Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
Sorted by date Results 1254 - 1278 of 1948
Major Harold Leonard "Mac" McDonald of Worland passed away on 17 September 2018. Mac was the son of Birdena (nee Pettigrew) and Frank McDonald of Washington, Indiana. Mac is survived by both his sister Rita Sypitkowski and his brother Kenneth McDonald and niece Cynthia, and survived by his wife Hildegarde, daughter Debbie, sons David, Kenny, Brian, Kevin and Keith, and seventeen grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Mac was born in Montgomery, Indiana on 21 June 1938 where he grew up as...
Charlotte Mills Whitlock was born September 28, 1930 in Lovell, Wyoming. She died September 18, 2018 in Worland, Wyoming of heart complications. She received wonderful care during her final days at Worland Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. Her family would like to thank the staff and those who cared for her in her home for the excellent and loving care she received. She was second of four children born to Milo and Ireta (Sawyer) Mills. Early in their marriage Milo homesteaded land in the...
William Thomas Dillinger, 95, of Commerce, TX, died on Sunday, September 16, 2018. Tom was born on April 19, 1923 on a farm outside Commerce, Texas to his parents, William Dillinger and Iva Venus Dillinger. A funeral was held at Commerce Church of Christ on Wednesday, September 19, 2018 with David Gibson officiating. Interment took place at Rosemound Cemetery. In January of 1943, Tom entered the U.S. Army. Serving in the Pacific Theater, his troop was one of the first to occupy Tokyo. After...
Lois Mae Dietz, 89, was born in Roundup, Montana on a dry land farm outside of Gage. Lois passed away at her home in Worland, Wyoming on September 3, 2018. She was the third and youngest child of Albert and Cora Beckman, born on October 15, 1927. When her sister and brother went to a country school, she would follow along until the teacher finally let her attend school at the age of four. Many of the land owners were leaving the area because of the dry seasons and the country school closed, so...
Dixie Horn Bjornestad went home to be with God on September 3, 2018 after an extensive battle with Alzheimer's/dementia. Dixie was surrounded by her loving family at her passing. Her life will be celebrated and remembered on September 8th, 2018 at 4:00 p.m. at Grace Lutheran Church in Worland with graveside services to follow at the Ten Sleep Cemetery. Dixie arrived on this world at Chadron, Nebraska on July 19, 1939. Dixie was the long awaited and prayed for child of Theodore William Horn and...
Deborah Ann (Wood) Kennedy, 60, of Worland, WY, passed peacefully at home on August 17, 2018 in Carey, ID after a lengthy battle with Inflammatory Breast Cancer. Deborah was born in Newcastle, WY to Joseph and Marjorie (Garhart) Wood on April 9, 1958. She graduated high school in Newcastle, WY class of 1976. She went on to receive her degree as a cosmetologist from Black Hills Beauty College. She worked for and managed salons for a number of years until she settled in Worland, WY where she...
Maria Margarita Garcia, 45 died peacefully in her home on August 15, 2018. She was born on January 9, 1973 in Worland, WY to Jess (Sonny) and Sally Garcia. Maria, who was limited here on this earth has been made whole once again as she rejoices in Heaven with her maker and all the loved ones that have gone before her to prepare her place. Even though she was limited in her abilities here on earth, that never stopped her from being full of joy and happiness. Maria's smile and laughter was...
Janna L. Roupe born February 23, 1947 Payson, Utah. Went home to be with the Lord Jesus at 7:00 am August 15, 2018 at Worland Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center. No services at her request....
Floyd Courtney Lattimer passed away on August 10, 2018 at the age of 80. He was born on March 18, 1938 in Ethete, Wyoming to Lewis H. and Clara (Courtney) Lattimer. Floyd graduated High School in Riverton, Wyoming and then went into the military. He joined the United States Navy in 1955. He actively served for three years and then transferred to the reserves and served for two more years. He was honorably discharged in 1961. Floyd was married and had two sons, later divorcing. While in the Navy,...
