Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
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Mark Rice Stiffney, 69, passed away in his Ten Sleep home after a courageous battle with ALS on May 12, 2022. Mark was born in Kendallville, Indiana to Robert Hague and Marilou (Rice) Stiffney on October 12, 1952. He spent his childhood actively involved in Trinity United Methodist Church, youth group and as an Acolyte. His love for ranching started at a young age as he milked cows for neighboring dairies and got involved in the High School FFA program. He also enjoyed tennis and cross country...
Gail Maria Klispie, 59, passed away in her home surrounded by family after a valiant 6-year battle with colon cancer on May 13, 2022. She was born to Larry Gene and Rita Mae (Briscoe) Harrell on March 8, 1963, in Corydon, Indiana. She was the third of six children. Gail spent her youth growing in faith, developing love for the outdoors through exploration with siblings, playing in the river, climbing trees and horseback riding around their family farm. Her family made a cross-country relocation...
Beverly Ruby Valdez was welcomed home on May 4th of 2022 at the Worland Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. She was born on April 14th, 1932 in St. George, Utah to George "Ammon" Stringham and Vilate Stringham. She was the middle child of a total of five siblings. In her teens, her family moved to the windy city of Casper and she met a strapping young cowboy by the name of Robert Northrup Turner and the two married in May of 1950. The two welcomed four children. In 1973 Robert Northrup Turner...
Beverly Ruby Valdez was welcomed home on May 4th of 2022 at the Worland Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. She was born on April 14th, 1932 in St. George, Utah to George "Ammon" Stringham and Vilate Stringham. She was the middle child of a total of five siblings. In her teens, her family moved to the windy city of Casper and she met a strapping young cowboy by the name of Robert Northrup Turner and the two married in May of 1950. The two welcomed four children. In 1973 Robert Northrup Turner...
Harold Richard Dickinson, 91-year-old Basin resident, passed away May 7, 2022 at his home in Basin. Harold was born June 27, 1930 in Greybull. Burial and graveside services were held May 11, 2022 at Shell Cemetery, aka Smith Cemetery....
Catherine JoAnne (Matthiesen) Geary, 78, passed away suddenly, the morning of May 9, 2022 after a wonderful Mother’s Day spent with her daughter, Tracy. Catherine was born on August 17, 1943 in Sacramento, California to James Herbert and Clara Marie (Lockhorn) Matthiesen. She married her high school sweetheart, Samuel Otis Geary, on March 15, 1977 in Worland, Wyoming. He willingly and lovingly adopted her daughter. The family made their home in Worland. Cathy worked for Pepsi and Sam in the oil fields. The couple was in a terrible motorcycle a...
Annabelle "A.B." Word, 81, of Kirby, died April 27, 2022, at 05:39 in Casper Medical Center after battling a long illness at home. Her husband and collaborator of 28 years, Barrie Lynn Bryant, was holding her hand when she died. A.B. was born Aug. 3, 1940, in Little Rock, AR. She was preceded in death by her parents of Little Rock. She is survived by her husband, Barrie, three dogs, Peeka, Layla and Rumi, and two cats, Nellie and Grady of Kirby, her daughter, Jennifer Paige Spradley of Dallas,...
Gary Allen Robbins, 80-year-old Worland resident, passed away peacefully on April 29, 2022 surrounded by his loved ones. Gary was born on August 12, 1941 in Powell, Wyoming to Bain Lagard and Elenore "Noni" (Hiemer) Robbins. While growing up he attended school in Powell, graduating from Powell High School in 1960. During high school he met Diane who he later married in Powell on October 31, 1964. To this union, a baby girl, Gayla, was born July 10, 1965. A few years later a baby boy, Michael, wa...
Delores Jean Wiley, 84, passed peacefully in her sleep at her home in Worland on April 28, 2022. She was born June 7, 1937 in Worland, Wyoming. She was the second of four children born to John William and Rosa Alberta (Reed) Paxton. Growing up on various family farms, she spent many hours with her cousins whom she loved dearly. Delores received her education in Worland graduating from WHS in 1955. She married Dale Williams in 1955 in Worland. To this union were born three children, Debra, Dale a...
Iris Glynn (Roberts) Bell passed away peacefully, surrounded by loved ones, on April 30, 2022. Iris was born on July 16, 1934 to Joseph W. and Clara Mae Roberts in Kelly, Louisiana. She spent her childhood with her beloved brother, William Joseph (Billy Joe), and sister Catherine (Cathy). She grew up in Lake Charles, Louisiana and graduated from Lake Charles High School in 1952. While in high school, Iris participated in the Kilties, a precision marching team and had the opportunity to perform i...
Jeanette Wardell Tolman, 79, died peacefully at home on Friday, April 22, 2022, from a cardiac event. She was born April 29, 1942, in San Diego, CA to Ross and Delsa Wardell. A year later, the family moved back to Otto where she was raised. She graduated from Greybull High School. While her parents were serving a building mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Australia, she was called to serve a proselyting mission in the same mission. She then attended BYU and...
Shirley M. Beyer-Howrey, 86, died Sunday, April 17, in her home surrounded by her family. She was born on May 16, 1935, in Worland, WY, to Vernon and Elta (Wortham) Hunt. Following high school graduation in Worland she attended Sioux Falls College in Sioux Falls, SD. On March 25, 1956, in Worland, WY, she married Kenneth W. Beyer. Shirley enjoyed the privilege of being able to stay at home with her children. She also spent time in the community working at Daily News, Worland Ford (twice),...
John Gilbert Lalonde, 86, passed away peacefully at his home in Worland on April 24, 2022. John was born on April 27, 1935 in Bay City, Michigan. Cremation has take place and no formal services are planned....
