Obituaries

Mary Jane Irwin

Mary Jane Irwin

Jun 8, 2011

Mary Jane (Chappell) Irwin passed away on June 8, 2011 at her home in Kirkland, WA. Celebration of Mary Irwin’s life here on earth will be June 25, 2011, 3 PM at the United Methodist Church, Bonners Ferry, Id with interment following in the Grandview Cemetery. Momma was born in Burleigh County, North Dakota. She was born the middle child...

Patricia A. Madden

Patricia A. Madden

Jun 7, 2011

Patricia Ann Madden went to be with our Lord the morning of June 7, 2011 after a courageous battle with cancer. Patricia departed this world at home, attended by her three children, her special love, Savanah Rose and several other of her loving family. Services will be held at 11:00 A.M., Saturday, June 11th, 2011, at Crossroads Chapel, 6525 Jackson...

Wilma Louise Owen

Wilma Louise Owen

Jun 4, 2011

Wilma Louise Owen of Paradise Valley in Bonners Ferry, Idaho passed away peacefully in her home on June 4, 2011 at the age of 89. Services will be held on Monday, June 13, 2011 at 3:00pm in the Bonners Ferry Funeral Home, with private inurnment in the Grandview Cemetery. Wilma was born on January 30, 1922. She lived in Oklahoma,...

John Robert Wells

John Robert Wells

May 31, 2011

John Robert Wells left off fishing in God's Country to join the Lord on May 31, 2011 after fighting a valiant battle with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease). Services are scheduled for Friday, June 3, 2011 at 11:30 in the Crossroads Community Chapel, in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. John was born in Indiana in 1948 where he lived until his family moved...

John Poston

John Poston

May 17, 2011

John Poston passed away at the Boundary Community Hospital in Bonners Ferry, Idaho on May 17, 2011. Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, May 21, 2011 at 10:00am at the Bonners Ferry LDS Church with interment in the Grandview Cemetery, Bonners Ferry, Idaho. John Poston passed away peacefully on May 17,2011 at the Boundary County Community Hospital. He went...

Richard (Dick) Elmer Kelson

Richard (Dick) Elmer Kelson

May 16, 2011

Richard Elmer (Dick) Kelson 77 passed away from a tragic accident on May 16, 2011. Services were held on Saturday, May 21, 2011 at the St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Bonners Ferry with Rev. Carlos Perez officiating. A celebration of his life followed the services at his home. Richard was bon on September 2, 1933 to Elmer and Mildred Kelson...

Marcella Lee Abell

Marcella Lee Abell

May 6, 2011

Marcella Lee (Elston) Abell 66, passed away May 6 at home attended by her husband, Gareth, and her son Gareth II. After having struggled for twenty-six years as a paraplegic confined to a wheelchair she succumbed to natural causes. A Celebration of her life will be held at the gymnasium of Valley View Elementary School in Bonners Ferry at 10:00...

Larry Oliver Billingsley

Larry Oliver Billingsley

May 2, 2011

Larry Oliver Billingsley (78) lost his battle with cancer at his home in Bonners Ferry, Idaho on May 2, 2011. Services were held on Friday, May 6, 2011 at 2:00pm at the Bonners Ferry Funeral Home, in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. Larry was born in Linton, North Dakota on February 6, 1933 to Emerson and Bernice Billingsley. He had one brother...

Linda Carol Turner Sawyer

Linda Carol Turner Sawyer

Apr 25, 2011

Linda was born in Oklahoma City, Ok at 9:00 pm on August 15, 1948. She left this mortal coil on or around midnight on April 25, 2011. Those are the bookend details. However, anyone who knew her could provide colorful adjectives for her. He was very vibrant, supportive and most of all very loving!! A nurse until disabled, she became...

Vernon (Vern) Arthur Burdick

Vernon (Vern) Arthur Burdick

Apr 21, 2011

Vernon Arthur Burdick, 67, of Bonners Ferry Idaho passed away on April 21, 2011. Kay Burdick and family wish to invite Vern’s friends to a celebration of his life. Please join us at The Great Northwest Territories Event Center, Highway 95 milepost 498, one mile east on Meadow Mountains Road on Saturday June 11 at 1 pm to share your...

