May M. Coinson, 97

May M. Coinson, 97, passed from this life on Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2004, at the home of her niece and nephew in Hope, Idaho.

Graveside funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m., Monday, Dec. 6, 2004, at Lakeview Cemetery with the Rev. Dennis Day of St. Joseph's Catholic Church officiating.

May was born on July 28, 1907, in Waterbury, Conn., to Edmond and Marie Coinson, a Swiss couple living in New England, where her father worked for Waltham watches. At the age of 16, her family returned to Europe. May grew up in France and Switzerland and accompanied her mother and her sister's family when they returned to the United States and homesteaded in the Mojave Desert in the fifties.

She eventually followed her nieces and nephews to the Northwest. They are Elisabeth O'Meara and Janou and David Scherb of Sandpoint and Hope, and Anne and Gary Finer and Philippe Lage of Spokane. For the last 24 years, she enjoyed sharing in their lives, and watching their families grow.

May was an avid and skilled embroiderer, and a follower of world events whose loving and constant companion was her cat, Judy. She loved being known as the "chocolate lady" for the hundreds of chocolate bars she would give away just to see people smile.

She represented the families' treasured European roots and will be greatly missed.

Lakeview Funeral Home in Sandpoint is handling the arrangements. Please visit May's memorial at www.lakeviewfuneral.com and sign her online guest book.MaryAnne Dorazio, 78 MaryAnne E. Dorazio, 78, of Coeur d'Alene died Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2004, at Four Seasons Assisted Living, where she was a resident for the past year.Private family services have been held.She was born on March 3, 1926, in Sandpoint, Idaho, the daughter of Art and Jessie Russell. She grew up in the Silver Valley and lived most of her life in the Coeur d'Alene and Dalton Gardens areas.She is survived by daughters and sons-in-law, LeeAnne and Fred LeClair of Dalton Gardens, Idaho, and Sue and Lyle Baker of Salem, Ore.; sons, Douglas Edwards of Careywood, Idaho, and Lance D'Andrea of Boise, Idaho; grandchildren, Fred LeClair III of Hayden, Idaho, Travis Edwards of Seattle, Wash., Jesse Edwards of Seattle, Wash., and Wesley Baker of Salem, Ore.; special great-grandson, Tate LeClair of Colbert, Wash.; sister and brother-in-law, Donna and Bill Schaffer of Boise, Idaho; numerous nieces and nephews and cousins. She was preceded in death by her mother and father and two sisters.Memorial donations may be made to the American Lung Association, 1111 South Orchard, Suite 245, Boise, Idaho 83705 or the Arthritis Foundation, 1314 Spring Street, Atlanta, Georgia 30309.Yates Funeral Home, Coeur d'Alene Chapel was in charge of arrangements.Please visit MaryAnne's memorial and sign the online guest book at www.yatesfuneralhomes.com.Lila Marie Roberts, 79Lila Marie Roberts, 79, of Coeur d'Alene passed away on Thursday, Dec. 2, 2004, at home.

Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Dec. 6, 2004, at English Funeral Chapel in Coeur d'Alene.

Lila was born Nov. 3, 1925, in Sandpoint, Idaho, the daughter of Harry and Cassie (Carter) Lee. She was born and raised in Sandpoint, and moved to Coeur d'Alene in the early 1980s.

She worked at Bonner General Hospital.

She is survived by her sons, Gary Gibson and his wife, Glenda of Athol, Idaho, Bruce Gibson of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, and Dale Roberts and his wife, Dawn, of Sandpoint; her daughters, Phyllis Wong of Coeur d'Alene, Linda Heath and her husband, Clayton, of Athol, Vicki Syth and her husband, Wayne of Hayden, Idaho, and Debbie Brady and her husband, Richard, of Bellingham, Wash.; two brothers, Terry Lee of Bellingham and Frank Lee of Spokane, Wash.; three sisters, Betty Stiner of Coeur d'Alene, Roseanna Sharp of Lovel, Wyo., and Joyce Alford of Juneau, Alaska; and 17 grandchildren and 22 great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by grandsons, Rich and David; a sister, Shirley; and brothers Jr., Jim and Dutch.

Memorial donations may be made in Lila's name to Hospice of North Idaho, 9493 N. Government Way, Hayden, ID 83835.

Please sign Lila's guest registry and view her online memorial at www.englishfuneralchapel.com.

English Funeral Chapels, Inc. is in charge of arrangements