Local Obituaries for Post Falls, Rathdrum, Kootenai County & Surrounding Areas
William Wesley Albert
Oct 9, 2018
William Wesley Albert, 69, of Post Falls passed away Tuesday, October 9th, surrounded by family and friends at Kootenai Health in Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho from complications following open heart surgery.
Wes was born in Baltimore, Maryland to George and Virginia Albert on September 20, 1949. He grew up in Spokane, Washington and graduated from North Central High School. He later...
Jerrol Hartman Ford
Sep 30, 2018
Jerrol Hartman Ford (82) passed away peacefully with his loving wife and best friend by his side, September 30, 2018 in CDA. He was born May 25, 1936 in Kanab, Utah to Zadok James and Hannah (Greenhalgh) Ford in Grandma Judd’s home. When he was 5 years old they moved to Layton, UT. He graduated from Davis High School in...
Nancy Clady Clark
Sep 29, 2018
Nancy Clady Clark (52), peacefully passed September 29, 2018 with family by her side continually. After 5 years of courageously beating the odds, she finally succumbed to Stage 4 colon cancer. Nancy was born in Culver City, CA to Frank Jose Aguiar and Alice Faye Leno, but raised by her stepdad Delmer Romberg and mother Alice in Burley, Idaho.
In...
Mary Ann Theresa Peterson
Sep 29, 2018
Mary Ann Peterson, age 85, passed away September 29, 2018 in Post Falls, ID
surrounded by her daughters.
Born July 20, 1933 in Elizabeth, New Jersey to Michael J. Rustick and Irene Saboski. She was the youngest of three children.
She attended Union High School in Union, New Jersey, Drake Business School and TWA Stewardess Training in Kansas City, Missouri.
Mary Ann met her...
Karen Lynn Syrcle
Sep 28, 2018
Karen Lynn Syrcle, 73, passed away on September 28, 2018 at Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane. Karen and her twin sister, Sharon, were born in Yakima, Washington on March 24, 1945 to Mr. and Mrs. Stan Smoot. They joined older sister Bobbi Jean at the Smoot home.
Karen graduated from Davis High School in Yakima in 1963. She became a Registered...
Raymond Everett Schaal
Sep 27, 2018
Raymond Everett Schaal, July 17, 1936 -Sept 27, 2018
Raymond was born to William and Melva Schaal in Oakland California.
He was an active young man playing many sports of which baseball was his favorite. After high
school Ray attended UC Berkeley, California where he was a member of the Acacia Fraternity
and was a coxswain for the rowing team. He graduation with a...
John Jay Kirkpatrick
Sep 25, 2018
John Jay Kirkpatrick, 68 passed away Tuesday September 25th surrounded by his family at the hospital in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho from an extended illness.
John was born May 25th 1950 at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City, Iowa to Robert and Gretchen Kirkpatrick and sister Linda. He grew up on his family farm in Nichols, Iowa. John graduated from Lone Tree...
James Clifton Parker
Sep 22, 2018
James Cliffton Parker moved on to his Heavenly Home on September 22nd 2018 at Kootenai Medical Center. He was born September 29th, 1941 in Tuckaseegee NC to Samuel Matt Parker and Mildred Anne Watson. When Jim was 6 weeks old, the family moved to the Sedro Wooley area in Western Washington, where his parents started several churches. The family later...
Thomas Richard Denholm
Sep 21, 2018
Thomas Richard Denholm (Age 81) of Spokane, Washington passed away at Sacred Heart Providence on September 21, 2018. He was born on August 2, 1937 in Helena, Montana as the first child of James A. and Lois V. Denholm.
After graduating from North Central High School in Spokane, he joined the United States Marine Corp, where he served from 1954 through...
Beverly Marie Betz
Sep 20, 2018
Beverly Marie Olson/Betz passed away peacefully with her family surrounding her Thursday, September 20. She is finally free of her 8-year battle with MDS and heart trouble. She was our family's matriarch, guiding light, and pillar of strength. Her adventurous spirit and wonderful sense of humor will be greatly missed.
She was born to Edna and Clarence Olson in Madison,...
Kerry Michele Sweeney
Sep 16, 2018
By the grace of God, on a Veteran’s Day in Seattle in 1952, a baby girl was born to Ralph and Myrtle Reitan of Burien, Washington. For 65 years, Kerry then graced the lives of all who entered hers. That grace will now carry on for generations to come. Her selflessness in support of others not herself, the intensity of...
Christopher Terry Riffe
Sep 14, 2018
Christopher Terry Riffe of Hope, ID, age 70, passed away Friday September 14, 2018. He maintained a positive outlook through the healing process for multiple health issues. He was born in Oakland, CA on July 21, 1948, the son of Norman Terry Riffe and Barbara Annette Anderson, and raised in Walnut Creek, CA with his brothers Larry Tilden and Dana...
Kellie Marie Cranmer
Sep 14, 2018
Kellie Marie Cranmer, of Rathdrum, Idaho, age 41, was born on 5-6-77 in Fresno, California and passed away on the morning of September 14th, 2018, surrounded by her loved ones at the Coeur d’Alene Hospice House. A Celebration of Life will be held on Sunday, September 30th at 1:00 pm at Elk Point Events, 4176 E. Potlatch Hill Rd, Coeur...
Ronald Hugh Swaney
Aug 27, 2018
Ronald Hugh Swaney
Ronald Hugh Swaney passed away peacefully on August 27, 2018, in his home at the age of 84. He was born on May 4, 1934 in Bonners. He played music all throughout the Inland Empire.
Ron was married to Sharon Stewart. He had four sisters, Janet, Phyllis, Myrna, and Cathy. Ron had four daughters, Laura Bondurant, Cheryl Biesterfeld, Billie...
Elizabeth Anne Grant
Aug 23, 2018
Elizabeth Anne McGrail Grant “Liz”, 84 passed away August 23, 2018 with her husband Roger at her side at the Hospice of North Idaho after a prolonged battle with frontotemporal dementia.
Born in Worcester, MA the oldest of five children, Elizabeth was known for her love of language, her passion for photography and her expert skill s as a seamstress. She...