Obituaries
Ditler Leo Lauritsen
Feb 14, 2014
Ditler L. (Ditty) Lauritsen of Bonners Ferry, ID was called home to Heaven on Feburary 14, 2014. He was 60. He was formerly from Oakford, PA. A Celebration of his Life will be held on Wednesday, February 19, 2014 at Mountain Springs Church 6789 Main St. Bonners Ferry, ID 83805 at 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may...
Elden Lee Merrifield
Feb 12, 2014
Elden Lee Merrifield, 74, of Bonners Ferry, Idaho, passed away the evening of Wednesday, February 12, 2014, at Bonner General Hospital in Sandpoint, Idaho. Services will be held on Saturday, February 22, 2014 at 11:00am in the Trinity Lutheran Church in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. He, along with his twin brother, Ellis, was born October 19, 1939, to Lynn and Myrtle...
Dorothy Ruth Thompson
Feb 9, 2014
Dorothy (Ruth) Thompson (95) passed away on February 9, 2014 in Sandpoint, Idaho. Funeral Services will be held on Monday, February 17, 2014 at 11:00am in the Free Methodist Church in Bonners Ferry, Idaho with private interment in the Paradise Valley Cemetery, near Bonners Ferry. She was preceded in death by her mother and father Blanche & Ernest Schevenius, Brother...
Clifford (Cliff) Gillard
Feb 9, 2014
Clifford (Cliff) Gillard passed away on Feb 9, 2014 to be with the love of his life, “Little Jo,” in heaven. Services will be held on Sunday, February 16, 2014 at 1:00pm at the Bonners Ferry Funeral Home. Cliff was adopted as an infant by Frank and Georgie Gillard and raised on their dairy farm in Cow Creek. He loved...
Veronica Mae Abraham
Feb 7, 2014
Veronica Mae Abraham (25) passed away on February 7, 2014 as a result of a fire at her Bonners Ferry Home. A Wake will be held starting at 4:00PM Thursday. February 13, 2014 at the Kootenai Tribal Hall, Bonners Ferry, Idaho with a Mass of Christian Burial on Friday, February 14, 2014 at 10:00am at St. Ann’s Catholic Church in...
Mark Spencer Lavoie
Feb 6, 2014
We are deeply saddened by the sudden and unexpected passing of Mark Spencer LaVoie, of Bonner’s Ferry, ID. He passed away Thursday, February 6th in his home. He was born in Missoula Montana on May 13, 1950 to Orman and Betty LaVoie. Mark graduated with honors from Loveland High School in 1968, after which he served 2 tours of duty...
Mildred Irene Macdonald
Feb 1, 2014
Mildred Irene (Guthrie) MacDonald, 92, passed away at Boundary Community Hospital in Bonners Ferry, Idaho,February 1, 2014.Funeral services will be at 11a.m. February 6th at Bonners Ferry Funeral Home with internment to follow at Paradise Valley Cemetery. She was born November 13, 1921, in her grandmother Iva Olds' home just south of Bonners Ferry. Mildred is survived by two brothers,...
Phillip Eugene (Bud) Finley
Jan 29, 2014
Phillip (Bud) Finley Jr. made his journey to heaven on January 29th, 2014, from the Coeur d’Alene Hospice House. Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, February 8, 2014 at 4:00pm at the United Methodist Church in Bonners Ferry, Idaho with interment in the Grandview Cemetery. Bud was born in Bonners Ferry, Idaho on August 12th, 1959 to Lila and...
William (Bill) Earl Kahn
Jan 27, 2014
William Earl Kahn was born to Elmer and Lena Smith Kahn on April 6.1939 in Fairview, Oklahoma. He left us unexpectedly on January 27, 2014. Little is known about his childhood. When he was four and a half years old his mother passed away on Thanksgiving Day. His school days were spent in Fairview, and that is also where he...
Gretchen Norene Brittin (Anderson)
Jan 23, 2014
Gretchen Norene Brittin (Anderson) passed away at her daughters home near Bonners Ferry, Idaho on January 23, 2014. Services will be held at Mt. Hall Church in Bonners Ferry, ID on Jan. 29, 2014 at 11am. Gretchen born in Mansfield,OH on June 3, 1924 to the late Maynard Lewis and Edna Mae (Marmet) Anderson. She graduated from Mansfield Sr. High...
