The Voice of the Community Since 1909, Serving Moorcroft and Pine Haven, Wyoming
The Voice of the Community Since 1909, Serving Moorcroft and Pine Haven, Wyoming
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Kathryn Kinsall, 57, of Sundance, Wyoming, passed away on Wednesday, November 27, 2019 at the Crook County Memorial Hospital in Sundance after a battle with cancer. On February 20, 1962, as John Glenn was orbiting the earth, Kathryn “Kat” was born to Lester and Arlene Mauch in Sundance. She was their fourth and last child. Kat grew and matured in Sundance, graduating from Sundance schools. She spent a few years moving first to California, Texas, Georgia and back to Sundance. She married Edw...
Virginia R. Massie, 71 of Sundance, Wyoming, died Wednesday, November 20, 2019, at Crook County Memorial Hospital in Sundance. Arrangements are pending with Fidler-Roberts & Isburg Funeral Chapel of Sundance....
Robert “Bob” S. Ulrich, 91 of Sundance, Wyoming, died Saturday, November 23, 2019, at Crook County Memorial Hospital. Memorial services are planned for 1 p.m., on Saturday, December 7, 2019, at the Sundance Church of Christ. A dessert bar will follow the service. A full obituary will appear in next week’s paper. Arrangements are under the care of Fidler-Roberts & Isburg Funeral Chapel of Sundance. Online condolences may be written at www.fidler-isburgfuneralchapels.com....
Melvin Lee Snook, age 63, passed away on November 11, 2019 on his ranch near Hulett, Wyoming. Memorial services were held at the Greater Hulett Community Center on Saturday, November 16, 2019. A lunch provided by Buttons and Bows followed. Melvin was born to Marvin and Shirley Snook on August 6, 1956, in Deadwood, South Dakota. He was a lifelong resident of Crook County and graduated from Hulett High School in 1974. Melvin married Deborah Carter on August 2, 1979. Melvin and Deb raised three...
Delcie Millicent (Ferrell) Russell, 92, Aladdin, Wyoming, died Saturday November 9, 2019 at the Crook County Memorial Hospital in Sundance from complications related to lung cancer. She lived at her ranch north of Aladdin until the Wednesday preceding her death. She was known to all as Milly. She was surrounded by loving family members and had the opportunity to say good bye to her loved ones moments before she chose to peacefully pass on. She will be missed by all who knew and loved her. There...
Joseph “Joe” Allen LaPorte, Jr. was born in Selma, Alabama, on March 17, 1949, and passed away November 11, 2019, in Sundance, Wyoming, at the age of 70. He graduated from Parrish High School in 1967 and enlisted in the United States Army. He served his country faithfully until he was wounded in Vietnam on September 13, 1968. He graduated from Southeast College of Technology with a degree in electronics. He later opened his own successful business, Affordable Surplus, in Wetumpka, AL. Joe enj...
Waldo Glenn Elwonger, 94 of Sundance, Wyoming, passed away on Wednesday, November 6, 2019, at the Crook County Hospital in Sundance. Waldo (Wally) Elwonger was born June 5, 1925, in Dawson, Nebraska, to Clarence O. Elwonger and Alva Wagner. He was the fifth of seven children, all of which preceded him in death. He was raised near Dawson and attended Dawson elementary, Pleasant Valley county school and Dawson high school where he participated in basketball and track and in his sophomore year was...
Memorial services for Karen Mae Cooper will be at 1 p.m. on Saturday, November 23, 2019, at Fidler-Roberts & Isburg Funeral Chapel in Sundance. The funeral home website previously listed an incorrect time....
Waldo Glenn Elwonger, 94 of Sundance, Wyoming, passed away on Wednesday, November 6, 2019, at the Crook County Hospital in Sundance. Waldo (Wally) Elwonger was born June 5, 1925, in Dawson, Nebraska, to Clarence O. Elwonger and Alva Wagner. He was the fifth of seven children, all of which preceded him in death. He was raised near Dawson and attended Dawson elementary, Pleasant Valley county school and Dawson high school where he participated in basketball and track and in his sophomore year was fourth in the state in the half-mile. He was...
Barry Lane Floyd, Extraordinaire passed on to the next step of his journey November 7, 2019 at the Crook County Hospital in Sundance, Wyoming. Barry was born in Washington, D.C. on June 18, 1948, to James Floyd and Dorothy Parsons Floyd. He spent his youth living around the world as his father was a government employee. He lived in Germany, Japan and many places in the US, graduating from high school in Newhall, California, in 1966. He joined the Marines in 1967, spending 18 months in Vietnam...
Alberta June Camblin Cox has risen from this world and left behind her beloved Pumpkin Buttes and many memories. She passed away peacefully on Sunday, October 20, 2019, at the age of 91. Alberta, “Berta,” “Bert,” “Bertie June” Camblin came into this world on June 9, 1928 as the seventh of eight children born to Christina and Earl Camblin at their ranch at the base of the Pumpkin Buttes south of Gillette, Wyoming. Following her “Daddy” around, riding horses, attending country school and getting i...
