Obituaries

Local Obituaries for North Idaho and Western Montana

Jack Irwin Turner

Jack Irwin Turner

Jul 17, 2014

Jack Turner, loving husband, Dad, Grand-dad, and Great Grand-dad, was born July 29, 1934. He went home to be with his Lord on Thursday morning, July 17, 2014 at his home in Naples with his beloved wife, Martha by his side. He was proceeded in death by his mother, Lucille Brown of Torrance, CA, and son Steven Turner of Porterville,...

Emma Louise Hawkins

Emma Louise Hawkins

Jul 17, 2014

Emma L. Hawkins, 87, passed away Wednesday, April 2, 2014 in an assisted living home in Manteca, California.She was born February 10, 1927 in Romulus, New York to Cora Ethal (Clark) Troutman and Harry William Troutman. When attending high school as a junior, she met, fell in love with and married Robert Noel Hawkins on March 26, 1946. They moved...

Robert Blettenberg

Robert Blettenberg

Jul 14, 2014

Robert Blettenberg, 71, of Sagle passed away on Monday, July 14, 2014 at Kootenai Health in Coeur d’ Alene. Services will be held 11:00am, Saturday, July 19, 2014 at the Westmond Ward Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day saints, located at 331 Westmond Rd., Westmond, ID. Friends may call at Coffelt’s Funeral Chapel in Sandpoint on Friday, July 18,...

Archie E. Jones

Archie E. Jones

Jul 13, 2014

Archie E. Jones, 75, of Laclede passed away on Sunday, July 13, 2014 at his home. Archie was born in Lake Park, Iowa on Nov. 3, 1938. He graduated from high school in Vista, California in 1956. On September 13, 1958 he married Jean Britton in Brainerd, MN. He worked construction in Brainerd, MN. He moved to Idaho in 1983...

Jake Leedy

Jake Leedy

Jul 13, 2014

John "Jake" Wyatt Leedy, 63, of Sandpoint, Idaho, passed away Sunday, July 13, 2014, at Bonner General Hospital. Born May 1, 1951 in Santa Monica, California, to Daniel Cassius Leedy and Lorna Mae Leedy, John was the second of their four children. John grew up in the small town of Encinitas in coastal Southern California. He spent summers on the...

Laurie Anne Clay

Laurie Anne Clay

Jul 13, 2014

Laurie Anne Clay, 57, passed away on Sunday, July 13, 2014 at her home in Ponderay, Idaho. A complete obituary will be posted later.

Gavin Duncan Wallis

Gavin Duncan Wallis

Jul 11, 2014

Gavin D. Wallis, 70, died suddenly of a stroke on July 11th after a short bout with cancer. Private family services will take place at a later time. Gavin had been a resident of Sandpoint for over thirty years. He was also a navy veteran who served in active duty aboard a submarine for eight years. He continued to serve...

Anne Robinson D'Olier

Anne Robinson D'Olier

Jul 8, 2014

Anne Heaton Robinson D’Olier passed away on July 8th, 2014 in Sandpoint, Idaho the town she loved so dearly. Anne was born in New York City July 5, 1949. She grew up in Manhasset on the north shore of Long Island. She graduated from Oakwood Friends School in 1967 and later attended Emerson College in Boston. At the end of...

Theodore Roosevelt Crabb

Theodore Roosevelt Crabb

Jul 8, 2014

Theodore Roosevelt Crabb, 92, passed away on Tuesday, July 8, 2014 at his home in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. Ted Crabb was born May 28, 1922 in Orofino, Idaho to Jarrett and Stella (Kight) Crabb. He attended schools there, graduating from Orofino High School in 1940 and the University of Idaho in Moscow in 1942. Ted was a Staff Sergeant in...

Betty Jo Standish

Betty Jo Standish

Jul 5, 2014

Betty Jo (Caughey) Standish, 91 after 66 years of marriage, four children, seven grandchildren, fourteen great grandchildren, and one great-great grandchild passed away on July 5, 2014. Private family services will be held at a later time. Betty was born October 20, 1922 in Filer, Idaho the second child of five born to Robert “Shorty” and Fern (Bills) Caughey who...

