Obituaries

Jan 13, 2021

David (Dave) Vernon Seat (73) of Hauser Lake Idaho, passed away peacefully on January 13th, 2021. David took his last breath with his beloved wife Linda by his side in Spokane Valley, WA.

Born on August 5th, 1947 in Port Angeles, WA, to parents Helen and Vernon, David spent his early childhood in Forks, WA before the...

Jan 13, 2021

Rodney James Johnson, PhD, MD, was born in Trenton, New Jersey on January 22, 1951. He was the fourth of five children born to Richard and Rose Mary Johnson.  Rodney and his family lived in Lambertville, NJ until the age of 3 when his family moved to Levittown, PA in October 1954.  Rodney grew up in Levittown attending Immaculate...

Jan 12, 2021

Gerald (Jerry) Anthony Lakin (85) passed away peacefully on January 12, 2021 in Coeur d’Alene Idaho.  He was a beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, uncle, and friend to all who had the privilege of knowing him.

Jerry was born on August 5th 1935 in Bemidji, Minnesota.  The youngest of seven children born to Leigh and Mary...

Jan 11, 2021

Penni Mahieu (born Harriett Josephine Cordes) was born August 21, 1935 in Chicago Heights, Illinois. She was the firstborn of her family, and soon Barbara, Judy and Bob came along.

Harriett attended Bloom Township High School in Chicago Heights, where she decided that she could no longer tolerate her original name (and the many teasing variations of...

Jan 9, 2021

GAGE, Don Eldon (Age 86) Don passed away January 9, 2021, at 6 p.m. after a long battle with Alzheimer's. He was born in Alicia, Arkansas January 10, 1934, to Millard and Cecile Gage. Don served four years in the U.S. Navy as Aviation Machinist's Mate R Third Class. He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Nancy....

Jan 8, 2021

Elsie Boykin Keller passed away on Friday January 8th, 2021 at 11:15 PM at Kootenai Health Medical Center in Coeur D’Alene ID of natural causes. Elsie was born in Birmingham Alabama at Jefferson Hillman Hospital on August 31st, 1934 to Robert Clifton Boykin and Linnie Mae Smith Boykin. Elsie was the youngest of their three children, sisters’ names: Rebecca,...

Dec 31, 2020

Donald George Haddrell peacefully passed in to heaven on December 31st 2020.

Don was born December 24th 1933 in Summerland, B.C. Canada to George and Eva Haddrell.  Being the first grandchild in the family, Don had all the affection from his loving grandparents,and many aunts and uncles.  Later he was joined by his sister Marleen and his...

Dec 29, 2020

Ray Emerson Lewis

April 1, 1925 – December 29, 2020

With love and profound sadness, the family of Ray Emerson Lewis announce his passing in Spokane, Washington from Covid19.  Dad knew the vaccines were close at hand and about three weeks before his passing woke up from a nap and asked was he supposed to...

Dec 29, 2020

Vern R Harman Sr, 79, passed away peacefully on December 29, 2020, in Coeur d’Alene Idaho.

He was a beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, uncle, and friend to many.

Vern was born to Merl and Barbara Harman in Blackfoot Idaho on December 17, 1941. He grew up on a ranch in Darlington Idaho not...

Dec 26, 2020

Diane Wallgren (90)

Diane passed away peacefully at home on December 26th.  She was surrounded by her family including her husband of 72 years, Ivan, and her son Terry and his wife Mary.  Diane lived in Rathdrum, Idaho for 8 years at the Golden Spike Estates, but Deer Lodge, Montana, where they lived for 58 years, was...

Dec 25, 2020

Betty Wickman departed us early Christmas morning of 2020 at The Lodge Assisted Living in Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho. Betty was born September 3, 1946, in Los Angeles, California to Ray Clemens Bame and Josephine Pena-Bame. Growing up in Pacoima, she attended school in San Fernando. Betty married Bruce Bradshaw and their daughter, Deanne was born in 1966. Betty, Bruce,...

Dec 24, 2020

Sean Ryan Burns, 9/26/1972 – 12/24/2020, left this Earth on December 24th and joined his mother Barbara for his next big adventure. He died of cancer surrounded by family at his childhood home in Kidd Island Bay.

Raised in Coeur d’Alene, he grew up on the lake and treasured the memories created there, especially the shenanigans at...

Dec 23, 2020

Jo LaJoie-Torczon passed at her home in Rathdrum Idaho, on December 23, 2020, from natural causes.

Jo was born in Buffalo, New York to Lloyd and Corona (Dekehoe) Sauberan on August 28, 1942. She was the fourth of five children: Elaine Gregorie, Enid Williams, Rita Fordham and Lloyd Sauberan.

Jo married Allen LaJoie in 1959...

Dec 22, 2020

Eugene Carl “Gene” Miller, 94, passed away peacefully at his home on December 22, 2020, one week after his 94th birthday.  Gene was born on December 15, 1926, in East Alton, Illinois to George and Mary Eleanor (Havelka) Miller.  Preceded in death by both of his parents and his older brother Joe Miller and his younger sister Ruth Prather. After...

Dec 22, 2020

Ermajean “Erma” (McCaw) Fisher, 88, passed away peacefully on Dec. 22, 2020. She was born on July 8, 1932, in Dalton Gardens, Idaho, to Clyde and Anna (Williamson) McCaw.

Erma met her husband, Jim Fisher, in Coeur d’Alene and they married on Dec. 20, 1952. They lived in the Coeur d’Alene area until September of 1968, when...

Dec 20, 2020

Donald Kent Johnston, 63

A man who truly treasured his wife, two daughters, five grandkids, family and friends, Don Johnston had his life abruptly cut short by COVID-19 and entered into the arms of our Lord December 20, 2020.

Don was born in Castro Valley, California to Evelyn and Willie Johnston on April 11, 1957....

Dec 19, 2020

Emily Jane Goehring Bland, 95, died Saturday, December 19, 2020 at the Schneidmiller House in Couer D’Alene, Idaho.  Born in Cambridge Massachusetts to Reverend Norman Dambach Goehring and Emily Jane Boggess she is predeceased by both parents and her brother Robert.

Jane graduated from Monticello College in Alton, Illinois and the School of Occupational Therapy of Tufts...

Dec 19, 2020

Bonnie Sue Wilson

January 19, 1958 - December 19, 2020

Bonnie Sue Wilson, 62, unexpectedly passed away in her home on Saturday, December 19, 2020 in Post Falls, Idaho of natural causes.

A memorial service will be conducted at the church she was an active member of, His Place, in Post Falls, Idaho....

Dec 18, 2020

Leo (Lee) J. Berchtold of Rathdrum, Idaho, passed away Dec 18, 2020. Born Aug 24, 1933 in Sigel, Illinois, he was the last surviving child of Stephen and Mary Berchtold. He served in the military (Army) during the Korean War. He married Joyce Habing of Teutopolis, Illinois, on Jan 31, 1959, raised his family in northern Idaho, and was...

Dec 18, 2020

Rose Sophia Rachunok went to be with the Lord, on Friday, Dec. 18, 2020, three days before her 96th birthday. She was born to Charles Cashmere and Mary Magdalene Radulski at midnight on Dec. 21, 1924. Her four brothers were Frank, Joe, Stanley and Eddie.

Rose was baptized on Jan. 11, 1925, at St. Stanislaus Church in...