Obituaries
James Fenton
Jan 5, 2018
James Nelson Fenton
August 5, 1957 – January 5, 2018
Jim passed from a stroke on Friday afternoon, surrounded by family at Kootenai Health Hospital in Coeur d’Alene. His death comes as a shock to his family and community, who loved and admired him as a friend, colleague, brother, father, and husband of soul-level kindness,...
Claude Moore
Dec 30, 2017
Claude Arthur Moore, died December 30, 2017, at Post Falls, Idaho. He lived 75 wonderful years. Claude was born the son of Amos and Thelma (Evans) Moore on August 22, 1942 in Alliance, Nebraska. He attended school at Yuba City High School. On March 17, 1963, Claude and Linda Moore were united in marriage in Sacramento, California. Together they celebrated...
Elizabeth Anderson
Dec 29, 2017
Elizabeth Mary Anderson – 99
Liz Anderson, 99, passed away Friday, December 29, 2017, at Hospice House of North Idaho. She was born on February 20, 1918 on her parents’ homestead at Twin Beaches. The seventh of eight children of Albin and Mary Ann Barker Anderson, she grew up on Valhalla Point on Lake Coeur d’Alene. She...
Jacqueline Miller
Dec 29, 2017
Jacqueline Marie (Jacquie) Miller, entered eternal rest on Friday, December 29, 2017 in Coeur d’Alene Idaho from complications from Alzheimer’s disease. She was 77.
Jacquie was born April 11, 1940 in Los Angeles, CA to Jack and Dorothy Slaughter, the eldest of their two daughters. Jacquie is survived by her beloved husband of 43 years, Jack L....
William McRory
Dec 28, 2017
William “Bill” was born March 14, 1947, in Pittsburgh, PA., to William and Mary McRory and moved to Post Falls, Idaho, in 1979 from California. He is preceded in death by his parents and brother John McRory of Newman Lake, WA. Bill served in the U.S. Navy and was a Vietnam Veteran. He worked in the construction industry...
Earl Lunceford
Dec 27, 2017
Earl ‘EG’ George Lunceford, 77
EG Lunceford, 77, of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, died Dec. 7, 2017, at his home in San Carlos, Mexico. Born Sept. 17, 1940, in Coeur d’Alene, to Earl and June (Kelly) Lunceford. EG grew up in Coeur d’Alene and graduated from Coeur d’Alene High School in 1958. While growing up, EG was actively...
Frank "Gene"
Dec 26, 2017
SMITH, Frank Eugene "Gene" Frank Eugene Smith was born on July 25, 1939 to Frank Eastman Smith & Edna A. Dyer Smith in Spokane, WA. Gene passed away unexpectedly at Kootenai Medical Center in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho on December 26, 2017 at the age of 78. Gene grew up in Worley, Idaho with his brother Terry by his side....
Barbara Parsons
Dec 26, 2017
Barbara Parsons, 70
Barb passed away on Dec. 26, 2017, at 1:30 a.m. peacefully in the care of the Coeur d’Alene Hospice House. She was diagnosed with terminal bone cancer on Dec. 13, 2013. She lived for four years with this terrible disease and would not allow her disease to take control of her life without a...
Lynda Culhane
Dec 25, 2017
Lynda Culhane
Beloved Mother, Grandmother, Sister, Aunt and Friend
Lynda was born in California to James and Wanda Button. She is survived by her four children, Lisa, Kevin, Lori and Carly. She is also survived by her siblings, Kevin, Kelly and Tracy and grandchildren Cheyenne, Landon, Ethan, James, Zac and Piper. Lynda was adored by...
Paul Brink
Dec 25, 2017
Paul G. Brink of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho passed away at Schneidmiller Hospice House on December 25, 2017 at age 84. Paul was born May 23, 1933 in Thief River Falls, Minnesota. Paul served 4 years in the US Navy in 1950, after the service he married Essie Arnetha Standridge of Mena Arkansas in Beaumont Texas. Were they resided in...
