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JoAnn Gormley
Feb 4, 2014
JoAnn Gormley died peacefully on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014, at Powell Valley Healthcare after a lengthy illness. She was 85. JoAnn was born to Lyle and Irene Sheets on May 19, 1928, in Powell. She graduated from Powell High School in 1946. JoAnn married James L. Gormley on Sept. 18, 1946. To this union were born three children, Dennis R.,...
West Matthews
Feb 1, 2014
West Matthews of Powell died Feb. 1, 2014. He was 62. He was born and raised in Brentwood, in west Los Angeles, Calif. While growing up, he attended John Dye pre-school and Carlthorpe private school. West graduated from Palisades High School. After high school, he spent two years at Santa Monica City College. During high school, he met a contractor...
Ernest "Bud" Knight
Jan 31, 2014
Ernest H. “Bud†Knight Bud left this world on January 31, 2014 at home with his loving wife, Nancy by his side after a prolonged battle with his health. Bud was born April 2, 1937 in Custer , South Dakota to Harold and Della Knight, the oldest of three children, sister Yvonne and brother Calvin. The summer between his junior...
Fernando "Fred" Trevino
Jan 31, 2014
Fernando “Fred†Trevino, 63, of Cheyenne, died Jan. 31, 2014, in Cheyenne after a lengthy illness. He was born Nov. 5, 1950, in Powell to Victoriano and Felisiana Joy Trevino. He worked as a landscaper, was a member of the Catholic Church, American Legion Post No. 6 and the VFW in Powell. Fred was very proud to serve his country as...
Connie Rae Kisgen
Jan 27, 2014
Connie Rae Brown Kisgen, of Powell, died at her home on Monday, Jan. 27, 2014. She was 45. Connie was born March 31, 1968, in Lake Charles, La., to Shelia Jessen Tomlinson. She graduated from Greybull High School and Northwest College. Connie married Dale Peterson. She worked at Rocky Mountain Soup and Sandwich in Powell. Her interests included politics, garage...
Guy Richard Cummings
Jan 27, 2014
The “weatherman†made his last forecast on Monday, Jan. 27, 2014. Guy Richard Cummings died Jan. 27, at Powell Valley Healthcare. He was 88. He was born Sept. 24, 1925, to Robert E. and Myrtle A. Cummings in Basin. He joined the U.S. Navy as an armed guard when he was just 17. Guy was so worried about his mother,...
Robert Dale Bovee
Jan 23, 2014
Bob Bovee died on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014, at the age of 93. He valiantly battled Parkinson’s disease for the last 13 years of his life. He was a resident at the Powell Valley Care Center at the time of his death. Bob was born July 4, 1920, to Frank and Effie Bovee on the family farm in Powell. He...
Helena Angelica De Fina
Jan 12, 2014
Helena De Fina, 50, died suddenly at her home in Powell Sunday, Jan. 12. She was born on Aug. 13, 1963 in Chicago, Ill. She grew up in Wauconda, Ill. and Fountain Hills, Ariz., graduating from high school in 1981. De Fina graduated from Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff with bachelors degrees in psychology and Spanish in 1993. She received...
Betty Jean Montgomery
Jan 10, 2014
Betty Jean Montgomery of Powell died on Jan. 10, 2014, in Powell. She was 82. Betty was born in Topeka, Kan., Aug. 4, 1931, to Benjamin Roy Montgomery and Minnie Lorraine Klein. She is survived by her daughters Gail Young of Powell and Leslee Davis Wofford of Cypress, Calif.; four grandchildren Jessica Herrington of Bellflower, Calif., Jacob Davis of Ladera...
Ora Gay Myrick
Jan 6, 2014
Ora Gay Myrick (January 5, 1931-January 6, 2014) OraGay Myrick, of Powell, Wyoming, 83, died on Monday January 6, 2013 in Billings, Montana after a brief illness. She was born on January 5, 1931 in Rock Springs, Wyoming, to Raymond and Margaret (Gale) Davis. OraGay was raised in Green River, Wyoming where she attended schools and graduated...
Donald Lyle Gillett
Dec 27, 2013
Don Gillett, 81, died on Friday, Dec. 27, 2013, doing what he enjoyed the most in life, chasing cows on the farm/ranch near Heart Mountain. He was born on March 4, 1932, in Powell, to Lyle and Clara (Althoff) Gillett. Don was raised on a farm just west of Powell. He graduated from Powell High School and was offered a...
Clifton Eugene Taylor
Dec 26, 2013
Clifton Eugene Taylor, 82, died Thursday, Dec. 26, at his home south of Powell. He was born April 8, 1931, in Basin to Odus and Ethyl (Shaw) Taylor. Following high school graduation, he attended Union College in Lincoln, Neb., for two years. On Feb. 14, 1954, he married Edith Mae Taylor in Lincoln. Following their marriage, they moved to Wyoming,...
James "Mick" Walker
Dec 19, 2013
Mick Walker of Powell, 76, of Powell died peacefully and courageously Dec. 19, 2013, at Powell Valley Hospital after battling pulmonary fibrosis for four years. He was born May 11, 1937, in Midwest to James Wilburn Walker Sr. and Carmen Jean (Shane) Walker. He was known by all as Mick, or Mickey. Mick earned his high school diploma at Midwest...
Johnny Robert Norris
Dec 15, 2013
Johnny Norris passed across peacefully Sunday evening, December 15, 2013. Born John Robert Norris, eldest son of Robert Eugene and Helen Florence (Smith) Norris, on January 16, 1939, in a small homestead cabin on what is now Lane 11 south of Powell in Park County, he lived most of his life farming, ranching, and later camping, fishing in the countryside, mountains,...
Bryson Wayne Herdt
Dec 6, 2013
Bryson Wayne Herdt (December 8, 1987 – December 6, 2013 ) Bryson Wayne Herdt, son of Barry and Tawnya Herdt, passed away unexpectedly and into the arms of our Lord on December 6, 2013 in Powell Wyoming. Bryson was born on December 8, 1987 in Casper Wyoming. He attended Powell Public Schools and graduated in 2006. Bryson went on to attend MSU...
Robert F Hansen
Dec 2, 2013
Robert Francis Hansen was born September 4, 1930 to Julius Earl Hansen and Ruby Mae Copeland in Lovell, Wyoming at the Hans Hansen Ranch. He was the oldest of six children. As a young teen he went to live with his grandmother Sarah Hansen on the ranch. There he learned farming and ranching. He also worked for his father in the oil field building...
Evelyn Lucille Ellison
Dec 1, 2013
Evelyn Lucille Ellison went to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday December 1, 2013 after complications from pneumonia at the Wyoming Medical Center in Casper. She was 81. She was born in Emblem, Wyoming on January 22, 1932 to Martin and Ella Blank Werbelow, the 7th of 14 children. She was baptized as an infant at Zion Lutheran...
Henry G Martinez
Nov 20, 2013
Henry G. Martinez (May 5, 1938-Oct. 20, 2013) Henry G. Martinez, 75, died of natural causes on Nov. 20, 2013, at Powell Valley Care Center. He was born on May 10, 1938, in Pueblo, Colo., to Benjamin and Ida Autobee Martinez. The family moved to Greeley, Colo., during his early years. He began to shine shoes to help buy school...
