Obituaries

Local Obituaries for North Idaho and Western Montana

Mary "Lou Ellen" Gray

Mary "Lou Ellen" Gray

Nov 6, 2015

Mary Lou Ellen “Lou Ellen” Gray, 91, long time area resident passed away on Friday, Nov. 6, 2015 in Moscow, ID where she had moved in 2009 to be near her son. Private family arrangements will be held at a later time. She was born April 10, 1924 in Kimball, Nebraska, the daughter of Charles and Edith Bourlier. She attended...

Ray Stutzke

Ray Stutzke

Nov 5, 2015

Ray Stutzke, 84 of Sandpoint passed away on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015 at his home. Graveside services will be conducted 11:00AM, Monday, November 16, 2015 in Pinecrest Memorial Park, with Pastor Keith Goullette of the Northside Christian Fellowship, officiating. Following the graveside services there will be a reception at the Old Hope Lighthouse on Highway 200 in Hope, Idaho, everyone...

Norma Jean Wagner

Norma Jean Wagner

Nov 5, 2015

On the evening of November 5, 2015 Norma Jean (Pankratz) Wagner passed away peacefully with family at her home in Sandpoint, Idaho. She was 83 years old. Norma Jean was born at the family farm in Marion County, Kansas, the third daughter born to Ruth (Beaston) Pankratz and George Pankratz, May 17, 1932. She attended local schools and graduated from...

Flavia E. Kellner

Flavia E. Kellner

Nov 4, 2015

Flavia Eudora Kellner went to be with Jesus on Wednesday, Nov 4, 2015, at 94 years young in Marysville, WA, surrounded by her loving family. Memorial service services will be conducted 1:00PM Friday, Nov. 27, 2015 at Coffelt’s Funeral Chapel. Flavia was born May 11, 1921 the daughter of pioneer parents, Homer and Eudora Blood. Her family had one of...

Richard "Dick" Dennis Hansen

Richard "Dick" Dennis Hansen

Nov 4, 2015

Richard “Dick” Dennis Hansen, 69, passed away on Wednesday, November 4, 2015 in Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho. Memorial services will be held at a later date. Richard was born Oct. 23, 1946 in Sandpoint, Idaho the son of Henry Melvin and Ella Marie Hansen. He attended the Deaf and Blind School in Gooding, Idaho from 1st through 10th grade where...

John Thomas Wallace

John Thomas Wallace

Nov 2, 2015

John Wallace, 75, of Careywood, passed away suddenly on Monday, Nov. 2, 2015 at his home. Funeral services will be conducted 11:00AM, Monday Nov. 9, 2015 at Coffelt Funeral Service. Interment with military rites will follow in Pinecrest Memorial Park. John was born March 26, 1940 in Sandpoint, Idaho the son of George and Marie Wallace. He attended schools in...

Madison Lee Wyman

Madison Lee Wyman

Nov 2, 2015

Madison Lee Wyman was born on May 1, 2001 in Sandpoint, Idaho. She went to heaven on November 2, 2015. Madison grew up in a loving home with her parents Ray and Jennifer and her siblings Shelby, Kenzie and Brennen. Madison was a fun and loving beautiful girl with gorgeous brown eyes and a contagious smile. She was a freshman...

Murray Wayne McIntire

Murray Wayne McIntire

Nov 1, 2015

Murray Wayne McIntire, 72, passed away on November 1, 2015 at his home near Noxon, Montana. Private family services will be held at a later date for the Montana resident.

Clifford J. Grimes

Clifford J. Grimes

Oct 30, 2015

Clifford J. Grimes, 94, long time area resident went home to be with his Lord following a long illness on Friday, October 30, 2015 at Life Care of Sandpoint. Funeral Services will be conducted 11 AM Thursday, November 12, 2015 at New Song Bible Church, with Pastor Barry Johnson, officiating. Clifford was born on March 7, 1921 in Blodgett, Kansas...

Jerry Robert Jones

Jerry Robert Jones

Oct 28, 2015

Jerry Robert Jones, 59, of Sagle, Idaho, passed away Wednesday, October 28, 2015 in Sandpoint, Idaho. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 am, on Saturday, November 7, 2015 in Coffelt’s Funeral Chapel with Pastor Jon Pomeroy from the Sandpoint Church of God officiating. Interment will take place in Pinecrest Memorial Park. Jerry was born September 11, 1956 in Sandpoint...

