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Michael Lee Masterson
Apr 1, 2023
Michael Lee Masterson, Emeritus Professor of Music at Northwest College and longtime resident of Powell, passed away on April 1, 2023. He was 72 years old.
Born on a pig farm in Indiana in 1950 to Charles and Margaret (Beason) Masterson, Mike was the oldest of five siblings. He famously came home from first grade one day declaring his intent...
Todd Thayer
Mar 29, 2023
Todd Allen Thayer passed away suddenly on March 29, 2023 in Powell Wyoming at the age of 55. Todd was born March 13, 1968 at Powell Hospital to Ronald and Ella Thayer. He spent his childhood in Powell. Todd’s proudest accomplishment was graduating from Montana State University which gave him the opportunity to work professionally in video production. Later he...
Arnold Edward Brinkerhoff
Mar 23, 2023
Arnold (AB, B, Brink, or Arnie) Brinkerhoff passed away on March 23, 2023 in Powell,Wyoming at the age of 91.Arnold was born on February 7, 1932 in the Lovell Hospital. He was number 5 of 10 childrenborn to Warren Brinkerhoff and Vera Allred, and was greeted by 12 older half siblings. Thefamily was raised on “the old family farm” southwest...
Patricia Moody
Mar 8, 2023
Patricia Irene Moody passed away on March 8, 2023.
Patricia (Pat) Moody was born May 31, 1942 in Forsyth, Montana. She was thefirst child of John G. and Virginia Irene O’Brien. Pat was the oldest of four children and the first grandchild on the O’Brien side of the family.
When Pat was 8 years old her father took a pharmacy...
Neil E Harrison
Mar 6, 2023
Neil E Harrison passed away in his home in the early morning on Monday, March 6th, 2023, surrounded by his wife of 67 years, Vernice, his son, daughter, and grandchildren. He was 87 years old. Neil was born on the Harrison homestead on July 28th, 1935 in Powell, WY to Earl Harrison and Ethel Harrison née Caraveau. Neil and his...
Susan Marie Feller
Mar 5, 2023
Susan Marie Lynn Feller (Susie/Gra-ma Sue/Graham Cracker), age 73, gained her wings as she passed away peacefully at Spirit Mountain Hospice on March 5, 2023.
Susan was born on June 25, 1949, in Powell, Wyoming to Ed and Lois Lynn. She was the second of five children in the family, and she dearly loved her siblings.
Susan graduated from...
Alice Ann Bird
Mar 5, 2023
Alice Ann BirdMay 5 1933 to March 5, 2023Alice passed away on Sunday, March 5th in Billings Montana.Alice was one of nine children born to John and Catherine VandenHeuvel of St. PaulMinnesota.Alice trained to be an RN working for 30 years as an OB Nurse. After retiring from nursing, Alicewent back to school to obtain her accounting degree where she...
Corinne Zednick
Mar 2, 2023
Corinne Zednick passed away peacefully on March 2, 2023, at the Powell Nursing Home. She was born in Greybull, on Aug. 25, 1924, and was the daughter of Reginald J. McHugh Sr. and CarrieEllison. Corinne married Meredith (Zed) Zednick in 1942. They had two children, Joseph...
Donna Dee Logan
Feb 26, 2023
Beloved Donna Dee Logan, wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend, entered God’s Kingdom on Feb. 26, 2023 after a short battle with cancer.
Donna Dee was born on March 13, 1956 in Powell, Wyoming. Donna lived in Powell, Wyoming all her childhood years with her family, including parents Don and Eunice Collins, sister Tracy Ann and brother Jon. Donna’s...
Shannah Ruth Nelson
Feb 24, 2023
Shannah Ruth Nelson passed away on Friday, February 24th, 2023 as a result of a car accident. Shannah was born October 3rd, 2000 in Moose Lake, Minnesota to Larry and Brenda Nelson. She was a homeschool high school graduate and attended one year of college at Pine Technical and Community College. Shannah married John Daniel Nelson of Carthage,...