Alice Verl Clymore nee Minard passed away in Cheyenne, Wyoming Saturday, August 4, 2018 at 78 years old. Her service will be held at Riverton First Church of the Nazarene on Saturday, August 18, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. with Pastor James Davis officiating. She was born in Riverton to Duwayne Minard and Jeannette Minard nee Hogans on July 19, 1940. Her childhood was spent in the oil field and lumber camps from Oregon to Wyoming. She graduated from Worland High School in 1958. Alice was preceded in...
Patricia Ann Grable Kimzey 76-year-old former Worland resident, passed away peacefully at home in Snowflake, Arizona, on August 11, 2018 following a short illness. Pat was born on February 16, 1942 in Worland, to Orville Howard and Marjorie Ellen (Graham) Grable. She spent her early years in Powder Wash, Colorado. When she entered high school, her family moved back to Worland, where she met a handsome young man named Scott Kimzey who would become the love of her life. They married in June 1961...
John Richard Bihr went to be with our Lord on August 2, 2018. He passed peacefully in hospice care while surrounded by many of his family members who were holding his hands and singing some of his favorite Christian hymns and a song that was sung at his wedding. Rich, as all of his many friends knew him, was born on February 28, 1934 in Worland, Wyoming to John Bihr Jr. and Mollie (Lass) Bihr. On June 11, 1960, Rich married the Love of his Life, Karen (Bennett) Bihr, who is the daughter of...
Robert Charles Salinas, Sr. was born May 3, 1966 in Denver, Colorado. He passed away peacefully on August 4, 2018 after battling many years of illness. He was the son of Felix F. and Elaine J. (Thunderbull) Salinas. He had spent the last 27 years of his life with the woman he truly loved, Lynn Murdoch. Rob had four amazing children, Robert (Angela), Vincent (Shyanne), Mikaylynn and Raylee, along with eleven grandchildren, Alizae, Jaide, Vincent, Jr., Robert David, Tekiah, Avani, Aaliyah,...
Helen Healy Bonine, age 100 years, 11 months and 3 days old, passed away August 3. 2018 at the Powell Valley Care Center in Powell, WY. Helen was born on a homestead near Sheridan, WY on August 20, 1917. Due to family circumstances her father placed the five children at the Cathedral Home in Laramie. She and her sister Eileen were adopted by Alex and Edith Healy of Worland, who also had two boys. She attended school in Worland and graduated from Washakie County High School. Helen married Buren...
Dorothy (Ellie) Eleanor Farris, 71, died July 31, 2018 at the Washakie Medical Center. Ellie was born and raised in Basin, WY, and resided in Worland since 1998. She is survived by her daughters: Brenda Wright of Worland, Carrie Johnson of SLC, UT: her sons John Muller of Green River, Jay Muller of Mitchell, NE, and Tommy Kovash of SLC, UT: her brother, Gary Chapman of California; sisters, Debbie Kerr of SLC, UT, Eloise Grisham of Granger, WY, Wanda Snoody of SLC, UT and Tammy Forsythe of...
Joleen (Jo) Henry Clark, born 6-23-1941 in Worland Wy. passed away unexpectedly on 7-29-2018 at the age of 77 years old in Yuma Az. Joleen was the first born of four children to Joe Carl Henry and Lorene (Moore) Henry. She graduated high school in Worland in the class of 1959. She was employed by Bell Telephone in Worland until she married Dale Clark in December 1961 in Worland. Dale worked in the oil field for Texaco Inc. 28 years at Black Mountain near Thermopolis Wy, Roundup Mt. and Chinook...
Anne Louise (Rising) Hill, 68, died on July 29, 2018, after a brief struggle with cancer. Daughter of the late Charles and Barbara Rising, Anne was born on April 14, 1950, in Fontana, California. Anne graduated from Bisbee High School in Bisbee, Arizona, in 1968. In 1970, Anne married her childhood sweetheart, Larry, in the Community Church of Warren, Bisbee, Arizona, while he was on active duty in the U.S. Navy. Anne took business classes at Cochise College and Northern Arizona University...
