Obituaries

Local Obituaries for North Idaho and Western Montana

Heidi Faye Luettgerodt

Heidi Faye Luettgerodt

Jun 25, 2021

Heidi Luettgerodt, a longtime resident of Bonner County, passed away at Schneidmiller House in Hayden Idaho on June 25th, 2021. She was only 57 years old.

Heidi was born in Moorhead, Minnesota on May 5th, 1964 to her father Gerald Lee Dronen of Sharon North Dakota and her mother Janet Frances Peterson of Bertha Minnesota. At the age of two,...

George Robert Soetje

George Robert Soetje

Jun 23, 2021

George Robert Soetje, 85, passed away on Wednesday, June 23, 2021 in Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho.

 

Graveside services will be conducted at 10:00 am, Wednesday, July 7, 2021 in the Whispering Pines Cemetery.

 

The family suggest that memorial may be made to a disabled veterans group of your choosing, groups that protect wolves and wildlife and Idaho Native...

Larry Mark Owens

Larry Mark Owens

Jun 22, 2021

A loving husband and father and accomplished construction worker, Larry Mark Owens passed away unexpectedly on June 22, 2021 in Sandpoint, Idaho.

 

Larry was born July 17, 1948 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Cecil and Bernice Owens. He attended Holy Rosary Catholic School and was a graduate of Idaho Falls High School in 1966. Upon graduation, Larry enlisted in...

Georgia Eulalia Caven

Georgia Eulalia Caven

Jun 16, 2021

Georgia Eulalia Ramsay Caven, 60, passed away on June 16th, 2021 in Sandpoint, Idaho.

 

Georgia was born to George and Eulalia Ramsay on April 10th, 1961 in Hawthorne, California. She moved to Sandpoint in 1975 where she graduated from Sandpoint High School. At the young age of 17, she met the love of her life, Vern Caven, while riding...

Joseph Weisz

Joseph Weisz

Jun 12, 2021

Joe Weisz, 95, passed away on Saturday, June 12, 2021, in Sandpoint. 

Graveside funeral services, with military honors, will be conducted at 10:00am, Friday, June 18th, in Pinecrest Memorial Park.  Dale Coffelt will be officiating.

Joe was born April 30, 1926 in St. Paul, Minnesota and moved to Sandpoint at the age of 1 year.  He attended local schools,...

Shane Edward Dunaway

Shane Edward Dunaway

Jun 12, 2021

Shane Dunaway 52 passed away on June 12,  2021, in Coeur d’Alene.

A celebration of Shane’s life will be held at 2:00pm, on Saturday, July 17, 2021, in the New Life Church on North Boyer Avenue.

Shane was born on October 16, 1968 in Sioux City, Iowa.   He was an Air Force Brat,. Shane was raised in Fort Worth TX. ...

Thomas "TC" Brown, Jr.

Thomas "TC" Brown, Jr.

Jun 8, 2021

Thomas “TC” Brown Jr, 84, passed away on Tuesday, June 8, 2021, in Sandpoint. 

Funeral services, with military honors, will on Wednesday, June 16, 2021, at 11:00am, in Coffelt’s Funeral Chapel.   Dale Coffelt will be officiating, with burial in the Westmond Cemetery.

Tom was born on March 29, 1937 in San Angelo, Texas, attended local schools and graduated from...

Roland Wayne Derr

Roland Wayne Derr

Jun 7, 2021

Roland Wayne Derr 94, from Clark Fork Idaho passed in peace on June 7, 2021.  Roland was born in Sandpoint Idaho to William and Dorothy (Huff) Derr.  He grew up in Clark Fork and lived there his entire life.  He graduated from Clark Fork High School in 1946 and enlisted in the US Army shortly after, serving his country during...

Richard Lee Largent

Richard Lee Largent

Jun 5, 2021

Memorial service for Richard Lee Largent, 66, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday July 24th at Pinecrest Memorial Park in Sandpoint Idaho. He will be interred next to his father Donald W. Largent. 

 

Richard, a longtime Spokane resident, died June 5th, 2021. He was born in Spokane, Washington and grew up in Sandpoint, Idaho, graduating from Sandpoint high...

