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Lucy Cozzens
Dec 19, 2012
Lucy Cozzens, 87, died in Powell on Dec. 19, 2012. She was born in Michigan in 1925. Lucy trained as a registered nurse and received her RN degree from the Blodgett School of Nursing in Grand Rapids, Mich. Seeking new horizons and adventure, she came west to Wyoming on her way to Alaska. She worked for Dr. Lester F. Allison,...
Reginald Denny Hall
Dec 18, 2012
Reginald Denny Hall, 87, passed away December 18, 2012 at his home. Memorial Services will be held Friday December 21, 2012 at 10:00 am at The First United Methodist Church.
Jay Farrell Buxton
Dec 17, 2012
Jay Farrell Buxton was born on September 13, 1932, in Driggs, ID, and passed away December 17, 2012, in Provo, UT, surrounded by his family. Farrell, was born to Orvel J. “Jack†& Estella Louise Bates Buxton and lived most of his life in Bates, Idaho. He was the third of five children. Farrell grew up in Bates, Idaho, where...
Forrest Dale Cordes
Dec 15, 2012
Forrest “Frosty†Cordes Forrest Dale Cordes known to most simply as “Frosty†went home to his Father in Heaven Saturday December 15, 2012. He was born on March 3, 1925 in Guthrie, OK. He was the second of three children born to Henry and Fairy Cordes. Frosty was introduced to his future wife Victoria in the fall of 1947, four...
Heber H Hart
Dec 14, 2012
Heber H. Hart passed away at Spirit Mountain Hospice in Cody on Friday, December 14, 2012. He was 71. Cremation has taken place, and a memorial service is planned for Thursday, December 20, 2012, at 2:00 p.m. at Thompson Funeral Home in Powell. A full obituary will follow.
Rollin Thomas Trumbull
Dec 12, 2012
We lost a great cowboy, father, grandfather, brother and friend when (Rolly) Rollin Thomas Trumbull passed away December 12, at his home in Ralston. He was an “ol time cowboy†who could tame the toughest bronc, shoe the worst horse, pound a nail in the hardest wood and yet still tip his hat to every lady.  He had the...
Paul Meredith Jacobs Jr.
Dec 1, 2012
Paul Meredith Jacobs Jr. was born January 4, 1933 in Williamsport, PA to Paul Meredith Sr. and Hazel I (Towers) Jacobs. Paul was raised and attended grade school and high school in Muncy PA. As a high school student Paul, affectionately known as Rusty for his rust colored hair, was very involved in athletics and was an outstanding wrestler, football &...
Arthur Edwin Cook
Nov 30, 2012
Arthur (Bud) Edwin Cook passed away November 30, 2012. He was 80 years of age. Bud was born December 5, 1931, in Yates Center, Kansas, to John W and Minnie Mae (Pyle) Cook. He attended school in Yates Center, Kansas. Bud came to Powell, WY with the oilfield. He married Marjorie E. Malliot on December 24, 1951 and from their...
William James Hecht
Nov 25, 2012
William “Bill†James Hecht was born on February 28, 1922 in Powell, Wyoming. He passed away on November 25, 2012 at the Powell Hospital from complications following a stroke. Bill was the seventh and youngest child born to Harry Haskell and Anna Caldarar Siegall Hecht. Bill was raised on a farm just one mile south of Powell where his father...
Stephen Edward Cole
Nov 25, 2012
Stephen Edward Cole April 18, 1947 – November 25, 2012 We were blessed. We were lucky. We were chosen. Steve Cole was our father, our brother, our cousin, our friend. And he was married to the woman he fell in love with across a very small enchanted room at a Christmas party in Worland almost exactly 38 years ago. He...
Shirley June Tack
Nov 24, 2012
Shirley June Tack (Baker) passed away on Saturday, November 24, 2012. She was 93 Shirley was born on June 6, 1919, the daughter of Leroy and Nell Baker. She attended East Grand Forks, Minnesota schools, and married Floyd "Bud" Tack on June 6, 1937. They farmed in the East Grand Forks area until 1965. Shirley was employed by the East...
Robert Calvin Croft
Nov 22, 2012
Robert C Croft, 94 died November 22. 2012 at the hospital in Kemmerer,Wyoming. He has lived an active happy life until the past few weeks as his body began to “just run out of energy†as he would tell us each time we visited. Bob was born in Powell, Wyoming on June 19, 1918 to William Connel Croft and Jane...
Wilda A Hoefer
Nov 18, 2012
Wilda Alice Hoefer died peacefully in her sleep on November 18, 2012. She was born February 24, 1921 in Cheyenne, WY, to Maurice and Jessie (Martin) McLaughlin. She spent most of her childhood in Grass Creek, WY. After graduating from Cody High School in 1939, she spent time working at a blue print company, making the prints for the Heart Mountain Relocation Camp. She...
Cody Neal Yates
Nov 18, 2012
Cody Neal Yates, age 24, was born on February 3, 1988 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the son of Neal and Kay Yates, and died Sunday, November 18, 2012 in a car accident in Clark, Wyoming. Cody was a most wonderful son, grandson, nephew, cousin, and friend to a family extending far beyond those who share a common name with him...
Miriam A Wensky
Nov 17, 2012
Miriam Ann Wensky of Powell died Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012 at Evergreen Rehab in Laurel, Mont. She was 72. Miriam was born Dec. 18, 1939 in Cheyenne to Anna Rodgers and George Estabrook. She attended school in Cheyenne. Miriam married Frank Wensky on June 22, 1956 in Cheyenne, and they lived there until moving to Powell in 1965. Miriam and...
Louise Hillman Skauge
Nov 11, 2012
Louise Hillman Skauge Louise passed away at Powell Valley Health Care on November 11, 2012 at the age of 94. Louise was born in a Cabin Southwest of Musselshell Mont on Nov. 11, 1918 to John and Annie Gonion. She Married Edward Hillman on March 18, 1941. They were happily married for 43 years. Ed Passed away Feb. 18,1984. Louise...
James Vernon Schuler
Oct 29, 2012
James Schuler 68, passed away at his sons home in Powell, no local services are planned at this time.
Betty Carol VanDyke
Oct 28, 2012
Betty Carol VanDyke (Aug. 18, 1937 - Oct. 28, 2012) Betty Carol VanDyke, 75, died Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012 at her home in Powell, surrounded by her family. She was born in Shawnee, Okla., on Aug. 18, 1937 to “Lee†and Vera Hilleary. Funeral services will take place at 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 2 at Thompson Funeral Home. Viewing will...
Edith May Jones
Oct 28, 2012
In loving memory of Edith May (Bigler) Jones Johnson Edith was born on the 8 July 1940 in Basin Wyoming, a daughter of Orville Bigler and Elvira Dobson. She died the 28 Oct 2012 in Rio Rancho New Mexico on her way to her daughter Anita Olsen's house in Brigham City Utah. Edith was married three time. Her first husband Donald...
L. Lloyd Burgener
Oct 24, 2012
Lloyd Burgener, 76, died unexpectedly on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012 at Powell Valley Healthcare after a courageous battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Lloyd was born Feb. 19, 1936 to Theodore and Marie Burgener. He was raised on the family homestead, where he learned his passion for farming, before graduating from Powell High School. After serving in the U.S. Navy, he returned...
