Obituaries

Local Obituaries for North Idaho and Western Montana

Jacqueline Cooper

Jacqueline Cooper

Jun 2, 2015

Jackie Cooper, 68, passed away at her home on Tuesday, June 2, 2015 in Sandpoint, Idaho. Private family services will be held at a later date.

Patricia E "Pat" Parks

Patricia E "Pat" Parks

May 30, 2015

Patricia E. “Pat” Parks, passed away in peace on Saturday, May 30, 2015 at the age of 81 in Frederick, Maryland. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00am, Thursday, June 11th in Coffelt’s Funeral Chapel. Interment will follow in Pinecrest Memorial Park. James Comish will be conducting the services. Pat was born in Bayard, Nebraska on April 21, 1934, the...

Carlton Eugene Shade

Carlton Eugene Shade

May 26, 2015

Carlton Eugene Shade, 94, of Priest River passed away on Tuesday, May 26, 2015 at Bonner General Hospital. Private family services will be held at a later time. Carlton was born April 18, 1921 in Martinsburg, WV the son of George and Louella Shade. He was raised in West Virginia and served in the U.S. Army during World War II....

WIlliam "Bill" J. Jewsbury

WIlliam "Bill" J. Jewsbury

May 26, 2015

The unexpected death of William Joseph Jewsbury, 55, occurred Tuesday May 26 at 10:00pm in his home. Bill was born in Santa Ana, CA on April 17, 1960. He grew up in North Idaho, attending Southside School then Sandpoint High School where he was considered the life of every party. He married his loving wife, Wendy Jewsbury in 1982. Bill...

Esther Lorene Verwolf

Esther Lorene Verwolf

May 24, 2015

Esther Lorene Verwolf, 88, passed away in Sandpoint, Idaho on Sunday, May 24, 2015, her birthday. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00am, Saturday, May 30, 2015 in Coffelt’s Funeral Chapel. Pastor Jon Pomeroy, Sandpoint Church of God, will be officiating. A reception will follow at the Dover Community Hall. Esther was born on May 24, 1927 in Sandpoint, Idaho...

Arie Elroy Poelstra

Arie Elroy Poelstra

May 23, 2015

Arie Elroy Poelstra, 85, of Sandpoint passed away Saturday, May 23, 2015 at Valley Vista. Funeral services will be in Coffelt’s Funeral Chapel at 9:00am, Thursday, May 28th. Wayne Gunter, Community of Christ in Sagle, will be conducting with interment in Pinecrest Memorial Park. Arie was born on September 5, 1929 on a farm, to Elmer and Lena Poelstra, in...

Anne W Cordes

Anne W Cordes

May 15, 2015

Anne Williams Cordes passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her family on May 15, 2015. She had suffered a stroke a week earlier. Funeral services will be conducted 10:00AM, Tuesday, May 26, 2015 at Coffelt Funeral Chapel with Paul Graves, officiating. Interment will follow in Pinecrest Memorial Park. Anne was born Anna Louise Williams in Asbury Park, New Jersey...

Sally Ann Lindemann

Sally Ann Lindemann

May 12, 2015

Sally Ann Lindemann was born Sally Ann Stuart on December 24, 1941 in Davenport, Iowa to parents Lyle and Alice Stuart. She passed away at her home in Portland, Oregon on May 12, 2015 at the age of 73 following an extended illness. Sally lived in Sandpoint from 1984 to 2012. She and her husband, artist Bob Lindemann, moved to...

Margaret I "Maggie" Becker

Margaret I "Maggie" Becker

May 12, 2015

Margaret I. “Maggie” Becker, 72, passed away in Sandpoint on Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at Life Care. Memorial services will be conducted 11:00AM, Monday, May 18, 2015 at Coffel’s Funeral Chapel. Maggie was born Aug. 2, 1942 in Bridgewater, MA the daughter of Michael and Irene McDonnell. She moved to Long Beach, CA where she graduated from high school. She...

Donald Eugene Zahn

Donald Eugene Zahn

May 10, 2015

Major Donald Eugene Zahn 94 was born October 15th, 1920, and joined his loving wife Norma in heaven on May 10th, 2015. Memorial Services will be conducted Saturday June 6th, 2015 at 11:00 am in the First Lutheran Church on the 71st anniversary of D-Day. Pastor Steve Neuder will be officiating. "Don" as he liked to be called was born...

