Obituaries
John Bradley Standal
May 21, 2020
John Bradley Standal, 73, passed away on May 21, 2020, at his home in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. Due to the Coronavirus the family has decided to not do a open public service and have a private family service. We would like to thank all of our friends for the prayers and support during this time. He was born Jan 30,...
Martha Mae (Butts) Dirks
Apr 21, 2020
Martha Mae Dirks was born June 25, 1922 to Charles E. and Gail Day Butts at Elkhart, Kansas. She peacefully passed away in the early morning on April 21, 2020, at Sunset Home, Bonners Ferry, Idaho at 97 years of age. Her family moved to Bonners Ferry in 1931. She was nine years old and rode most of the way...
James Lublin
Apr 9, 2020
James Lublin, 67, After many years of illness, Jim’s suffering finally ended on April 9, 2020. He leaves behind Suzanne Lublin, his loving wife of 25 years, brothers Steve (Marti) and Rick (Ginger), sister Kande, two grandchildren and four great grandchildren, as well as many nieces, nephews, and cousins. Jim was born in Salt Lake City on July 4, 1952...
Cathy Lynette Shaw
Mar 29, 2020
Cathy Lynette Shaw, 65, passed away suddenly March 29, 2020 at her home in Naples, Idaho. Cathy was born March 8, 1955 to Donovan (Sr.) & Jenese Brewner in Decatur, Illinois. She graduated from Eisenhower High School in 1973, Cathy married, giving birth to two wonderful daughters. Moving to Wyoming and then Idaho as her family settled down in the...
Bob John Schatzel
Mar 28, 2020
Bob John Schatzel, beloved father, son, and brother, age 52, of Chesaw, Washington, fell asleep in Jesus on Saturday, March 28, 2020. He bravely endured a long bout with Non Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Bob was born in Grand Forks Air Force Base Hospital in Grand Forks, North Dakota on June 5th, 1967. He had a fun childhood growing up in Walla...
Darnell Voegele
Mar 27, 2020
Darnell Voegele (70) passed March 27, 2020 at his home in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. A celebration of Life will be held at a later date. Darnell was born on June 20, 1949 in Aberdeen, South Dakota. The family moved to Coeur d’Alene, Idaho in 1955 and then to Bonners Ferry, Idaho in 1959. He graduated from Bonners Ferry High School...
Barbara Mcgregor
Mar 24, 2020
Barbara McGregor, age 74, passed away peacefully on Tuesday March 24th, 2020 at Bonner General Hospital in Sandpoint Idaho after battling cancer for 18 months. She was born January 27, 1946 in Liverpool England to Jack and Gladys (Dodman) White. She graduated High School at the age of 15 in Liverpool England. She later married William George Gray McGregor on...
Jan (Burnap, Metcalf, Bigsby) Jarrott
Mar 22, 2020
Jan Jarrott, ( Burnap, Metcalf, Bigsby)born in Walla Walla, Washington on November 6th, 1935 has passed away in her Bonners Ferry Summer home due to rapid onset Lung Cancer diagnosed March 6th, 2020. Jan attended school in Kamiah, Idaho and went on to Nurses training in Spokane, Washington. She later married Bill Bigsby, they were owners of restaurants one being...
Merrill Allen Marcy
Mar 11, 2020
Merrill Allen Marcy was born July 10, 1925 in his grandparents’ house in Latah County to Leon and Claribel Marcy, the fourth of six boys. He came to Naples in the Highland Flats area when he was a few months old. He lived in Highland Flats as a child and then moved to Naples as a young man. He died...
Suzanne Bea (Soltman) Tagney
Mar 7, 2020
Suzanne Bea (Soltman) Tagney was born on October 21, 1941, to Alfred and Goldie Kesner of Chicago, Illinois. She graduated from Roosevelt University in 1963 with a Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education. In December 1963, Suzanne married Theodore Soltman and they made their home in Pittsburgh, PA. Suzanne taught sixth grade until their son, Michael, was born. They later...