Dorothy Jane Nelson Sinn, 94, passed away on July 27, 2018 at the Washakie Medical Center in Worland. Dorothy was born on December 4, 1923 in Basin, WY. She joined her older brother, Elmer at the family farm at Elk Creek. The next 15 years saw the arrival of 6 more siblings and the acquisition of 2 more farms. Family was the cornerstone of the Nelson family's lives. Dorothy's mother, Martha was a Bosch. That meant large family gatherings at Grandma Bosch's at the home place on 10-mile Creek....
Jennie P. Garcia Correa went to be with the Lord and Savior on July 24, 2018. She was born on April 22, 1956, in Worland, Wyo., to Manuel C. Garcia and Rebecca Pimental. She was preceded in death by both parents and loving brother Ruben Garcia. She is survived by her loving husband Tomas Correa Sr. and four children Raul (Briana), Amanda Brown (Ryan), Thomas (Kim) Tomas (Skye) and many grandchildren who all loved her very dearly. Jennie was a very loving wife, mother and grandmother that loved...
On the eve of July 21, 2018, God called His angel, Margarita F. Hernandez, known to many as Maggie, home at the age of 58. Our matriarch went peacefully to meet our creator after a long battle of multiple illnesses. Maggie was born on August 24, 1959 to Manuel T. Flores and Asencion P. Martinez in Edinburg, TX. She attended schools in Beeville and Mission, Texas, however the most important lessons of life our Queen learned, was at the school of life. Those who knew Maggie know she loved to cook...
Wanda Jean Chopping passed away in Billings, Montana on Friday, July 20, 2018 at the age of 73. Jean was born November 21, 1944 in Lovell, Wyoming to Gordon Bullard and Edith EvaLee (Johnson) Hoffman. Jeannie spent her early years with her parents following the oil field work around Wyoming and Montana. She attended schools in Worland and other schools around Wyoming. At the age of twelve, she left the United States with her mother to join her father in Arabia where Gordon was working for Getty...
Bradley Lial Agee passed away on July 19th, 2018 after putting up with "that cancer garbage" for more than a decade. Brad was born in Worland on December 11, 1957 to John "Bob" Agee and Bernadine "Bernie" Lewis. Brad grew up in Worland with his two brothers, Berton and Bruce, living their early life on the "Worland Farm" before moving to town. Despite the move, Brad was active in 4-H and FFA, and his work yielded too many awards for swine showmanship to count. Brad graduated in 1976 and shortly...
Stella Fritzler passed away in Casper, Wyoming on Tuesday, July 17, 2018. She was recently preceded in death by her dear husband, Bruce Fritzler. Stella was born in Worland, Wyoming on November 3, 1931, the daughter of Dr. Donald Porter and Alberta (Kehr) Porter. Stella attended the University of Wyoming in Laramie and in 1951 she married her sweetheart, Bruce. They were loving partners for 67 years. Stella was a warm and generous woman, with many friends. Of all her accomplishments, Stella's...
Edward Deromedi, age 86, died peacefully in his sleep at home on June 28, 2018 due to declining health. Edward Henry Deromedi was born, the youngest of 7 children, in Gebo, WY to Joseph and Lena Deromedi on June 22, 1932. His mother died when he was three years old. At age seven his sister, Elizabeth Kubiak, cared for him at their farm in Winchester, WY. He spent his time helping out on the farm and going to school at the Winchester Country School. He then went to work for the Hanover Canal...
Ronald Lloyd Krei passed away July 17, 2018, in the loving presence of his children, at Spirit Mountain Hospice House in Cody, Wyoming. Born March 29, 1929 in Worland to Helen and Herman Krei, Ron developed a steadfast work ethic on the family dairy farm on West River Road until he graduated from Worland High School in 1947. In 1948, Ron enlisted with the U. S. Marine Corps and served in the Korean War from 1950 to 1951. Returning from Korea, Ron met Evelyn Edwards from Miami Beach, Florida and...