Local Obituaries for Post Falls, Rathdrum, Kootenai County & Surrounding Areas
Kathleen Elaine Sanders
Oct 28, 2020
It is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of Kathleen Elaine Sanders (Moody), 77, on October 28th, 2020 at her home in Post Falls, ID. She was born June 29th, 1943 to Beulah & Harley Moody in Woodhull, Illinois. Services will be held at the Post Falls LDS Stake Center at noon on November 7th, 2020....
Virginia Susan Oakshott
Oct 26, 2020
Virginia Susan Oakshott ("Ginny") passed away on October 26, 2020 following a brief illness. Ginny was born on November 26, 1940 to George and Olive Oakshott in Colville, Washington. Her family was well known in the Colville community as farmers, teachers, lawyers, and business owners. She was the youngest of three children, including her brother George and sister Claudia. Ginny...
Larry Ralph Blum
Oct 25, 2020
Larry Ralph Blum AKA Ralph Lorris Blum went peacefully into the light at the end of the tunnel to join loved ones waiting at Heaven’s Gate October 25th at 5:51 AM. He was born April 5th, 1958 in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho as the youngest of five children and the only one his father witnessed firsthand coming into the world. His...
Sharron Rae Alkire
Oct 25, 2020
Sharron was born August 1, 1956 to Calvin McDonald and Jeraldine Braswell (maiden name) in San Gabriel, California. Early in 1970, she married Donald Roddy in Southern California; they had a daughter in 1974 and named her Rhonda Kaye Roddy. When Sharron and Don divorced, she and daughter Rhonda moved to Warsaw, Missouri to be near her sister Sandy for...
William Gene Putren
Oct 23, 2020
On Friday, October 23, 2020, William Gene Putren passed away peacefully at the age of 81 at his home in Coeur d’Alene surrounded by his wife and family. Bill was born on June 24, 1939 in Bellflower, Ca to William and Agnes (Negley) Putren. He graduated from Bellflower High School, Class of 1958, and became a journeyman painter for 5...
Jeffrey Dean Haag
Oct 20, 2020
Jeffry Dean Haag peacefully passed away at home Tuesday October 20, 2020 after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born January 15, 1958. Jeff was an electrician for 42 years and loved his job. He moved from Dickinson North Dakota to Minnesota, then moved to Spirit Lake Idaho where he called home for 30 years. He loved sitting on...
Norma Jean Isbell
Oct 17, 2020
Norma Jean Isbell, 84, a resident of Rathdrum, moved to Lewiston and formerly Hauser, ID, passed away on Saturday, October 17, 2020. Born February 04, 1936, in Coeur D’Alene, ID to Lyal and Gladys Myers. She graduated from Rathdrum, ID in 1953 and married her high school sweetheart Paul Isbell on July 23, 1954. Together they raised a family in...
James Billy Loer
Oct 17, 2020
James Billy Loer, 96-1/2, died on Saturday, October 17, 2020 at the Washington State Veterans Home in Spokane, Washington. He was born on January 20, 1924 in Charlotte/Mecklenburg County, North Carolina to Charles Loer and Lillie Belle (Hagler) Loer. The children born to Charles and Lillie Belle were Mozell Jane (Loer) Gaboury, Sarah Elizabeth (Loer) Morris, James Billy Loer, Robert...
Sonya Kaye Leu
Oct 16, 2020
Sonya Leu has lived in Post Falls, Idaho since 1990. She passed away at Kootenai Medical Center on October 16, 2020 at 10:55pm. She was born in Denver, Colorado on September 7th, 1964 to Viola Ada “Jackie” Leu and Robert Leu. She remained in Colorado until she moved with her husband and two children to Post Falls Idaho to be...
Ahtoni Evelyn Virginia Grimm
Oct 11, 2020
Ahtoni (Evelyn) Virginia Grimm passed away peacefully on October 11, 2020 after several years of struggling with Alzheimer disease. She was in the arms of loved ones when she passed Ahtoni was born on August 19, 1949 in Chicago, Illinois to Kenneth Russell Jenson and Esther Marie (Warmuth) Jenson. She was the oldest of two children (sister Kathy). When she...
Wilma Catherine Carl
Oct 10, 2020
Wilma Catherine Carl, passed away peacefully in her sleep, October 10th, 2020, at the age of 82, in Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho. She was preceded in death by her husband, Paul, of 49 years and her eldest son, Todd Sr. She leaves behind her youngest son, Mark, and his wife; a daughter-in-law; two grandchildren; four great grandchildren; as well as...