Obituaries

Grace Gieszelmann

Grace Gieszelmann

Jul 18, 2009

Longtime resident of Bonners Ferry, Grace Gieszelmann , died July 18 at her daughters home, Fern and Bob Webber , in Mukilteo, Washington. She was born on September 22, 1916. Graveside services will be held Saturday; July 25, 2009 at 11:00am at Grandview Cemetery, Bonners Ferry, Idaho. She is survived by her daughter Fern(Bob) Webber. Five grandchildren, Diane {David} Joyce...

Stephen C. Henricks

Stephen C. Henricks

Jul 11, 2009

Stephen C. Henricks died unexpectedly in his home July 11, 2009. He was born July 10, 1947 in Anderson Indiana, graduated from Madison Heights High School in 1965, and attended Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. Steve became a harness maker and a breeder and trainer of Belgian Drafts and Norwegian Fjord horses. He lived throughout our country from Indiana...

Monty Mccay

Monty Mccay

Jul 10, 2009

Monty McCay (58) passed away at the Kootenai Medical Center in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho on July 10, 2009. On Friday July 10th our beloved Monty McCay lost his battle with cancer and COPD, he was 58. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio on November 30, 1950 he attended Princeton High where he was a member of their elite track and field team...

Edith Fern Taylor

Edith Fern Taylor

Jul 4, 2009

Edith Fern Taylor (97) passed away on June 4, 2009 at the Boundary Community Hospital in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. Services will be held in Sweet Home, Oregon and a complete obituary will follow. Family and friends are invited to sign Fern’s book at www.bonnersferryfuneralhome.com Arrangement are entrusted to the care of Bonners Ferry Funeral Home.

Lorna L Georgic

Lorna L Georgic

Jul 3, 2009

Lorna L. Georgic (78) was pronounced at the Boundary County Community Hospital ER in Bonners Ferry, Idaho on July 3, 2009. Arrangement to be announced. Family and friends are invited to sign Lorna’s book at www.bonnersferryfuneralhome.com Arrangement are entrusted to the care of Bonners Ferry Funeral Home.

Dorothy L. Bachteler

Dorothy L. Bachteler

Jul 1, 2009

Dorothy L Bachteler (78) passed away at Boundary Community Hospital in Bonners Ferry, Idaho on July 1, 2009 due to complication of a massive stroke. A gathering for family and friends will be Friday, July 10, 2009 from 3-6:00pm at the home of Dave Heigel in Paradise Valley, near Bonners Ferry, Idaho. Dorothy was born to William and Lillie Lawson...

Kathy M Olsen

Kathy M Olsen

Jul 1, 2009

Katherine McCormick Olsen died of cancer at her home in Bonners Ferry on Wednesday, July 1,2009. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Tuesday, July 7, 2009 at 10:00am in St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Bonners Ferry, Idaho with interment following in the Moravia Cemetery. Granddaughter of two pioneering families, Jack and Molly Conway of Moravia' and George...

Glenn M. Mastre

Glenn M. Mastre

Jun 25, 2009

Glenn M. Mastre (70) passed away at his home near Bonners Ferry, Idaho on June 25, 2009. Funeral Services will be held on Tuesday. June 30, 2009 at 11:00am in the Mountain View Mennonite Church, Bonners Ferry, Idaho with interment following in the Mountain View Mennonite Cemetery. Dad was born on December 15, 1938 in Grafton, ND to Gustaf and...

Jack Gladney

Jack Gladney

Jun 24, 2009

Jack Gladney (83) passed away at the Bonner General Hospital in Sandpoint, Idaho on June 24, 2009. Services will be held on Thursday, July 2, 2009 at 2:00pm in the Bonners Ferry Funeral Home, in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. Jack, or “Papo” as he was known by most friends and family, was born November 8, 1925 in Baytown, Texas. He grew...

Barbara Catherine Aton

Barbara Catherine Aton

Jun 24, 2009

Barbara Catherine (Pfeifer) Aton (84) passed peacefully into eternal rest at home in Naples, Wednesday morning June 24th, 2009. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 3:00pm in St. Ann's Catholic Church in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. Barbara was born on June 22, 1925 in Dallas, Texas to Lawrence Victor Pfeifer of Rockport, Indiana...