Myra Evelyn Schneider, 83, passed away at Billings Clinic Hospital on April 17, 2022. Myra was born on May 10, 1938 in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, the oldest of three girls born to Daniel and Rachel Catherine (York) Gall. She spent her early years in Scottsbluff. The family moved to Worland when she was quite young. The family did return for about 10 years and then came back to Worland to stay. Myra graduated from Worland High School in 1956. Shortly after graduation she married Benjamin “Benny” Schneider. The couple made their home in Worland and...
Holden William Wolf, 23, passed away on April 13, 2022 in Sheridan, Wyoming. He was born in Worland, Wyoming to Terrence Deryll and Doneen Ann (Knuppel) Wolf on August 9, 1998. Holden grew up enjoying the freedom that small-town life offered. After graduating from Worland High School with the class of 2017, Holden enlisted in the Army infantry. His dream since he was a young child was to be a soldier. He had a passion for his country and loved everything Red, White and Blue. God had different pl...
Mary Marie Newman, 82, passed away on April 18, 2022 at the Washakie Medical Center in Worland. Mary was born, the youngest of 15 children, to Norvin "N.D." Dwight and Alfreda (Deaver) Morgan on February 1, 1940 in Gillette, Wyoming. She grew up on the family ranch 18 miles south of Gillette. She attended school in the Gillette and Sheridan areas. She met, and soon thereafter, married Bobby Everett Newman in Newcastle, Wyoming on September 15, 1961. They had one daughter, Jannette Marie, who...
James Allen Michel, a lifelong resident of Worland, Wyoming passed away on April 13, 2022. He was born to Henry and Eva (Jung) Michel on November 7, 1935, in Worland. He grew up on the family farm, the youngest of six siblings and attended school in Worland, graduating in 1954. He attended the University of Wyoming for one semester but came then came home to work with his father on the family farm. James Allen Michel married Clarice Mae Hefenieder at Zion Lutheran Evangelical Church in Worland...
Thomas Merle Mercer was born in Basin, Wyoming on July 15, 1936, the second son to Ralph Donald and Catherine Jane (Hedrick) Mercer of Hyattville, Wyoming. The morning of April 10, 2022 was spent with family and friends at Bonnie Blue Jackets Memorial Nursing home in Basin. He passed that afternoon. Tom made his choice to walk with God in 1978 when the gospel came to the Hyattville community. Tom attended school in Hyattville, WY and graduated from Basin in 1954. He then attended Northwest Commu...
Graveside services for Sara Belle Chopping White, 87, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, April 22, 2022 at Mountain View Cemetery. A Visitation will be held Thursday, April 21, 2022 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at Davis Funeral Home. Mrs. White passed away on Wednesday, April 13, 2022 at Rifle, Colorado. Sara was born on June 1, 1934 daughter of Willard and Edna (Holland) Lester in Hyattville, WY. On-line condolences maybe made at TheDavisFuneralHome.com Services under the direction of Davis Funeral Home....
Geraldine “Geri” Dixon, 84, passed away peacefully in the Worland Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center on April 6, 2022. Geri was born in Merced, California, on April 19, 1937. Services will take place 2 p.m., Saturday, April 23, 2022, at Bryant Funeral Home. Inurnment will follow at Riverview Memorial Gardens Cemetery....
Geraldine "Geri" Dixon, 84, passed away peacefully in the Worland Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center on April 6, 2022. Geri was born in Merced, California to Roy Veco and Maxine (Hames) Sneed on April 19, 1937. She was the oldest of five children and enjoyed being a part of a large family. After graduating from Le Grand High School in 1954, she met her future husband, J.D. Dixon. They were married on July 8, 1955 in Planada, California. To this union were born two children. In 1973, J.D. and...
Joseph Charles Shaffer, age 83, passed away at home from natural causes on April 8, 2022. A beloved son, brother, husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, Joseph (Joe) will be missed by many. Born to Glenn Dale Shaffer and Helen Delores Shaffer (née Kobielusz) in Thermopolis on June 16, 1938, Joe was one of six children. He is survived by brothers Edward LeRoy Shaffer, Dean Raymond Shaffer, Danny (Diana) Wayne Shaffer, and sister Doris Ann Ready. Joe was married to Eloise Shaffer...
Donna Ann Crawford, 70, daughter of Colonel Robert Bernard Austin and Mary Pauline (Crisp) Austin was born Saturday, June 30, 1951, in Worland Wyoming. She passed away in her home Tuesday, March 29, 2022 north of Glenrock, Wyoming. As a military raised child, Donna traveled the world extensively with her family, living in New Mexico, Virginia, Nevada, Alabama, and Africa. She graduated from the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque and again from Eastern Montana College in Billings. Donna...
Judith Roberta Bethel passed from this life to her eternal rest on March 27, 2022. She and her twin brother, Jack, were born in Worland, Wyoming on December 16, 1941 to Josephine and James Brown. During WWII, Josephine and her children Judy, Jack, and their older brother Terry lived with their maternal grandmother, Daisy B. Snyder, on the Fairview Dairy farm outside Worland. After her parents divorced, their mother built a new home for them in town on Obie Sue Avenue. During its construction,...
"Blessed are the Meek . . . . . " Matthew 5:5 Caroline Pauline Boltz went to eternal rest on April 1, 2022. Her first bout with lung cancer was in 2008, so the past fourteen years have been dearly loved and appreciated by her family as "bonus years". Caroline was born fifth of seven children to Harvey and Helen Frappier on the family farm in Fryburg, ND on February 14, 1935. Caroline grew up in western North Dakota in the Medora area. With no High School in Fryburg, she stayed with her...