Obituaries

Dec 11, 2017

Jackie Louise Corbett Hecht, age 81, passed away on December 11, 2017, at her son’s home in Billings, Montana, after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer.

Jackie was born on April 21, 1936 in Byron, Wyoming, to Jack and Loy Sessions Corbett.  She attended schools in Topeka, Kansas, Sidney, Nebraska, and Byron, Wyoming. She graduated from Byron High School in...

Dec 1, 2017

Virginia Mae Cooley was born on January 22, 1937 in Billings Montana. She passed away quietly, and jumped on the wide, white, smooth highway to heaven with Don, from her longtime Powell home on December 1, 2017 on Lane 11 ½ under the gentle care of her daughters Cindy and Cheryl, and life-long friend Donna Garrison.  She was surrounded by...

Nov 28, 2017

Ethel H. Shuler (Nov. 5, 1922 - Nov. 28, 2017) Ethel H. Shuler died on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017, at Powell Valley Care Center. She was 95. Ethel was born Nov. 5, 1922, in Galeton, Colorado, and raised there. She was the eighth of 10 children born to Fred and Alice (Wedemeyer) Engel.  In 1940, she graduated high school...

Nov 24, 2017

Nov 19, 2017

Jean Elizabeth Bird, age 92, graduated into her Savior's presence on November 19, 2017 in Powell, WY. Jean was born in Spokane, WA on February 27, 1925 to Bert and Eunice (Burch) Runner, the sixth of twelve children. While still a child, the family move from Spokane took them on a cross-country trip to Virginia before they finally settled on...

Nov 16, 2017

Our Beloved Grandmother, I feel like our time with you was cut way too short. You taught me how to get through tragic times but you forgot to teach me how to get through living without my best friend. We have so many memories with you as young kids. Jordan’s favorite memories of you are the times you took us...

Nov 13, 2017

Earl Morris Rivard passed quietly in his sleep on November 12, 2017 at the Powell Valley Care Center in Powell, Wyoming. Earl was 90 years old. Earl was born May 23, 1927 in Rice Lake, Wisconsin to Leon and Sarah Rivard. He was the youngest child of 2 sisters and 6 brothers and grew up on the family farm in...

Nov 13, 2017

Louella Adams (Feb. 5, 1918 - Nov. 13, 2017) Louella Adams of Powell died Nov. 13, 2017, at the Powell Valley Care Center. She was 99. Louella was born Feb. 5, 1918, to Marilla (Kennedy) and L.C. Logan.  Following high school, she married Rufford Adams on March 24, 1938. The couple made their home in Powell, and raised three...

Nov 12, 2017

Nov 12, 2017

ROCK

Reginald H. Rock

12/26/1928 – 11/12/2017

Reginald Herbert Rock, 88 passed away November 12 2017. At his home in Powell, Wy.

Rock was a man of many facets.  He was a “sheep” man.  He lived with all things sheep his whole life. He learned this trade from his father whom he admired greatly. He loved dealing with growers, sorting...

Nov 11, 2017

Curtis ‘Curt’ Nathaniel Jasper (July 17, 1925 - Nov. 11, 2017) Curtis “Curt” Nathaniel Jasper was born July 17, 1925, in Torrance, California. He died Nov. 11, 2017, in Powell, from natural causes. He was 92. Curt lived and attended public schools in North Long Beach, California. In his first year of high school, he met Barbara May Wilbert...

Nov 6, 2017

Ruth  Lillian Alexander Riley Avery Ruth returned to the presence of her Heavenly Father on Monday, November 6, 2017 in Billings, Montana with her son Mike by her side. Ruth was born July 27, 1926 in Cody, Wyoming to Lillian Elsbury and Walter Alexander. She has one older brother, Don. Ruth spent her early childhood years on Elk Creek...

Nov 6, 2017

Ronald D. Lytle (March 23, 1935 - Nov. 6, 2017) Retired Episcopal priest Ronald D. Lytle, 82, died Monday night, Nov. 6 at his home in Powell. He retired from St. John’s Episcopal Church in Powell, and over the course of 30 years served as priest in the Episcopal Diocese of Wyoming, the Diocese of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and the Diocese...

Oct 28, 2017

Oct 26, 2017

Glenn Oyln Winter, 88 passed away October 26 2017. At Spirit Mountain Hospice in Cody

 At his request cremation has taken place and no services will be held.

Oct 21, 2017

 

On June 26, 1927 a little red-haired, green eyed girl was born in Coalville TN to Clay Evans Jones and Estella Mae Lavender Jones. They named her Vera Jean. She had three older brothers and later gained three sisters and another brother. Vera Jean was valedictorian of her eighth grade class. Her love of music and singing was born...

Oct 21, 2017

Kay Eileen Harvey Hovey passed away on October 21, 2017 at the Spirit Mountain Hospice House in Cody Wyoming.

Kay was born on October 14, 1942 in Meeteetse, Wyoming, the daughter of Jesse and Jacque Harvey.  She graduated from Powell High School and lived in the Big Horn Basin her entire life, including Powell, Meeteetse, Ten Sleep and Basin. 

Kay is survived...

Oct 13, 2017

Oct 12, 2017

After a short illness of cancer, William A. “Bill” Casey passed into the arms of his Savior the Lord Jesus Christ. He was 72.

Bill is preceded in death by his parents William P. Casey and Marion (Haas) Casey.  Bill was born in Chicago, Illinois and as a small child lived in Elmdale, Minnesota, before moving to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He graduated from high school,...

Oct 11, 2017