Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
Sorted by date Results 1859 - 1883 of 1970
Born in Anaconda, Montana to James M. and Inez (Hansen) Foreman, Jim graduated from Deer Lodge High School and then attended the Montana School of Mines (now Montana Tech), earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Mineral Engineering. There, he played on the college's basketball team and, exploiting the school's then ready access to dynamite, built a reputation for blowing to smitherines the hillside symbols and letters of competing colleges. During his junior year, he met Virginia Salzman, a...
George Taylor Muirhead, 89, of Cheyenne passed away December 24, 2015, at the VA Medical Center Hospice in Cheyenne. George was born March 15, 1926 in Worland to George C. and Grace Taylor Muirhead. He attended grade and high school in Worland. He entered WWII shortly after high school graduation in 1944 and fought in the Pacific as a member of the Army Air ground crew. He attended the University of Wyoming briefly studying finance and banking before accepting employment in Colorado Springs....
Henrietta Muller, 83, of Kirby, died Sunday, Dec. 20, 2015, at Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital in Thermopolis. Cremation has taken place and memorial services will be held at a later date. Mortimore Funeral Home assisted the family with arrangements....
Marvin James Davis arrived into this world on 6-22-1921 in Ten Sleep WY. He ended his journey peacefully at the age of 94 as he entered into his heavenly home on 12-12-15 in Otis Orchards WA. He was the second oldest of 4 children born to Lester J. and Audrey O. Davis. He was born and raised on the family ranch in the Ten Sleep canyon, graduated from Ten Sleep HS, served his country in the army during WWII and then returned home to work with family in their ranching/farming operation. On...
Christopher Eric Christenson, 25-year-old Worland resident passed away Saturday, December 12, 2015 at the Washakie Medical Center. Chris was born in Worland on December 9, 1990, the oldest of three children born to Mark Thomas and Sheila Ann (Wagner) Christenson. As a child, he loved to draw and played with his toy trucks, backhoes, ambulances and fire trucks. His love for animated movies began very young and continued into adulthood. He received his education in Worland, graduating in 2008...
Basin resident, Robert Kampbell, 71, died Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015 after battling a long illness. He was born Jan. 28, 1944. A memorial funeral service will be at 3 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 18, 2015, at the First Baptist Church in Basin. Atwood Family Funeral Directors assisted the family with the arrangements....
Hilda Aldrich passed away quietly in her sleep at St. Peter's Hospital in Helena, Montana on Thursday, December 17, 2015. She was 96-years-old. Hilda was born to Casper and Katherine (Mehling) Klein on September 26, 1919, in Loveland, Colorado-the fourth oldest of eleven children. She married Merle Aldrich on July 3, 1937. Merle passed away in 1975 in Worland, Wyoming. Other family members preceding her in death are her parents, her sisters: Helen, Betty, Lydia, and Pauline; and brothers...
Ruth J. Martin passed away on Tuesday, December 1, 2015 at the Worland Healthcare & Rehab Center. Ruth was born September 27, 1927 in Ft. Morgan, Colorado. She was 1 of 10 children born to Casper and Martha Hoffman. Ruth received most of her education in Greeley, Colorado. In 1947 she married Ben Martin and in 1949 they moved to Worland, WY. She was office manager at Worland Ford for 30 years, then worked for the Washakie Museum and Born Again Clothing Store. She was a very talented artist with...
Mary Margaret Treanor passed away on Saturday, November 28, 2015 in Worland, Wyoming. She was born on April 8, 1925 in Glen Ulllin, North Dakota, one of 9 children born to John and Minnie (Emter) Hertz. When Mary was a young girl they moved to Bridger, Montana where she received her early education, then moved to Billings, Montana where she continued her education. During high school she met her future husband, John Treanor. John entered the military to serve his country in WWII. While on leave...
Memorial Service for James "Jim" William Hamby will be held at 1:00 p.m., Friday December 4, 2015 at Walker Funeral Home with Pastor Ben Whitfield officiating. James (Jim) William Hamby (a.k.a. The Coin Guy) died November 23, 2015 after a four year long courageous battle with stage 4 prostate and bone cancer. He passed at the Hospice House under the care of the most amazing staff anyone could ask for. Jim was born July 16, 1951 in Pittsfield, IL to James Elmer Hamby and Gladys Elisabeth...
Funeral services for Glenna Tippets will be Friday, December 4, 10:00 AM at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Thermopolis. Visitation will be Thursday eve, 7 to 9 PM at the church. Glenna passed away Friday, November 27, 2015 at Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital. Born 100 years ago, August 31, 1915 in Hurricane, UT she was the daughter of Orin and Harriet (Flanigan) Wood. Her mother died when she was 3 and her father when she was 8. She and her brothers were raised by Anna...
Former, Greybull resident, Marcella Herrin (Marce), 97, was born Sept. 29, 1918. She died in Newberg, Ore., on Nov. 23, 2015. A graveside service will be at 2 p.m. at the Donald J. Ruhl Memorial Cemetery in Greybull on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015. Atwood Family Funeral Directors assisted the family with the arrangements in Basin....
