Obituaries
Eloise Mae Lancaster
Mar 17, 2024
Born on a cold day, December 29, 1937, Eloise Moody Lancaster began her life in in the upper Midwest town of Kasson, MN. The first born to parents Sinclair and Dorothy Moody, she lived her first nine years in the area before the growing family moved on to the west coast and settled in the town of Willamina, Oregon.
Growing up...
Roy Toyama
Mar 17, 2024
Roy Toyama, 98, passed away on March 17, 2024, at home after a short illness. Roy was born on December 27, 1925, in Minot, ND to Tamaji and Chiyoko Toyama. His parents ran the US Café in Minot where Roy worked throughout his school years.
Roy was a World War II veteran. He joined the Army in June 1943. He was...
Marilyn Eileen Moore
Mar 14, 2024
Marilyn Eileen May, 87, of Coeur d' Alene, died March 14, 2024. Marilyn was born on August 15 1936 in Coeur d’Alene to Norris and Salina Boothe. She grew up in both the Coeur d’Alene and Spokane areas. She participated in competitive figure skating from young childhood through her high school years. As a teenager she also served as a...
Peter William Mamales
Mar 12, 2024
Peter William Mamales, husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather passed away on a beautiful Tuesday morning, March 12th, 2024, due to complications related to Alzheimer’s.
Born the seventh of eight children, Pete, known to many as “Pete the Greek who lives down the street”, was born to Vassilios (Bill) and Asihmo (Asme) Karidis Mamalis, at home in Magna, Utah on Thanksgiving Day,...
Robert Witherow
Mar 8, 2024
It is with great sadness that we announce that Robert (Bob) Witherow, age 67, died on March 8th of early onset dementia.
Bob was preceded in death by his mom and dad Delores and Lowry. He is survived and remembered by his daughter Becki, son Casey and their mom Beth. He also leaves behind his three grandsons as well as his...
Wesley Alderson
Mar 8, 2024
This is my last chance to have anything printed in a newspaper so I’m writing my own obituary.
I was born March 6, 1946 in Carlinville, Illinois to the best parents anyone could hope to have, Dorothy Griffiths Alderson and William W. (Bill) Alderson. In August 1954, when we were leaving Nilwood, IL, the only city employee and mayor was changing...
Ronald H. Johnson
Mar 5, 2024
Ronald Henry Johnson, 81, passed away March 4, 2024. Ron was born September 8, 1942 to George and Edna (Olsen) Johnson in Sandpoint, Idaho.
Ron was a graduate of Sandpoint High School in 1961 and attended North Idaho College as well as Idaho State College in Pocatello before signing up for the U.S. Army Reserves.
Ron was employed by the U.S. Forest Service...
Beverly Jo (Boughton) Perry
Mar 4, 2024
Beverly Jo Perry, a cherished wife, mother, grandmother, and beloved community member, passed away peacefully on March 4, 2024, in White Salmon, WA. Born on June 3, 1945, in Coeur d'Alene, ID, she was the daughter of Robert and Lillian Boughton.
Beverly married Michael Perry, on August 27, 1967, in Coeur d'Alene. Together, they crafted a life full of adventure and...
Roy Keith McMahan
Mar 4, 2024
Roy “Keith” McMahan was born April 24, 1964 in Taft, California, and passed away March 4, 2024 in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, after a brief illness. He was 59.
Keith grew up in Taft where he held a love for the game of baseball, playing in several local baseball and softball leagues. He also developed an appetite for motorsports, riding dirt bikes...
Wesley Ira Drake
Mar 2, 2024
Wesley Ira Drake of Dalton Gardens, Idaho, longtime resident of Kootenai County ID and Stevens, County WA and Southern CA, passed away peacefully at the age of 96 on March 2, 2024. He passed at home, under the skilled care of North Idaho Hospice.A beloved husband to Bernice (Dollar) Drake, father of Linda and Dennis, grandfather of Breena and Kendra and...
Jean Jenell Klippstein
Feb 29, 2024
Jean Jenell Klippstein was born in Los Angeles, California, onNovember 13 th , 1930, to John Daniel Wisehaupt and Elda Emma(nee Rothenpieler). She was raised with her two younger sisters,Gwen and Lela, (the three sisters were very close and remained‘best friends’ their whole lives) during the Great Depression.Jean always said she never felt deprived since they had chickens,rabbits, a large...
Marvin (Marv) N. Parsons
Feb 28, 2024
Marvin Parsons 84 of Post Falls passed away in Coeur d' Alene February 28th of 2024.
He was born and raised in Coeur d' Alene. He enjoyed bowling, hunting, fishing, and reading. Four months ago, he was diagnosed with heart failure and the doctors were not able to repair his heart. He leaves behind his wife of 53 years Janice Parsons, daughter...
Dale Howard Johnson
Feb 26, 2024
Dale H. Johnson passed at home peacefully on February 26, 2024.
Dale was born to Rudolph and Alma Johnson on May 6, 1939, in Baudette, Minnesota. They moved to the Spokane, Washington area in the 1940’s. He attended Pleasant Prairie School then West Valley High School which he graduated from.
Dale met and married Glenda McArthur and they had two children, Dennis, and...
Gloria Stuart
Feb 25, 2024
Gloria Stuart, 96Gloria Lois Stuart passed away Sunday, February 25, at home surrounded by loving family. She was 96.Gloria was born December 31, 1927 to Louis and Pearl Hoefling in Duluth, Minnesota. She was raised in Superior, WI and graduated from Central High School in 1945. She met the love of her life, Thomas Stuart, just after he returned from...
Rose Marie Taylor
Feb 24, 2024
Rose Marie Taylor, 93, died February 24, 2024. Memorial Services will be held Saturday, March 16, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. English Funeral Chapel, Post Falls.
William O. Hensley
Feb 23, 2024
William Hensley passed peacefully from this world on February 23, 2024. He was eighty years old. Bill was raised in Denver, Colorado, and spent most of his life there. He drove a bus for 35 years for the Denver Regional Transportation Department. He moved to Coeur d' Alene, Idaho in 2015 to be closer to his family. He leaves...
Robert (Bob) Anthony Cava
Feb 21, 2024
Robert (Bob) Anthony Cava, 82, of Post Falls, died February 21, 2024. Arrangements by English Funeral Chapel, Post Falls.
Harry (Rick) Richard Daugherty
Feb 19, 2024
Harry (Rick) Daugherty, beloved father, grandfather, brother, & uncle passed away on February 19, 2024 in the presence of his family at his home in Post Falls, ID. He was born on October 12, 1955, at the Wardner Hospital, in Kellogg, ID. He was the son of Richard & Geraldine Daugherty. Rick grew up in Smelterville & attended Silver King...
Norman "Keith" Dewey
Feb 18, 2024
Norman “Keith” Dewey, or as he liked to be called, “Dirty Dewey,” passed away on February 18, 2024. After his birth on September 28, 1925 to Ernest and Mary Dewey in Flint Michigan, he traveled as an infant with his Mother back to their home in Moscow, Idaho. As a child he took a job as a paper boy and...
Ellsworth Peterson (Al) Holm
Feb 16, 2024
Al Holm was born 88 years ago to Florestine Brien Holm and Floyd Holm in Little Sunburst, Montana. The family moved to a farm in Hayden Lake, Idaho in 1943. Al attended the one room school house on the Rimrock. Al enlisted in the U.S. Coast Guard in 1953. His duties took him to Guam, the Marshall Islands, Japan, Samoa, and...

