James JR Edgcomb

James Robert “JR” Edgcomb, 57, passed away the morning of January 1st in Sandpoint, ID. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 AM, Saturday, January 5th, in Coffelt’s Funeral Chapel. Pastor Brian Noble, Sandpoint Assembly of God, will officiate. The service will close with military honors. Friends may call at Coffelt Funeral Service on Friday afternoon from 12 noon until 6:00 PM to pay respects. JR was born in VanNuys, CA on June 30, 1950 the son of Robert and Peggy Edgcomb. He graduated from high school in California and then served with the US Army in Viet Nam. He received both the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star. In San Diego he worked as a commercial diver and married Krisanne E. Hansen on April 2, 1978 in San Jose, CA. From 1983 until 1990 he was a machinist, in the aircraft industry, in Southern, CA. He moved to Sandpoint in 1994 and worked for Louisiana Pacific until retiring for health reasons in 2001. He was a member of the Military Order of the Purple Heart, The Viet Nam Veterans Association, and was a founding member of the Dinky Dau Breakfast Club, and a lifetime member of the D A V. JR enjoyed his horses, going riding, gathering and swapping stories with his veteran buddies at the Samuels Coffee Shop He is survived by his wife Krisanne Edgcomb of Sandpoint, ID; his mother Peggy Edgcomb of Burlington, VT; a brother Arne Edgcomb of Burlington, VT; a sister Shirley Appel of Incline Village, NV; and his best friends, his dogs, Pooh Bear and Eeyore. His father and his grandparents preceded him in death. Memorials may be made to the Viet Nam Veterans of America, Chapter 890, PO Box 2014, Sandpoint Idaho 83864 or to the Panhandle Animal Shelter, 1624 Great Northern Road, Sandpoint, ID 83864