Obituaries

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...

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...

May 29, 2018

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...

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,...

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...

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,...

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....

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.

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Apr 12, 2018

Juanita Alta Mooers was born on the 28thof July, 1928 in Lawton, OK. Her family moved to west Texas before her first birthday.  She was raised in the small town of Monahans, TX.  Her parents were William and Nora (Reese) McKinzie, who had two other daughters and three sons.  After graduating from high school, Juanita primarily was a credit investigator for several firms such...

Apr 7, 2018

Larry William Paulsen, of Powell, died Saturday, April 7, 2018, at Powell Valley Healthcare. He was 76. Larry was born June 7, 1941, in Rapid City, South Dakota, to Rose Klug and Harry Bennett Paulsen. He received his Bachelor’s Degree in Public Administration from the University of Minnesota. Larry married Lynn Marie Rempfer (Glover) on March 17, 1984, in...

Apr 3, 2018

Gary Lee Shepherd, 69, of Powell, Wyoming, passed April 3, 2018 at the Spirit Mountain Hospice House after a courageous battle with cancer. Gary leaves his loving wife Phyllis, his daughters Cheryl (Ridha) and Jaclyn (Dave), his stepson Rocky (Holland) and his three grandchildren Sydney, Quentin and Nadine. He is survived by his brothers Jim (Ginger), John (Sandy), Dennis (Lisa),...

Apr 2, 2018

Mar 26, 2018

Charlotte Spargur (May 13, 1931 - March 26, 2018) God took a gentle soul home peacefully from this earth on March 26, 2018, when Charlotte Spargur, 86, died at Powell Valley Hospital.  Charlotte was born May 13, 1931, in Otto, Wyoming, to George H. Klaus and Ellen (Peterson) Klaus. She was the seventh of eight children. Her early schooling...

Mar 23, 2018

Evelyn J. Blasdell (Nov. 23, 1935 - March 23, 2018) Evelyn J. Blasdell of Powell died Friday, March 23, 2018, at Spirit Mountain Hospice in Cody. She was 82. Evelyn was born Nov. 23, 1935, in Porterville, California, to May (Gilson) and Benjamin Overman. She worked as an in-home health care provider. Evelyn loved the outdoors, camping and gardening....