Norman Frank Linscott

Norman Frank Linscott passed away on March 2, 2008 in Sandpoint, ID. He was 96 years old. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 6th at Coffelt’s Funeral Chapel. Pastor Jon Pomeroy officiating with interment to be in Pinecrest Memorial Park. Visitation will be on Wednesday from 3:00 PM until 6:00 PM at Coffelt Funeral Service Norman was born in Terry, SD on December 6, 1911 to Clarence Linscott and Emma LaFavor Linscott. His father worked for the City of Terry on the horse-drawn fire engines and funeral hearse. At age six, the family moved to Summit, SD where he attended school until the 8th grade. In 1928, the Linscott family moved to Sandpoint and purchased 40 acres on North Boyer from Humbird Lumber Company. At the age of 17, Norman got a job working for the Elks Golf Course. His early career in the gravel business began in the 1930’s at the Bonner County Airport with a borrowed horse and rented wagon. With the money he saved, he purchased his first dump truck. In 1936, He married Pauline Adell Fankhouser in Wallace, ID. They had a son Frank in 1943 and a daughter Lauralie Adell in 1947. During the 1940’s he owned and operated a wooden box factory and spent two years working on the Alcan Highway. Upon returning from Alaska, he spent two years in the US Navy at Farragut, ID. After his discharge, he continued in the gravel business purchasing Sindler’s 80-acre gravel pit south of Sandpoint. In the early 1950’s, he branched into the excavating business purchasing the first backhoe in Bonner and Boundary Country. In 1966, his wife Pauline passed away. In January 1970, he married Lillian Reynolds Linscott. In 1980, he sold the gravel pit to his son Frank and began a semi-retirement, spending winters in Arizona and delivering gravel in the summer. He was preceded in death by his parents, wife Pauline, daughter Lauralie, brothers Muriel, Beldon and sisters Blanche, Ella Ruth, Charlotte and Caroline. He is survived by his wife Lillian, son Frank and 18 grandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren, 6 great-great grandchildren and nieces and nephews too numerous to mention. Norman was a well-respected businessman and was loved by all that knew him. Norman Frank Linscott husband, father, grandfather, uncle and friend will be greatly missed.