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LaVern Decker
Feb 8, 2021
LaVern Merle Decker LaVern "Vern" Merle Decker was born June 22, 1955 to Ronald and LaVeda(Schmitt) Decker in Powell WY. Vern was the middle of five children raised on the family farm on the East Willwood. He graduated from Powell High School in 1973 and then went to work for Greybull Valley Irrigation in Meeteetse. From an early age...
Norma Lee Demoney
Feb 7, 2021
Norma Lee Demoney passed away on Feb. 7, 2021, at her home in Powell. She was 82.
She was born on Sept. 3, 1938, in Powell, to Mildon and Barbara (Sackman) Patterson.
Norma was married on June 15, 1957, to Herbert Ray Demoney, in Patuxent River, Maryland. She was a homemaker and worked at the Pentagon. She attended the Presbyterian...
Geneva Clark Triplett
Feb 6, 2021
Our family would like to let you know that Geneva’s work here is done. On February 6, 2021, Geneva received an offer, the sort you can’t refuse. It came with a huge sign-on bonus, a reunion with family and friends she has not seen in a long time. Her offer took her to a wonderful place where she will be...
Bruce Jay Gould
Feb 4, 2021
Bruce Gould, lost his battle of almost five months with Covid 19 and the damage it did to his organs on February 4, 2021 in Las Vegas, NV. Bruce was the son of Lloyd and P. Elizabeth Scott Gould and was born on September 13, 1954. He lived in Midwest, WY and as a young child the family moved...
Dorathea Parsons
Feb 2, 2021
Dorathea (Mugrage) Parsons passed away peacefully in Powell, WY on February 2, 2021 just 12 days before her 95thbirthday. She had been a resident at the Powell Long-term Nursing Center for the past 3½ years and was in the Crook County Nursing Home for 3 years prior.
Dora was born in Kremmling, CO on February 14, 1926 to William and Ineila...
Larry Lee Stricker
Feb 1, 2021
It is with great sadness that the family announces the passing of Larry L. Stricker on
February 1, 2021 at the age of 79 in Powell, Wyoming. His battle with medical issues in
recent years showed his courage in facing life challenges with a smile. Despite the pain,
Larry came out a hero and stayed strong until the end.
Larry...
Sandra Eilene Kirkham
Jan 30, 2021
Sandra Eilene (Bath) Kirkham, 81. born in Canton, II, passed away on January 30, 2021 in Powell, Wyoming. Cremation rites will be performed at the Thompson Funeral Home in Powell. Wy. There will be no visitation or services per her request. Sandra (Sandy) was born in Canton, II. to Quentin Bath and Charlene (Wright) Bath on November 12, 1939. She...
Gary Lee Mefford
Jan 26, 2021
Gary Mefford, also lovingly known as Ferd, made his last friendly holler to the world on Jan. 26, 2021, after a beautiful year in a dark time. A massive pulmonary embolism enveloped him that morning and most likely eliminated his pain instantly. They said that the arteries in his heart looked like those of a 25-year-old, a forever young soul,...
Burton Melvin Bradley
Jan 16, 2021
Burton M. Bradley, 70, of Powell, died in the early morning of Jan. 16, 2021, at the Billings Clinic Hospital after a short battle with cancer. Burt was born in Sacramento, California, on Jan. 14, 1951, to Betty Jean and Burton H. Bradley, Jr.
He spent his youth playing baseball and football, where he earned the nickname “Animal,” and it...
Anthony Hosemann
Jan 16, 2021
Anthony Joseph Hosemann III was born on May 6th 1947 in Ancon, Panama. Tony moved to Cocoa Beach, FL, where he joined the Army and fought in Vietnam. After being shot twice and moving through hospitals in Japan and Germany, he finally returned to the United States. Shortly after, he met the love of his life, Patricia Swarr. They married...
Helen Anderson
Jan 12, 2021
On January 12, 2021 Helen Marie (Jensen) Anderson passed away in her home in Frannie, Wy surrounded by her loved ones.
Helen was born on January 12, 1926 to Hans Christian and Dorothy Irene Jensen in Omaha, Nebraska.
The family moved to the Casper area where Helen went to school until meeting and marrying Albert Kelsey and the welcomed 2...
Brett David Lara
Jan 7, 2021
Brett David Lara
Born: December 19, 1964 in Columbus, GA
Passed: January 7, 2021 in Powell, WY
Brett was brought into this world on the go; born into a military family. Brett was the youngest of three boys. Moving every 2 years, Brett learned to make new friends wherever he landed. His family moved from Georgia to Wyoming to California and back to...
Mona Shirley Phay
Jan 7, 2021
On Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021, Mona Emery Allen Whitlock Phay, loving wife, mother and grandmother went to be with God in Heaven at the age of 89. Mona was born in Vona, Colorado, on March 22, 1931, to Paul and Esther (Fulton) Emery. Mona began school in a one-room schoolhouse. Her childhood was a very happy one, filled with...
Charles Michael Thiel
Jan 3, 2021
Charles (Mike) Thiel passed away on January 3 , 2021, surrounded by his family. Mike was born in
Worland WY on February 4, 1944 and learned the value of hard work early, on the family farm. After attending school in Worland, Mike went on to work in the oilfields for most of his career. Quick with a joke, Mike always...
Richard "Dick" Lowell Kattenhorn
Dec 29, 2020
Richard “Dick” Lowell Kattenhorn passed away Dec. 29, 2020 in Powell, Wyoming. Dick was born in Billings, Montana on May 17, 1942 to parents Dr. Lowell and Doris Kattenhorn. He spent his childhood in Powell until he moved to Karachi, Pakistan with his parents who were doing mission service for the Seventh-Day Adventist Church. Upon his return...
Eugene Onstine
Dec 18, 2020
A major light and purveyor of humor of the Onstine family was extinguished on Dec. 18, 2020, at Powell Valley Hospital with the death of Eugene Onstine of Powell.
Eugene was born to Fred and Norma (Elder) Onstine on March 24, 1943, in Powell. He graduated from Powell High School in 1961, where he often changed the oil and serviced...
