Todd Wallace Egland, 58
Todd Wallace Egland was born Oct. 28, 1958, in Sandpoint, Idaho, to Harold and Doreen “Dot” Egland. He died Friday, Dec. 9, 2016, at Sacred Heart Medical Center at the age of 58. He had been fighting heart disease for several years. A celebration of his life will be held next summer.
He graduated from Sandpoint High School in 1977. He spent a lot of his teenage year’s dirt bike riding with friends and later when he got his driver’s license, cruising the gut in his purple 1955 Ford Pickup. He went to North Idaho College where he took the Millwright/Welding course. When he couldn’t find a job locally he and his best friend Doug Stevens took off in the Ford and headed for Wyoming to look for work. It didn’t take them long to decide to come back home. Todd eventually found a job working at Encoder Products Co.
He worked for Encoder for over 30 years until his health forced him to give it up. He started out running a milling machine and eventually, several years later, ended up as the manager for the machine shop. He was not one to ever hold a grudge and had the patience it takes to deal with people and their problems that made him a good manager.
He has always been an avid motorized recreational enthusiast. He went from dirt bike riding, to three- wheeling and then quads before he finally got into snowmobiling. He has been to the top of every mountain peak in the Pack River Valley with his buddies “The Smokers.” When the cold of snowmobiling got too much he bought a Harley. Todd always loved his toys and could never just buy them and ride them, he always had to soup them up, make them go faster and sound louder.
Todd was a member of the local Elks lodge where he was an avid golfer. He was a member of the Encoder men’s team and golfed in for several years in the Thursday night men’s league.
Todd didn’t have much luck on his hunting excursions but he did manage to get his moose. The moose that he shot had a big enough set of antlers to make it into the 95-97 Boone and Crockett record book. He also won the opportunity to shoot a buffalo. He bought $25 worth of tickets to the Troy Lions Annual Buffalo Hunt and won. He has been heard to say it was the most expensive, free hunt he was ever on. But the whole family got an experience that none of us will ever forget.
He is survived by his sons, Tanner and Taylor of Sandpoint; and his ex-wife, Candy of Priest River. He is also survived by his brother, Bryan (Sue) of Kootenai, his mother, Doreen (Mike) Carnagey of Pendleton, Ore.; and lots of extended family.
He was preceded in death by his infant daughter, Nikkolette; and his father, Harold.
A special thank you to all of those who helped make sure Todd got to his doctor’s appointments.
Lakeview Funeral Home in Sandpoint is handling the arrangements. Please visit Todd’s online memorial www.lakeviewfuneral.com and sign his guest book.