Local Obituaries for Post Falls, Rathdrum, Kootenai County & Surrounding Areas
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...
Margaret H. Turner
Oct 2, 2020
Margaret Hughes Turner, 96, passed away October 2nd, 2020 Margaret was born in 1924 in Inglewood, California to Maud and Frank Dugay. She spent her younger years in San Dimas, California before the family relocated to Dillon, Montana; and then the Butte where she graduated high school. After school, she moved to Pasadena, California for a short time and worked...
Merton Gilbert Malek
Oct 1, 2020
MERTON GILBERT MALEK
October 27, 1929 ~ October 1, 2020
How lucky we six siblings were to have Mert as our dad. He was an artistic, musical, never-say-never, joyful person who continued to learn and change to the end of his life on October 1, 2020 under the full moon.
Dad was born as the Great Depression began to descend on the U.S....
Loren Kermit Olson
Oct 1, 2020
LOREN K (OLY) OLSON September 12, 1941 - October 1, 2020 "My health may fail and my spirit grow weak, but God is the strength of my heart, he is mine forever." Psalms 72:26 Our loving husband, father and stepdad, brother, uncle, grandpa, and "uncle-grandpa" took the hand of Jesus and walked with Him into eternity on the morning of...
Richard "Rick" Charles Hansen
Oct 1, 2020
Richard Charles “Rick” Hansen, 74, of Coeur d’Alene, passed away peacefully on October 1st, 2020 surrounded by loved ones after a brief battle with cancer. He was born on September 16th, 1946 to parents Junior William Hansen and Mildred Ruth Hansen (Elder) in Coalinga, CA. Rick’s father passed away at the age of 31, when Rick was only a year...

