Obituaries

Rita "Karen" Pishko (Beddow)

Rita "Karen" Pishko (Beddow)

Nov 9, 2022

Rita Pishko (Beddow) was born July 2, 1949, to Russell and Esther Beddow in Spokane, Washington.  Rita passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, on November 9th after a 2-year battle with Pancreatic cancer and is now free of pain.

She lived in Liberty Lake with her husband of 37 years and the couple's beloved dog, Sophie, always by their side....

Jim Glaspie

Jim Glaspie

Nov 9, 2022

Jim Glaspie, 92 of Post Falls, Idaho died November 9, 2022 at home after a long battle with cancer.

Jim was the ninth born child in a family of eleven.  Jim was married to Joann for 60 years until her death in 2009.  Jim married Betty Kammeyer in 2011. Jim was predeceased by his second born daughter, Laura.

He is...

Dick G.B. Jonas

Dick G.B. Jonas

Nov 7, 2022

Dick Gerrit Bastiaan Jonas went to be home with his Savior on November 7, 2022 after battling congestive heart failure. He was born in Arnhem, The Netherlands in February 1949 to Bastiaan and Jacoba Jonas. He had one older sister, Irene Jonas Streutker. When Dick was a young boy, the family immigrated to the United States ultimately settling on the...

Arlene Scott

Arlene Scott

Nov 6, 2022

Arlene Scott, 96, from Coeur d Alene, Idaho, passed away peacefully on November 6, 2022.  Arlene was born, July 25, 1926 in Gales Ferry, Connecticut to Morton and Edna Crawford.  She grew up on a dairy farm, in Gales Ferry, and met Norman Scott when they were in high school, and they were married on April 8, 1945 in Gales...

Ginger Rivera

Ginger Rivera

Nov 4, 2022

Ginger Rivera passed away Nov. 4, 2022, surrounded by her loving family and friends in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Ginger was born Oct. 24, 1959, to Chuck and Virginia Young in Madera, Calif.

Ginger had three children when she met her soulmate, Robert "Bob" Rivera, in 1986, and he too already had three children. After declining his many offers of marriage...

Caroline Keller

Caroline Keller

Nov 3, 2022

Caroline Keller of Hayden, Idaho, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Nov. 3, 2022. She loved the Lord with all her heart. She was a member of Hayden Bible Church, where she served as a greeter and enjoyed meeting and greeting all who came into the Lord's House.

She is preceded in death by her father, Tyrrell Thrash...

Eugene "Gene" A. Marano

Eugene "Gene" A. Marano

Nov 1, 2022

Surrounded by family, Eugene “Gene” A. Marano was caught by “The Hound of Heaven” and transcended into Divine grace and God’s full love on November 1 after a decade-long battle with Parkinson’s disease. He was 78.

Gene was born in Tacoma, Washington on August 12, 1944, to Agnes and Albert Marano. His childhood was spent with older sister, Barb and...

Sandra Ellen Wright (Smith)

Sandra Ellen Wright (Smith)

Oct 31, 2022

 

  Sandra Ellen Wright (Smith)

January 29, 1948 - October 31, 2022

Sandi “Sam” Wright passed away, at age 74, peacefully at home surrounded by family, after a long battle with COPD. She joined her beloved husband Ron “RW” in Heaven. She was born on January 29, 1948, in Richland, WA to John H. and Constance E. Smith. She...

Jacquelyn Jolene Sutton "Jacqui Jo"

Jacquelyn Jolene Sutton "Jacqui Jo"

Oct 29, 2022

 

Jacquelyn Jolene Sutton “Jacqui Jo” 56, passed away on  October 29, 2022, after losing her battle with cancer.  She was the fifth child born to William “Bill” Sutton and Alayne Sutton of Post Falls ID in 1966. She is preceeded in death by her father William Sutton, mother Alayne Sutton, brother Richard Sutton and brother Ronald “Tony” Sutton. Along...

James Eugene Heuett

James Eugene Heuett

Oct 28, 2022

James Eugene Heuett, age 85, passed away at Schneidmiller Hospice House on October 28, 2022. He was born in Grand Forks, BC, on June 20, 1937, to Charles E. and Grace Heuett. The youngest of four children, he grew up on a farm in Malo, Washington.Jim attended school in Curlew, Washington, where he graduated with honors in 1955. He worked...

