Obituaries

Local Obituaries for North Idaho and Western Montana

Samuel Masters Carr

Samuel Masters Carr

Mar 27, 2017

Samuel Masters Carr, 90, passed away on Monday, Mach 27, 2017 in Sandpoint, Idaho. Private family services will be held at a later date. A complete obituary will be posted later.

Kenneth Lee Mott

Kenneth Lee Mott

Mar 26, 2017

Kenneth Lee Mott lost his battle with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) on Sunday morning, March 26, 2017. Funeral services will be conducted at 10:00 am, Saturday, April 1, 2017 at the First Baptist Church with Pastor Ken Smith officiating. Interment will take place at 1:00 pm, Saturday, April 1, 2017 at the Newport City Cemetery, Newport, Washington. Ken was born...

Diana Lynn Moore

Diana Lynn Moore

Mar 24, 2017

Diana Lynn Moore was born on September 17, 1946 and passed away in her home on March 24, 2017 after a short battle with cancer. Born in Yakima, Washington then moving to Sandpoint in the 60’s. She graduated from Sandpoint High School in 1964. Diana worked at the Panida Theater and from there started her career in law enforcement, working...

Milton Aaron Thompson, Jr.

Milton Aaron Thompson, Jr.

Mar 22, 2017

Milton Aaron Thompson, Jr. 87 On March 22 , 2017, our Lord Jesus took Milton home after a long struggle with cancer. He is survived by his beloved wife, Arlene, of 70 years; sons Craig Thompson (Gail) of Camano Island, WA, and Jeffrey Thompson (Kristeen) of Kelso, WA; daughters, Zanthia Timblin (Brian), Vicki Jeffres (Dale), and Tia Warrer (Charles) all...

Lee Raymond Allmann

Lee Raymond Allmann

Mar 21, 2017

Lee Raymond Allmann, 77, passed away on Tuesday, March 21, 2017 in Sandpoint, Idaho. Services will be held at a later date.

Debra Ann Douglas

Debra Ann Douglas

Mar 21, 2017

Debra Ann Douglas, 60, passed away on March 21, 2017 at her home in Ponderay, Idaho. Private family services will be held at a later date.

M. Claire Travers

M. Claire Travers

Mar 19, 2017

On November 13, 1930, Marie Claire Martter was born to Olympian and Ohio State Hall of Fame Wrestler, Perry Martter and Los Angeles socialite, Helen Scully Martter. Raised Catholic, she attended and graduated from Immaculate Heart High School in Hollywood in 1948. In the 40’s and 50’s, Claire enjoyed modeling for tea parties and elite social events before meeting and...

Sandra Louise Irving-Alamillo

Sandra Louise Irving-Alamillo

Mar 18, 2017

Sandra Louise Irving-Alamillo lost a three year battle with cancer on March 18, 2017. She died at her home where her daughter Michelle Alamillo and her husband Joseph Alamillo had been caring for her. Memorial services will be conducted at 11:00 am, Wednesday, April 19, 2017 in St. Joseph’s Catholic Church with Father Dennis C. Day officiating. Sandra was born...

David Paul Murray

David Paul Murray

Mar 16, 2017

David Paul Murray, 64, passed away in Sandpoint, Idaho on Thursday. March 16, 2017. David was a biologist, working in water management, living in Sandpoint.

Michael Paul Williams

Michael Paul Williams

Mar 15, 2017

Michael Paul Williams, 67, passed away in Thompson Falls, Montana. on March 15, 2017. Private Family services will be held at a later date.

Billy Duane Syth

Billy Duane Syth

Mar 15, 2017

Billy Duane Syth, 85, passed away on the evening of March 15, 2017 at his home in Post Falls, Idaho. Funeral services will be conducted on Saturday, April 1, 2017, at 11:00am in Coffelt’s Funeral Chapel, in Sandpoint, Idaho. Billy was born on August 26, 1931, in Sydney, Montana. Billy was the 3rd youngest, of 18 children, born to William...

Rhonda Rae Marley

Rhonda Rae Marley

Mar 14, 2017

Rhonda Rae Marley passed away peacefully at her Valley Vista residence on March 14, 2017. She was born at Bonner General hospital in Sandpoint December 13, 1955. Rhonda attended school at the little white school house near Washington school, While at school Rhonda made friends easily and some of those friends would eventually come to work with her at Panhandle...

Lyle Kenneth Mecham

Lyle Kenneth Mecham

Mar 14, 2017

Lyle Kenneth Mecham was one of eight children born to Leslie and Linda Mecham on October 18, 1930 in Upalco, Utah. After high school he joined the Army and served in the Korean War as a telegrapher on a ship. He then moved to Sandpoint, Idaho where he met and married Carolyn Jacobson and soon a son and then a...

Shirley Ann Rose

Shirley Ann Rose

Mar 13, 2017

Shirley Ann Rose, 68, passed away on Monday, March 13, 2017 in Sandpoint. Interment will be in Pinecrest Memorial Park with private family services. Shirley was born on May 29, 1948 in Merrysville, California and married Eric Rose on October 20, 1982 in Reno, Nevada. The family moved, from Central California, to Sagle in 2002. Shirley enjoyed reading and spending...

Billy Wesley Reed

Billy Wesley Reed

Mar 12, 2017

Billy (Bill) Wesley Reed passed away on March 12, 2017, from Lewy Body Dementia. Bill was born in Duncan, Oklahoma, April 9, 1939, to Jimmy and Frances Reed. His family lived in Texas and California. He graduated from Colton High School in 1957. He married Mary Little on November 2, 1957. While in high school, Bill worked at Smith Meat...

Laura Ann Holbert

Laura Ann Holbert

Mar 12, 2017

Laura Ann (Blakely) Holbert, 87, passed away on March 12, 2017 at Luther Park, succumbing to dementia/Alzheimer’s. Funeral services will be conducted at 10:00 am, Saturday, March 18, 2017 at the First Presbyterian Church with Pastor Andy Kennaly officiating. Burial will take place in Pack River Cemetery. Laura was born in Roscoe, Montana the daughter of Claud and Lena (Ceria)...

Ronald Earl Hunt

Ronald Earl Hunt

Mar 8, 2017

Ron E. Hunt, 67, passed away on Wednesday, March 8, 2017 in Sandpoint, Idaho. A complete obituary, for the longtime Sandpoint resident, will be posted later. Ron attended Bonner County schools, graduating from Sandpoint High School. He had followed construction prior to returning to his home town.

Thomas Howard Buck

Thomas Howard Buck

Mar 7, 2017

Thomas Howard Buck, 78, passed away March 7, 2017. Tom was born March 19, 1939 in Sioux City, Iowa to Melzer and Coena (Kuhn) Buck; he was the youngest of 6 children. He moved to Sandpoint, Idaho with his family in 1942. In his younger years, Tom worked as a shoeshine boy, box boy and delivered papers. On June 5,...

Ileene June Smith

Ileene June Smith

Mar 5, 2017

Ileene June (Plaster) Smith, 77, passed away in her home on Sunday, March 5, 2017, with her husband and children by her side. She bravely fought cancer for over two years. Ileene was born July 6, 1939 in Yakima, Washington the daughter of Pete and Dorothy Hagerman. She moved to Sandpoint in 1956, from Yakima, Washington and married Leonard Plaster...

Lucille Falk Miller

Lucille Falk Miller

Mar 3, 2017

Lucille Falk Miller, 94, passed away on Friday, March 3, 2017 in Sandpoint, Idaho. Services will be held at a later date. She will be laid to rest next to her husband at Ft. Snelling National Cemetery in Minnesota later in the spring.