Simone (Mona) Palmere Vincent

Simone (Mona) Palmere Vincent

Jul 2, 2014

Simone (Mona) Palmere Vincent 101, of Sandpoint, after a full and beautiful life went peacefully home to the Lord on Wednesday, July 2, 2014 at Hearthstone Village with her loving daughter; Elaine and other family members at her bedside. A Vigil service with Rosary will be recited on Monday, July 7, 2014 at 7:00PM at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church. The...

Janice Lavonne Jay

Janice Lavonne Jay

Jun 29, 2014

Mrs. Janice “Jan” LaVonne Jay, 81, passed away in Sandpoint, Idaho on June 29, 2014. Jan was born on July 22, 1932 in Penang, Malaysia. She spent the early years of her life in Bangkok, Siam now known Thailand. She came back to the States to attended Upper Columbia Academy in Spangle, Washington where she met her future husband and...

Emery H "Red" Ramey

Emery H "Red" Ramey

Jun 28, 2014

Emery (Red) Herman Ramey a resident of Lamoille, NV passed away on June 28, 2014. He was 88 years old. Emery was born to Doc and Carrie (Hedgecock) Ramey in Pikeville, KY on October 22, 1925. He was one of nine siblings. Wheeler Ramey, Hester Ramey Goff, William Ramey, Elmer Ramey, Joseph Ramey, Phillip Ramey, Harold Ramey, Ruth Ramey Adams....

Mary Louise Tonning

Mary Louise Tonning

Jun 25, 2014

Mary Louise Jellum Tonning, 68, passed away at Valley Vista Care on Wednesday, June 25, 2014. Memorial services will be conducted on Monday, June 30, 2014 at 11:00 am in Christ Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, with inurnment in Lakeview Cemetery. A reception will follow at 12:00 pm. She was born December 24, 1945, in Fosston, Minnesota to Gordon and Ruth...

Frankie "Blackie" Goforth

Frankie "Blackie" Goforth

Jun 24, 2014

Franklin D. “Blackie” Goforth passed away on Tuesday, June 24, 2014 at his home in Noxon, Montana. He was born in Egnar, Colorado in 1936, the son of Eva Sunshine and Houston Archie Goforth. He was preceded in death by his mother, his paternal father his brother Kenneth, and his dad Frank Kardokus. He married Nora Marie Fisher in Sandpoint...

Sonja Jo Knight

Sonja Jo Knight

Jun 15, 2014

Sonja Jo Knight, 76, passed away on Sunday june 15, 2014 at her home in Sandpoint, Idaho. Sonja moved to Sandpoint in 1974. She loved her animals and to play bingo.

Jeanette Marie Bass

Jeanette Marie Bass

Jun 15, 2014

Jeanette Marie Bass, 87, passed away on Sunday, June 15, 2014 in Sandpoint, Idaho. Jeanette moved to Sandpoint to be with family and will be buried next to her husband in Blue River. Oregon.

Edward J "Ed" Solce

Edward J "Ed" Solce

Jun 12, 2014

Edward Joseph Solce, 90, passed away in Kootenai, Idaho on Thursday, June 12, 2014. The Mass of Christian Burial will in the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Clark Fork, Idaho at 11:00am, Thursday, June 19, 2014. Father Bob Lilly, Heron, Montana will be officiating. A potluck reception will follow in the Clark Fork Senior Center. Edward was born on February 8,...

Sean Aaron McConnell-Higgins

Sean Aaron McConnell-Higgins

Jun 9, 2014

Sean McConnell-Higgins, 29, passed away unexpectedly at his home in Sagle on Monday, June 9th. The third of three children born to Gerald Higgins and Marvelee McConnell Higgins, while they were living in Laufeld, West Germany, Sean was adventurous from the start. At 3 weeks old he accompanied his Mom and Aunt to the Oktoberfest in Munich, Bavaria and enjoyed...

Dorothy Eleanore Ackerman

Dorothy Eleanore Ackerman

Jun 9, 2014

Our wife, mother, mother-in-law, sister, sister-in-law, grandma and friend. Dorothy came to us as the second child of Clair and Harriett (Drake) Darrow on November 28, 1918 in Atlantic, Iowa. She married Roland E. Ackerman on May 4, 1937 in Griswold, Iowa. Here is to the woman whose warmth, wisdom and humor have earned her the respect of her friends...