Obituaries

David Michael Oelher

David Michael Oelher

Feb 2, 2016

David Michael Oehler, a writer, back-to-the-land hippy, and a pioneer of underground housing and earth-sheltered greenhouses died Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016, at age 78, of natural causes at his home near Bonners Ferry, Idaho. Mike was born January 2, 1938, in Chicago to Chet and Pauline Oehler. He grew up in Wilmette, Ill., along with his three sisters, Patricia, Gretchen...

Lee Jelinek

Lee Jelinek

Jan 26, 2016

Leland “Ray “Jelinek left us peacefully at the age of 69 on January 26, 2016 at the Kootenai Medical Center in Coeur d’Alene, ID after a courageous year long battle with cancer. A memorial service will be held for Lee February 6, 2016 @ 1pm, Mountain Springs Church in Bonners Ferry ID, with a gathering at the Legion Hall to...

Lane Curtis Dirks

Lane Curtis Dirks

Jan 24, 2016

Lane Dirks (4) passed away at Community Hospital on January 24, 2016 due to injuries that he received in an accident. Services will be held on Thursday, January 28, 2016 at 10:30 am in the Mountain View Mennonite Church in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. With anticipation and joy we welcomed Lane Curtis on April 9, 2011 into our hearts and lives....

Ray Stanley Olson

Ray Stanley Olson

Jan 23, 2016

Ray Olson died peacefully Jan. 23, 2016 at the Boundary County Restorium after a year long battle with cancer. A memorial service will be held for Ray, January 30, 2016 at 11:00 a.m., Trinity Lutheran Church, Bonners Ferry, ID. Ray was born September 13, 1920 to Rubin and Selma Olson in Marshfield, Wisconsin. Early in his life the family moved...

Marjorie Virginia Rees

Marjorie Virginia Rees

Jan 6, 2016

Marjorie Virginia Rees was born on January 2, 1922. She passed away at Boundary Community Hospital on Wednesday, January 6, 2016 at the age of 94. She was born and raised in Oklahoma, Marjorie was a resident of Bonners Ferry for the last 10 years. She lived in Salem Oregon for 60 years prior to moving to Bonners Ferry to...

Kathleen Patricia (Kathee) Robinson

Kathleen Patricia (Kathee) Robinson

Jan 3, 2016

Kathleen Patricia Robinson (76) passed away on January 3, 2016 at Life Care of Sandpoint, Sandpoint, Idaho. A celebration of her life gathering will be held on Friday, April 8 at in the Chic-n-Chop Restaurant from 3-500pm. Kathleen was born on February 27, 1939 in Wadena, Minnesota. At the age of 5 years old Kathee and her family moved to...

Della Lorraine Huggins Mercer

Della Lorraine Huggins Mercer

Dec 31, 2015

Della Lorraine Huggins Mercer, our loving Mom, Grandma, Sister, Aunt and friend peacefully went Home on December 31, 2015, after a brief illness. She was surrounded by her children and grandchildren, whom she dearly loved. She was 84 years old. Della was born on April 7, 1931 to Andrew and Della Mae Huggins, in Colorado Springs, CO. She moved with...

Terry Michael (Duke) Guthrie

Terry Michael (Duke) Guthrie

Dec 31, 2015

Terry Michael (Duke) Guthrie (66) passed away on December 31, 2015 at his home in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. A Visitation will be held on Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from noon to 8:00pm at the Bonners Ferry Funeral Home. A Vigil Service will be held on Friday, January 8, 2016 at 7:00pm in the Bonners Ferry Funeral Home. The Mass of...

Reid A. Greenwood

Reid A. Greenwood

Dec 25, 2015

Reid Greenwood, age 57, of Bonners Ferry, Idaho, went to be with the Lord Jesus Christ on December 25, 2015 at Hospice House, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, surrounded by his wife and children. Funeral Services will be held on Wednesday, December 30, 2015 at 11:00am in the Bonners Ferry Baptist Church in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. Interment will follow in the Grandview...

Mary Elizabeth Pitts Thornbrugh

Mary Elizabeth Pitts Thornbrugh

Dec 24, 2015

Mary Elizabeth Pitts Thornbrug hwas taken home to heaven. on December 24th 2015. Memorial Services were held on Tuesday, December 29, 2015 at 1:00pm in the Bridgeway Assembley of God Church near Bonners Ferry, Idaho. Mary was born in Coffeyville, KS on September 6th 1973 but has called Bonners Ferry home for the last 10 years. She has worked for...

