Obituaries
Local Obituaries for North Idaho and Western Montana
Wade Harvey Nelsen
Aug 4, 2011
Wade Harvey Nelsen, age 77 of Noxon, MT, passed away August 4th, 2011 at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, WA. Born in a cabin in Noxon, MT on August 24th, 1933, Wade was the only child of Harvey Nelsen and Isobel (Dodge) Nelsen. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother remarried Ivan Rasmussen, so most of...
Iris Adele Johnson
Jul 31, 2011
Iris A. Johnson, 79, of Sandpoint, died Sunday, July 31, 2011 at her home. Graveside services will be conducted 10:00AM, Saturday, August 6, 2011 at Pack River Cemetery. Iris was born February 13, 1932 in Craig, Nebraska the daughter of Benjamin and Rosa Eby. She moved to Fontana, California as a child where she was raised and attended schools. On...
Altha May Thompson
Jul 25, 2011
Altha May Thompson, 85, passed away peacefully on July 25th in Sandpoint, Idaho. Altha was born May 5th, 1926 to Albert William and Sophia Clare ( Skierka) Moles, at Belknap, Montana. She attended school in Belknap and Thompson Falls. Her first job was cooking for the haying crew on the Charlie Daniels ranch. After high school graduation, she worked for...
Ellis "Ed" Floyd Smith
Jul 23, 2011
.Ellis “Ed” Smith, 89, of Sandpoint passed away peacefully on Saturday, July 23, 2011 at his home. In celebration of Ed’s life, a potluck and barbeque will be held at Ed’s home, 11919 Baldy Road August 6, 2011 at 12:00 Noon. He was born April 10, 1922 in Sandpoint, Idaho, the son of Daymond and Lena Watson Smith. He grew...
Sophie Luise Feuerbach
Jul 23, 2011
Sophie Luise Feuerbach, 91, of Sandpoint died Saturday, July 23, 2011 at Huckleberry Retirement Center. Memorial services will be conducted 11:00AM, Saturday, August 6, 2011 at Coffelt Funeral Chapel. Sophie was born on November 24, 1919 in Oberstedten, Germany, the youngest of four children, all girls. She was raised and attended schools in Germany. On November 3, 1951 she married...
Bryan Lantis Mercer
Jul 23, 2011
Bryan L. Mercer, 59 of Ogden, Utah passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, July 23, 2011 in Hartford, CT while in his truck. Bryan was the oldest son of Dude and Vera Mercer. Bryan grew up in Noxon, MT running and playing as a child on the farm. As a student he was able to get straight A’s without studying. He...
Ardeth Jean Schukar
Jul 19, 2011
On Tuesday, July 19, 2011 Ardeth “Ardie” Jean Schukar left our world to go bake cookies for the angels. Ardie was known about town as “the cookie lady”, as she made cookies for friends, neighbors and family. Over the years Ardie had literally made thousands and thousands of cookies just to give away. She also made a mean pumpkin bread....
Virginia P Walsmith
Jul 19, 2011
Virginia P Walsmith, 91, passed away on Tuesday, July 19, 2011 in Sandpoint, Idaho. A complete obituary will be posted later.
Constance J. "Connie" Bennett
Jul 17, 2011
Constance J. “Connie” Bennett, 78, of Sandpoint, died Sunday, July 17, 2011 at her home. She was born Aug. 13, 1932 in San Diego, CA the daughter of Guy and Lydia Bennett. She was raised in the Long Beach, CA area where she graduated high school. She later graduated from college in Los Angeles. She was a social worker for...
Kathleen Mary Frazier
Jul 10, 2011
Kathleen Mary Frazier, 96, passed away in Richland, Washington on Sunday, July 10, 2011. Memorial services are pending. Kathleen was born on May 12, 1915 in Great Falls, Montana, graduating from high school in 1934 and at one time held the Montana state record for the 75 yard dash. During WW II she worked in the shipyards as a rivet...
