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Josephine Irene Hayner
Jul 11, 2012
Josephine Irene (Heiser) Hayner (January 5, 1941 – July 11, 2012 Jo passed on Wednesday evening, July 11 at Powell Valley Care Center with her friends at her side holding her hand and keeping her comfortable as she made her transition. Any memorials to her would be greatly appreciated if they were directed to Powell Valley Care Center, 777 Ave...
Katherine Elizabeth Christiansen
Jul 11, 2012
POWELL, Wyo. — KatherineElizabeth Heasler Christiansen, 91, died July 11, 2012, at the Powell CareCenter. She was born Oct. 14, 1920, in Whitlock Hospitalin Powell, the daughter of John William and Margaret Louise England Heasler. Asa young girl, she was a member of 4-H, Girl Scouts, Junior American LegionAuxiliary and a charter member of Jobs Daughters. She was educated at...
Ruth Lee Reissig
Jul 11, 2012
Ruth Lee Reissig died on Wednesday, July 11, 2012 in Billings. She was 88. Ruth was born on Nov. 6, 1923, in Paradise, Kan., to Gus and Thelma Bronson. She married Ernest Roland Reissig on Feb. 22, 1953 in Hays, Kan. Her husband worked for the U.S. Park Service. The couple lived all around the United States, then retired in...

Jeanie M Good
Jul 6, 2012
Jeanie M. Good died July 6, 2012 at Spirit Mountain Hospice in Cody. She was 85. Interment of cremains is scheduled for 9 a.m. Saturday, July 14 at Riverside Cemetery in Cody. A memorial service will follow at 11 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Cody with Pastor Audrey Rydbom officiating. Jeanie was born Dec. 12, 1926 in Worland to Elma...
Victoria G. Cordes
Jul 2, 2012
Victoria G. Cordes of Powell died Monday, July 2, 2012 at Powell Valley Health Care. She was 84. Victoria was born Feb. 9, 1928 in Holeman, N.M., to Eduvijen (Solano) and Salomon Grine. Victoria lived in many places throughout her life. As a girl she was raised in Holeman, then moved to Oklahoma City where she met Forrest "Frosty" Cordes....

Donnie "Don" Everett Bowers
Jul 2, 2012
Donnie “Don†Everett Bowers of Lovell died on Monday, July 2, 2012, at the Billings Clinic of lymphoma. He was 81. Don was born Dec. 10, 1930, to Everett and Christena (Schrage) Bowers in Hardin, Mont. Don met the love of his life, Evelyn Korell, in Lovell in 1948. They were married on March 27, 1949. From this union, they...

William Hugh Gallogly
Jun 25, 2012
William Hugh Gallogly passed away June 25, 2012 at the Powell Valley Care Center. Memorial services will be Friday June 29, at the St. Barbara's Catholic Church at 11:00.
Minka Dorothy Willista King
Jun 24, 2012
Minka Dorothy Willista King of Powell died Sunday, June 24, 2012 in Billings. She was 56. Minka was born Dec. 6, 1955 in Perth Amboy City, N.J., to Katherine Louise (Lorenz) King and Robert Chester King Jr. She lived in Westfield, N.J., until moving to Powell for college and to start her career. She was a business major. Minka worked...
Mary Helen Ramirez
Jun 24, 2012
Helen Ramirez, 74, of Powell died peacefully at home after a courageous battle with cancer. Helen was born in Powell on March 24, 1938 to Valentino and Antonia Gonzales. Helen married her lifelong companion Joe A. Ramirez on Aug. 27, 1956. This union brought five children, 17 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. Over the years, Helen worked various jobs in the...
Byron Kenneth Rood
Jun 23, 2012
Byron Kenneth Rood died Saturday, June 23, 2012, surrounded by his loving family. He was 84. Byron was born March 4, 1928 in Jireh, Wyo., to Kenneth and Lucyle (Hoyt) Rood. He lived in Jireh until he was 6 years old, and then moved to Lance Creek, Wyo. There he attended grade school and junior high, where his mother was...

Darwin O Cramer
Jun 16, 2012
Darwin O. Cramer of Powell died Saturday, June 16, 2012 at Powell Valley Care Center. He was 94. Darwin was born Feb. 9, 1918 in Vernal, Utah to Megdlene T. Nielsen and Eric A. Cramer. Darwin and some friends enlisted in the U.S. Army in August 1940, thinking they would finish their military obligation; however, they got caught up in...

Robert A. Lofland
Jun 7, 2012
Robert A. Lofland of Powell died Thursday, June 7, 2012 from natural causes at Powell Valley Hospital. He was 90. Robert was born in Rockwall, Texas on Dec. 10, 1921. He grew up on a farm and raised hogs with his brother Knox as a boy. After high school Bob traveled around the country and played basketball in various cities...

Billy McDonald
Jun 6, 2012
Billy McDonald passed away Wednesday, June 6, 2012 at Powell Valley Healthcare. He was 71. Services are pending, and a full obituary will follow.

Bessie Lois Knopp
Jun 4, 2012
Bessie Lois Knopp, known to many simply as “Betty,†died on Monday, June 4, 2102, following a difficult ordeal with breast cancer. She was 84, Bessie was born in Jasper, Ark., the oldest of 10 children in a dirt poor migrant family immediately before the Great Depression. After a difficult marriage, Bessie’s mother and father divorced near the end of the...

Richard Hugh Darling
May 30, 2012
Richard Hugh Darling passed away on May 30, 2012. He was 89. Cremation has taken place, and a memorial service is planned for Wednesday, June 6, 2012, at 10:00 a.m., at the 7th Stree LDS church in Powell. A full obituary will follow.

Brian Hollenbeck
May 28, 2012
Brian Hollenbeck passed away at his home in Powell on May 28, 2012. He was 60. Cremation has taken place, and service information and full obituary will follow.

Arthur John Eck
May 28, 2012
Arthur J. Eck was born on October 29, 1923 at St. Mark's Kansas. He passed away in his sleep on May 28, 2012. On September 9, 2011 he lost his loving wife of 63 years, Carol Eck. He also lost his son, Cory, in 1976. He is survived by his son, Monte (Christine) Eck of Powell, and grandchildren; Ashley (Cody) Rose who...

Gary L Elwood
May 26, 2012
Gary L. Elwood died Saturday, May 26, 2012, at Powell Valley Hospital after a short courageous battle with cancer. He was 59. Gary was born Nov. 18, 1952 in Casper to Lela (Webber) and Lynn Elwood. He received his Associate’s of Science degree from Northwest College. Gary married the love of his life, Becky Hughes, on Nov. 13, 1979 in...

Herbert Lee Gillett
May 25, 2012
Herbert L. "Lee" Gillett passed away at his home in Powell on May 25, 2012. He was 85. Cremation has taken place, and services will be planned for a later date. A full obituary will follow.