Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
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Carrie Ann Wyper, 52, passed away unexpectedly at her home in Ten Sleep on January 9, 2024. Carrie was born on June 16, 1971 in Arcadia, California to John William and Paula Kay (Burgess) Wyper. She grew up in California, graduating from Nevada Union High School in 1989. In her youth she enjoyed barrel racing and other rodeo events. She enjoyed watching football, the Los Angeles Rams were her team of choice. Tom introduced her to fishing and camping, which she found an extreme fondness for...
Gary Steven Klispie was born on September 6, 1955 to Richard and Margaret Klispie in Sarasota, Florida. Gary was the middle of three brothers, Alan and Dennis, each boy born just a year apart. His playful, joking spirit developed in youth alongside his siblings as they grew up in the sunshine and water along the Peace River in Punta Gorda, Florida. Gary's childhood was filled with serving his home Parish, fishing, boating, waterskiing, exploring with his brothers, and being loved on by his...
John Darby Palmer, 76, passed away on January 8, 2024 at St. Vincent Hospital in Billings, Montana. John was born on June 26, 1947, in Los Angeles, California, to Jack Byron and Eva Mae (Darby) Palmer. Growing up in the warmth of California, John graduated from Taft High School in Woodland Hills before embarking on a four-year journey in the Navy. During his service, he met the love of his life, Janis, on a blind date. Their connection was instantaneous, leading to their marriage on September...
Eliseo "Blackie" Leyva 85 years old passed away on January 9, 2024. Eliseo was born on January 3, 1939 to Clyde and Benita (Gonzalez) Leyva. He graduated from Worland High School in 1958. He married Anita Garcia in 1995. He worked for the State of Colorado with the mentally handicapped, and retired after 17 years. Eliseo was preceded in death by his parents, sister Toni, brothers Clyde Jr. and Daniel. Survivors include his wife Anita, sons John (Ednah) Gillette, Edward Leyva, daughters Lorena...
Lois L. Seidel, 81 passed away on Thursday January 11, 2024. She was born in 1942 in Guthrie Center Iowa. Burial took place on Tuesday, Jan. 16. Memorial service and celebration of life will be on Friday, Jan. 19, at 11 a.m. at First Baptist Church in Thermopolis....
Shirley Runge, 93, longtime Worland resident, passed away in Helena, Montana, Jan. 5, 2024. An obituary and memorial service will be forthcoming in the summer....
Alice Lisetta (Schweighart) Beckley, 90, passed away Jan. 14, 2024, at the Worland Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. Alice was born on May 18, 1933, in Thermopolis, Wyoming. Services are pending. A full obituary will follow in next week’s edition of the Northern Wyoming News....
Edgar Carlton King (Bud), 94 years old, passed away peacefully on January 4, 2024, at the Wyoming Retirement Center in Basin, Wyoming. He had been under Hospice Care there for a couple of weeks. Prior to living there, he was a patient at the Worland Rehabilitation Center for two years. Bud was born in Calgary, Canada on October 1, 1929. His parents were James Edgar King and Blanche Largent of Worland, Wyoming. They divorced when Bud was a toddler. Blanche then married Roy Glenn who helped raise...
Leona Joyce Smith, 60 passed away peacefully on January 6th, 2024 at the Billings Clinic following her battle with pancreatic cancer, with her husband and family by her side. Leona was born in Clarkston, WA on January 29, 1963 to David and Maribel Wilks. Many of her relatives still live in this area. Her family moved to Alaska in 1971. She graduated from Howard Valentine School in Coffman Cove, AK in 1980. She had a daughter Robyn from a previous marriage. While in Alaska, she met and married...
Glen William "Bill" Noble, 92, passed away January 3, 2024 at the Worland Healthcare and Rehabilitaton Center. Bill was born on December 5, 1931 in St. Ignatius, Montana to Charles Rupert and Ida Mae (Benson) Noble. After a short time his family moved to Leadore, Idaho where he lived until graduating from high school. Following graduation he worked a variety of jobs which included ranch work, seismograph, and truck driving. It was during this time he met his future wife in Cody, Wyoming. After...
Gary Steven Klispie, 68, passed away at his home in Worland, Wyoming on Jan. 6, 2024. A rosary will be held 6 p.m., Friday, Jan. 12, 2024, at St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held the following week, 11 a.m., Friday, Jan. 19, 2024. A full obituary is pending....
John Darby Palmer, 76, passed away on Jan. 8, 2024, at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Billings, Montana. He was born on June 26, 1947, in Los Angeles, California. Services will be held later this year....