Barbara Hemphill
Dec 25, 2017
Barbara Kay Hemphill born October 21, 1937, went to be in the loving arms of the Lord on December 25th, 2017. She passed peacefully at Valley Vista in Sandpoint, Idaho where she recieved exeptional and loving care from their staff. Barbara was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania to Phillip and Hazel Alexander. Barbara, widowed, was married to Edward Hemphill until...
Robert Folsom, Sr.
Dec 25, 2017
Robert ‘Bob’ Folsom Sr. With heavy hearts we share the passing of Robert “Bob” Folsom Sr., of Post Falls, Idaho, on Monday, Dec. 25, 2017. Bob was born in 1941; the son of Archie Clarence and Mary Isabelle (Caverty) Folsom. One of five children, Bob grew up happily hunting, swimming, fishing and riding horses. Graduating from Greeley High School...
Edith Reed
Dec 24, 2017
Edith Marie Reed, 94
Edith Marie Reed, age 94, resident of Dalton Gardens, Idaho, died on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, 2017, in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho due to Alzheimer’s issues.
She was born Feb. 15, 1923, in Burlington, Colo., to George and Vera (Coe) Martens. She moved with her family in 1934 from Colorado to Idaho,...
Kenneth Kellams
Dec 23, 2017
(4-7-1935 To 12-23-2017)
Kenneth Ray Kellams
(K.R. Kellams)
K.R. was born in McAlester, Oklahoma and soon moved to Bakersfield, California where he grew up, went to college and after college served his country as a Navy Pilot. After his military service, he returned to Bakersfield and married Joyce, his wife. They had two...
Kevin Chamberlin
Dec 16, 2017
Kevin Lee Chamberlin, 57
With a final rev of the engine and a howl at the moon, Kevin Lee Chamberlin joined that "Sturgis rally in the sky" on Dec. 16, 2017, at the all-too-young age of 57. For a man that never rested, Kevin finally found that perfect beach.
While Kevin was born in Boise,...
Gordon Cofield
Dec 13, 2017
With a long life full of many memories, Gordon Cofield, 87, went to be with Jesus, his Savior, on December 13, 2017 at North Star Retirement Community in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. While our hearts are sad to lose Papa, we know that he is in heaven getting ready to celebrate the birth of Jesus with Mom. Gordon Roy Cofield was...
Lucille Hagan
Dec 9, 2017
Lucille Hagan, 83, or Coeur d’Alene, ID, passed away on Saturday December 9, 2017. Lucille was born August 24, 1934, in Beulah, ND, and is the daughter of Roy and Florence (Pulver) Koester. She married Roy Hagan on March 11, 1953.
She was a homemaker.
Lucille is survived by her children: daughter Rose Owens, son...
LuRae Laferriere
Dec 7, 2017
LuRae Laferriere (Stipe), known by most as Gram, went to be with our heavenly father the night of Dec 7th, 2017, following complications after surgery. Gram was born May 2nd, 1936, in Colville, Washington to John Stipe and Fern Benton. She grew up moving around the Colville, Springdale area and graduated high school from Notre Dame Academy. She met her...
William F. Van Valkinburgh
Dec 5, 2017
William Franklin "Bill" Van Valkinburgh, of Dalton Gardens, Idaho, passed away at home on December 5th, 2017 at age 83.
Bill was born Sep 12th, 1934, in Everett Washington to Leslie Dewey and Mildred Clarinda (Anderson) Van Valkinburgh.
Bill's family moved from Everett to Coeur d'Alene in about 1936, at that time a 2 day...
Forrest Smith
Dec 5, 2017
Forrest David Smith, better known as Dave, passed away on Dec. 5, 2017, one month before his 94th birthday. His early years included three years of service in the Army Air Corps as a lieutenant. He raised his family in Castro Valley, Calif., and moved to Turlock upon retirement with his beloved wife, Wilma, to whom he was married...
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