Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
Sorted by date Results 1410 - 1434 of 1948
Bessie Dowdy, 93, died Oct. 3, 2017, at Worland Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. Graveside services will be at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017, at Monument Hill Cemetery in Thermopolis. Bryant Funeral Home in Worland is assisting the family with arrangements....
Ann was born in Smith Lake, Minnesota June 29, 1914, the third of fourteen children born to Peter and Anna Margaret Spomer Lass. She passed into His loving arms September 15, 2017. One hundred three years - two and one half months - at Willamette Falls Adult Home Care in Oregon City, Oregon. Her early years were spent in Minnesota and Nebraska before the family moved to Wyoming. Ann developed a strong work ethic along with her parents, sisters and brothers working the sugar beet fields. During...
March 17, 1926 – September 28, 2017 BASIN, WY…Basin resident, June R. Hill, age 91, passed away on Thursday, September 28, 2017 in Casper, Wyoming. June was born to William John Reid and Bernice Sackett Reid on March 17, 1926. She attended Greybull High School, graduating in 1944. On June 8, 1947, she married Wesley A. Hill. The couple lived in Laramie, Wyoming while Wesley finished college. They moved to Worland and then to Basin, living at the Hill family farm north of Basin. Wesley was killed in an accident in October 1952. Wesley and June h...
Alfred Fink, 93, died on Sept. 29, 2017, at Powell Valley Care Center of natural causes. Alfred was born to John D. and Emelia Fink in Kane, Wyoming, on April 27, 1924. He was eighth of 10 children. Al's family moved to Lovell when he was young and after graduation, he enrolled at the University of Wyoming. He met Marie Dourlet at college and stayed in contact with her while serving in World War II. Alfred served in the U.S. Army in New Guinea. After returning from the South Pacific, he married...
Peggy Joan Davis (Wilkins) passed away September 28, 2017 at the South Big Horn Basin Hospital surrounded by her children. She was born in Burlington, WY on May 14, 1934. She lived her life to the fullest and had a wonderful life. Peggy grew up in Burlington and never moved from the Big Horn Basin. She married Lee Davis on May 15, 1952. They were blessed with four loving children, Patti, Nancy, Sheri and Chad. Lee and Peggy began their married life in Ten Sleep, WY and lived in Worland and... Full story
Charlotte May Dean, 81-year-old Worland resident, passed away September 23, 2017 at the Billings Clinic. Charlotte was born on November 12, 1935 in Basin, WY, the sixth of eight children born to Everett Melvin and Vivian Jane (Brunk) Holdren. She grew up in Worland attending Worland High School through 10th grade. The summer of her sophomore year she was married to Lawrence Louis Dean in Thermopolis. This began a wonderful life of 66 years together. Charlotte helped her husband in many ways,... Full story
Robert Walter Ditmer passed away on September 14, 2017 at the age of 92. He was born on August 8, 1925 in Cincinnati, OH to Walter Charles and Mary Elizabeth (Hunt) Ditmer. Bob graduated from West Milton High School in West Milton, Ohio in 1943. He moved to Wyoming in 1946, where he met and married Xelda Mae Arlen Stillwell. They celebrated their 61st anniversary in 2008. To that union, five children were born. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Worland. Bob started at the Worland Po... Full story
Richard "Dick" Merle Sheesley went to be with his Lord and Savior on Wednesday, September 13, 2017 in Billings, Montana after a brief illness. While Dick was born in Los Angeles, CA., he was raised primarily in the Worland area and grew up on the family's turkey operation. The family raised in excess of 50,000 turkeys annually to support the World War II effort. Dick had many fascinating stories about the turkey operation the family ran including stories about loading the turkeys onto rail cars... Full story
Richard Merle Sheesley, 84, passed away at St. Vincent Healthcare in Billings, Montana on Sept. 13. Memorial services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017, at Zion Lutheran Church. Bryant Funeral Home is assisting the family with the arrangements.... Full story
Services for Chad Anthony Shero, 44, will be held Friday, Sept. 15 at 10:30 a.m. at the Community Federated Church in Thermopolis. Chad died suddenly in Scottsdale, Arizona on Sept. 7, 2017. Mortimore Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements.... Full story
Lawrence Edwin “Larry” Marcott, 77, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017, in Thermopolis. Memorial services will be at a later date. Mortimore Funeral Home is assisting the family.... Full story
Memorial services for Joe Dean Hall, 76, will be held at a later date. Mr. Hall died Sept.1, 2017 at Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital in Thermopolis.... Full story
Michael Leslie Bryant, 55-year-old lifetime Worland resident peacefully returned to his Heavenly Father at his home surrounded by his loving family on August 31, 2017. Mike was born on May 21, 1962 to Robert Adrian (Bob) and Denise Lyn (Denny) (Kimzey) Bryant. He was the last baby to be born in the hospital which was located where Washakie County Library is currently. As an infant his senses were acute, his first memory was literally watching his brother come into focus while holding him. This... Full story
Michael Leslie Bryant, 55-year-old lifetime Worland resident passed away at his home August 31. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Stake Center. Burial will be follow Riverview Memorial Gardens Cemetery....
