Obituaries

Dec 29, 2021

Margaret (Peggy) Isabel Suenkel  May 31,1923-December 29,2021

Margaret Isabel Brennan was born in Moscow, Idaho on May 31, 1923 to Norwegian parents C. Mabel and George O. Brennan. Raised on the family homestead farm outside of Deary, Idaho, Peggy attended Pine Hill School, a one room school, and graduated from Deary High School. After graduation, Peggy earned her Registered Nursing...

Dec 28, 2021

Terry Renfro, age 73, of Burbank, California passed away in his home on December 28, 2021. My dad was born September 10, 1948 in Burbank, California. He served in the United States Air Force during the Vietnam war. After his service he married is wife, Carol Renfro, on May 17, 1980. He loved the outdoors. He worked for the...

Dec 27, 2021

Jon Bucher passed away on December 27th. Jon was born April 11, 1962 to Leo and Patricia Bucher in Stockton, California. His family moved to North Idaho when he was a small child, and he grew up Dalton Gardens, Idaho. After graduating in 1981 from Coeur d’Alene High school, he went on to proudly served his country in the...

Dec 26, 2021

Norma Jean Smith Cook passed away Dec. 26, 2021, at Wellspring Meadows in Hayden at age 93. Heaven is brighter and lovelier with her added presence. She did not attend a prestigious college, earn important degrees or even invent anything. But she had an amazing gift — the gift of laughter — and it was highly contagious.

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Dec 26, 2021

Martin Isaac Jones, known to close family as Zac, was born December 19th, 1983 in Murray, Utah and he passed away unexpectedly on December 26th, 2021 in Hayden, Idaho. He leaves behind his only son Helaman Emory Jones, 4, his mother Dawn Lorraine Jones, 73, his sister Leanne Lorraine Poole, 36, his Brother-in-Law Jason Scott Poole, 49, his brother...

Dec 23, 2021

 

Susan K. Spreen left us to be with her Lord in heaven Dec. 23, 2021. Susan was born Susan K. Carmen at 8:32 a.m., on Friday, Dec.r 20, 1940, in the Nebraska Methodist Hospital, Omaha, Neb.

Susan (Sue) was the beloved daughter of Conrad LeRoy Carmen and Beulah Marie Brown-Carmen and is preceded in passing by her husband, Gerald...

Dec 23, 2021

“I love God from everlasting to everlasting.” These were some of the final words from the kindest and most loving woman of God that this world will ever miss. (Mother Teresa gave her a good run for her money, though.)

On December 23rd, 2021 Nancy Dutra passed away due to the lack of quality care during her...

Dec 22, 2021

 

Larry Clark Cundieff, age 74, passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family and pastors on Dec. 22, 2021, after courageously battling Covid pneumonia.

Larry was born in Oberlin, Kan., on March 9, 1947. Larry and his family moved to California a few years later, where he grew up in San Bernardino, Calif., and attended Pacific High School. He was...

Dec 19, 2021

James E. “Jerky Jim” Gaboury departed to check the smokehouse on the other side on Dec. 19, 2021. His demise was contributed to by complications of old age and respiratory and heart failure.

Jim was born on a frosty Feb. 22 morn in 1930 to Laura (Phillips) Gaboury and Edward Gaboury, at the Connolly Hospital in Harrison,...

Dec 19, 2021

Bill Sinclair led an adventurous life.  Ninety three years after he was born in Highland Park, MI on October 18,1928, Bill passed away in his Athol ID home December 19, 2021. At the age of 17, while still in high school and under-age to enlist in the military, Bill hitch-hiked from MI to Longbeach, CA with the intention of...

Dec 18, 2021

Barbara Carol Swan became our most beloved guardian angel on Dec. 18, 2021. She lived through love for 76 years, and those who knew her are better for it.

She was born in Bismarck, N.D., on Feb. 18, 1945. She then grew up in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, and was the oldest of six. Their home was full...

Dec 14, 2021

Richard Paul Harper (Rick) left us on Dec. 14 to go ride Harleys in Heaven with Debbie.

Rick was born on Sept. 17, 1954, to Fran and Ron Harper in Stillwater, Okla.

He leaves behind his sister, Leah, his brother, Robert Harper, his son, Nick Lakatos, daughter Tiffany Lakatos and eight grandkids. Rick lived his...

Dec 14, 2021

Virginia Young passed from this life’s experience into the arms of our Savior on December 14, 2021 at her home in Hayden Lake, Idaho.

She was born March 12, 1930 in Topeka, Kansas and grew up in Waco, Texas.

Virginia married George E. Young in Houston, Texas on September 4, 1960 and honeymooned in Galveston,...

Dec 13, 2021

On Monday, December 13, 2021, Bonita (Bonnie) Joan Anderson, surrounded by her family singing hymns, peacefully took her last breath at Kootenai Health in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. For over 16 years she bravely battled cancer. Due to increasing health complications, her health took a recent turn for the worse. Her courage and trust in the LORD’s will for her...

Dec 12, 2021

Heaven was awaited by Shirley (Cresto) Orth of Post Falls, Idaho on December 12, 2021 at the age of 78. Shirley was born in Seattle, Washington April 24, 1943 however her heart cherished the Kirkland, Cle Elum, Ronald, and Roslyn area where her family was centered around. Shirley enjoyed many of the Idaho pastimes such as harvesting mushrooms in the mountains,...

Dec 12, 2021

Mary Ann Standifer passed on to continue her journey of life with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, on December 12, 2021. Mary was born to Lewis and Elsie Clark on November 28, 1959 in Pomona, California She is survived by her husband Marvin, her children Kathy, Amanda, John and wife Danielle & Lisa, her sister Beverly, and her...

Dec 10, 2021

Barbara Lindner Weber, 93

Barbara Weber passed away peacefully on December 10, 2021 at The Schneidmiller House in Coeur d’Alene, ID.  She was born on May 12, 1928, in Modesto, CA.

Barbara grew up on a dairy farm in Modesto with her parents Basil & Ivie Lindner, her sister Marilyn and brother Craig.  She...

Dec 8, 2021

Roberta Schoening, 55, of Coeur d’ Alene, passed away on December 8th, 2021. Roberta Graduated from Post Falls High School. She enjoyed cooking, and was always trying new recipes from cooking magazines. She loved every holiday and was the most generous person, giving gifts for every holiday. Roberta loved her grandchildren dearly and enjoyed every minute she got to spend with them.She was preceded in...

Dec 7, 2021

Roger Lionel Beaulieu, 74, passed away on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2021, at Schneidmiller Hospice House due to cancer. Born in Lowell, Mass., on May 31, 1947.

Roger is survived by his wife, Bonnie, and three step children, Sandy Pinkney, Danny Mercer, and Kenny Mercer, sister Michelle Ferrazzani, nephew Michael Ferrazzani, brother Normand, nephew Justin Beaulieu, sister-and-brother-in-law Kathy and...

Dec 7, 2021

On Dec. 7, our beloved mom, Diane Van Zandt, passed away peacefully at Kootenai Health in Coeur d'Alene. This amazing mother of three boys was born on Sept. 5, 1944, to Charlie and Marjorie Reed in Colorado Springs, Colo.

She moved her family to Sandpoint, Idaho, in 1969 and then to the Coeur d'Alene area in 1974,...