Local Obituaries for Post Falls, Rathdrum, Kootenai County & Surrounding Areas
Gloria Murray
Nov 14, 2012
Gloria C. Murray, 92, passed away in her sleep, November 14, 2012 at the Life Care Center of Post Falls, ID. She was born November 4, 1920 in Superior, Montana to Mazel and Paul Westfal. She married Virgil L. Murray in January of 1943 in St. Regis, Montana. Gloria attended business school in Spokane, WA, majoring in accounting. She was...
Katheryn Harding
Nov 9, 2012
Katheryn Marie Harding (88) of Coeur d' Alene passed away Friday, November 9, 2012 at Kootenai Medical Center. She was born February 23, 1924 in Filer, ID to Grover & Cora Beem. Katheryn was a hard worker and loved the time she got to spend with her families and friends. She raised 2 families and instilled a work ethic in...
Dixie Huber
Nov 3, 2012
Dixie Lee Clark Huber, age 73, of Post Falls, ID passed away Nov. 3, 2012 at Kootenai Medical Center in Coeur d'Alene, ID. Dixie was born Sept. 2, 1939 in Blackfoot, ID to Leland Wilmer and Verna (Cobbley) Harris. Dixie held her family as the most important priority in her life and was a fun loving, energetic mother and grandmother....
Chad Gardner
Nov 3, 2012
Chad Vincent Gardner, 19, went to be with our Lord November 2, 2012. Chad was born in Frankfurt, Germany to Timothy and Stacey Gardner joining his sister Cori. Chad's first years were spent traveling around Europe and then on to Ft. Carson, Colorado. He then found his way home to CDA, Idaho when he was five. Chad played basketball and...
Floyd Cardwell
Oct 30, 2012
Tugboat Captain of 'The Florence Lee' Former St. Maries resident Floyd Clyde Cardwell, a resident of Hayden died Oct. 30, 2012 following a long battle with COPD and Cancer. He was born Feb. 9, 1929 to in Tekoa to Clyde and Rosa (Davis) Cardwell of Sanders. The family moved to Oregon where Floyd, at the age 13,, Floyd helped his...
Dorothy Nelson
Oct 29, 2012
Dorothy Eleanor Nelson, age 92, resident of Post Falls, ID passed away Oct 29, 2012. Dorothy was born Feb 20, 1920 to Harry and Emma (Peterson) Rude in Missoula, MT. As a child she moved to Wallace, ID where she was raised with her brothers, Harold, John and Lee. Dorothy graduated from Wallace High School in 1939. On June 5,...
Everett Mcnamara
Oct 25, 2012
EVERETT L. McNAMARA b. 7/22/1925 d. 10/25/2012 Born in a farmhouse in rural North Dakota, Everett and his family moved to Minnesota when he was a young boy. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Everett dropped out of High School at 17 years of age and rushed to enlist in the US Navy. After a harrowing incident when the...
Richard Hess
Oct 13, 2012
Dick passed away peacefully in his sleep on Oct. 13, 2012 at Guardian Angel Homes in Post Falls, ID. He was 93. He was born in Pocatello, ID on Aug. 13, 1919 and spent his childhood days growing up and attending school in Challis, ID. At age 17, he secretly married the love of his love, Ruby, and soon thereafter,...
Robert Painter
Oct 1, 2012
Robert "Wolf" Painter, born May 25, 1947, passed away October 1, 2012. He was a loving father, grandfather and brother. Robert was a hunter and fisherman at heart. He had a huge heart and strong resolve. He loved his home and family in Spirit Lake. Robert joined the Marines in 1966. He was in the 2nd Marine Division, serving his...
Garth Lybbert
Sep 28, 2012
Garth Bernard Lybbert, 85, passed peacefully on September 28, 2012 at his home in Hayden, ID. Garth was born on November 19, 1926, in Cardston, Alberta, Canada. He was raised and attended local schools in Hartley, Glenwood and Calgary. He completed his associate degree and began teaching school (grades 7- 9) in Mountain View, Alberta. Garth was drafted into the...
Violet Kenck
Sep 20, 2012
Violet Kenck, age 89, passed away at her home, Guardian Angel, on September 20, 2012. She was born Sept 11, 1923 to Ernest and Amanda Haynes in Spokane, WA. Violet attended Rogers High School in Spokane, and later graduated High School in Colby, Kansas. After graduation during WWII, she worked as a machinist in the shipyards in Bremerton, WA and...
Craig Sorenson
Sep 7, 2012
Craig A. Sorenson, 52, of Coeur d'Alene, ID passed away on September 7, 2012. He was born December 26, 1959 to Ron and Donna (Korgel) Sorenson. He resided in CDA his whole life but recently took a traveling job that allowed him to see some of the United States. He was a hard worker and a great father, grandfather, brother,...
Nora Lanning
Sep 4, 2012
On September 4, 2012 after a long and courageous battle with Myasthenia Gravis, Nora I. Lanning took the hand of an angel and left this earth on her 53rd wedding anniversary. Nora was born October 20, 1926 in Elko, Nevada, to Emma and Marshall Hess. After her father was killed in an auto accident her mother married Lewis Bellinger who...
Herbert Ekenbarger
Sep 2, 2012
Herbert Elwood Ekenbarger Jr. POST FALLS, ID - Herbert Elwood Ekenbarger, Jr., 73, of Spokane, Washington passed away September 2, 2012 at Northern Idaho Advanced Care Hospital, in the presence of his longtime girlfriend, Sherrie Franks, and his daughter, Kristina Miller. He was born December 19, 1938, in Yakima, Washington, the son of the late Audrey and Herbert Ekenbarger, Sr....