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Wilma Marie Willey
Jan 23, 2010
Wilma Marie Willey, 91, died Jan. 23, 2010, at the Three Links Care Center in Northfield, Minn.She was born June 29, 1918, in Hay Springs, Neb., to Albert Dewitt Ship and LaDora Edith (Brown) Ship. She attended school in Midwest, Wyo., and later graduated from Cody High School.Wilma married Fred Anthony Willey in 1937. They lived in various places, including...
Rex Gordon Peters
Jan 21, 2010
Rex G. Peters died at the home of his daughter on January 21, 2010 He was born in Alva, Oklahoma on December 21, 1914. His parents were Effie and Charles Peters.His family moved to Montana when he was a baby and he lived in the Billings and Lockwood areas until he graduated from High school. He married Betty Swenson July...
Alfred Elmer Williams
Jan 20, 2010
Al Williams was born May 8, 1924 in Staples, Minnesota, to Elmer and Helen Williams. Al grew up in Staples and attended school there. He worked for Gambles Hardware in Staples during high school and later in Superior, Wisconsin until he was drafted into the Army in WWII. January 31, 1944 he married his high school sweetheart, Lorraine Alme, in...
Rowene B (Ronnie) Oltorf
Jan 14, 2010
Rowene B. Oltorf (Ronnie), former resident of Texas, 86, died January 14, 2010, at the Powell Valley Care Center where she spent her last 3 ½ years of her life.Ronnie was born and educated in New York City. During World War II she worked for the art director at McCann- Erickson Advertising Agency. She moved to Houston, Texas in 1949...
Lula L. Cardwell
Jan 10, 2010
Lula L. Cardwell, 84, died Jan. 10, 2010, in Billings. Lula was born on Sept. 1, 1925, in Taopi, Minn., to John and Lala (Mason) Wolhoy. She graduated high school and attended teachers' college in Springfield, S.D. briefly before spending three years teaching in rural South Dakota. She was the first of three generations of teachers.In 1946, she married Wilbur...
Theresa Mary Guinn
Jan 4, 2010
Long time Cody, Wyoming resident, Theresa Mary Guinn, died January 4, 2010 in Roosevelt, Utah. She is survived by her brother Leo (Joyce) Gross, her five children Vincent (Judy), Theresa (Dennis), Philip (Vickie), Michael (Cheryl), and Eric. She has twelve grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Paul, in 2005, and her first-born son,...
Doris Jean Hart
Jan 3, 2010
Doris Jean Hart, 79, of Powell died on Jan. 3, 2010 at St. Vincent Healthcare in Billings. She was born Feb. 2, 1930, to Stella (Blair) and Ezekial H. Martin in Delaware County, Iowa.Doris married Richard Kruse in Iowa in 1951. After his death, she married James Hart in California in 1981. She was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church...
Wilma G. (Clarke) Pike Fowler
Jan 3, 2010
Wilma G. (Clarke) Pike Fowler, 93, died Jan. 3, 2010, at the Heartland in Powell. She was born Aug. 24, 1916, in St. Paul, Minn. Ten days later, she was adopted by Alice J. (Clayton) and Elmer S. Clarke. Wilma was a sickly child, and her adoptive parents weren't sure they wanted to keep her. They decided to raise her...
Edward Albert Wetzel
Jan 2, 2010
The Reverend Edward WetzelThe Reverend Edward A.Wetzel, 76, of Powell, died of acute leukemia on January 2, 2010_ at his home. He was born in New York City, June 11, 1933, the oldest of six children born to Edward Albert and Gertrude (FitzPatrick) Wetzel. His childhood years were spent in Scarsdale, New York, where he attended Immaculate Heart of Mary...
Sherri Lynn Worman
Dec 30, 2009
Sherri Lynn Worman. 57 passed away December 30, 2009 in Billings, Montana. Sherri was born in Powell, Wyoming to Reuben and Inez Hamilton. She graduated from Riverton High School in 1970 and Cosmetology School in 1985. and lived in Wyoming and Nevada.On August 6, 1989 Sherri married Ron Worman in Riverton, Wyoming. She was a cosmetologist and enjoyed camping, fishing...
