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Doris Gernant

Doris Gernant

Jul 8, 2018

Doris Gernant, age 95, went to her eternal home on July 8, 2018. She passed away at Powell Valley Care Center, where she had lived the past several months. Doris was born Feb. 23, 1923, in Garner, Iowa, a daughter of Alvina (Bohn) Hollatz and Otto Hollatz. She was baptized March 25, 1923, at St. John’s Lutheran Church, and...

William Winters

William Winters

Jul 8, 2018

William Martin Winters (Billy) unexpectedly passed away at his home on the morning of July 8, 2018. Billy was born on January 12, 1954. He grew up in Powell until moving to Las Vegas, Nevada his junior year of high school. While in Las Vegas he met and married Lorri (White) Alcorn on June 22, 1974. From this marriage two sons...

Judy Ann Sharples

Judy Ann Sharples

Jul 7, 2018

Judy Ann (Forell) Sharples, 67 of Powell, WY.  Passed away on July 7th, 2018

from breast cancer complications. She was in the Billings Montana Hospital.  Judy was surrounded

by her loving family.

She was born January 3rd, 1951 in Chamberlain South Dakota, to Ora (OK) and

Alta (Hloucha) Forell. She was the second of four children. Judy along with

her...

Diane Eleanor Halstead

Diane Eleanor Halstead

Jul 6, 2018

Diane Eleanor Halstead (September 30, 1942 – July 6, 2018) was a loving wife, dedicated mother, cherished friend, and talented artisan.

Diane and her older brother Jerry were born and raised in Mitchell, S.D., by Robert and Jessie (Wilson) Hoffman. Diane pursued her love of art, obtaining a bachelor’s degree from Dakota Wesleyan University. Friends knew Diane as a persuasive,...

George Cecil Monroe

George Cecil Monroe

Jun 24, 2018

George Cecil Monroe, age 89, went home to Jesus on June 24, 2018. He lived at the Powell Valley Care Center with his wife of 64 years. George was born on April 9, 1929, in Kemp, Texas to Claude and Sarah Monroe. George married Donna Schock on December 11, 1954.

George’s ambition and ample skill set provided him the opportunity...

DonaBeth Baker

DonaBeth Baker

Jun 12, 2018

DonaBeth Baker -- September 26, 1937-June 12, 2018

DonaBeth was the daughter of Earl & Eliza Basham of Garland, WY. She was born in Lovell, WY & delivered by Dr. W.W. Horsley, the “Peace Rose Doctor.”

In 1955 she graduated from Powell High and then attended Billings Business College for six months. On November 27, 1955, DonaBeth married her high...

Jan Ray Harrison

Jan Ray Harrison

May 26, 2018

Jan Ray Harrison (Jan. 12, 1941 - May 26, 2018) Jan Harrison, 77, lost his long, hard fought battle with Parkinson’s disease on May 26, 2018.  He was born Jan. 12, 1941, to Ray Harrison and Thelma Skogen Harrison. He attended Powell schools and graduated from Powell High School in 1959. Jan enlisted in the United States Air Force...

Jarrell Tharp

Jarrell Tharp

May 24, 2018

Rev. Jarrell Tharp

(May 27, 1933 – May 24, 2018)

Jarrell Leon Tharp was born on May 27, 1933 in Clovis, NM to Emmy E. Athey and Stephen John Tharp. His earthly life ended on May 24, 2018, two days short of his 85th birthday.

During Jarrell’s growing up years the family lived in many places in the Texas Panhandle,...

Ethel "Peg" M Nielsen

Ethel "Peg" M Nielsen

May 24, 2018

Ethel “Peg” M (Stearns) Nielsen

December 5, 1928 - May 24, 2018

 

Ethel Margaret Peg” Nielsen 89” passed  away Thurs­day, May 24,  2018, Powell.

She was born Dec. 5, 1928, in Pullman, Washington to Ray and Ruth (Davis) Stearns. Af­ter graduating high school, she married  Harry Richard (Dick) Nielsen on July 22, 1948. They lived in Powell, where Peg...

Thora "Teddy" A Hansen

Thora "Teddy" A Hansen

May 23, 2018

Teddy Hansen passed away after a long illness on May 23, 2018 at Spirit Mountain Hospice House in Cody, Wyoming. She was 82. 

She was born on Oct. 15, 1935 in Lovell, WY. Teddy was the fourth and youngest child of Thora Welch and Lester L. Baldwin. She attended the Lovell schools. 

Teddy married Robert F. “Bob” Hansen on March 4,...

Robert Allen Christoffersen

Robert Allen Christoffersen

May 22, 2018

Robert Allen ‘Chris’ Christoffersen (Oct. 10, 1937 - May 22, 2018) Robert Allen ‘Chris’ Christoffersen was born on a Willwood homestead Oct. 10, 1937, to Marse and Anna Jane Sailor Christoffersen. He attended Powell schools and graduated in 1955. He graduated from NWJC in 1957,  and joined the Navy that year.  Chris married Mary Alice Smart in December 1959....

Joann Faye Dicks-Bentz

Joann Faye Dicks-Bentz

May 21, 2018

Joann F. Dicks-Bentz  passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family, on May 21, 2018.  She was 87.

A celebration of her life will be held on Saturday, May 26, 2018, at 10:00 a.m. at Thoompson Funeral Home in Powell.  It will be followed by interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.

Marcella Caskey

Marcella Caskey

May 21, 2018

 

(Jan. 14, 1928 - May 21, 2018)

Marcella Ann Frank Caskey “Sally” of Powell passed away peacefully on May 21, 2018, at the age of 90.

She was born Jan. 14, 1928, in Chicago, Illinois, to Francis Martin Frank and Katherine Elizabeth Frank, then moved to a farm outside Big Springs, Nebraska.

Sally struck a fine balance between working...

James Lee Milburn

James Lee Milburn

May 20, 2018

 

Powell was nearly a life-long home to James Lee Milburn. He loved it, and he served it.

Jim was twice elected Mayor of Powell, serving eight years between 1997 and 2005. He died May 20, 2018, in Mayo Clinic Hospital in Phoenix, Arizona, just as he was ready to return to Powell from his winter residence in Casa Grande,...

Margaret Elaine Shumway

Margaret Elaine Shumway

Apr 28, 2018

Margaret Elaine Gillett Shumway

(May 21, 1923 - April 28, 2018)

Margaret Elaine Gillett Shumway, longtime Powell resident, passed away on April 28, 2018, in her home surrounded by family and caregivers. She was 94.

Margaret was born in Powell, Wyoming, on May 21, 1923. She was the oldest of five children of Lyle Gillett and Clara Althoff Gillett. 

She graduated...

Suzanne Lehman

Suzanne Lehman

Apr 28, 2018

(Aug. 23, 1943 - April 28, 2018)

Suzanne Lehman, of Clark, died Saturday, April 28, 2018, in Billings, Montana. She was 74.

She was born Aug. 23, 1943, in Cleveland, Ohio, to Helen (Romanovich) and Charles Richardson. She lived in Columbia, South Carolina, and Shrewsbury, Pennsylvania. She was retired.

Suzanne was a Red Cross volunteer and belonged to the Bountiful...

Micheal Wayne Burbank

Micheal Wayne Burbank

Apr 21, 2018

Micheal Wayne Burbank 66, passed away April 21, 2018 at home in Powell, Wy. a celebration of his life will be held later this summer. A full obituary will follow.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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