Alice Lenore Claflin

Alice Lenore Claflin

Oct 28, 2022

July 27, 1936 – October 28, 2022

Alice was born July 27, 1936 to Carl “Axel” Peterson and Gerda Peterson (Peterson) in St. Maries, Idaho.  She passed away Friday, October 28, 2022, surrounded by family members.

She lived with her parents and grandparents in Emida, moving to St. Maries during grade school.  She attended grades 1-3 in Emida and finished...

Donna Cofield

Donna Cofield

Oct 28, 2022

Her love of Jesus was evident in the way she lived and treated others! Donna Cofield, 84, went to join her loving husband Glenn in heaven on October 28th, 2022. Donna was born on August 14th in Consort, Alberta, to parents George and Dorothy Virgo. She graduated as a Practical Nurse from Mount Royal College in Calgary, Alberta. Donna met...

Kenneth Wayne Langer

Kenneth Wayne Langer

Oct 27, 2022

Kenneth Wayne Langer passed away suddenly Oct. 27, 2022. He was 74. He was diagnosed with a high grade glioblastoma brain tumor Sept. 8, 2022, and immediately began radiation and chemotherapy.

While we knew his disease was not operable or curable, we had hoped treatment would allow for more time. Our family was not expecting for Ken’s life to be...

Charlotte Ann Mantia

Charlotte Ann Mantia

Oct 27, 2022

Charlotte Ann Mantia (69) passed away on October 27, 2022 in Athol, Idaho. She was born on November 15, 1952 in Bessemer, Alabama.

She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend.

Charlotte so enjoyed birdwatching, gardening, scrapbooking, making cards with friends, traveling with her beloved husband, Edgar, and long conversations with her daughter, granddaughter, and sister.

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Diane Harrison Johnson

Diane Harrison Johnson

Oct 26, 2022

Diane Harrison Johnson died on October 26, 2022, at the age of 81.

Diane was born on July 4, 1941, to Barry G. and Eva Mae Harrison in Los Angeles CA. When she was a toddler her family moved to Okanogan, WA then to Brewster, WA. Where the family made their permanent home for many years. She attended all 12...

Mary Jane Foeller (Stevens)

Mary Jane Foeller (Stevens)

Oct 24, 2022

Mary Jane (Stevens) Foeller passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family in Post Falls on Oct. 24, 2022. The day before her 93rd birthday.

She was born on Oct. 25, 1929, in Milwaukee, Wis., to Dutch immigrants William H. Stevens and Anna (Cup) Stevens. She was the youngest and last surviving of their three children.

Mary grew up in Thiensville,...

Camella Jane Jones

Camella Jane Jones

Oct 20, 2022

 

Camella Jane Jones, 70October 15, 1952 – October 20, 2022

Post Falls Idaho resident Camella J. Jones, 70, died Oct. 20, 2022, at Schneidmiller Hospice House in Coeur d’Alene Idaho from complications with Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP) a rare neurodegenerative condition that causes problems with balance, vision, speech, movement and swallowing.

Camella was born Oct. 15, 1952, in Gold...

Henry Clark Willard

Henry Clark Willard

Oct 16, 2022

 

Henry Clark WillardBorn 12.31.1944Died 10.16.2022He came, He saw, He left.He was loved

Grace E. Young

Grace E. Young

Oct 15, 2022

 

  Grace E. Young. Born September 6th, 1931 in Moscow, Idaho. Died October 15th 2022 in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.  

Our beautiful Grace spent most of her life in Idaho, with the majority of her young years spent in Rathdrum. She graduated from Rathdrum High school in 1949 and soon after married Kenneth Smith. They were married forty years...

Mary Jacobs Yager

Mary Jacobs Yager

Oct 14, 2022

Mary was born in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho on December 16, 1956 to Harold and Cecelia (Gribnau) Jacobs. She was the “baby” of the family being the seventh and final Jacobs child. Mary left her earthly body early on the morning of October 14, 2022 with her loving husband of 47 years, Don Yager, by her side. Her death occurred exactly...