Colleen Joyce Bose, 90, passed away on December 28, 2023 at the Worland Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. Born on August 13, 1933, in Wilsonville, Nebraska, Colleen was the daughter of Robert "Chub" Peter and Irma Jane (Grotfeld) Dillan. She graduated from Wilsonville High School and pursued her passion for nursing at college in Kearney, Nebraska. It was during this time that she met the love of her life, Kenneth Bose, and they were joined in marriage on June 28, 1953. The couple embarked...
Virginia R. Ottinger, Age 85 passed away October 9, 2023 in Billings Montana. She was born July 19, 1938 in Davis City, Iowa to Layton and Doris (Hart) Baker. Virginia attended Davis City Public Schools through 4th Grade until the Family moved to Greybull, Wyoming. She had 4 sisters and 2 brothers. Virginia was well liked and popular in school, involved in various activities including the Art Editor of her Senior Yearbook. Virginia also became the first (and only) Freshman to become the Home Com...
Charles "Charlie" Clifford Ferree passed away on December 25, 2023. He was born on June 28, 1964. Charlie was a man of many hobbies and trades; we never quite knew what was coming next. The latest being coyote calling, catching walleye with the grandkids, and tying flies. At different times it was building a house, football, wrestling, trapping and the list goes on. The commonality of all this was family and a Labrador by his side. Charlie married Kari Ferree June 27, 1992, and a family was...
Edra Luzelle Snider, 95, passed away December 11, 2023 at the Worland Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. Edra was born in Maysville Missouri, February 29, 1928, the second youngest of six children born to Earl and Leda (Shaad) Hubble. She grew up on a farm near Maysville, graduating from Maysville High School. After being honorably discharged, Bille Francis Snider married Edra and the couple relocated to Wyoming where they raised their family of three, Gary, Stanley and Vicki. She took care...
A funeral service for John Keith Johnson, 78, will be held at 2:00 P.M. Friday, January 5, 2024 at the Gorman Funeral Homes – Platte Chapel in Wheatland, Wyoming. John Johnson passed away on Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at the Platte County Memorial Hospital in Wheatland surrounded by his family. John was born on Thursday, June 7, 1945 in Basin, Wyoming the son of Fredrick Earl and Penelope Jane "Penny" (Gordon) Johnson. John was reared and educated in Basin and graduated high school in 1963. A...
Bonnie Rae Baker, a beloved resident of Worland Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, passed away on December 18, 2023, at the age of 91. She was born on April 5, 1932 in Worland, Wyoming to Oliver Henry and Flora Atwood (Baird) Packer. Bonnie dedicated much of her life to the service of others, working as a nurse's aide in several care centers, including the Amie Holt facility in Buffalo, Wyoming. Her nurturing spirit extended beyond the workplace, as she also enjoyed working at the Cream of...
Frances “Yvonne” Wiltsey, passed away in Worland, Wyoming on Nov. 23, 2023. She was born on Dec. 4, 1939 in Greybull, Wyoming. Services will be held on Jan. 12, 2024 at 11 a.m. at the United Methodist Church in Worland, Wyoming....
Carl Elbert Johnson, aged 96, passed away peacefully on December 31, 2023 in Powell, Wyoming. A funeral service will be held at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 114 Cedar Avenue in Burlington, on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024, at 11 a.m....
Charles “Charlie” Clifford Ferree passed away on December 25, 2023. He was born on June 28, 1964. Services are pending....
Paula Martinez, 57, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family in Worland, Wyoming on December 23rd, 2023 after a lengthy illness. She was born October 11, 1966, in Laredo, Texas to Victoriano G and Elisa A (Ambros) Martinez. When Paula was a toddler her parents moved to Worland, where her family settled after many years of migrant work in different cities and states. Paula travelled to many places during high school as a proud gymnast and swimmer, she graduated from Worland High School in...
Mary Esther Flores, whose intense faith led her to read the scriptures and pray for two hours every night, passed away on December 6, 2023, due to Glioblastoma, a brain tumor, at Merwick Care & Rehabilitation Center in Plainsboro, New Jersey. Her son, Don Dixon, with whom Mary had been living, rushed to her side. She was 83. "Mom's love of life made the mundane seem interesting," son Don said. "She was always excited to go out, and her enthusiasm was infectious." The fourth of eight children, Ma...
Bonnie Rae Baker, 91, passed away at the Worland Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center on Dec. 18, 2023. She was born on April 5, 1932 in Worland, Wyoming. Services are pending at this time, a full obituary will follow....
Aileen (Tietjen) Hudson, 89, passed away on Dec. 16, 2023, at her home in Worland, Wyoming. She was born in Gallup, New Mexico, on Sept. 13, 1934. Memorial services will be held 10 a.m., Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023, at the Bryant Funeral Home Chapel....