Toni Renae Crawford

Toni Renae Crawford

May 10, 2015

Toni Renae Crawford, age 50, passed away in her home, surrounded by loved ones on Sunday, May 10, 2015. She was born on June 29, 1964 in Auburn, California. After being raised by Ilean and Bill Buster, along with her brother Tracey Buster, she graduated from Bonners Ferry High School in 1982. Two years later she married the love of...

John Malcolm Tara

John Malcolm Tara

May 6, 2015

John Malcolm Tara was a beloved husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather and friend who passed away peacefully on May 6, 2015 in Sandpoint, ID at the age of 94. John was born in Oakland, CA on February 11, 1921 to John Tarabochia and Margaret E. Crandell. When John was a young child, his greatest dream was to fly airplanes and...

Patricia E. "Pat" Parks

Patricia E. "Pat" Parks

May 3, 2015

Patricia E. “Pat” Parks, 81, passed away in Frederick, MD on Saturday, May 30, 2015. A complete obituary, announcing funeral services, will be posted later. Pat was a long time resident of the Hope area and a retired real estate agent. She will be buried, beside her husband Paul Parks, in Pinecrest Memorial Park.

James "Jim" Hugh Fulling

James "Jim" Hugh Fulling

May 1, 2015

James Hugh Fulling, 76, of Sandpoint, died peacefully at his home with his wife Betsy by his side, on May 1, 2015, after a courageous two and a half-year struggle with many ongoing health issues. He was born in the Bronx, New York on August 25, 1938 to Thomas Raymond Fulling and Geraldine Rose Davitt, and was the second of...

Raynold "Ray" Davis

Raynold "Ray" Davis

Apr 26, 2015

Raynold David “Ray” Davis, 89, of Sandpoint, peacefully passed away in the loving presence of his family on Sunday April 26, 2015 at Luther Park in Sandpoint. Funeral services will be conducted 11:00AM, Thursday, April 30, 2015 in the Sandpoint L.D.S. Stake Chapel, 602 Schweitzer Cut-off Rd, with Bishop Rob Redford, conducting. Interment will follow in Pack River Cemetery. Ray...

Helen Rose Manson

Helen Rose Manson

Apr 17, 2015

Sandpoint’s beloved Helen Rose Manson, 90, of Sandpoint passed away on Friday, April 17, 2015 at Bonner General Hospital. Private family services will be held at a later date. Helen was born September 9, 1924 in Fresno, CA the daughter of Vernon and Rosa Bertken. She was raised and attended schools in Fresno and graduated Roosevelt High in 1942. Helen...

Carolyn Rae Barnes

Carolyn Rae Barnes

Apr 16, 2015

Carolyn Rae Barnes 68, of Heron, Montana passed away at Bonner General Hospital on Thursday, April 16, 2015. Private family services will be held at a later time.

Mary Etta Williams

Mary Etta Williams

Apr 15, 2015

On Wednesday, April 15, 2015 our Lord and Savior took Mary Etta home to be with her family. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 pm on Saturday May 9, 2015 in Coffelt’s Funeral Chapel with Pastors Stan Norman and Gerri Harvill of the Sandpoint United Methodist Church officiating. Interment will take place in Pinecrest Memorial Park. A viewing will...

Kay Adean Kemmis

Kay Adean Kemmis

Apr 11, 2015

Kay Adean Kemmis, 82, passed away on Saturday, April 11, 2015 in Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho. He was born June 20, 1932 in Kalispell, MT to LeRoy D. Kemmis and Lorene I. (Moe) Kemmis. He was a preemie baby, but his dad said, “He’ll make it, he is a tuffy,” a nickname that stuck through his high school years. Memorial...

Karen Brown

Karen Brown

Apr 10, 2015

Karen I. Brown passed away in her sleep at her home in Colburn, Idaho, on Friday, April 10, 2015. Karen was born on Feb. 15, 1933, to Gladys (Dooley) Graves and Harold Graves in Sandpoint, Idaho. She grew up in Kootenai, Idaho, with her sisters, Virginia, Kay and JoAnn. Karen went to school in Kootenai and Sandpoint. She is survived...