Don C. Chandler

Don C. Chandler

Apr 19, 2011

Don C. Chandler (76) departed this earth at the Pinewood Care Facility in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho on Tuesday, April 19, 2011. Services will be held on Friday, April 29, 2011 at 3:30pm at the Grandview Cemetery, Bonners Ferry, Idaho. Don was born in Long Beach, CA December 21, 1934 to Irene and Harold Chandler. His youth was spent in Long...

Henry Smuland

Henry Smuland

Apr 18, 2011

Henry Smuland (94) passed away at his residence near Bonners Ferry, Idaho on April 18, 2011. Funeral Henry Smuland (April 15, 1917- April 18, 2011) was born in a log house 17X27 ft in Kater (Birch Lake Area, 60 miles from North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada. His father, Gottlieb Schmuland was born of Russian descent and his mother Natalia (Zelmer) Schmuland...

Rena Christine Jeffries

Rena Christine Jeffries

Apr 17, 2011

Rena Christine (Chris) Jeffries passed away at her home near Bonners Ferry, Idaho. A Gathering will be held on Saturday, April 23, 2011 at 5:00pm in the Bonners Ferry Fire Hall in Bonners Ferry, idaho. A full obituary to follow. Family and friends are invited to sign Chris’s book at www.bonnersferryfuneralhome.com Arrangements are entrusted to the care of Bonners Ferry...

Luis Lorca-Merono

Luis Lorca-Merono

Apr 16, 2011

Luis Lorca-Merono (80) passed away at his home near Bonners Ferry, Idaho on April 16, 2011. Family and friends are invited to sign Luis’s book at www.bonnersferryfuneralhome.com Arrangements are entrusted to the care of Bonners Ferry Funeral Home.

Pauline (Polly) T Sorensen

Pauline (Polly) T Sorensen

Apr 13, 2011

Pauline (Polly) T. Sorensen was born on July 23, 1930 in an alley in Springfield, Ohio to Raymond Thurell and Flora Marie (Organ) Gray. She came to passing on this day April 13, 2011 after a year long battle with cancer. She fought it long and hard until her last few days. Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, April...

Elizabeth Cogley

Elizabeth Cogley

Apr 11, 2011

Elizabeth Cogley, age 96, passed away April 11, 2011 in the Extended Care Facility of Boundary Community Hospital. She requested there be no services and wanted her ashes dispersed with her husband’s where they first met in 1940. Elizabeth was born September 11, 1914, in Great Bend, Kansas to Jesse and Amy Johnson. The family moved to Spokane in 1924....

Wilfred (Fred) Lee Albano

Wilfred (Fred) Lee Albano

Apr 10, 2011

Wilfred “Fred” Albano (80) passed away at his home in Bonners Ferry on April 10, 2011. A memorial will be planned at a later date. Fred was born in Weiser ID on June 22, 1930. He was part of a large family. He raised and worked with horses his entire life, it was a passion of his. He worked in...

Wendell Wayne Dendurent

Wendell Wayne Dendurent

Apr 8, 2011

Wendell Wayne Dendurent (63) passed away at his Bonners Ferry area home on April 8, 2011. Services will be held on Tuesday, April 12, 2011 at 10:00am at the Church of Christ in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. Wendell was born on February 6, 1948 to Walt and Pauline Dendurent in Pasco, WA. He attended Pasco Schools and graduated in 1966. He...

John Glezen Lindberg

John Glezen Lindberg

Apr 1, 2011

John Lindberg died at home in Naples, Idaho April 1, 2011. A memorial service celebrating his life will be held at 11:00 am Saturday, April 9th, 2011 at the Becker Auditorium, Bonners Ferry Idaho. John was born on May 29, 1934 in Cortland, N.Y. to Philip & Marion Lindberg. He was raised in the small town of Homer, N.Y. and...

Evelyn Joy Williams

Evelyn Joy Williams

Mar 21, 2011

Evelyn J Williams (66) passed away on March 21, 2011 at the Boundary County nursing Home in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. Services will be held on Friday, March 25, 2011 10:30am Mt View Mennonite Church with interment following in the Mountain View Mennonite Cemetery A complete obituary will follow. Family and friends are invited to sign Evelyn’s book at www.bonnersferryfuneralhome.com Arrangements...