Raymond Dale Kohn, age 80, passed away on November 29, 2015 in Sheridan Wyoming. He was born December 2, 1934 in Hagerstown, Maryland. Ray spent the majority of his life living in Southern California and Worland. He also served 4 years in the army 101st Airborne Division. Ray enjoyed the outdoors and especially appreciated the Wyoming badlands, where he spent many days taking long strolls, collecting fossils and target practice. He is preceded in death by his parents George and Ruby Kohn and his brother Gene. He is survived by his three sons...
Choyia V. Thiel, age 62, lost his two year battle with cancer on Wednesday, November 25, 2015, surrounded by his loved ones in Billings, MT. He was preceded in death by his father Clyde Thiel and his brother Robby Thiel; he is survived by his mother, Bonnie Thiel, his children, Christopher Thiel and Katie Pfister, a son in law and two grandchildren, and his niece and nephew. Choyia was an avid outdoorsmen, had a laugh that will never be forgotten, and lived and played hard up until the very end...
Longtime Worland resident Sidney Harold Geis, 85, died peacefully at his home in Worland, WY on Saturday, November 28, 2015. He was born on July 28, 1930 at the Harvard Ranch near Ten Sleep, Wyoming. He was the son of Hazel Irene (Harvard) and Nicholas E. Geis. He moved to Worland as a boy and had attended schools in Ten Sleep and Worland. In his early teen years he went to work in the family trucking business, Nick Geis Trucking. He enlisted in the U. S. Air Force in 1951 and was stationed at...
James John Ogg, age 94, formerly of Greybull, died Friday, Nov. 20, 2015 at the West Park Long Term Care Center in Cody. He was born Jan. 7, 1921. A memorial graveside service will be at 11 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 30, 2015 at Mount View Cemetery, Basin, Wyoming with Father Tom Ogg as celebrant. Burial will follow at Mount View Cemetery. Atwood Family Funeral Directors assisted the family with the arrangements....
Ruby McQueen Whitaker Bucher, 88, died Friday, Nov. 20, 2015, in Thermopolis. Memorial services will be 10 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 28, at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church. Mortimore Funeral Home assisted the family with arrangements....
William John “Bill” Metzger, 84, died Saturday, Nov. 21, 2015, in Thermopolis after a long siege with Parkinsons Disease. No services are planned at this time. Mortimore Funeral Home assisted the family with arrangements....
Jerry Don Atwood 76, of Lander passed away on Monday, November 16, at Wyoming Medical Center in Casper, Wyoming. Jerry was born on March 22, 1939 in Kimball, Nebraska to Helen Margaret (Leininger) and Lester Ray Atwood. Mass of Christian Burial services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Sat. November 21, 2015 at St. Margaret's Catholic Church in Riverton. Burial will follow the service at Mountain View Cemetery. Viewing and visitation will be held from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, at Davis Funeral Home in...
Doris Anne Stevens, 63, of Basin, died Nov. 4, 2015. She was born Feb. 18, 1952. Cremation has taken place and a celebration of life for Doris Anne Stevens will be at 10 a.m. Monday, Nov. 23, 2015, at the Atwood Family Funeral Chapel in Basin. Atwood Family Funeral Directors assisted the family with the arrangements....
Funeral services for Geneva Preis will be held at Zion Lutheran Church in Emblem, on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2015, at 2 p.m. Geneva died Nov. 17, 2015. She was born Feb. 5, 1915. Atwood Family Funeral Directors assisted the family with the arrangements....
Robert W. "Bob" Birch, 83, passed away peacefully on Friday, November 13, 2015, at the Quarry in Vancouver, WA. Bob was born in Worland,a Wyoming on July 18, 1932, to Thomas L. and Pearl Schlosser Birch, the youngest of seven children. His father was a farmer and his mother was a teacher. The Birch family moved to Lucerne where Bob completed grade school. He graduated from Hot Springs County High School in Thermopolis in 1949 and was Valedictorian of his graduating class. Bob received his M.S. D...
Michael John Paul Porath, 25, died suddenly Saturday, November 14, in Fremont County, as the result of an auto accident. Born April 17, 1990 in Worland, Wyoming, Michael is the son of Daniel and Leila (Luehne) Porath and brother of Christina Porath. He graduated from Hot Springs County High School in 2008. Attending Casper College he received his pilot's license and Associate Degree in Aviation. Michael asked Lorraine Carver to marry him on January 19th, 2013, while on a family trip to Las...
Wayne Kay Moncur, 74, died Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015, in Thermopolis. He was born Oct. 14, 1941 at Lovell. Funeral services will be 9 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 21, 2015, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Thermopolis. Bryant Funeral Home is assisting the family with the arrangements....
Longtime Manderson resident, Kenneth D. Saunders, 75, passed away on Friday, November 13, 2015 at South Big Horn Critical Access Hospital. Ken was born on February 28, 1940 in Interior, South Dakota, a son of Dewain L. and Margaret Luella (Beed) Saunders. He was raised on his family's farm and attended schools at Interior. After high school graduation he followed his dream of becoming a truck driver. He drove trucks moving oil rigs, working in construction and was an over-the-road big rig driver...