Obituaries

Vance Neil Jones, Jr.

Vance Neil Jones, Jr.

Jan 2, 2012

Vance Neil Jones (Jr) passed away n January 2, 2012 at Kootenai Medical Center, in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Private arrangements are being held with interment in Sharon, Connecticut. Vance was born in Sharon Connecticut to Vance and Ruth Jones on October 16, 1935. He lived in Amenia, NY and attended grammar and high school there. After school he joined the...

Mildred M Fleming

Mildred M Fleming

Jan 1, 2012

Mildred M. Fleming (97) passed away on January 1, 2012 in Kent, Washington. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, January 14, 2012 at 9:00am in the Bonners Ferry Funeral Home in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. Mildred M Fleming passed away quietly in her sleep on January 1, 2012 in Kent, Washington, near the home of her son, Barry Fleming. Born...

Seward R Dinsmore

Seward R Dinsmore

Jan 1, 2012

Seward R. (Denney) Dinsmore, 87, husband of 65 years to Gertrude Robishaw Dinsmore, died January 1, 2012 at Valley Vista Nursing Home in Sandpoint, Idaho from complications of Parkinson’s disease. Private funeral services and interment will be held on January 7. He was born in Rockland, Maine on November 15, 1924, the youngest son of Arthur and Mildred Benner Dinsmore....

Ruth Maxine Loughery

Ruth Maxine Loughery

Dec 31, 2011

Ruth M Loughery, 89, passed away at her Naples area home on December 31, 2011. She was loved and a true inspiration to us all. Ruth was born May 15, 1922 in Spencerville, Ohio to Albert and Bertha Lauer. She received her early education at Jordan High School in Long Beach, California where she excelled in singles and doubles tennis...

Harold Fairchild

Harold Fairchild

Dec 29, 2011

Obituary – HAROLD F. FAIRCHILD Born September 12, 1926 in Bonners Ferry, Idaho to Glen Elmer Fairchild & Dora Ruth Gingles Fairchild. They were living at Eastport, Idaho at the time he was born. In 1928 the family moved into town. In 1936 they moved on the Northbench west of the Three Mile. His dad worked for the Border Patrol...

Dorothy Sybil Krohmer

Dorothy Sybil Krohmer

Dec 23, 2011

Dorothy Baker Krohmer went peacefully in her sleep December 23, 2011 in Hesperia, CA. Graveside Services will be held on Saturday, June 9, 2012 at 2:00pm in the Grandview Cemetery, Bonners Ferry, Idaho with interment following. She was born March 23, 1920 as the fourth child of Emma and Robert Baker. She went to grade school at Consolidated east of...

Dorothy Baker Krohmer

Dorothy Baker Krohmer

Dec 23, 2011

Dorothy Baker Krohmer ( 91) went peacefully in her sleep December 23, 2011 in Hesperia, California. Graveside services will be held on Saturday, June 9, 2012 at 2:00pm in the Grandview Cemetery, in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. Dorothy was born March 23, 1920. She was the fourth child of Emma and Robert Baker. She went to grade school at Consolidated east...

Kelly Lee Stippich

Kelly Lee Stippich

Dec 15, 2011

Kelly Lee Stippich was born in Klamath Falls, Oregon on September 3, 1949, thirteen minutes before her brother was born. An aggressive cancer took her from us unexpectedly. She died at her beautiful cabin in Moyie Springs on December 15, at the age of 62. Kelly grew up in Oregon and graduated from Ashland High School. She first came to...

Lester Lee Howard

Lester Lee Howard

Dec 9, 2011

Lester L. Howard passed away on December 9, 2011 at the Boundary County Nursing Home in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. Services will be held on Saturday, December 17, 2011 at 1:00pm at the United Methodist Church. He will be laid to rest in Grandview Cemetery, with Military rites by American Legion. He was born Oct. 18y 1919 in Mulvane Kansas to...

Virginia Reid

Virginia Reid

Dec 4, 2011

Virginia Reid, 97, passed away peacefully at 6:40 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011, at Boundary Community Hospital, Bonners Ferry. Come join Virginia's family and enjoy a celebration of her life at 4 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 29, at Northside School Bed and Breakfast, Bonners Ferry. She was born on Sept. 19, 1914, to Victor and Ada Norling in Brooklyn, New York....

