Blanche L. Wyatt

Blanche Loretta Wyatt, 92, beloved mother and grandmother passed away in Hayden, Idaho on Friday, Nov. 9, 2012. Funeral services will be conducted at 11; 00 am, Saturday, November 17th, in Coffelt’s Funeral Chapel. Dale Coffelt will be officiating and interment will be in Pinecrest Memorial Park. Calling hours, for Blanche, will be Friday, Nov. 16th, from 2 pm until 6 pm at Coffelt Funeral Service. Blanche was born March 9, 1920 in White River, South Dakota the daughter of August and Gladys Kriege. The family moved to Sandpoint in 1933 and she graduated from Sandpoint High School. On June 18, 1938 she married Ralph Wyatt in Sandpoint. For a short time, during WW II, they lived in Lansing, Michigan. She worked in local bakeries for P.G. Hayworth and Dub Lewis. She enjoyed her vegetable gardens and canning the tomatoes and green beans for her family. She liked camping on McCormick Creek, picking huckleberries and riding her snow mobile. Blanche is survived by 3 sons James W (Jill) Wyatt of Bellingham, WA; Larry D (Drusilla Hieber) Wyatt of Spokane, WA; Gerald Wyatt of Cocolalla, ID; sister in law Murle Rogers of Sandpoint, ID; two brothers Wesley (Geraldine) Kriege of John Day, OR; Richard (Loretta) Kriege of Sisters, OR.; her sister Donna (Kriege) Parker of Sisters, OR. Also surviving are her loving grandchildren and great grandchildren who will forever be told the stories of Blanche’s early life on the Plains of South Dakota and the family gatherings at the family residence in North Idaho: James W Wyatt, Jr. of Coeur d Alene, ID; Richard D Wyatt of Maple Valley, WA; David A Wyatt of Spokane, WA; Lee A Wyatt of University Place, WA; Christine (Wyatt) Hosmer of Spokane, WA; Pamela (Wyatt) Westfall of Priest River, ID; Jason Wyatt of Post Falls, ID; Joseph Wyatt of Boise, ID; and 12 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents August and Gladys Kriege, her husband Ralph D Wyatt; her brother Robert Kriege, her sister Hazel (Kriege) Roslyn, and her son Robert R Wyatt. Memorials may be made to Hospice of North Idaho, 9493 N Government Way, Hayden, Idaho 83835; in memory of Blanche Wyatt.