Suzanne M Winkler
Jul 7, 2011
Suzanne M Winkler, 32, passed away in Careywood, Idaho on July 7, 2011. She was born in Spokane, Washington on November 11, 1978. She attended Spokane schools and graduated from Lewis and Clark High School in 1996, and had worked as a multi media artist. In 2009 she received her Bachelor’s Degree and was working, as an RN, for St....
Donald Stephen Angell
Jul 5, 2011
Donald Stephen Angell, age 93, died July 5, 2011, at Kootenai Medical Center in Coeur d’ Alene after a brief illness. He was born in Moscow, Idaho, on November 19, 1917 to Mary Alta (Gilbert) and Martin Fuller Angell, Dean of the College of Letter and Sciences at the University of Idaho. He was an Army captain in World War...
Grayce Inez Domanski
Jun 29, 2011
Grayce Inez Domanski, 85, passed away peacefully in Sandpoint, Idaho on Wednesday, June 29, 2011. Grayce was born on April 19, 1926 to August and Inez Johnson in Cleveland, Ohio. Along with her older sister Ruth and her younger brother John, she grew up in Sheffield Lake and Lorain, Ohio. She graduated from Lorain High School and temporarily went to...
Ellen Pringle
Jun 29, 2011
Ellen Pringle, 78, passed away in Sandpoint on Wednesday, June 29, 2011. Graveside services will be conducted on Tuesday, July 5, 2011 at 3:00 pm in Clark Fork City Cemetery. Ellen was born April 14, 1933 in San Francisco, CA. the youngest daughter of Donald and Nellie McAngus. She was the first born in United States after her father, mother...
David Martin Downing
Jun 27, 2011
David Martin Downing, 30, passed away at his home on Sunday, June 26, 2011. Private family services will be held later. David was born on July 18, 1980 in Palm Springs, California the son of Bill and Sharon Downing. He moved to the Sandpoint area in 1986, attending Sandpoint Schools and graduated in 1998. He played the clarinet in the...
Donald LeRoy Reynolds
Jun 25, 2011
Donald Leroy Reynolds, 70, passed away on Saturday, June 25, 2011 at his home in Bayview, Idaho. Private family services will be held at the Spirit Lake Cemetery where he will be laid to rest next to his mother. Donald was born on December 4, 1941 in Hamilton, Montana the son of Raymond and Myrtle Reynolds. He grew up in...
Dennis Peter Coffrain
Jun 21, 2011
Dennis Peter Coffrain, 67, died on June 21, 2011. He loved living on “the mountain.” Memorial services will be conducted at 6:00pm, Sunday, June 26, 2011 in the Sandpoint First Christian Church. Pastor Jared Horton and Pastor Mike Couch will be officiating. In his young life he worked as a volunteer at the Museum of Man in San Diego categorizing...
Gene Antrich
Jun 20, 2011
Gene Antrich, 59, passed away in Sagle. Idaho on Monday, June 20, 2011. Inurnment services will be later in Oklahoma. Gene was born in Lawton, Oklahoma on May 30, 1952. He attended schools in Lawton, Oklahoma and then joined the US Marine Corp. He served during the Viet Nam Conflict and then moved to Alaska. He lived in Kodiak, Homer...
Marjorie Mae Pratt
Jun 17, 2011
Marjorie Mae Pratt, 90, passed away on Friday, June 17, 2011 in Sandpoint, Idaho. Funeral service will be conducted on Saturday, June 25, 2011 at 2:00 pm in Coffelt’s Funeral Chapel with Pastor Jim Osman, Kootenai Community Church. Marjorie was born on January 23, 1921 in Sandpoint, Idaho the daughter of Albert and Lulu Thompson. She attended local schools here...
Mark Stephen West
Jun 14, 2011
Mark Stephen West was born August 30, 1946, in Glendale, Ca to Lloyd McKee West and Bette Mae Hanson. He passed away unexpectedly on June 14th, 2011 at his home in Sandpoint, Id. Mark graduated from Franklin High School in 1964 and shortly thereafter obtained his private pilot's license. Mark went on to become a flight instructor at San Fernando...
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