Obituaries

Richard Lee Butterfield

Richard Lee Butterfield

Jul 5, 2014

Richard “Dick” Butterfield, of Bonners Ferry, ID passed away July 5, 2014 at Life Care Center of Sandpoint, ID at the age of 68 after a long battle with Parkinson’s Disease and Dementia with Lewy Bodies. He was surrounded by his family as he departed this world into eternal rest. He had the best smile and sense of humor that...

Betty Louise Mills

Betty Louise Mills

Jul 5, 2014

Betty Louise Mills (82) passed away at her Bonners Ferry Home on July 5, 2014. Services will be held on Saturday, July 26, 2014 at 10:00am in the United Methodist Church in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. Betty Louise Sheldon Mills was born September 16, 1931 to Allan Dyer Sheldon & Louise Gertrude Kauffman Sheldon at Sterling Hospital in Sterling, CO. Betty’s...

Radene Eloise Griffith

Radene Eloise Griffith

Jun 20, 2014

Radene Eloise Griffith (64) passed away at her home on June 20, 2014. A funeral service will be held on Friday, June 27, 2014 at 6:00 P.M. at the Bonners Ferry Funeral Home, in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. Radene was born on September 4, 1949 to Raymond and Florence (Post) Chaney in Mapleton, KS. She was the oldest sister to Raymond,...

Donel Rae Stippich

Donel Rae Stippich

Jun 16, 2014

Donel Rae Stippich, 45, passed away June 16, 2014 at the Kootenai Medical Center in Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho. Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, June 21, 2014 at 2:30 pm in the Becker Auditorium at Bonners Ferry High School with private interment following in the Grandview Cemetery, Bonners Ferry, Idaho. She was born in Bonners Ferry on July...

Thelma K. (Brown) Manus Hill

Thelma K. (Brown) Manus Hill

Jun 8, 2014

Thelma K. (Brown) Manus, Hill passed at the age of 92 on Sunday, June 8, 2014 in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. Graveside memorial services will be held at Grand View Cemetery, Bonners Ferry, Idaho, at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, July 25, 2014. On Saturday, July 26, 2014 at 1 p.m. a celebration of Thelma's life will be hosted at the Lynn...

Jeanette T Steinhorst

Jeanette T Steinhorst

Jun 5, 2014

Jeanette T. Steinhorst Passed away on June 5, 2014 at the Boundary County Nursing Home in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. Interment will be held in the Forest Hill Cemetery in Uticam NY. Jean was born and raised in Utica, New York. She graduated from local schools and the Faxton School of Nursing during World War II. She married Robert Steinhorst Sr....

Sadie Larissa Smith

Sadie Larissa Smith

Jun 4, 2014

Sadie Larissa Smith left this world too soon for us but in God's time, June 4th, 2014. Services for our sweet Sadie will be held at Mountain Springs Church on June 12th, 2014 at 10 a.m. Interment to follow at Paradise Valley Cemetery. Sadie was born on November 24th, 1992, in Sandpoint, Idaho to Wayne and Yolette. She blessed our...

Edward Gene Hanson

Edward Gene Hanson

May 28, 2014

Edward Gene Hanson (71) passed away on May 28, 2014 at the Boundary County Nursing Home in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. Funeral Services were held on Saturday, May 31, 2014 at 11:00 in the Grandview Cemetery, Bonners Ferry, Idaho. A complete obituary to follow. Family and friends are invited to sign Edward’s book at www.bonnersferryfuneralhome.com Arrangements are entrusted to the care...

Shannan Jo Boyenger-Roldan

Shannan Jo Boyenger-Roldan

May 23, 2014

Shannan Jo Boyenger Roldan (52) passed away at Hospice of North Idaho in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho on May 23, 2014. Shannan was born October 13, 1961 in Boise, Idaho to Wesley Ervin and Donna Jo (Tucker) Boyenger and died May 23, 2014 in Hayden, Idaho at Hospice House of North Idaho. Shannan lived in Boise, Hells Canyon Dam, Oregon, Grand...

Dorice (Dottie) Leilani Bauman

Dorice (Dottie) Leilani Bauman

May 22, 2014

Dorice (Dottie) Leilani Urbin Thompson Bauman, 80, of Bonners Ferry, passed away on Thursday May 22nd, at the Boundary Community Hospital. A memorial service will be held at the Mountain Springs Church in Bonners Ferry at 11:00 am on June 7th. She was born in Hanna, Wyoming on July 2, 1933 to John & Adar Urbin. At age 2 she,...

