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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...
Guadalupe Cortez
Nov 13, 2013
Guadalupe Cortez, 71, passed away November 13, 2013 at the Billings Clinic. Funeral Mass Services will be held Monday November 18, 2013 at the St. Barbara’s Catholic Church 115 E 3rd St. at 10:00am Vigil Services will be Sunday evening at 6:00 pm also at the Church Viewing will be one hour prior to services Sunday and Monday. Burial will...
William W Zane
Nov 12, 2013
William Walace Zane died Nov. 12, 2013, at Powell Valley Hospital. He was 86. He was born in Basin on Sept. 5, 1927, to John Parker Zane and Nance Winford Brown. He graduated from Basin High School in 1948. William married his high school sweetheart, Frances Minnie Ruhl, in Billings that October. The couple lived in Greybull until 1950, when...
Mary Elizabeth Bever
Nov 11, 2013
Mary Elizabeth Floan Bever passed away November, 11 at the Powell Care Center. She was 96. Mary was born in Gardiner, Montana, on June 15, 1917, the first of 4 children to Al and Eunice Floan. Her family moved to Powell in 1928. She gradutedfrom Powell High School in 1935, where she met her future husband Jim Bever. They married...
Eugene Lee VanDyke
Nov 9, 2013
Eugene (Gene) Lee VanDyke, 76, of Powell, WY passed away peacefully on November 9, 2013 in Billings, MT in his daughter's home surrounded by family. Gene was born to Pearl Dull on September 25th, 1937. Pearl later met and married the only father Gene knew, Fred Gragert. At age 3, Gene had a bout with Polio from which he recovered....
Anna Francis Nelson
Nov 6, 2013
Anna Francis (Muir) Nelson quietly passed away November 6, 2013, in Cheyenne, WY. She was born February 3, 1920, in Mentor, Kansas, to Joseph A. and Gladys (Stephenson) Muir. She had two brothers, Joseph C. Muir and Eugene Muir, who preceded her in death, along with her parents. Anna attended elementary school in Mentor and high school at Smalan, KS, where she graduated...
Darrel Lee Blevins
Nov 6, 2013
Darrel Lee Blevins passed away in Powell, WY on November 6, 2013 after a courageous battle with Pulmonary Fibrosis. Darrel was born in Powell, WY on September 18, 1942. After graduating from high school in Helena, MT, he began college at Northwest Community College in 1961 before marrying Janet Kaye Cavalli on August 5, 1962. Darrel and Janet met when they were 15-years...
Barbara A Satterlee
Oct 30, 2013
Barbara Ann Satterlee, 79, died Wednesday, October 30, at the Crest Nursing Home in Butte, MT. Barbara was born July 15, 1934 in Lamont Iowa to Edward and Beulah (Cole) Belzer. Barbara was the oldest of three girls, Barbara, Bonnie and Beverly. She attended school in Independence, IA and graduated in 1952. In 1956 she also became older sister to Jody...