Bettie Louise Preston

Bettie Louise Preston

Dec 4, 2011

Bettie Louise Preston (83) passed away at her Bonners Ferry home on December 4, 2011. Bettie was born in Moscow, Idaho, the daughter of Paul and Ruby Marcy. A graduate of Bonners Ferry High School, she grew up and lived most of her life in northern Idaho. She worked many years as a dental assistant and in later years as...

Ruth Ellen Woodbury

Ruth Ellen Woodbury

Dec 3, 2011

Ruth Ellen Woodbury passed away peacefully December 3, 2011 with her loving husband Marty by her side after a swift yet valiant battle with melanoma. A celebration will be held for Ruth, January 14, 2012 in the Red Cross Community Room at the Fort Vancouver National Site in Vancouver, Washington. All of her friends are warmly invited. Ruth leaves behind...

Ray L Heath

Ray L Heath

Dec 3, 2011

Ray L. Heath (87) passed away at Boundary Community Hospital in Bonners Ferry, Idaho on December 3, 2011. Full obituary to follow arrangements to be announced at a latter time. Family and friends are invited to sign Ray’s book at www.bonnersferryfuneralhome.com Arrangements are entrusted to the care of Bonners Ferry Funeral Home.

Ulysses Sidney Grant Redfearn

Ulysses Sidney Grant Redfearn

Dec 2, 2011

Ulysses Sidney Grant Redfearn (89) passed away at the Boundary Community Hospital ER on December 2, 2011. Full obituary to follow and arrangements to be announced. Family and friends are invited to sign Ulysses's book at www.bonnersferryfuneralhome.com Arrangements are entrusted to the care of Bonners Ferry Funeral Home.

Alvin Edward Maas

Alvin Edward Maas

Dec 2, 2011

Alvin Edward Maas passed away on December 2, 2011. Alvin was born December 8, 1929 to Fred and Mollie Maas. He grew up on the family farm and attended the Sheridan School. Alvin was drafted into the Army in 1951. He returned to Bonners Ferry after he was discharged in 1953. Alvin married Dorothy (Happy) Worley in 1955. Over the...

Mortimer Phipps Bacon, Ii

Mortimer Phipps Bacon, Ii

Nov 26, 2011

Mortimer Phipps Bacon II was born January 16,1923 in Missoula Montana to Lillian C. (Curry) and Mortimer Phipps Bacon Sr. He left this world on November 26, 2011 from his son Morty's home in Naples, Idaho. Mort grew up and lived in the Alberton, Montana area, the youngest of five children. He was a logger and an outfitter up Fish...

Joan Glover Bartleson

Joan Glover Bartleson

Nov 24, 2011

Joan Glover Bartleson, award-winning nature photographer, passed away early Thanksgiving morning. She is survived by her daughter, Joalan Breaux, and grandson, John Breaux, Jr., She is also survived by her big brother Allen Glover, twin sister Jean Johnson, and sisters Judy Steck, Sharon Griffin and Toni Glover. Joan was born in Dallas, Texas and never lost her love of all...

Joan Glover Bartleson

Joan Glover Bartleson

Nov 24, 2011

Joan Glover Bartleson (66) passed away on November 24, 2011 at her home in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. Joan Glover Bartleson, award-winning nature photographer, passed away early Thanksgiving morning. She is survived by her daughter, Joalan Breaux, and grandson, John Breaux, Jr., She is also survived by her big brother Allen Glover, twin sister Jean Johnson, and sisters Judy Steck, Sharon...

Dale Ardon Severson

Dale Ardon Severson

Nov 23, 2011

Dale Ardon Severson, “Sevo”, went home to be with his Lord on Wednesday, November 23, 2011, at his home in Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho. A celebration of Dale’s life will be held Friday, December 2, at 1:00, at Yates Funeral Home in Coeur d’ Alene. Dale was born in Coeur d’ Alene on June 17, 1951, to Hazel and Ardon...

Margaret Eleanor Swaine

Margaret Eleanor Swaine

Nov 22, 2011

Margaret Eleanor McCartney Swaine passed into her new life with Jesus November 22, 2011. She was born in Des Moines, Iowa on September 17, 1915 at home with her father, Dr. W.H. McCartney delivering her. Her mother, Edith, had her first daughter after two boys. Margaret grew up loving to play tennis at the court across the street from her...