Wendy Michelle Nelson
Feb 24, 2023
Wendy Michelle Nelson passed away February 24, 2023 as a result of a car accident.
Wendy, the daughter of Larry and Brenda Nelson was born in Moose Lake, Minnesota, on November 11, 2002. Wendy was a home school graduate and lived in Hinckley, Minnesota until her family relocated to Powell, Wyoming.
Wendy was employed by George’s Dairy Farms. ...
Mary Van Norman
Feb 18, 2023
Mary Van Norman (our “Slowpoke Turtle”) gained her wings as she passed peacefully at her home in Powell on Feb 18, 2023. Born on May 16, 1941 in Auburn, WA to Cornelis and Elsie van Putten, she was 1 of 9 children growing up on dairy farms in the Seattle/Tacoma area and graduating from high school in Enumclaw, WA. She...
Ralph Wensky
Feb 8, 2023
Ralph Carl Wensky
(Feb. 6, 1941 - Feb. 8, 2023)
Ralph Wensky was born in Cheyenne on Feb. 6, 1941, to Robert Louis and Flossie Wensky. His first words were “buh-buh-buh” after his favorite John Deere tractors. He was the third of four children, with siblings Robert, Frank, and Charlene.
Ralph died on Feb. 8, 2023, at Spirit Mountain...
Jacob Earl Wolf Jr
Feb 6, 2023
Jacob Earl Wolf Jr, age 99, slipped his mortal coil, and joined his beloved Polly, who has been waiting since August 2022. The second son of Jacob Earl Wolf Sr. and Ella Mae McKinney, Earl grew up on the family farm in Hayesville, Oxford, Pennsylvania. As a youngster, Earl peddled fish he and his father purchased by pick-up loads...
Gary L Baxter
Feb 5, 2023
Gary Laverne Baxter, known to some as “Flash,” to some as “Bub,” and to others as“Papa,” never could sit still. Now, he no longer has to. After nearly 80 years of faithfulservice to his family, his businesses, his community, and his church, on February 5,2023 Gary died peacefully at home and went to join his beloved...
Josephine Davis
Feb 3, 2023
Josephine Riedle Davis
October 25, 1936 - February 3, 2023
Josephine Edela Davis, 86, passed away Friday, February 3, 2023 after struggling with dementia and other complications. She was born November 21, 1936, in Greybull, Wyoming to Edela and Charles Reidil.
Josephine graduated from Basin High School, Class of 1953. She then went to St Joseph’s Hospital in Denver,...
Wesley J Metzler
Jan 29, 2023
Wyoming lost one of its most devout fans and advocates on January 29, 2023. Wesley Joseph Metzler passed away peacefully in his home surrounded by his family in Powell, Wyoming. He will be missed dearly by all of his family and friends.
Wes was born in Riverton, Wyoming to Jeff and Margaret (Lewis) Metzler on April 29, 1937, and was...
Annette Foulger
Jan 26, 2023
Annette Foulger was born on December 22nd, 1960, in Lancaster, CA to Bert and Jennie Savage; the youngest of nine children. She spent her early childhood in Montana on various ranches with her family. She would often go and live with her older siblings for short amounts of time. Annette attended a small one-room schoolhouse during her elementary school years....
Tyler "Ty" Utley Judd
Jan 22, 2023
Tyler “Ty” Utley Judd, age 40, of Farina, Illinois passed away from this life on Sunday, January 22, 2023 at 2:30 a.m. in Wyoming.
Ty was born on September 17, 1982 in Powell, Wyoming to Luman and Mary Ann (Pearce) Judd. Tyler lived in many places having grown up in a military family. He lived in Arizona, Florida, Alaska, Idaho,...
Charlene Alber
Dec 27, 2022
On December 27th our Mom gained her wings. Charlene Louise Schreiner Alber was born July 25th, 1941 in Fort Collins, Colorado to Alex and Frieda (Fox) Schreiner. She was the youngest in a family of eight siblings. Charlene was raised in Cheyenne, Wyoming after the family moved there when she was very young. On April 2nd, 1957 she married Robert “Bob” Alber, the...