Dale R. Payton

Dale R. Payton

Jun 3, 2021

 

Dale Reuben Payton, 75, passed away on Thursday, June 3, 2021, at his home in Laclede, following a battle with cancer.

Graveside funeral services were conducted on Saturday, June 5, 2021 in Pinecrest Memorial Park.

Dale was born to Richard and Alice Payton on January 10, 1946 in Seattle, Washington.  He married Janice Melvin in April, 1964 at Stites,...

Alexander Drew Mackin

Alexander Drew Mackin

Jun 1, 2021

  Alexander "Alex" Drew Mackin died at the age of 34, on  Memorial Day, 2021, in Sandpoint, Idaho. He was born in Austin, Texas on September 2, 1986. His parents Tom and Rhonda Mackin chose to move their young family to Wilderness Ranch, in East Boise County, Idaho and then into Idaho City, where Alex and his sister Lindsay grew up,...

David Lee Crum

David Lee Crum

May 29, 2021

David Lee Crum, 62, passed away in Elmira, on Saturday, May 29, 2021.  Family services will be planned later for the North Idaho native.    He was born on April 27, 1959 in Bonners Ferrry, Idaho.   He was a carpenter working with, and finishing, concrete.  A complete obituary will be posted later.

Maxine Sophia Congleton

Maxine Sophia Congleton

May 21, 2021

Maxine Sophia Congleton, 100

 

Maxine Sophia Congleton passed away on Friday, May 21 naturally caused by being six months past her 100th birthday. Born in Antigo, Wisconsin on October 27, 1920, Maxine was the second of five children born to Clarence and Mayme Freiburger.

 

She married the love of her life, George Lee Congleton, Jr., on January 16,...

Myron E. "Buzz" Watts

Myron E. "Buzz" Watts

May 20, 2021

Myron E. "Buzz" Watts, 86, passed away, on Wrencoe Loop, on Thursday, May 20, 2021.  A complete obituary will be posted later.  Buzz was born on October 21, 1934 in Wrencoe, a small community at that time.  He attended local schools and worked in the lumber industry, driving logging truck   He had also driven long haul trucks.

David Frank Harper

David Frank Harper

May 19, 2021

David F. Harper, 59, passed away on Wednesday, May 19, 2021, in Sagle, Idaho.   David was born in Lakewood, California on March 15, 1962 and had worked as a computer hardware analyst.  He had lived in the Sagle, area.

Calvin Leroy Kelley

Calvin Leroy Kelley

May 19, 2021

Calvin L. Kelley passed away on Wednesday, May 19, 2021, in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.  A full obituary will be posted later.  Calvin was a US Army Veteran from Vietnam, and had lived in the Sagle area.

Alan Lee Hulquist

Alan Lee Hulquist

May 17, 2021

Alan Lee Hulquist, 53, passed away, at his home in Sagle, on Monday, May 17, 2021.

Memorial services will be held at 1:00pm, Sunday, July 18, 2021 at the Jewel Lake Ranch Barn.

Alan was born on October 12, 1967 in Missoula, Montana the son of Guy and maeBelle Hulquist.  He attended Missoula schools, graduating from high school.  He moved...

Lesly John Dingus

Lesly John Dingus

May 15, 2021

Lesly John Dingus, 92, passed away, in Sandpoint, on Saturday, May 15, 2021.  Family services will be held later in Florida.  Lesly was born on May 28, 1928 in Neptune, New Jersey and had recently retired to North Idaho.  He served, with the US Navy, in Guam at the end of WW II. 

William Roberts Brodie

William Roberts Brodie

May 15, 2021

William R. Brodie, 94, passed away on Saturday, May 15, 2021, in Sandpoint.   Family services will be held later.  William was born on                March 30, 1927, in Black River, Jamaica.  He moved to Nebraska in 1945 and then to the Sandpoint area in 2015.  He was a retired physical therapist.

Eunice A. Boynton

Eunice A. Boynton

May 10, 2021

Eunice Adelaide Boynton, 91, passed away on Monday, May 10, 2021, in Sandpoint.  She was born on December 1, 1929 in Nyack, New York and had retired in the Sandpoint area.   Family services will be held at a later date.