Obituaries
Local Obituaries for North Idaho and Western Montana
Reiko Noda Hollstein
Aug 28, 2013
Reiko Noda Hollstein, 82 of Sandpoint passed away Wednesday, August 28, 2013 at Life Care.
Barbara Frances Young
Aug 27, 2013
Barbara Frances Young, 84, passed away in Sandpoint, ID on Tuesday, August 27, 2013. A complete obituary, for the former teachers aid, will be posted later.
Major John Joseph Read, USMC, Ret.
Aug 23, 2013
Major John J. Read USMC, Ret., 79, of Sandpoint passed away Friday, Aug. 23, 2013 at his home. Private family services were held. John was born Feb. 12, 1934 in Wadena, Minnesota the son of Chester and Doris Bush Read. He was raised in Staples, Minnesota and graduated from high school there. He received his BA from California State Chico...
Ruth Hamilton
Aug 23, 2013
Ruth Hamilton passed away at her Jewel Lake home Wednesday, August 21. She was 80. Ruth Evelyn was born to Reverend Raymond and Alma Blackstone in Chewelah, Washington February 15, 1933. She grew up in Spokane and graduated from West Valley High School in 1950. She met her husband of 60 years, Bob Hamilton, in grade school and they married...
Doris Louise Ames
Aug 20, 2013
Doris Louise Ames, 95, passed away on Tuesday, August 20, 2013 in Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho. Graveside Memorial Services will be conducted on Saturday, August 24, 2013 at 2:00 pm at Lakeview Cemetery. Doris was born at home in Ammon, Idaho on January 12, 1918, the daughter of William and May Hammer. She spent her early childhood on their farm...
Barbara Havlicek
Aug 20, 2013
Barbara Havlicek, 88, passed away in Sandpoint, Idaho on Tuesday, August 20, 2013. The Vigil Rosary service will be held at 7:00 pm, Friday, August 23rd, in Coffelt’s Funeral Chapel. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 am, Saturday, August 24th, in Coffelt’s Funeral Chapel with interment following in Pinecrest Memorial Park. Father Dennis C. Day will be officiating. Calling...
Raymond J. Walsh
Aug 16, 2013
Raymond J. Walsh, 81, of Sagle, passed away on Friday, Aug. 16, 2013 at his home. Memorial services will be conducted 10:00AM, Thursday, August 22, 2013 at Coffelt Funeral Service with Pastor Jon Pomeroy officiating. Raymond was born Nov. 30, 1931 in Hoboken, NJ the son of Theresa and Raymond Walsh. He was raised in Teaneck, NJ and graduated high...
Bradley Michael Cunningham
Aug 11, 2013
Bradley Michael Cunningham, 27, passed away on Sunday, August 11, 2013 in an accident in Hope, Idaho. Memorial services will be conducted on Saturday, September 14, 2013 at 5:00 pm at 181 Hickey Rd, Sandpoint, Idaho 83864. Bradley was born on June 23, 1986 in Yakima, Washington the son of Patrick Cunningham and Vicki Collis. He attended local schools in...
Celia Wasylkiw
Aug 8, 2013
Celia Wasylkiw, 94, passed away on Sunday, August 18, 2013 in Sandpoint, Idaho. A complete obituary will be posted later.
Mary Klugh Wilson
Aug 6, 2013
Mary Klugh Wilson, 74, of Sandpoint, Idaho, formerly of Hot Spring Arkansas died on August 6, 2013. Mary was born May 19, 1939 to Jessie L. and Virgie Johnson Wilson. She is preceded in death by her parents; Brother Billy Eugene Wilson and two infant brothers. She is survived by two daughters, Jessie Mueller and Darlene Powers. She was a...
Michael Dale Mallet
Aug 5, 2013
Michael Dale Mallet, 52, of Coeur d’ Alene passed away in Athol on Monday, August 5, 2013. Private family services will be held at a later time. Michael was born June 7, 1961 in Lakewood, CA the son of Clifton and Georgene Mallet. He was raised and educated in California. In the early 2000’s he moved to North Idaho where...
John "Spoons" Sanborn
Aug 3, 2013
John “Spoons” Sanborn, 58, of Sagle passed away Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013 at his home. A memorial gathering will take place on Saturday, August 10, 2013 from 1:00-5:00PM at Garfield Bay in Sagle. A private family inurnment will take place in the Washington State Veterans Cemetery in Medical Lake, WA at a later time. He was born Jan. 31, 1955...
Ruth Dickerson
Jul 28, 2013
Ruth Dickerson, 98, of Sandpoint passed away on Sunday, July 28, 2013 in Spokane. Born the 9th of 10 children on 11/8/1914 to George & Sadie Belle McBee in Meade County, KS. Attended schools in Fowler, KS and was a registered nurse graduate of St. Anthony’s Hospital in Dodge City, KS. She met and married Keith Dickerson in 1937 while...
Sgt. Kevin Blaine Bennett
Jul 23, 2013
Sgt. Kevin Blaine Bennett, 36, of Sagle, Idaho, passed away Tuesday, July 23, 2013 at the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle. Memorial services will be conducted 3:00PM, Wednesday, July 31, 2013 at Real Life Ministries, 1866 N Cecil Road, Post Falls, Idaho with Pastor Chad Wilks of the Sandpoint Church of the Nazarene officiating. Private family interment will...
Wade Gary Brown
Jul 19, 2013
Former Sandpoint fire chief, Wade G. Brown, 72, passed away Friday, July 19, 2013 at his home. Memorial services will be conducted 10:00AM, Monday, July 29, 2013 at the First Lutheran Church. Wade was born on April 27, 1941 in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho the son of Wade and Marie Brown. He was raised in Sandpoint, attending local schools and graduating...
Mrs Lance Kimberly Anne Marley
Jul 18, 2013
Mrs. Lance, Kimberly Anne Marley, 36 of Sandpoint passed away suddenly in Spokane on Thursday, July 18, 2013. Funeral services will be conducted at 10:00am, Friday, July 26th, in Coffelt’s Funeral Chapel. Pastor Steve Nickodemus, Christ Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, will be officiating. Kimberly was born on July 20, 1976 in Nebraska, the daughter of Robert and Patricia Siegel. She...
Jeffrey George Meredith Sr.
Jul 14, 2013
Jeffrey George Meredith Sr., 57, passed away on Sunday, July 14, 2013 in Coeur d' Alene, Idaho. A complete obituary will be posted later.
Thelma Herrmann
Jul 12, 2013
Thelma Herrmann, 98, longtime Sagle area resident, passed away Friday, July 12, 2013 at Life Care of Sandpoint. Funeral services will be conducted 10:00AM, Friday, July 19, 2013 in Coffelt’s Funeral Chapel. Burial will be next to her husband Leslie Joseph Herrmann in the Seneacquoteen Cemetery. She is predeceased by her parents Otto V. Jayne and Martha Naomi Jayne, her...
William James Hefner
Jul 10, 2013
William James Hefner, 88, passed away, at his home in Clagstone, on Wednesday, July 10, 2013. He was a long haul truck driver and a veteran of WW II.
Norman Ellsworth Skabo
Jul 8, 2013
Norman Ellsworth Skabo died at his home in Hope, Idaho, on July 8, 2013 at age 101. Norman Ellsworth Skabo was born April 15, 1912 at Manitou, North Dakota, a village that today exists mostly in name only. It is located in Mountrail County, about 18 miles west of Stanley, the County seat. His fathers name was Nels Skabo and...