Obituaries

Jun 2, 2024

Elyse Matejovsky, 92, of Hope Idaho, died on June 2, 2024, in Bonners Ferry. The eldest child of Thelma (Herting) and Leo Durkin, Lee was born in 1931 in Wolf Point Montana. When she was 3 years old, the family moved to Renton, Washington, where she lived until age 15. In 1949, following their return to Wolf Point, Lee...

Jun 1, 2024

Eleanor Jane Speer

October 25, 1933 – June 1, 2024

Heaven gained an angel in the early hours of June 1, 2024. “Jane” lived her whole life in the Puget Sound region, recently moving part time to Bonners Ferry to live with her daughter. Her sons were happy to host her through the last year...

May 25, 2024

LeeVern Koehn was born September 11, 1938 to Edward and Katie Koehn near Ulysses, Kansas. He passed away May 25, 2024 at Sunset Home in Bonners Ferry, ID. He was 85 years old.

Dad gave his heart to God and was baptized on December 9, 1952 in to the Church of God in Christ, Mennonite by Min....

May 8, 2024

Barbara was born to Archie “Fudd” and Netta Turner on February 14, 1938. Dr. Bowles parked at the top of Turner Hill and walked down to the family cabin during a snowstorm to deliver her. The cabin still stands near the bottom of Turner Hill. She shared stories of growing up with four older brothers, how they lovingly picked...

May 6, 2024

Nancy Wagner, age 66, passed away on May 6, 2024. She leaves behind a legacy of love and laughter that will forever be cherished by her family and friends.

A lover of both the great outdoors and the simple pleasures of life, Nancy found delight in gardening, huckleberry picking, hunting and camping in her younger years. She...

Apr 24, 2024

Ken was born May 6, 1941 in Bemidji, MN to Lynn and Gladys English. He graduated from Bonners Ferry High School in 1959 and joined the US Army, as a Paratrooper with the Airborne Forces, immediately after graduation.

Shortly after his return from the Army, he began a job with The Union Pacific Railroad where he worked...

Apr 16, 2024

Jamie Delano Lockman passed April 16, 2024.

He was born on December 10, 1934 at home north of Bonners Ferry, Idaho to Lester and Helma Lockman. He was the fourth of 12 children. He attended school in Bonners Ferry until he reached the 8th grade, that is when he dropped out of school to help at home....

Apr 12, 2024

Peggy (Althauser) Weyer passed away on April 12, 2024 surrounded by the love of her family. She was born April 6, 1949 in Centralia, WA to Donald and Frances (Anderson) Althauser. She later married Norman Weyer and lived in Port Orchard. Peggy enjoyed spending time with her family, quilting, crocheting, gardening, baking, playing cribbage and pinochle, and traveling. She...

Apr 10, 2024

On Wednesday, April 10, 2024 Vickie Ellis Forell a.k.a “nana” passed away peacefully at her home in Naples with her loving husband by her side.

Nana loved traveling and going on adventures. Her greatest joys in life were her grandchildren and great grandchildren.

She is proceeded in death by her parents, Audrey Mader and Frank...

Apr 7, 2024

Carl Joseph Vinton, age 76, of Bonners Ferry, Idaho, passed away on April 7, 2024 after a long battle with Diabetes. He was born on February 18, 1948, the 3rd of 14 children. As a child he grew up migrant farming, traveling from state-to-state harvesting fruits and vegetables. He had many great stories to tell of his childhood adventures....

Apr 5, 2024

Larry Ray Wycoff passed away Friday, April 5, 2024. Larry was born July 14, 1962 in Moscow, Idaho. He spent is youth in the Moscow/Pullman area, moving to Big Lake, Alaska in 1976. Returning to Idaho in the early 80’s where he attended classes at the University of Idaho. Larry loved the outdoors, fishing, hunting, target shooting as well...

Mar 29, 2024

Larry Dean Hall, 82, passed away at home Friday, March 29, 2024 in Bonners Ferry. Larry was born in Dunseith, North Dakota on February 20, 1942. He lived there until he was 14 and moved to Bonners Ferry where he graduated high school. He married Marilyn Behrman and had two children Mike and Robin. They later divorced. Larry met Shelby...

Mar 20, 2024

Jaylyn was born March 26, 1943 to Louise Ann Vrska Burns and W.J. Burns at St. Anthony Hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. At the beginning of the BIG War, WWII, W.J. was stationed in the Army Air Corps in Oklahoma City. As the war raged on, Jaylyn and her mother Louise moved to Marshal Oklahoma to the Vrska Farm...

Mar 18, 2024

Gary Lewis Meddock, age 75 of Bonners Ferry, ID passed away on March 18, 2024 at the home he shared with his sister Judy Everhart.

Gary was the middle of five children born to Bessie and Fred Meddock in Bonners on February 9, 1949. Bonners Ferry was Gary’s home his entire life, except for a brief move...

Mar 12, 2024

Charlene Kalb of Bonners Ferry, Idaho passed away on 12 March 2024 at the age of 87.  She was born in Devils Lake, North Dakota on 23 December 1936.  She attended all 12 years of school in the same building in Lakota, North Dakota. After graduating from high school, she attended Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota.  She received her...

Mar 12, 2024

Melody Rae Benefiel was born November 16, 1953, in Spokane, WA to her loving parents William and Hazel Bolding. She had a wonderful life and had her two children who she loved very dearly.

Melody passed away on Tuesday, March 12, 2024, in Post Falls, ID. She was surrounded by her family. She survives by her two...

Mar 11, 2024

Sandra Lynn Haag was born and raised in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. She was born December 3, 1941 in Boundary County Community Hospital where she also passed away peacefully in the company of loved ones March 11, 2024.

After graduating from Bonners Ferry High School, Sandy moved to Rupert, Idaho where she met her first husband, Larry Kowalski....

Mar 2, 2024

On Saturday, March 2, 2024, a talented, loved-by-all gentleman passed away in the presence of his immediate family, Laurel, Crystal, Lyric, Ammie and Johnny.

Robert (Bob) Martin was 96 years old and led a very exciting, productive and happy life. He loved Jesus with all of his being and made sure that he witnessed in some way...

Mar 2, 2024

Nita died March 2, 2024, in Bonners Ferry, Idaho, at Boundary Community Hospital Extended Care Facility. Nita was born on October 11, 1938 in Brooklyn, New York the daughter of Charles and Lillian Shirley Moskowitz Cole. Nita is survived by her daughter, Randi Gedeon.

Graveside Services will be held on Friday, March 8, 2024 at Grandview Cemetery...

Feb 14, 2024

Patricia Marie Olson, born in St. Paul, Minnesota to Charles and Mary Bilek, navigated her happy early years as an only child surrounded by love. She married Loren Olson in 1952, embarking on a journey that blessed them with four children and a lifetime of adventures, from road trips and camping to dirt bike races.

In 1984,...