Local Obituaries for Post Falls, Rathdrum, Kootenai County & Surrounding Areas
Norma Lynn Willms
Oct 24, 2021
Norma Lynn (Larson) Willms was born on June 7, 1940 to Vernon and Blanche (Pfiefer) Larson in Tekoa, WA. She passed away from the COVID-19 on October 24, 2021 in Coeur d’Alene, ID. She was 81. Norma grew up in the DeSmet, ID area and graduated from Plummer High School. She was very intelligent as a child and was promoted...
Carol Jean Lyon
Oct 15, 2021
Carol Jean Lyon, 85, passed away in Coeur D Alene, ID after a year long decline in health on Friday October 15, 2021. Carol was a life-long resident of northern Minnesota. She was born Sept. 17, 1936 to Roy and Miriam Nelson and grew up in the Hermantown area. During her school years she met Lorry (Shinn) Rannetsberger who was...
Loleta June Widener
Oct 13, 2021
Loleta June Widener was born on the 8th of May, 1936 in Morrow Town, ID to Everett Leachman and Lucy Kole both from Idaho. She passed away in her home of 15 years in Post Falls, ID on the 13th of October 2021. Loleta was born in Idaho and grew up in the Lewiston area until the age of 16....
Tracy Brighter
Oct 9, 2021
Tracy Brighter, 56, of Post Falls, Idaho, passed away in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho on October 9, 2021 from complications due to Covid-19. He was born April 6, 1965 in San Jose, Calif. to Janet K. and James K. Brighter. Following his attendance at Silvercreek High School, he worked as a book binder at San Jose Graphics before moving to Grass...
Darryl Allen Jones
Oct 7, 2021
Darryl Allen Jones, age 52, went to be with the Lord, October 7, 2021, in Coeur d’Alene, ID. He resided in Post Falls, ID with his family. He was born November 27, 1968 in Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho, to William Joseph Jones and Margaret Lula (Poole) Paris. Darryl went to trade school in Tri-cities at Tri-city vocational school and then...
Jeremiah Leake
Oct 6, 2021
Jeremiah Leake, legendary husband and father, departed from this world on October 6th, 2021, surrounded by his family. He was one of seven children, born to Marie Mulroy and Jeremiah Francis Leake in the Bronx New York, March 23rd 1936. He attended Saint Agnes Grammar School and graduated from Red Bank Catholic High School where he was a scholar and...
Ira Eugene Smith
Oct 5, 2021
Ira Eugene Smith, 63 Beloved father, brother and friend, Ira Eugene Smith, 63, of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, peacefully passed away in his home on October 5, 2021. Ira was born on March 17, 1958 in Fullerton, Calif.; the son of Ira and Phyllis (Cook) Smith. After Ira finished school, he bravely spent 4 years in the United States Air-Force as...
Willie Liesenfeld
Oct 1, 2021
Wilbert B. "Willie" Liesenfeld, age 79 of Post Falls ID., passed away on the 1st of October, 2021 at his home. He was born in 1942 in New Ulm, Minnesota to Henry and Clara (Zeig) Liesenfeld. He grew up in New Ulm and attended Country School for 8 years and 1 year at New Ulm Public School. He helped work...
Sydney Kenneth Swanson
Sep 30, 2021
Sydney "Syd" Kenneth Swanson 77 years of Post Falls, ID Passed away on September 30th 2021 at his home in Post Falls, ID. He was born on June 20, 1944 in Boise, ID to Martha Francis Browning and Kenneth John Swanson. He grew up with his father being in the Army Air Corps and then the Airforce. He lived all...
Jerry Horn
Sep 29, 2021
Jeremy “Jerry” Allen Horn, 52, of Post Falls, Idaho passed away September 29, 2021 after a courageous three year battle with pancreatic cancer. Jerry was born in 1969 in Bend, Oregon to Cecil and Susan (Drury) Horn-Helvey. He grew up in Silver Lake, Oregon and graduated from LaPine High School in 1987. He was extremely proud to say he was...
John Ronald Kennedy Jr.
Sep 28, 2021
John Ronald Kennedy Jr., 76 Beloved husband, father and friend, John Ronald Kennedy Jr, 76, of Post Falls, Idaho, peacefully passed away on September 28, 2021; the son of John and WIlla Kennedy. John was born on January 25, 1945 in Wheeling, West Virginia. John bravely served in the United States Army from September 15, 1965 to September 14, of...