Arabian horse ranch in Salmon, Idaho and graduated from high school in Buhl, Idaho in 1958....
Marian Kaye Sawby
Sep 23, 2015
Marian Sawby passed away peacefully on September 23, 2015 surrounded by her loved ones. She was born in Virginia, Illinois on August 29, 1941. She graduated from ROVA High School, in Oneida, Illinois and attended Bradley University where she graduated in three years with honors with a Bachelor of Arts Degree. While at Bradley, she excelled at speech and debate...
Robert Leroy Fenster
Sep 21, 2015
Robert Leroy Fenster, 76, passed away on Monday, September 21, 2015 in Sandpoint, Idaho. Robert was a grain farmer from North Dakota and moved to Sandpoint to be closer to family. He will be laid to rest next to his family in North Dakota.
Laura R Trick
Sep 19, 2015
Laura Trick passed away peacefully on Saturday, September 19, 2015 at her daughter and son-in-law’s home in Sandpoint, Idaho. Laura was the youngest of nine children born to their Canadian “papa” Alexander Roger and “mama” from Massachusetts, Grace Moore. Their Clovis, New Mexico home was tiny for all those kids – two rooms! so they built a dug-out next to...
Gloria Ann Staglund
Sep 18, 2015
Gloria Ann (Miller) Staglund passed away peacefully on September 18, 2015 in Sandpoint, Idaho. She was born in Everett, Washington on March 10, 1927 to Oliver T. and Jennie M. Miller. She was raised and attended schools in the Ferndale, Washington area. She married Wallace L. (Wally) Staglund on June 15, 1945. The marriage was blessed with four children. The...
Robin Sevon Clayburn
Sep 13, 2015
Robin S. Clayburn, 51, passed away in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho on Sunday, Sept. 13, 2015. Memorial services will be conducted at 11am, on Saturday, September 19, 2015, in Coffelt’s Funeral Chapel. Pastor Jon Pomeroy, Sandpoint Church of God, will be officiating. Robin was born on September 2, 1964 in Jackson Hole, Wyoming where he lived and attended school until he...
Karin Tendoy Pedersen
Sep 13, 2015
Karin Tendoy Pedersen, 87, passed away at her home on Sunday, September 13, 2015 in Sandpoint, Idaho. Private family services will be held at a later date. Karin grew up during WWII in Norway. She came to the United States to become a cowgirl and moved to the Sandpoint area and built her dream house on Colburn Culver Road.
Lyle R. Leen
Sep 9, 2015
Lyle Roger Leen, 76, passed away at his home, in Laclede, on Wednesday September 9, 2015. Memorial services will be conducted at 11:00am, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015 in the Laclede Community Church. Pastor Dan Moore will be officiating and a potluck will follow the service. Lyle was born on July 6, 1939 in Roseau, MN, the son of Arthur and...





