Obituaries

Joyce Ann Trueblood

Joyce Ann Trueblood

Mar 4, 2014

Joyce Trueblood passed away on Tuesday, March 4, 2014 after a short battle with lung cancer. Memorial Services for family, friends and the community will be held on Saturday, May 24 , 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at the Bonners Ferry Fairgrounds. Joyce was born on December 17, 1930 in Emmett, Idaho to Leo and Lottie (Cox) Fulgham. At age 10,...

William (Bill) Delwin Frans

William (Bill) Delwin Frans

Mar 2, 2014

William (Bill) Delwin Frans passed away on Sunday, March 2, 2014 at Kootenai Medical Center.  He was 84 years old.       Bill was born on August 4, 1929 in Kettle Falls, WA to Leslie and Elva Hodgson Frans.  He moved with his family to the Naples area in 1935.  He attended Naples and Highland Flats grade schools and Bonners Ferry...

William Delwin Frans

William Delwin Frans

Mar 2, 2014

William Delwin Frans passed away on March 2, 2014 atKootenai Health in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Private arrangement will be held. A complete obituary to follow. Family and friends are invited to sign Bill’s book at www.bonnersferryfuneralhome.com Arrangements are entrusted to the care of Bonners Ferry Funeral Home.

Ernest Lawrence Loewen

Ernest Lawrence Loewen

Mar 1, 2014

Ernest Lawrence (Ernie) Loewen (83) passed away on March 1, 2014 at Kootenai Health in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Services will be held on Saturday, March 8, 2014 at 2:00pm in the United Methodist Church in Bonners Ferry, Idaho with private interment in the Grandview Cemetery. Son of Jacob and Susana Loewen, caring son, brother, father and friend. Ernie served in...

Michael Harris Mills

Michael Harris Mills

Feb 22, 2014

Michael Harris Mills (68) passed away on February 22, 2014 at his home in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. Private arrangement are being held. Family and friends are invited to sign Joyce’s book at www.bonnersferryfuneralhome.com Arrangements are entrusted to the care of Bonners Ferry Funeral Home.

Bobie Harrison Eby

Bobie Harrison Eby

Feb 20, 2014

Bobie Harrison Eby (81) passed away on February 20, 2014 at the Boundary Community Hospital ER in Bonners Ferry, Idaho as a result of complications of COPD. Services will be held on Saturday March 1, 2014 at 1:00pm in the Bonners Ferry Funeral Home in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. Private interment will be in the Grandview Cemetery. Bobie was born on...

Robert (Bob) Earl Phillips Sr., W7Lma

Robert (Bob) Earl Phillips Sr., W7Lma

Feb 18, 2014

Robert “Bob” Earl Phillips Se., W7LMA passed away on Tuesday, February 18, 2014 at his home near Moyie Springs, Idaho. Bob was born on June 10, 1946 in Ontonagon, Michigan, Graduated high school in Kellogg, Idaho, and shortly after he joined the Marines, and was sent to Vietnam. On July 19th, 1965 at the age of 19, Bob took several...

Ditler Leo Lauritsen

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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...