Evelyn Marie Albano
Mar 5, 2020
Evelyn Marie Albano age 90, peacefully passed away in her sleep, at Hearthstone Village in Kootenai, Idaho, Thursday March 5th. Evelyn was born on December 11,1929 to Art and Ernestine Anschutz in Union County, New Mexico. Her family moved to Tulia, Texas until she was 4 years old, and then moved back to the Rocky Mountains in New Mexico. She...
Jo Ann Fessler
Feb 27, 2020
Jo Ann Fessler, 86, of Bonners Ferry, passed away Thursday, February 27, 2020 at Kootenai Health in Coeur d' Alene, Idaho. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at St. Ann's Catholic Church in Bonners Ferry, Idaho, on Friday, March 6th, 2020 at 11:00 A.M. Interment will follow at Grandview Cemetery. Jo Ann was born to Harry and Edith...
Alfred (Al) Victor Pennock
Feb 27, 2020
ALFRED (AL) VICTOR PENNOCK, Of Libby MT. passed away peacefully Thursday Feb. 27th, 2020 at the age of 91. Al was born on Christmas Day, Dec. 25th, 1928 to George Victor and Clara Ellen Pennock, where he joined sister Phyllis Nadine in Horton OR. A few years later sister Dixie Lee was born. “Fritz”, as he was called by his...
Sandra L Adler
Feb 25, 2020
Sandra L. Adler (73) passed away at her home near Bonners Ferry, Idaho on February 25, 2020. Private arrangements will be held.
Judith Dean Musial
Feb 23, 2020
Judith Dean Musial gained her wings and went home to be with the Lord on Feb 23, 2020. Her parents were Everett and Haroldine Virden. She was preceded in death by both her parents, sister Gloria Kjos, sister in law Debbie Musial, nephew Jozef Musial, niece Tonya Schmitz Cokenour and uncle Arnold Pherson. Judy is survived by her husband, soulmate...
Diana Lee Wells
Feb 20, 2020
Diana Lee Wells, 70 died February 20, 2020 in Coeur d’lene Idaho. She was born in San Bernardino, California on August 6, 1949 and lived in Moyie Springs Idaho for 20 years. She is survived by her husband Donald Wells, Brother Daryl Kraige of California, grandsons Michael, Scott and Jeremy, also by stepson Scott Wells and wife Bobbi, granddaughters Maxie...
John Wesley Lytle
Feb 19, 2020
John Wesley Lytle, 73, Bonners Ferry, died Wednesday, February 19, 2020. Private family service will be held. He was born February 12, 1947, to George and Rose Lytle in Lewis, Missouri. He served in the U.S. Air Force and moved to Bonners Ferry six years ago. He is preceded in death by brother Gary and daughter Sarah. John is survived...
Edith Mary Frazier Poelstra
Feb 16, 2020
Edith Mary Frazier Poelstra passed away peacefully at the age of 94 on February 16th, 2020, at Boundary County Hospital. She was born May 14th, 1925, in Glade, Kansas, the youngest of eight children to Wesley and Blanche Pruitt. After the devastating effects of the “dust bowl” in 1933, Wesley and Blanche decided to load up their car with kids...
Earl Thomas Stephens
Feb 11, 2020
Earl Thomas Stephens, one of 11 siblings, was born on September 3, 1928 to W.T. Stephens and Cora Elizabeth Scott. Earl’s first job, at the age of 13, was working as a bus boy at the Farragut Naval Training Station. Then at the age of 16, Earl moved to Boundary County and went to work peeling cedar poles where he...
Patricia Marie Buffin Miles
Feb 7, 2020
Patricia Marie Buffin Miles passed away on February 7, 2020 at the Community Restorium in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. Services will be held on Saturday, February 15, 2020 at 2:00pm in the United Methodist Church in Bonners Ferry, Private interment will be held in the Grandview Cemetery, in Bonners Ferry. Born the 2nd daughter to Miriam Butler and Roy Buffin at...