Audrey Rasmussen

Audrey Rasmussen

Oct 27, 2015

Audrey Rasmussen, 74 long time Heron, MT resident passed away in Seattle Washington on Tuesday, October 27th, 2015. She was born in Mandan, ND on August 24, 1941 and moved the Heron, MT when she was in elementary school. In 1960 she married her high school sweetheart Dale Rasmussen in Polson, MT. She enjoyed baking, sewing, working puzzles and spending...

Kenneth A. Stone

Kenneth A. Stone

Oct 18, 2015

Kenneth A. Stone, 85, resident of Athol, Idaho passed away in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho on Friday October 18, 2015 from diabetic complications. Kenneth had retired from Burlington Northern and served with the US Marines during the Korean conflict. A longtime area resident, he graduated from Sandpoint High School with the class of 1948.

Kyal Douglas Watts

Kyal Douglas Watts

Oct 14, 2015

Kyal Douglas Watts, 46, former Sandpoint resident died while surfing in Cosa Rica. A celebration of Kyal Douglas Watts life will be held on Saturday, October 31, 2015 at 11:00 am at Coffelt Funeral Chapel in Sandpoint with Pastor Steve Bradshaw and Sig Jensen officiating. Kyal was born in Las Vegas, Nevada on October 23, 1968. He and his family...

Dorothy M. Rosenberger

Dorothy M. Rosenberger

Oct 13, 2015

Dorothy M. Rosenberger, 94, of Sandpoint passed away on Tuesday, October 13, 2015 in Sandpoint. Funeral services will be at 11:00am, Tuesday, October 20, 2015 in Coffelt’s Funeral Chapel. Pastor Paul Graves will be officiating with interment in Pinecrest Memorial Park. Dorothy was born on July 4, 1921 in Ashland, Oregon the daughter of John and Bessie McKenzie. In 1923...

Vicki Cassidy

Vicki Cassidy

Oct 12, 2015

Vicki Roberts Cassidy, 73 of Kootenai passed away on Monday, Oct. 12, 2015 at Valley Vista Care Center. Private family services will be held at a later time.

Alma Estella Fournier

Alma Estella Fournier

Oct 10, 2015

Alma Estella Fournier, 87, passed away on Saturday, October 10, 2015. Private family graveside services will be held in Pinecrest Memorial Park. Alma was born in Spokane, Washington on January 13, 1928, the daughter of Winfield and Violet Francis. The family moved to the Sandpoint area in 1939 and she attended the Algoma Grade School and then the Sagle High...

Dr. Pamela Riddle Bird

Dr. Pamela Riddle Bird

Oct 8, 2015

Dr. Pamela Bird, 59, of Sandpoint, Idaho, gained her set of wings on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015, as she lost her life in a tragic airplane accident in the Cabinet Mountains near Hope, Idaho. Pamela was born on Aug. 19, 1956, in Rolla, Missouri to Albin and Julia Nicklyn Hudek. Pamela was the youngest of eight children. Pamela was an...

Connor-Lee Wayne Henderson

Connor-Lee Wayne Henderson

Oct 8, 2015

Connor-Lee Wayne Henderson, 21, of Pasco, Washington lost his life in a tragic train-vehicle accident on October 8, 2015 in Cocolalla, Idaho. Connor was born on June, 4, 1994, in Littleton, Colorado to Christopher and Linda Henderson. He was the youngest of three siblings. Connor graduated from Snake River High School just outside of Blackfoot, Idaho in 2012. Prior to...

Donnie Dawson

Donnie Dawson

Oct 6, 2015

Donald Edward Dawson, 78, passed away peacefully on October 6, 2015 at his home in Clark Fork surrounded by his loving family. Donnie was born on September 2, 1937 in Quilcene, Washington. He was the youngest of 11 children born to Ed and Viola Dawson. The Dawson family moved to Clark Fork when Donnie was a year old. He went...

Patricia Joyce Lang

Patricia Joyce Lang

Oct 6, 2015

Patricia Joyce Lang, 82 of Sandpoint passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015 at her home. Graveside services for Patricia will be held at a later time in Pinecrest Memorial Park. She was born June 10, 1933 in Drummond, Montana the daughter of Lavon and Lillian Mitton. As a young child she moved with her family to Ponderay, Idaho. She...