Obituaries

Dec 16, 2020

“Courage is being scared to death — and saddling up anyway.” 

Kenneth Lyle Chrissley had that courage and so much more. On Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020, of congestive heart failure, a new rider joined the mounted angels of heaven. Surviving Ken in passing and mourning his graduation of this earthly journey are his sweetheart, Sue Zann, of 48 years; daughter...

Dec 10, 2020

            Ted was born in Lovell, Wyoming, to Nolan Grant and Irene Asay Grant. He grew up in Elk Basin and graduated from Powell High School in 1954. Over the course of his life, he has also lived in California, Massachusetts, Maine, and New Hampshire and ended up coming back to his hometown of Powell, Wyoming....

Dec 7, 2020

George David Ribble, husband and father, passed away December 7, 2020, surrounded by his family. George was born December 23, 1939, to George Joshua and Rose (Bosch) Ribblein Worland on the family farm where he grew up and graduated from Worland High School. 

Family was important to George; he married Judy Stefanowichon December 28, 1963. In marriage, he was a devoted son-in-law. Together...

Dec 6, 2020

Lisa René Smith (neé Long), age 57, passed away peacefully in her sleep on December 6, 2020. Born December 4, 1963 to Linda List and Cecil Long in Riverside, CA, she spent most of her childhood in Utah, her teens through early 30’s in Idaho, and her remaining years in Wyoming. She was a teacher, an encourager, and an ardent...

Dec 4, 2020

Dylan Joseph Ray was taken to heaven after an automobile accident, which occured on Dec. 2, 2020. He passed away two days later, at the age of 34. He had a strong faith in God the father and Jesus Christ his savior.

Dylan was a graduate of Powell High School in 2004 and worked at Eagle Recovery in Cody. Dylan...

Dec 1, 2020

Lawrence Eugene Saunders was born January 12, 1927 in Princeton, Missouri to William Roy and Junie V Bain. Lawrence was the 2nd born son of 5 children. The family later relocated to family farm in Joliet, Montana. Gene spent his youth hunting in the hills around his home. As a young boy Gene went to work for his uncle herding sheep...

Nov 28, 2020

Fred Whitmore passed away November 26, 2020. He was 76.

Fred started his life in the Pryor Mountains on the Whitmore Ranch. At the age of three he moved with his family to Bend, Oregon. He loved hunting and fishing with his lifelong friend, Don Stumpff. Fred was a skilled downhill skier. MT Bachelor, Bend, OR provided the site for...

Nov 23, 2020

Doris Eileen Edgar, 99, died Nov. 23, 2020, at the Powell Valley Care Center. She was born in Greenfield, Il., on August 3, 1921, to Irma Plogger and Douglas Cunningham. She was the oldest of three children. Her family moved to Powell, Wy where she attended high school. Doris married Joe Edgar in 1939. They owned Edgar Motors in Powell...

Nov 19, 2020

Betty Yoshiye Hayano, 83, passed away on November 19, 2020 at Powell Valley Hospital in Powell, WY

Betty, the daughter of Soshichi and Itsuno Arakawa Hara was born on September 11, 1937 in Minatare, Nebraska. She married Lee Hayano and they resided in Torrington, Wyoming. Three sons, Tod, Joel and Kent completed their family..

Betty worked at Eastern Wyoming College as...

Nov 14, 2020

                                 

Dorthy Alyne (Wheeler) Fross, daughter of Hershel and Maud Wheeler, was born in Macomb, Illinois, on Nov. 24, 1931, and passed, at home in Powell, on Nov. 14, 2020.

Dorthy often talked of her love for her savior, Jesus Christ, and for Lynn...

Nov 11, 2020

Jarred Lee Oliver, 39, passed away on November11, 2020, at his friend, Laura’s house, in Greybull, Wyoming of heart failure. Jarred was born in Denver, Colorado on October 4, 1981 to Steve and Kelly Oliver. 

Jarred graduated in Powell, WY in 2000.  His first working experience was at IGA and Blair’s Markets in Powell, where he brightened many people’s day simply...

Nov 11, 2020

Cherie Dwyn (Gladish) Peterson was a resident of Rocky Mountain Manor in Powell. She was called home to the Lord on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020, at Powell Valley Hospital, at the age of 67.

Cherie was born in San Bernardino, California, to Charles Daniel Gladish and Charlou (Hill) Gladish on Dec. 31, 1952. She was the fourth of their six...

Nov 7, 2020

            

Luz (Lucy) Davina Berrios Dorothy passed away at her home Nov. 7, 2020, with her family by her side.

Lucy came into this world April 25, 1930, in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, to parents, Pedro and Providencia Berrios. As one of eight children, she enjoyed games, pranks and adventures with her siblings.

She attended...

Nov 6, 2020

                                 

Juanita C. Gonzalez, 89, passed away on Nov. 6, 2020.

She was born on June 12, 1931, in Fort Worth, Texas, to Jose Cobos and Magdalena Hernandez. She graduated from Lovell High School.

In 1953, she married Gilbert D. Florez, who passed away....

Nov 4, 2020

                  

Audrey G. (Beal) Hubbell, 94, of Taylor, Arizona, passed through the veil at 8:40 p.m. on Nov. 4, 2020.

She was born April 14, 1926, in Lovell. She spent her youth living on a farm near Kane, Wyoming.

After graduating from Lovell High School in 1943, she moved to San Diego,...

Oct 27, 2020

Kandie Jo Keller Berchtold was born in Powell on Jan. 22, 1957, and passed away on Oct. 27, 2020, in hospice in Cody.

She was the daughter of Ben and Joyce Whitlock Keller. She attended school at Powell until the ninth grade.

The family moved to Hardin where she graduated from Hardin High School. She then returned to Powell where...

Oct 26, 2020

Oct 25, 2020

 

Rolanda “Lanny” Gale Wilcox Mees passed away on October 25, 2020 at the Powell Valley Care Center.

Lanny was born in Lexington, Nebraska to Harvey and Aileen Stapp Wilcox on January 26, 1944. Her family relocated to Cody, Wyoming in 1948 where Lanny attended school and graduated with the Cody High School Class of 1963. She met Lester Andrews...

Oct 25, 2020

Loren "Brad" Bradford Vogel

Beloved husband, father, son, brother, uncle and friend Brad Vogel passed away in the early hours of Sunday, October 25, 2020, in Powell, Wyoming.

Born July 5, 1981, in Sheridan, Wyoming, to Anton Vogel and Rosaline Takes Horse Vogel, Brad grew up in Montana, attending schools in Billings and Hardin. He met the love of his...

Oct 24, 2020