Susan Leona Forrrester

Susan Leona Forrrester

May 22, 2014

Susan Leona Forrester went home to be with her lord and savior on May 22nd, 2014 following a brief illness. Memorial service to be held on July 12, at 11:00am at Crossroads Chapel, 6525 Jackson St. in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. She is survived by her husband Gary N Forrester, son Norman (Ursula), granddaughters Rosalie & Elisabeth. Grandsons Sebastian, Thomas &...

Francis (Frank) S. Lippy

Francis (Frank) S. Lippy

May 15, 2014

Francis (Frank) S. Lippy died peacefully at the of age 91 at home in Bonners Ferry, Idaho on May 15th, 2014 from Alzheimer’s. Frank born Sept 4th, 1922 in Baltimore, Md to Lillian (Johns) & Francis S. Lippy. Honorably served his country in WWII from 1942-1945 first in the 302nd Infantry 94th Division then in the 327th Bomb Squadron 92nd...

Dennis Merrill Lincks

Dennis Merrill Lincks

May 11, 2014

Dennis Merrill Lincks, son of Jeannette (Johnson) and Edwin M. Lincks died May 11, 2014 in Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho. The funeral service will be at 3p.m. Sat May 17th at Mountain Springs Church in Bonners Ferry, ID graveside service to following the Paradise Valley Cemetery. He was born December 11, 1950 in East Cleveland, Ohio. He moved with his...

Lisa Leo Nash

Lisa Leo Nash

May 9, 2014

LISA LEO NASH, 55, of Bonners Ferry, Idaho, peacefully passed away in her home, Friday, May 9th, 2014. She had battled cancer for the past 4 years. Lisa was born in Olympia, WA., on November 28th, 1958 to Beverly Jean Klopsch, Alabama and Haskell D. Leo, M.D., Missouri. Lisa worked various jobs of which she most enjoyed, and is well...

Karen Elizabeth Pearson

Karen Elizabeth Pearson

May 7, 2014

Karen Elizabeth Pearson passed away on May 7, 2014 at Life Care of Sandpoint of Sandpoint. Services were held on Saturday, May 17, 2014 at 2:00pm in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. I was born May 28, 1940 in Painesville, Ohio to Carl Einar Pearson and Mary Marguerite Shepherd. I was one...

Jennie Lee Starr

Jennie Lee Starr

May 7, 2014

Wednesday May 7, 2014 Jennie Lee (Strohl) Starr’s voice was added to the heavenly choir. Jennie was born Aug. 26, 1945 in San Francisco Ca. to Russell and Mildred Strohl. The family moved to Bonners Ferry in 1946. Jennie attended Mt Hall E.S. and Bonners High School. After graduation she attended and graduated from business school in Boise, Id. She...

Robert Harlan Lawson

Robert Harlan Lawson

Apr 19, 2014

Robert Harlan Lawson went home to be with the Lord at the age of 88 years on April 19, 2014 at Bonner General Hospital in Sandpoint, Idaho. Graveside Services will be held on Saturday, April 26, 2014 at 1:00pm in the Grandview Cemetery, Bonners Ferry, Idaho. Robert was born in Stanford, Nebraska on June 6, 1925 to Albert L. and...

Arthur J Brasher

Arthur J Brasher

Apr 6, 2014

  Arthur J. Brasher (74) passed away on April 6, 2014 at his home near Naples, Idaho. Services will be held on Saturday, April 12, 2014 at 11:00am in the Mountain Springs Church in Bonners Ferry, Idaho.  Arthur was born in Tehachapi, California in January of 1940. As a young man he enlisted in the Army, where he served in...

Sharon Maxine Davis Merrifield

Sharon Maxine Davis Merrifield

Mar 28, 2014

Sharon Maxine Davis Merrifield passed away on March 28, 2014 at her home near Naples, Idaho. Services will be held at the Trinity Lutheran Church, Bonners Ferry, on Friday, May 2, 2014, at 11:00. Lunch will be served immediately following at the church. The committal ceremony of both Elden and Sharon will commence afterward at the local Grandview Cemetery.  ...

Ervin Jantz

Ervin Jantz

Mar 24, 2014

Long-time Bonners Ferry Resident, Ervin Jantz, passed away in the early morning of March 24 at the local Sunset Home Assisted Living. Funeral Services are scheduled for Thursday, March 27, 2014 at 11:00am at Mountain View Mennonite Church with interment following in the Mountain View Mennonite Cemetery, Bonners Ferry, Idaho.   A complete obituary to follow in next week’s local...