Nora Eckstrom, 86, passed away on July 17, 2017 at the Worland Healthcare and Rehab Center. Nora was born on November 6, 1930 in Plainview, Nebraska to Aron Edward and Melva Martha (Dunaway) Forsberg. She graduated from Plainview High School where she played drums for the marching band. She married William Alfred Eckstrom of Creighton, Nebraska on December 22, 1949. The couple traveled several states while Bill worked for the railroad before settling in Riverton, Wyoming in the late 50,s. Nora... Full story
James (Jim) Edward Pyer Ill, 75, of Casper, Wyoming passed away August 27, 2017 at Central Wyoming Hospice in Casper, Wyoming. His children were by his side when he drifted off to be with the Lord. He was born on January 30, 1942 in Youngstown, Ohio to James Edward Pyer Jr., and Eleanor Francis Filbert Pyer. He graduated from Poland Seminary High School On June 5, 1960. He excelled in basketball and baseball during his academic years. Jim enlisted in the Airforce in 1960 and served four years at... Full story
Larry was born in Worland, WY, on February 16, 1942, to Roy and Leura Williams. He worked for various school districts as a maintenance man and various other jobs from construction to oil fields. He was raised hunting and fishing in the Big Horn Mountains and that is where his love laid until his passing. He married Joann Reiker on February 28, 1965, in Casper, WY. Together they lived in various places, spending 16 years in Sundance, WY, and eventually moving to Deadwood, SD, where Larry worked as a cook for many years. Later they moved to... Full story
EXCUSE ME! Have you not heard? Do you not know? Isaiah 40:28-31 The Lord has renewed her strength; she soars on wings like eagles; she runs and does not grow weary, she walks and does not faint. Betty Jean Harkins, 81, of Ten Sleep, Wyoming, passed away on June 03, 2017, in Goodyear, Arizona Memorial Services were held in Goodyear, Arizona at Pathways Assisted Living and Memory Care Home with Mark Knister, a Chaplain of Hospice of the Valley, officiating. Denny Harkins, a Pastor of Estrella...
Phyllis Elaine (Halverson) Gernant died on August 16, 2017, at Washakie Medical Center in Worland, WY, after a short hospitalization. Phyllis was born on June 13, 1932, in Mauston, WI, to Bernice and Oscar Halverson. She lived her early life in rural Wisconsin. Phyllis was baptized and confirmed into the Christian faith at Fountain Lutheran Church in Fountain Township, WI. Phyllis attended high school in New Lisbon, WI, and earned her bachelor's degree in elementary education from the Wisconsin... Full story
Diane Sue Castle, 70, died suddenly August 11, 2017 in Thermopolis. No services are planned at this time. Mortimore Funeral Home assisted the family with arrangements.... Full story
Merle Hamilton unsaddled his horse for the last time on August 13, 2017. After 91 years working in agriculture he lost his battle with lung and brain cancer and the sands of time. Merle Chester Hamilton was born December 30, 1925 in Bowman, North Dakota to Chester A. and Myra L. Hamilton. Merle joined his older brother, Lyle and later two sisters, Virginia Hamilton Lissolo and Maxine Hamilton Singletary joined the family. They lived on a small ranch south of Bowman until 1936 when a combination of drought and the depression forced them to... Full story
Edith Eva Lee Johnson Hoffman, 88, passed away Thursday, August 10, 2017 at the Washakie Medical Center with her husband by her side. Eva Lee was born December 3, 1928 in Burns, Kansas, the daughter of John Dietric Harm and Helen Augusta Sophia (Quathamer) Johnson. She was the youngest of eight children. She moved to Wyoming with her mother and older siblings in the fall of 1934. Most of her youth was spent in Lovell, Wyoming where she attended school, except for about a year when she and her... Full story
Lloyd Vernon Hehnke, 60, of Cody, Wyoming went to be with his Heavenly Father on Sunday August 6, 2017, peacefully at home with family by his side, after a year and a half battle with liver cancer. Lloyd was born in Casper, Wyoming on March 6, 1957 to Howard "Bud" and Bonna (Smith) Hehnke. He graduated from Ten Sleep, Wyoming. Lloyd was an avid hunter and outdoorsman. His greatest joy was riding around in the badlands with his family. When Lloyd was not working he was in the hills. If there was... Full story
Linda Jo Lawton, 69, of Worland, Wyoming went on to be with the angels on August 14, 2017 after a very long battle with MS and Transverse Myelitis. Linda was born December 30, 1947 in San Bernadino, California to her parents Ronald Frank Hunt and Johanna Jean Blakey. Linda married Wayne Lawton on April 6, 1970 leaving California to raise her children, Clint and Johanna, in Wyoming. She is preceded in death by her stepfather Merle F. Blakely. She is survived by her mother Johanna Jean Blakely, her siblings Donna Leavitt, Patricia Murray and Dan... Full story
Ed Lujan Jr. succumbed to injuries caused by a auto accident and passed on Saturday July 29 2017, he was 67 years old. Ed was born on Jan 23, 1950 in Greeley Colorado to Lillian and Edward Lujan. He has three siblings. Sally, John-Mark and Micheal-Paul. Ed attended Gladstone High School in Azusa, CA where he lettered in both Football as a middle linebacker and track as a pole-vaulter. He'd credit his love for the stage as an actor in the school's drama program. Ed married his High School... Full story