Roy Neil Gross

Roy Neil Gross

Jun 19, 2009

Roy N. Gross (71) passed away on Friday, June 19, 2009 at the Boundary Community Hospital, in Bonners Ferry. Services will be Thursday, June 25, 2009 at 11am in the First Baptist Church in Bonners Ferry, Id. Roy was born on August 30, 1937 in Bonners Ferry, Id to Edwin and Malma Gross. He grew up in Bonners Ferry with...

Maria Lopez Mendez

Maria Lopez Mendez

Jun 15, 2009

Maria Lopez Mendez (57) passed away at her residence at Porthill on June 15, 2009. Arrangement will be held in Cerano, Guanaguato, Mexico. Family and friends are invited to sign Maria’s book at www.bonnersferryfuneralhome.com Arrangement are entrusted to the care of Bonners Ferry Funeral Home.

Doris A. Chamberlin

Doris A. Chamberlin

Jun 15, 2009

Doris Ann (Larson) Chamberlin, 81, passed away Monday, June 15,2009 at the Bonners Ferry Extended Care Facility. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m., Friday, June 19, 2009 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Bonners Ferry. Private burial was held in the Grandview Cemetery. Doris was born on October 2, 1927 in Havre, Montana to Olaf T. and Anna C. (Nelson)...

Keith Lewis Blockhan

Keith Lewis Blockhan

Jun 14, 2009

Keith L. Blockhan, 48, passed way from injuries sustained in a car accident north of Bonners Ferry on Sunday June 14, 2009. Memorial will be held on Sat June 20, 2009 at 2pm at St Ann's Catholic Church. Keith Lewis Blockhan, 48, was born on September 2, 1960 in Colorado Springs, CO. to Kenneth & Barbara Blockhan. He was raised...

Alice Mcdonald

Alice Mcdonald

Jun 14, 2009

Alice M. McDonald passed away June 14, 2009 at the Boundary County Nursing Home in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. A gathering graveside service will be held Saturday, June 20, 2009 at 11:00am at the Grandview Cemetery. Alice was raised by her aunt and uncle in Copeland along the Kootenai River. She attended school in Copeland and Bonners Ferry High School. During...

Daniel Paulus

Daniel Paulus

Jun 13, 2009

Daniel Paulus (55) passed away on June 13, 2009 at his home near Eastport, Idaho after an extended illness. Private Services will be held. Family and friends are invited to sign Dan’s book at www.bonnersferryfuneralhome.com Arrangement are entrusted to the care of Bonners Ferry Funeral Home.

Jonas Yoder

Jonas Yoder

Jun 11, 2009

Jonas J. Yoder, 98, of Bonner's Ferry, Idaho and formerly of Goshen, died Thursday afternoon, June 11, 2009, at Ace Elder Care in Bonner's Ferry. He was born in Hydro, Oklahoma on October 2, 1910, to Joseph J. and Fannie (Eash) Yoder. He married Lizzie Garver on February 8, 1940, in Garnett, Kansas. She preceded him in death on January...

Ralph J. Eby

Ralph J. Eby

May 20, 2009

Ralph J. Eby (81) passed away on May 20, 2009 at the Boundary Community Hospital in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. Family and friends are invited to attend the graveside gathering on May 30th, 11:00 a.m. at Copeland Cemetery, and a potluck celebration of his life at 1:00 pm at Albert and Terry Solt's home. Ralph J. Eby was born to Joseph...

Lester L Rate

Lester L Rate

May 18, 2009

Lester Rate (77) passed away in his home in Bonners Ferry, Idaho on May 19, 2009 after a fight with cancer. Burial will be in East Helena, Montana. Les was born on October 26, 1932 in Townsend, Montana. He served in the Korean War and was a prisoner of war. Les retired from UCSA, California in 1988. He loved a...

Laurence Lee Holdeman

Laurence Lee Holdeman

May 14, 2009

Laurence Lee Holdeman (92) passed away at his home near Bonners Ferry, Idaho on May 14, 2009. Funeral Services will be held on Monday, May 18, 2009 at 10:00am in the Woodland Mennonite Church in Bonners Ferry, Idaho with interment following in the Mountain View Mennonite Cemetery. Laurence Lee Holdeman was born October 7, 1916, in Harrison, Michigan, to Monroe...