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Willis A Kinsey
Mar 3, 2010
Willis 'Will' Kinsey(Oct. 6, 1928 - March 3, 2010)Former Cody resident Willis "Will" Kinsey, 81, died March 3, 2010, at Powell Valley Care Center. Will was born Oct. 6, 1928, in Ligonier Township, Penn., the son of Glenn Kinsey and Grace (Dillon) Kinsey. He obtained a bachelor's of science degree from Lock Haven University in Pennsylvania. Will married Joanne Hauger...
Gerald William Johnson
Feb 25, 2010
Gerald "Bill" Johnson of Powell died Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010, at the Powell Valley Care Center. He was 92.He was born Nov. 2, 1917 in Alliance, Nebr., the son of Ira E. and Bessie E. (Brown) Johnson and received his education there. He served in the military from 1941 to 1946. He was awarded the American Defensive Service Ribbon, the...
Thelma Griggs Sprague
Feb 24, 2010
Thelma Griggs SpragueThelma J. Griggs Sprague was born December 3, 1919 at Powell, Wyoming. She passed away, February 24, 2010 in Orem, Utah at the age of 90.Thelma was the first of four children born to Vera Sessions Griggs and John Samuel Griggs. She was born on a Homestead on the Powell Flat. Her earliest years were spent in the...
Grant V Bjerke
Feb 19, 2010
Grant V. Bjerke, 91, of Cheyenne, died Friday, February 19, 2010 in Cheyenne.He was born April 26, 1918 in Grafton, North Dakota and had lived here since 1962 with prior residence in Bowdoin, Montana, Malta, Montana, Riverton, Worland and Powell. Mr. Bjerke worked with his father in a plumbing shop following his graduation from high school in Powell in 1936.Mr....
Albert Wilsey Barrett
Feb 19, 2010
Albert Wilsey Barrett, 84, died Feb. 19, 2010, at Powell Valley Care Center.Wilsey was born Jan. 24, 1926, in Moore Field, Neb., the son of Martha (Lawrence) and Frank Barrett. He graduated from high school, and served with the U.S. Army in World War II. On Nov. 30, 1946, he married Eveleyn Fisher in Worden, Mont.He spent his life on...
Richard Allen Middleton
Feb 12, 2010
Richard Allen Middleton passed away on February 12, 2010, at his home in Ralston. He was 44.Services will be held on February 19, 2010, 2:00 p.m. at Thompson Funeral Home in Powell. Interment in the Lovell Cemetery will follow the services.
Norma Lavonne Hawley
Feb 8, 2010
Norma Lavonne Hawley was born Jan. 26, 1932, in Wagner, S.D., the daughter of Dave and Ida (Whetham) Harrington. She died at her home in Powell on Feb. 8, 2010, at the age of 78.She attended Wagner public schools, and married Darold R. Hawley on Aug. 20, 1950, in Wagner. They had five children: Derla, DeNiel, Dianne, Douglas and Dawn....
Frances Dunleavy
Feb 5, 2010
Frances Dunleavy(May 18, 1926 - Feb. 5, 2010)Frances Dunleavy, 83, beloved mother and grandmother, passed away Feb. 5, 2010, at her home near Heart Mountain.Frances was born May 18, 1926, to Charles and Isabella Plumb. She grew up on a farm in Greeley, Colorado with five sisters. She attended Colorado State College of Education in Greeley, earning a B.A. degree...
Robert L Kolb
Jan 31, 2010
Robert Leroy Kolb died Sunday January 31 at the age of 86 after a short illness with a brain tumor. Robert was born September28, 1923 in Parker South Dakota. He moved to Wyoming with his parents and graduated from Powell High School in 1941. He attended one year of college in Sioux Falls and then he was drafted in 1943....
Robert L Bell
Jan 24, 2010
Robert Lewis Bell, 85, died Jan. 24, 2010, at his home in Powell.He was born on June 5, 1924, in Frannie, the son of Thomas Eli and Lottie Mae (Henry) Bell. He attended Deaver High School and married Gloria Wagner on May 12, 1945, in Red Lodge. Robert served as a corporal in the U.S. Army, and he later worked...
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...
