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Alice Elizabeth Bright
Jul 22, 2020
Alice E. Bright
February 1927 – July 22, 2020
Alice Bright, homesteader & farming wife passed away, Wednesday, July 22nd at the Powell Valley Care Center, age 93.
Alice was born in her family's home in 1927 near Basalt Colorado and was one of four children of Albert and Laura.
Her early life was spent working on the family farm. When her oldest...
James "Jim" Edgar Hillberry
Jul 21, 2020
James “Jim” Hillberry, 83, passed away July 21st in an accident while working in the ranch country that he loved.
He was born June 26th, 1937, in Thermopolis to George and Leora (Haynes) Hillberry. He was raised at the family ranch on Gooseberry and attended school in Worland. The family spent summers living in a sheep wagon on the mountain...
Evelyn Woolard
Jul 14, 2020
Due to Evelyn’s request we have limited personal information. Evelyn was born in Pennsylvania to Albert and Elsie Barger, where she lived throughout her early years. She graduated from Nyack Missionary College in Nyack, NY with a B.S. in Christian Education.
After graduation Evelyn accepted a 4th grade teaching job at Wilmington Christian School in Delaware. During this time she...
Pearl "Mickey" Elizabeth Thiel
Jul 14, 2020
Pearl (Mickey) Elizabeth Thiel passed away of natural causes at her home at the Rocky Mountain Manor in Powell, Wyoming on July 14, 2020.
Pearl was born on January 16, 1938 in Bearcreek, Montana. She was the seventh child of eight children born to Jesse and Alta (Copple) Hoke. Her older siblings nicknamed her “Mickey” after Mickey Mouse, the most...
Frank Kendall McMillin
Jul 14, 2020
Frank K. McMillin peacefully passed away on July 14, 2020, at his home surrounded by his wife and children after a seven year battle with cancer. He was 77.
Frank was born May 4, 1943, in Cody, to Cecil and Dorothy McMillin. He grew up in both Cody and Meeteetse where his family ranched. After graduating from Cody High School,...
VaNesa Ray Jensen
Jul 11, 2020
VaNesa Ray Jensen passed away at her home in Powell, Wyoming on the 11th of July, 2020. She is survived by her parents Larry & Lola (Worrell) Jensen of Powell, her siblings Jared & Terri (Jamison) Jensen of Idaho Falls, ID, and Russ Hiatt & MaLessa Jensen of Powell, WY. She also leaves behind two nieces (Kathryn & Emily Jensen),...
Gail Jones
Jun 26, 2020
Gail Johnson Jones, 80 beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, and friend passed away peacefully on June 26, 2020 after several months in the memory care unit of the Powell Valley Care Center.
Gail was born on December 3, 1939 in Lovell, Wyoming, the oldestof three children born to Milas and Rula (Crosby) Johnson. She is preceded in death by both her parents and her brother Michael (Wowzer) Johnson.
She attended school...
William Mailan Myers
Jun 9, 2020
William Mailan Myers passed away in his home on the evening of Tuesday, June 9th, 2020. He was born in 1967 to Joseph Steven Myers and Lola (Hibbert) Myers of Powell, Wy. Will spent his entire life in the Big Horn Basin and enjoyed hunting and fishing as well as ranching and farming with his grandfather, Mailan Hibbert of Burlington,...
Debra Jean McPherson
Jun 7, 2020
Debra “Deb” McPherson, passed away on Sunday, June 7, 2020 in Cody
She was born in Olympia, Washington to Dave and Doris Beckland Hume. She attended high school in Olympia. During her growing up days and throughout her life, Debi loved horse back riding and other outdoor activities. During quiet times, she could be found crocheting.
Debi married Micheal Allen...
Owen Bennet
Jun 1, 2020
Owen Bennet Obit February 22, 1952 - June 01, 2020 Owen James Bennet of Powell passed away at the Spirit Mountain Hospice House in Cody on June 01, 2020. Owen was born to Harold Eugene Bennet and Thelma Sprague Bennet in Casper, Wyoming on Feburary 22, 1952. He was baptized Catholic, raised on the home ranch...
Bettienna "Betty" Kinder
May 22, 2020
Bettienna “Betty” Kinder (Tamlin) of Cody passed away on Friday, May 22nd at the age of 74. Betty was born on June 16, 1945, the first of four children to the late Phillip and Pauline (Dunn) Tamlin. She grew up in Powell and graduated from Powell High School in 1962. To know Betty was to love her. Her door...
Shirley Ray Dillon
May 17, 2020
Shirley Ray Dillon
March 15, 1935-May 17, 2020
Shirley Ray Dillon was born March 15, 1935, in Greybull, Wyo., to parents Guy (Bony) and Gladys (Hap) Wilkinson. She passed away May 17, 2020, at age 85.
Like Shirley Temple, the child movie actress she was named for, Shirley sported long blonde ringlets through most of her childhood years....
Rubee Jewel Carter
May 13, 2020
Jewel Carter was born March 7, 1923, to Gertrude (Nunley) and M.C. Carson, in Ponca City, Oklahoma. She went peacefully in Powell, surrounded by love, on May 13, 2020. She was 97.
Jewel graduated from Central High School west of Marlow, Oklahoma. She then studied journalism and French at Cameron University at Lawton, Oklahoma, where she met the love of...
Marina Rodriguez
May 12, 2020
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Marina Rodriguez, 96, passed away at her home on May 12, 2020. She was born in Sayuca Mexico to Nicolas and Julia Alcala Ponce.
Marina married Raymond Rodriguez on February 5, 1948 in Jalisco Mexico. They enjoyed over 70 years together. Completing their family were four children: Robert, Daniel, David and Maggie.
After her marriage to Raymond, he brought her...
John "Red" Robert Wright
May 10, 2020
John “Red” Robert Wright was born in Scofield, Utah on Nov 13, 1933 and passed away peacefully on May10, 2020.
He was raised and lived in Scofield, Utah, until he joined the U.S. Navy January 9, 1952, at 17 years of age, and served on the U.S.S. Barroco during the Korean Conflict.
Red married the love of his life, Maxine “Maggie” Rose...
Patricia A Kerwin
May 4, 2020
Patricia “Patty” Kerwin passed away on May, 4, 2020, at the Spirit Mountain Hospice House in Cody. She was 66.
She was born on June 25, 1953, to Howard Welborn and Doreen Miller. She married Nicholas Kerwin on Jan. 3, 1975.
She was in the Powell Women’s Bowling Association Hall of Fame, and in 1993 she and her youngest son...
Orville McConahay
May 3, 2020
Orvillle “Odie” Francis McConahay passed away on May 3, 2020, at the Powell Valley Care Center. He was 94.
Odie was born on Nov. 18, 1925, in Hulett, Wyoming, to Orval Elias McConahay and Annabell Clemintine Record. He enlisted in the Marine Corp in 1944 and served in the Third Marine Division, Fox Company 23rd.
He married Bessie “Sox” Lucille...
