Local Obituaries for Post Falls, Rathdrum, Kootenai County & Surrounding Areas
Linda Kathleen Blank
Nov 1, 2021
Linda Ellis Blank passed away on November 1st, 2021, after suffering from Para Supra Nuclear Palsy. She celebrated her 80th birthday in Post Falls, Idaho surrounded by family. Linda was born to Charles F. Ellis and Jane Dorthea Ellis in Mandan, ND on October 20, 1941. She grew up with beloved younger brother, John C. Ellis. Linda graduated from Mandan...
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...