Doris Juanita Cantrell
Jan 23, 2014
Doris Juanita Cantrell (91) passed away on January 23, 2014 at her daughter’s home near Porthill, Idaho. Burial will be in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. Arrangements are being handled through the McLaughlin Funeral Home, at Fort Walton Beach, Florida.
Robert Walter (Bos) Bosworth
Jan 17, 2014
Robert Walter (Bos) Bosworth (73) passed away unexpectedly on January 17, 2014 at the Bonners Ferry Home. Services will be held on Friday, January 24, 2014 at 11:00am at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. Robert “Bos” was born June 19, 1940 in Albuquerque, New Mexico to Albert M. and Phyllis W. Bosworth. They lived in Socorro, NM...
Marjorie Dale Day
Jan 11, 2014
Marjorie Dale Day passed away on January 11, 2014 near Bonners Ferry, Idaho after an extended illness. Services will be in Bonners Ferry Idaho on Thursday January 16, 2014 at 11:00am in the Woodland Mennonite Church. Burial will be in the Woodland Mennonite Church cemetery. A memorial Service will be in Burlingame on Thurs January 23 at 6:30 pm -8:00...
Maxine M. Cassal
Jan 7, 2014
Maxine M. Cassal (Jones), also known as "Maggie", left this world to be with her Heavenly Father, on January 7th 2014, surrounded by her loved ones. A celebration of her life will be held on Saturday, June 21, 2014 at the Senior Citizen’s Hospitality in Bonners Ferry, Idaho at 11:00am. Maggie was born on January 31, 1934, to Gerald and...
James Jay Sanborn
Jan 1, 2014
James Jay Sanborn, 20, of Bonners Ferry, Idaho, passed away New Years Day, January 1st, 2014. Services will be held for James on Friday January 10th, 2014. At the Springs of Living WaterFree Methodist Church.Beginning at 11:00 a.m. with Gathering following. James was born September 28th 1993 in Libby, Montana. He lived with Foster families until he was happily adopted...
June R. Ripatti
Dec 30, 2013
June R. Ripatti (88) passed away on December 30, 2013 at her Copeland Area home. Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, January 11, 2014 at 11:00am in the Bonners Ferry Funeral Home with interment in the Copeland Cemetery, Copeland, Idaho. Following the Graveside Service family, friends, and neighbors are invited to share a potluck meal in celebration of June’s...
Clifford Andrew Clifton
Dec 29, 2013
Clifford Andrew ‘Cliff’ Clifton, 86, passed away at his home near Bonners Ferry, Idaho, on Dec. 29, 2013.Servicces were held on Sunday, January 5, 2014 at 4:00pm at the Bridgeway Assembly Of God Church near Bonners Ferry, Idaho. Interment will be in the Washington State Veterans Cemetery, Medical Lake, Washington Cliff was born in Ardmore, Ok., to Marion Andrew Clifton...

Allen Wyatt Vanalstyne, Jr.
Dec 28, 2013
Allen Wyatt VanAlstyne, Jr., 84, of Bonners Ferry, died Saturday (Dec. 28) at Hospice of North Idaho in Coeur d’Alene. Services will be held on Saturday, February 8, 2014 at 1:00pm in the Mountain Springs Church in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. He had been a veteran of the United States Navy. Surviving him are his wife of 60 years, Beverly, of...
Irma Esther Bochu
Dec 26, 2013
Irma E. Bochu, 91 passed away on December 26,2013 at the County Restorium. Irma was born in the small town of Cresant, Ohio January 16,1922 to Louis & Mary Katona. She had 4 siblings Louis, John, Irene and Margaret. She married John Bochu in 1959 and had 2 children Debbie and John. She and John both worked for Lockheed and...
Ellen Dell Carrithers
Dec 23, 2013
Ellen Dell Carrithers was born on August 5, 1926 in Syracuse, Kansas to Earl Carrithers and Ina Butts Carrithers. Ellen passed away surrounded by family on December 23, 2013 at the Hospice House in Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho of natural causes. At a young age she moved from Kansas to North Idaho with her parents and 4 siblings. During her...