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Dorothy Marie Thorington
Jan 11, 2012
Dorothy Marie Burns Thorington passed away peacefully just before dawn on Wednesday January 11, 2012 at Powell Valley Care Center. Dorothy was born in Webster City, Iowa on July 10, 1920 to Robert and Muriel (Richardson) Burns. Dorothy’s youth was spent in Webster City helping her father “Bob†in his sporting goods store, and he was instrumental in developing Dorothy's...
Loren Edwin Burch
Jan 8, 2012
Loren Edwin Burch died Sunday, January 8, 2012 at his home north of Powell per his instructions surrounded by his family. He was 79. He was born March 15, 1932 at home on the family homestead north of Powell to Harlen V and Minnie Grace (O’Banion) Burch. He graduated from Powell High School in 1950. Loren and Margaret Joan Schmitt were married February...
Ernest Donald (Don) Stanley
Jan 4, 2012
Ernest Donald (Don) Stanley, 87, died Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012 Â at the Powell Valley Care Center. Don was born Aug. 8, 1924 in Chadron Neb., to Harold J. and Barbara (Wassenberger) Stanley. He is survived by his daughter Sheila Pease of Powell, five granddaughters, six great-grandchildren, three brothers, David (Janice) Stanley, Ken and Jim Stanley. At his request, cremation...
Clifford Dwight Reidt
Jan 1, 2012
Clifford D. Reidt, a longtime Powell resident, died Jan. 1, 2012 in Casper, He was 85. Cliff was born Feb. 21, 1926 in Roscoe, S.D. to Dwight and Clara (Garrison) Reidt, the first born of six children. Cliff’s early years were spent on the family farm in Roscoe, and he then served in the Army. On Jan. 3, 1951, Cliff...
Hubert Lee Reid
Dec 27, 2011
Hubert Lee Reid died Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011 at Powell Valley Care Center. He was 87. Hubert was born April 21, 1924 in Burlington to James Douglas and Amy Ann (Tanner) Reid. He attended school in Burlington and served in the Army during World War II in Europe. Hubert and Leah Jean Phillips were married Sept. 16, 1949 in Powell...
Allen Elgin Pease
Dec 27, 2011
Allen Elgin Pease, 86, passed away December 27, 2011 at the Billings Clinic, Billings Montana. Cremation has taken Place and no services are planned at this time.
Doris M Cunningham
Dec 15, 2011
Doris M. Cunningham of Powell died peacefully Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011 at the Powell Valley Care Center. Â She was 86. Doris was born Oct. 16, 1925 in Briggsdale, CO to Oris Claycomb and Dorothy (Schnepf) Â Turney. Â Her mother and stepfather (Donald Turney) moved her to Powell in 1931 where she attended school. She married Harvey E. Cunningham...
Ignatius John I.J. Frank
Dec 14, 2011
Ignatius John ‘I.J.’ Frank died Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011, in Powell. He was 97. I.J. was born Nov. 16, 1914 in Milwaukee, Wis., to Frances and Katherine (Lechman) Frank. He went to school through the eighth-grade. On Dec. 27, 1938, I.J. married the love of his life, Lola Caskey, in Julesburg, Colo. The couple was approaching their 73rd wedding anniversary....
Carol E Vandersnick
Dec 14, 2011
Carol E Vandersnick, 82, passed away December 14, 2011 at the Powell Valley Health Care . Cremation has taken place and no local services are planned at this time. The family has requested that Condolences be sent to them online at www.thompsonfuneral.net. Or to P.O. Box 807 Powell, Wy 82435
Felix J Bessler
Dec 13, 2011
Felix J. Bessler, Jr. On December 13, 2011, Felix Bessler passed away at the Spirit Mountain Hospice in Cody, Wyoming. He was born March 18,1931 to Felix and Nannie Bessler and grew up on the family farm in the East Willwood area South of Powell, Wyoming. Older siblings Rosemary, Grace and Raymond, along with younger ones including Lucille, John, Hugo, James and...
David Dayton Denney
Dec 11, 2011
David D. Denney of Clark died Sunday, Dec. 11, 2011 at Spirit Mountain Hospice in Cody. He was 88. David was born Feb. 22, 1923 in Bearcreek, Mont., to Russell and Hilda (Dayton) Denney. He attended school in Belfry, Mont., and on April 23, 1949 he married Elmarie (Badura) Denney in Clark. After graduating from high school, David worked as...
Norma Louise Phillips
Dec 9, 2011
Norma Louise Phillips (Aug. 1, 1931 - Dec. 9, 2011) Norma Louise Phillips, 80, died Dec. 9, 2011 in Powell. She was born Aug. 1, 1931 in Powell to Erma E. (Bushey) and Kenneth W. Graham. She grew up in Powell and attended Powell's schools. After graduating from high school, Norma attended and graduated from the University of Wyoming with...
Esteline Frazier
Dec 6, 2011
Esteline Nunnery Frazier died Tuesday, Dec. 6 in Powell. She was 92. Esteline was born Dec. 11, 1919, in Mossy Bottom, Kent. She was the third of five children born to George and Florence Nunnery. During the dust bowl years, she and her family moved to Lamar, Colo. She and J.A. “Al†Frazier were married on Feb. 27, 1939. In the...
Lloyd William Killam
Dec 4, 2011
Lloyd William Killam Lloyd William Killam of 777 Avenue H, Powell, Wyoming passed away on December 4, 2011. Lloyd was born in Western Mound Township, Hettick Illinois on August 8, 1919 to the late William Roy and Alice Dugger Killam. When Lloyd was a year old, the Killam family moved to Garland and where Lloyds father owned and operated Killam's Garage for...
Gloria Gutierrez
Dec 3, 2011
Gloria Cortez Gutierrez died Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011 in Billings. She was 51. Gloria was born March 7, 1960 in Powell to Guadalupe (Gonzales) and Moises Cortez, Jr. She attended Powell schools and Northwest College. Gloria married Victor M. Gutierrez on May 4, 1992 in Aurora, Ill. She worked as a pharmacy tech. In her spare time, she enjoyed reading...
Edith "Dee" McCoy
Nov 30, 2011
Edith Delphia “Dee†McCoy died Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011. She was 97. Dee was born on July 15, 1914 to Fred F. and Alma W. Paulson in Blackduck, Minn. Dee quit school after the seventh grade to help care for her younger brother, who was ill. Her family lived in several locations, including Lovell. She married Jack Dover from Lovell...
Betty Lee Wensky
Nov 29, 2011
Betty Wensky (March 19, 1940 – Nov. 29, 2011)  Betty Lee Wensky, 71, died November 29, 2011 at Billings Clinic Hospital after a short, but courageous battle with cancer.  Betty was born March 19, 1940 to Asa Lee and Mary Alice Johnston at the Lovell Hospital, coming into the world weighing only three pounds. The family moved from...
Randy E Tolman
Nov 26, 2011
Randy E. Tolman, 51, has thrown his last loop and caught his last horse to ride to join his sister and two brothers on November 26, 2011 at St Vincent Hospital in Billings, MT. Randy was born on June 2, 1960, in Fort Collins, CO. Just two years to the day after his brother Rocky. He was preceeded in death by...
Henrietta Josephine Mathews
Nov 22, 2011
Henrietta J. Mathews passed away at the Powell Valley Care Center on November 22, 2011. She was 92. Cremation has taken place, and no services are planned at this time.
