Obituaries

Sep 1, 2020

Fred W. Ball (71) passed away on Sept. 1, 2020, in Spokane, WA. He was born on Aug. 7, 1949, in Red Bluff, CA. A memorial service will be held on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, at 2 pm at English Funeral Chapel, 1700 N. Spokane St. Post Falls, ID.

Aug 31, 2020

Joe Robert Dahmen passed away on August 31, 2020, at home in Coeur d'Alene, ID. He was 68.

Joe was born in Spokane, WA to Sam Dahmen and Shirley Ochs on November 2, 1951.  He grew up in Spokane, attended St. Peters Elementary, and graduated from Gonzaga Preparatory for boys in 1969.  During his high school summers, he worked at his Uncle Steve Dahmen’s farm and developed a love...

Aug 28, 2020

Coeur d’Alene lost one of its most colorful, talented and entertaining residents when Ted Nelson passed away on August 28th at age 91.  Always one to give more than he took, he volunteered with cancer patients at Kootenai Medical Center, helped out at the Hospice Thrift Store, mentored disadvantaged teens, organized square dance competitions throughout North Idaho and helped...

Aug 27, 2020

Raymond Olaf Wickstrom, April 1, 1929 - August 27, 2020

Ray was one of the eleven children of Olaf Edward and Alma Mari (Hakkinen) Wickstrom. The family moved to a farm in the Cave Hills of South Dakota when he was one year old. Ray had never heard English until he went to the one-room school house...

Aug 27, 2020

Howard Earl Merriman, Jr., age 65, passed away at Guardian Angel Home in Post Falls, ID, on August 27, 2020. Howard was born in Spokane, WA, on March 8, 1955, to Howard and Nina (Hartnett) Merriman. He was raised in Spokane, WA, and attended Ferris High School and enlisted in the US Navy at age 17. Howard married Darla...

Aug 27, 2020

Colby Donel Roop passed away suddenly on Thursday, August 27th in Post Falls, Idaho. He was born in Evanston, Wyoming to Dara Roop and Donel Roop on September 29, 1988. Colby was a beautiful and inquisitive young man. He was a Son, Brother, Uncle, Nephew, Cousin, and Best Friend whom we will always miss and wish to have more...

Aug 27, 2020

Our husband, father, brother, grandfather, uncle, friend, and neighbor has left us to go be in the arms of Jesus.

Ray was born on June 29th, 1939 in Fresno, California. He was the last born to Wilson (Bill) and Lorena VanNess Knisley, a bouncing baby boy who captured the heart of all he met in his lifetime....

Aug 23, 2020

Larry Lee Fuson peacefully went home early Sunday morning August 23rd, 2020. He was born in Coeur d’Alene Idaho on July 25, 1949, where he was raised throughout Kootenai County.

He served in the US Army and National Gard’s which took him to Korea and many other places. Larry was treasured among his family (brother Randy Fuson;...

Aug 23, 2020

Marty Joe Sanders, 58 passed away August 23, 2020 at his home in Rose Lake, Idaho. He was born Sept 20, 1961 to Arthur and Hazel Sanders in Butte, Montana, the fourth child of six.

Marty moved to Kellogg, Idaho in 1974 with his mother and siblings after the death of his father. He attended school at...

Aug 21, 2020

Shirlee Jean Crowley, age 91, passed away at Hospice of North Idaho Schneidmiller Hospice House on August 22, 2020 after a brief five day stay.

Shirlee Jean Ellern was born June 21, 1929 in Chicago, IL to Albert J. Ellern, Sr. and Clara Elizabeth (Sterling) Ellern.  She was raised in Spokane and graduated from Rogers High School...

Aug 21, 2020

Grady Wayne McCurry passed away on  Aug. 21, 2020.  He was born to Doxie and Lillian McCurry on Sept. 6, 1929 in Bradyville, Tennessee. After graduating high school, he went into the air force in 1948-52.  He met Irene Fields in Coeur d' Alene, they married April 4, 1952. They lived in Spokane, Washington for two years and then moved...

Aug 21, 2020

Carolyn B. Richardson died August 21, 2020 in Coeur d’ Alene, ID.  Born May 25, 1943 in Sidney Montana to Helen (Schwenke) Bailey and Vernon Bailey, Carolyn was raised in Montana and graduated from Havre High School in 1961.  On July 14, 1961 she married James E. Richardson in Havre where they raised their two sons, Tony and Lee. ...

Aug 20, 2020

Catherine Lula (Hobbs) Schauble, 90

Cathy Schauble peacefully entered her heavenly home on Aug. 20, 2020, at Schneidmiller Hospice House in Coeur d’Alene.

Cathy (Cass) was born March 20, 1930, in Bovill, Idaho, the 11th of 12 children of Dudley Warfield and Nellie Gertrude (Ross) Hobbs.

Cathy moved to Spokane, Wash., and was...

Aug 17, 2020

Joseph Louis Hodl III, 64

Joseph Louis Hodl III, 64, succumbed to COVID-19 on Monday, August 17, 2020 at Kootenai Health.  He fought as hard as he could but was defeated by this terrible illness. He was an amazing husband, father, and grandpa.  His family misses him immensely. We have had a long wait to be able...

Aug 16, 2020

Ann Getty, age 94, passed away on Sunday, August 16, 2020.  We are all grateful that she passed quickly.  She was just 5 days shy of turning 95 years.  Ann was a special lady who always had a smile and gave the best hugs.  The kind of hug that wraps you all the way around and you can’t help...

Aug 16, 2020

Roy Leonard Brandt (83) passed away on August 16, 2020, just shy of his 84th birthday at his home in Spirit Lake, ID. He was born in Minneapolis, MN to Leonard and Olive Brandt, the youngest of 3 children. He spent his early years growing up in Minneapolis, MN. As a young boy he was involved in the Boy Scouts....

Aug 16, 2020

Karla Jeanne (Nivison) Falter passed on Sunday, August 16, 2020 at North Idaho Hospice in Coeur d’Alene. She valiantly fought ovarian cancer for four years with strength and grace.  Karla was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, friend, daughter, sister, and cousin and will be missed more than words can express.

Karla was born (1942) and raised in...

Aug 15, 2020

Betty Lundy Evans, 100

Betty Lundy Evans of Hayden, Idaho, left us to go home to the Lord on Saturday, August 15th, 2020, at the Living Springs Assisted Living Facility in Post Falls, Idaho.

Betty was born on July 3rd, 1920 to Clark Braden and Lyda Fern Lundy in Nampa, Idaho. She joined one older...

Aug 15, 2020

Carl Raymond Edmundson, 83, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family.  He was born to Carl (Kully) and Dominica (Mayme) Edmundson in Joliet, Illinois on Friday April 13th, 1937.  His mother always said that his coming into the world on Friday the 13th was a sign.  He joined his sister, Marguerite, at home and they lived their childhood in...

Aug 15, 2020

James Brown’s memorial will be held at noon on Saturday, Sept. 19, at the Spirit Lake City Park, followed by the burial at 2 p.m. at the Spirit Lake Cemetery and a celebration of life at the Spirit Lake Masonic Lodge thereafter.

James “Jimmy” Brown left this world the same way he came into it: like a...