Hugh Aaron Rickard
Dec 30, 2009
Hugh A. Rickard, 94, died Dec. 30, 2009, at New Horizons Care Center in Lovell.Hugh was born on June 21, 1915, in Orleans, Neb., the son of Harvey and Ethel (Barton) Rickard.He attended one year of college before marrying Audrey Shoemaker on Oct. 23, 1936, in Casper. Together they had three children: Ron, Terry and Judy.Hugh lived in Powell with...
Sophia Emmelia Rodriguez-Gutierrez
Dec 30, 2009
Sophia Emmelia Rodriguez-Guiterrez, newborn daughter of Rebekah Guiterrez and Juan Rodriguez, passed away at Powell Hospital on December 29, 2009.A rosary will be held Friday, January 1, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. at St. Barbara's Catholic Church followed by a mass of Christian burial on Saturday, January 2, 2010 at 10:00 a.m.A full obituary will follow.
Irma Alaniz
Dec 29, 2009
Irma Alaniz, 72, died Dec. 29, 2009, at Powell Valley Hospital.She was born Sept. 1, 1937, in Dilley, Texas, the daughter of Camila (Garcia) and Esteban Carrizales.On Oct. 26, 1959, she married Octavio Alaniz in Billings. Irma was a member of St. Barbara's Catholic Church, and she enjoyed spending time with her family, knitting, crocheting and doing crossword puzzles.She is...
Velma Rose
Dec 26, 2009
Velma 'Betty' Rose w pix(Sept. 20, 1920 - Dec. 26, 2009)Velma "Betty" Rose, 89, died at Powell Valley Hospital on Dec. 26, 2009.Betty was born Sept. 20, 1920, in Hazard, Neb., the fifth of seven children born to George and Carrie Olson. After graduating from high school in Lyman, Neb., and beauty school in Colorado, she married Fred Rose in...
Jane Richards
Dec 24, 2009
Jane Nate Richards Obituary Jane Nate Richards, 84, of Idaho Falls, returned to her Father in Heaven, on Christmas Eve, 2009. She was born July 8, 1925 in Dingle, Idaho to Cornell Walton Nate and Alice Grimmett Sparks. She attended twelve years of schooling in Cokeville, Wyoming, graduating from high school in 1943. She attended Brigham Young University for one...
John Cunning
Dec 23, 2009
Johnnie Francis Cunning(June 10, 1950 - Dec. 23, 2009)Johnnie Francis Cunning, 59, Powell, died Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009, at his home after a courageous two and a half year battle with pancreatic cancer.He was born June 10, 1950, in Gothenburg, Nebr., to Francis M. and Joyce (Rothrock) Cunning. He graduated from Gothenburg High School in 1968, then attended two years...
Becky Rae Clark
Dec 23, 2009
Becky Reid ClarkOn December 23rd, Becky Reid Clark won her battle with cancer as she was lifted into the loving arms of her Savior Jesus Christ. Becky moved from Great Falls to Cody, Wyoming in the late 90's to be close to her parents, Ed and Carmon Coile. While in Cody she explored many vocations, working as an optician and...
August Lawrence Beckman
Dec 22, 2009
August Lawrence 'Larry' Beckmann III (Aug. 31, 1943 - Dec. 22, 2009)August Lawrence "Larry" Beckmann III, 66, died Dec. 22, 2009, at Powell Valley Hospital.Larry was born Aug. 31, 1943, in Powell, the son of Clara (Suko) and August Lawrence Beckmann Jr. He graduated from Powell High School in 1961.He married Carole Linger in 1965 in Laramie, and they made...
Shevlin Tell Whitaker
Dec 19, 2009
Shevlin Tell Whitaker, beloved son and brother, died Dec. 19, 2009, after a courageous 10-year battle with pulmonary arterial hypertension. Visitations will be Tuesday, Dec. 22 from 7-8:30 p.m. at Thompson Funeral Home and Wednesday, Dec. 23 from 10-11 a.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Funeral services will be Wednesday, Dec. 23 at 11 a.m. at...
James Donald Proffitt
Dec 12, 2009
James D. Proffitt, 62, passed away December 12, 2009 at his home in Powell, Wyoming. Cremation has taken place, and services will be announced by the family at a later date.Full obituary to follow.
