Obituaries
Local Obituaries for North Idaho and Western Montana
Jacqueline Ann Cecelia O'Connor
Jun 1, 2017
Jacqueline Ann O’Connor, recently of 1517 Autumn Ln. Sandpoint, Idaho passed away peacefully with loved ones at her side on Thursday June 1, 2017 and is now at home with her beloved Savior. She is preceded in death by her parents Albert and Josephine Cyr, husband Robert M. O’Connor, eldest son Michael R. O’Connor, sisters Beverly McClatchy and Patty Ann...
James Fred Christy
May 30, 2017
James Fred Christie, 76, passed away, at his home in Sandpoint, on Tuesday, May 30, 2017. Private family services will be held later. James was born in Burlington, Iowa on August 20, 1940, the son of Austin and Ada Christy. The family moved to California and he graduated, in 1958, from high school in Clovis, California. He married Roylene Frazer...
Anadel Weisz
May 28, 2017
Anadel Weisz, 93, passed away on Sunday, May 28, 2017 in Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho. A private family gathering will be held at a later date.
June Louise Mosher
May 27, 2017
June Louise Mosher, 83, passed away on May 27, 2017, in St. Maries, Idaho. Memorial services will be conducted at 11:00am, Monday, June 5th; in Coffelt’s Funeral Chapel. Pastor Jon Pomeroy, Sandpoint Church of God, will be officiating. A reception will follow at the Sandpoint 7th Day Adventist Church. June was born in Tama, Iowa, on March 28th, 1934, to...
Patricia "Patsy" Williams
May 27, 2017
Patricia “Patsy” O. Williams, 90 passed away on Saturday, May 27, 2017 in Hilo, Hawaii. Funeral Service will commence on Saturday June 17 at 11 am (arrive earlier for viewing) at Coffelt’s Funeral Chapel, with Father Dennis C. Day officiating. Interment will take place in Pinecrest Memorial Park. Following the service there will be a gathering for snacks and beverages...
Dorothy Vernon LaMarche
May 21, 2017
Dolly was born Dorothy Vernon Derr, March 24 1928, in Clark Fork, ID to Bill and Dorothy Derr. Her brothers were William Brian Derr (Billy) deceased, and Roland Derr of Clark Fork, ID. Dolly attended Clark Fork High School and both the University of Washington and the University of Montana and earned both an undergraduate degree in teaching, a teaching...
Kathryn Ann Hamshar
May 20, 2017
Kathryn Ann Hamshar, 94, passed away in Newport, WA on Saturday, May 20, 2017. Kathryn Ann Still was born on a farm, in Steel County, North Dakota on August 18, 1922. The family came to Idaho in in 1936 and purchased a farm on the Great Northern Loop, North of Sandpoint. She went to Seattle in 1942, during WW II,...
Dianne Louise Ball
May 20, 2017
Dianna Louise Ball, 78, passed away on Saturday, May 20, 2017 in Coeur d' Alene, Idaho. Private family services will be held at a later date.
Alvie M Laver
May 20, 2017
Alvie M Laver, 60, passed away on Saturday, May 20, 2017 in Sandpoint, Idaho. Private family services will be at a later date.
June J. Anderson
May 16, 2017
June J. Anderson, 94, passed away Tuesday, May 16th in Sandpoint, Idaho. June was born on June 26, 1922 in Contact, Nevada to Paul Jones and Helen Weighall. On April 14, 1943, June married Robert H. Anderson in Salt Lake City, Utah. June was a Registered Nurse for 35 years. The last twelve of those years she was the school...
Patrick T. "Tom" Nordeen
May 15, 2017
Patrick T. "Tom" Nordeen passed away in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho on Monday, May 15, 2017. Tom Nordeen was born in Wenatchee, WA to Bill and Polly Nordeen, on June 2, 1944. He lived in Wenatchee until 1960, when his family moved to Sandpoint, ID. He graduated from Sandpoint High School, attended the University of Idaho and Lewis-Clark State college, and...
John Leo Spalding
May 13, 2017
John Leo Spalding, 91, passed away in Kootenai, Idaho on Saturday, May 13, 2017. Graveside services will be held in the Hermosa Cemetery, in Colton, California later. John was a city inspector for the city of Colton and a US Army Veteran of WW II.
Mark N Ponack
May 9, 2017
Mark N. Ponack, 63, passed away in Hayden, Idaho on Tuesday, May 9. 2017. Mark went on an eternal hunting trip with his Lord and Savior on May 09, 2017. Mark was born the third child to Nick and Darlene Ponack (Dingley) on March 20, 1954 in Sandpoint, Idaho. He was raised in Hope. In 1977, Mark married Phyllis (Hegstad);...
Matthew Dale England
May 8, 2017
Matthew Dale England, 47, passed away in Sandpoint, Idaho on Monday, May 8, 2017. Family services will be held later in Lewiston, Idaho. Matthew was born on October 11, 1969 in Lewiston, Idaho the son of James D and Vivian England. He grew up in Lewiston, graduating from high school there. He also worked with S L Start and the...
Ronald George Winship
May 6, 2017
Ronald George Winship, 88, passed away in Sandpoint on Saturday, May 6, 2017. A complete obituary will be posted later for the retired Spokane fireman, and US Army veteran. Ronald was born in Spokane, Washington on Nov. 3, 1928. Survivors include his wife, Dorothy, of Sagle.
Beverly June Sharp
May 5, 2017
Beverly June Sellmer Sharp, 81, passed away peacefully at her home in Heron MT on Friday, May 5, 2017 She was born on July 8, 1935 in Sandpoint, ID, to Willy and Minnie (Vohs) Sellmer and spent her early childhood growing up on the ranch and attending school in Heron, MT. In 1945, the family moved to Sandpoint where she...
Ronald H. "Ron" Hoffman
Apr 29, 2017
Ronald Harold Hoffman was born December 28, 1932 in Forbes, North Dakota to Harold and Stella Hoffman. Due to the Great Depression, his family moved numerous times around the area following whatever work could be found, eventually working their way through Montana before finally settling in southern Idaho. The family sharecropped at several farms in the Boise valley, and Ron...
Patricia Anne Sauer
Apr 29, 2017
Patricia Anne Sauer, 78 of Sandpoint, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday April 29, 2017 at Bonner General Hospital. Pat was a loving mother, grandmother, sister, and friend to many and will be dearly missed. Patricia was born February 4, 1939, in Sandpoint to Pearl and Jim April. During her school years in Sandpoint Patricia was involved in many activities. While...
Michael Alan Nordland
Apr 27, 2017
Michael Alan Nordland, 32, left us all too soon on April 26th 2017. He was born May 11 1984 in Sandpoint, ID. He spent his childhood and young adult life in Tacoma, WA. He was a career sous chef, currently working at 41 South. He was so talented and truly enjoyed “chef'n” in the kitchen that one could taste the...
Lola Mae Nieman
Apr 27, 2017
Lola Mae Nieman 89, died in Sandpoint, Idaho after an extended illness, on April. 27, 2017. Lola was born in Baxter, Tennessee on July 14, 1927 to James and Sarah Parazetta Nash. She grew up and attended local schools in Dover, Tennessee. Lola met her husband-to-be Hudson Nieman, in Nashville while he was playing in a traveling dance band at...