Roger Orley Olmsted

Roger Orley Olmsted

Dec 21, 2015

Roger Orley Olmsted, Sr. 87, of Bonners Ferry, Idaho, formerly of Atlanta, GA passed away peacefully surrounded by family on December 21, 2015. Roger was born January 23, 1928 in Lawrence Kansas he was the son of Orley Lewright Olmsted and Myrtle Berry (Senne) Olmsted. Mr. Olmsted attended University High School in Lawrence, and joined the Marines in July 1945...

Patricia May Breazile

Patricia May Breazile

Dec 6, 2015

Patricia May Breazile, 82, of Bonners Ferry went to be with her Lord and Savior Sunday Dec. 6th 2015. She passed away at her home in Copeland with family by her side. She was born Dec. 13th, 1932 in Hillsboro, Oregon, the daughter of Paul Orin Ringle and Elsie (Haney) Ringle. Pat graduated from Hillsboro High School in 1951. In...

Merle Dean Thompson

Merle Dean Thompson

Nov 28, 2015

Merle Dean Thompson (77) passed away on November 28, 2015 at Kootenai Health in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Funeral Services will be held on Friday, December 4, 2015 at 11:00am in the Bonners Ferry Funeral Home, in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. Burial Services will be held Dec 4 at 11:00 am at the Bonner's Ferry Funeral Home. Internment will be at Grand...

Ethel June Heinemann

Ethel June Heinemann

Nov 26, 2015

Ethel “June” Heinemann passed from this life to the next on Thanksgiving Day 2015. A Memorial Service will be held on July 5, 2016 at 2:00pm in the Bonners Ferry Funeral Home with interment in the Grandview Cemetery, Bonners Ferry, Idaho. June and her husband Bernie were fifty year residents of Porthill where they raised six children on the family...

Robert M Taft

Robert M Taft

Nov 25, 2015

Robert (Bob) M. Taft passed away November 25, 2015 at his home in Moyie Springs, Idaho. A Memorial service will be held December 12 at 3 pm in the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Bonners Ferry. Bob was born June 4, 1940 in Takoma Park, MD to Robert and Sarah (Merkle) Taft. In the mid 1940's they moved to Upper Lake,...

Larry Gene Cruthers

Larry Gene Cruthers

Nov 18, 2015

Larry Cruthers passed away at his home near Bonners Ferry, Idaho on November 18, 2015. Memorial Services will be held on Saturday, December 12, 2015 at1:00pm in the Mountain Springs Church in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. Larry was born on April 28, 1940 in Endicott, WA to Nelson and Mildred Cochran Cruthers. He was raised in Hay, WA until 1950 and...

Martha Susan Plew

Martha Susan Plew

Nov 18, 2015

Martha Susan (Susie) Plew passed away at her Moyie Springs area home on November 18, 2015. Private interment will be held. A celebration of her life will be announced later. A complete obituary to follow.

Sheila Marie Peterson

Sheila Marie Peterson

Nov 18, 2015

Sheila Marie Peterson,74, passed away November 18, 2015 in Seattle, Washington. . Funeral services will be held November 28, 2015 at 11:00 am in the Saint Ann's Church, Bonner's Ferry, Idaho. Interment will follow at Grandview Cemetery, Bonner's Ferry, Idaho Sheila was born December 6,1940 to Francis and Harriett Halverson. Born in Round Prairie, Idaho, she grew up with brothers...

Rev. Lowell O. Carlson

Rev. Lowell O. Carlson

Nov 12, 2015

Rev. Lowell O. Carlson (86) passed away on November 12, 2015 at Bonner Health in Sandpoint, Idaho. Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, November 21, 2015 at 1:00pm at Becker Auditorium with private interment followed. Lowell was born on July 3, 1929 in Darlington Idaho , a town just a bit smaller than Naples . When he was just...

Velda Fern North

Velda Fern North

Nov 10, 2015

Velda North, a lifelong resident of Bonners Ferry, passed away on Tuesday, November 10 surrounded by family and friends. A celebration of her life will be held at the Seventh Day Adventist Church, Cornerstone Christian School Gym, on Saturday, November 14 at 2pm, followed by a Fellowship Meal. Velda and Violet, her twin sister, were born in Kamiah, Idaho and...