Local Obituaries for Post Falls, Rathdrum, Kootenai County & Surrounding Areas
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....
Eleanor Schooley
Sep 2, 2012
Elinor "Nadine" Schooley was born in Osage City, Kansas, to William M. Brown and Lucy B. Brown. She was raised in Osage City, and graduated from Lyndon High School. She moved with her family to Colorado in the1930s to help her parents run a restaurant in Brighton CO. She later moved to Denver and went to work at the Gates...
Alice Floyd
Sep 1, 2012
Alice M. Floyd was born 3/02/24 in Butte, Montana to Erwin and Katherine Cooke. Alice moved to Spokane and graduated from North Central High School after which she served in the U.S. Navy as a WAVE during WWII where she met and married her husband, Sam. She lived in Washington D.C. area for 40 years raising 4 sons before returning...
Miles Lavigne
Aug 29, 2012
Miles "Smiles" LaVigne April 25th, 2012 - August 29th ,2012 Survived by his mother, Meriah McIntosh, his father, Keith LaVigne, his sister Sophia LaVigne, grandparents, Wanda & Steve Knight, Jennifer & Bruce Wyble and Matthew LaVigne and great - grandparents, Freta & Dale Odekirk. Our Beautiful Boy, your light shines so brilliantly the world could only have you for such...
Yuri Raper
Aug 29, 2012
Yuri Raper, 23, was called to Heaven on Wednesday August 29, 2012 from injuries sustained in a one vechicle accident in Post Falls, Idaho. Yuri was born in Los Angeles, California on August 31, 1988. She devoted all her time caring for her three children. She had a love for music and family . Yuri recently returned back from California...
Joey Dixon
Aug 26, 2012
Joey Steven Dixon, age 34 with the innocense of a child, October 8, 1977- August 26, 2012 A wonderful son, brother, uncle and friend. Joey was a good soul, but now he has peace of mind. He will be forever missed, and always be alive in the people who loved him. He is survivedby his mother and father Eda Mae...
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