Karen Mae Cooper, 77 of Sundance, Wyoming, passed away on September 3, 2019. Memorial services will be at 1 p.m. on Saturday, November 23, 2019, at Fidler-Roberts & Isburg Funeral Chapel in Sundance. In lieu of flowers, please send any donations to the Crook County Senior Service, PO Box 648, Sundance, WY 82729 and Sundance Assisted Living. Arrangements are under the care of Fidler-Roberts & Isburg Funeral Chapel of Sundance. Online condolences may be written at www.fidler-isburgfuneralchapels.com A full obituary was previously...
“Get along with people; get along with your neighbors; help one another.” Chipper Chatfield Charles Erwin “Chipper” Chatfield, 96, of Sundance, Wyoming, died peacefully early Friday morning, October 25, at Belle Estate Senior Living in Belle Fourche, South Dakota. Chipper was born on Houston Creek west of Sundance on December 5, 1922, to E.B. and Berenice (Belshe) Chatfield. He grew up on the Chatfield Ranch and lived his entire life there. He graduated from Sundance High School (Old Stoney)...
Jerry Stuart Shepperson (age 73) passed away peacefully at his home on October 20, 2019. He is preceded in death by his parents, Al and Jessie (Mellor) Shepperson and numerous aunts and uncles. He is survived by his wife, Anita. They lived together on their ranch outside of Upton, Wyoming. He is lovingly remembered and will be forever missed by his family, which includes Mike and Darien Shepperson (Julie); Melissa Saunders (Steve), Bryan, Jack, Hannah and Carter; Sarah Ward (Chad), Brady and...
Christine Marvella Schlattmann Sessions (75) of Casper, WY, passed away peacefully at home on October 21, 2019. Chris was born July 13, 1944 in Gillette, WY to Harvey and Marvel Schlattmann. Chris grew up in Moorcroft, WY where she met Terry Sessions in High School and they later married on September 5, 1966 in Rapid City, SD. They raised three children, Russ and twin daughters Sara and Amy. The family was sealed together July 14, 1981 in the Provo Utah Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Mom was faced with a myriad of...
Alberta Cox, 91 of Moorcroft, WY passed away on October 20, 2019 at Spearfish Regional Hospital. Arrangements are pending with Fidler-Roberts & Isburg Funeral Chapel of Sundance. Online condolences may be written at www.fidler-isburgfuneralchapels.com....
Shayna Lin Ritthaler, 16, of Upton, Wyoming, passed away on Friday, October 4, 2019. A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, October 19, 2019, in the Boal Auditorium at the Upton Elementary School in Upton. A private family burial will be held at the Ritthaler Ranch. Before she was born on July 6, 2003, the sounds of Shayna’s heartbeat coming through a baby monitor filled the room in the Gillette, Wyoming hospital. That sound caused her family to fall hopelessly in love with her b...
Kevin was born to Roy and Gertie McAulay on August 13, 1957. He was raised on the family farm in Manitoba, Canada. He graduated from high school in 1976. He left the farm and headed west to work in the oil field for Porta Test on offshore rigs. Two years later he was transferred to Evanston, WY, for a year where he met his wife, Rose Mary Meek. They were married in Casper July 24, 1981. They were blessed with a family of three children: Blair, Jesse, and Charlene. After 16 years working for...
Glen Sterling, 77, of Hulett, Wyoming, was born on March 3, 1942, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, to Joe and Dorothy (Austin) Sterling and he went home to be with his Lord, October 2, 2019, surrounded by his loving family. Glen crammed many careers into his short life. He began bull riding while he was still in high school and rodeoed for ten years. In 1970, he settled down in Schuyler, Nebraska, where he began trapping and making trophy saddles. He also invented the Sterling Trap while living...
Funeral service for Lois Morgan was held September 26, 2019 at Gillette Memorial Chapel. Minister Randy Blakeman officiated; interment followed at Moorcroft Cemetery. Lois E. Blakeman Morgan passed away peacefully at her home on September 21, 2019 at the age of 77. She was born October 10, 1941 to Fred Robert and Frances Sophira (Roberts) Blakeman in Moorcroft, WY. Lois attended school in Moorcroft, but did not graduate, later in life acquiring her GED. Lois grew up in Moorcroft, raising her...
On September 19, 2019, Jan Charles “JC” Houghton gained his place in heaven. JC enjoyed a full, happy life, despite the past several years of fighting Parkinson’s disease. Born in Smith Center, Kansas, on August 12, 1936, to Sidney and Lona Houghton, Jan was the oldest of four children. He grew up in Deadwood and Spearfish, South Dakota, graduating from Spearfish High School in 1953. Enlisting in the Navy in 1954, Jan served four years as electrician’s mate aboard the USS Mullaney Destroy...
Adelaida "Eda" Gose, 90, died peacefully in her sleep on September 26, 2019, at Weston County Health Services. Eda was born to Julius and Martha Frederiksen at home on the ranch near Horton, Wyoming, on October 11, 1928, the first of six children. She graduated from Newcastle High School in 1945 and attended Black Hills Teacher College, graduating in 1946. She started teaching in rural schools in fall of 1946. Her last year teaching was fifth and sixth grade in Sundance, Wyoming. She met her...
A celebration for Margaret (French) Wales will be held at 11 a.m. on October 5, 2019, at the Church of Christ in Sundance. Graveside services were held Sunday, September 15, 2019 at the Beulah Cemetery. Arrangements are under the care of Fidler-Roberts & Isburg Funeral Chapel of Sundance. Online condolences may be written at www.fidler-isburgfuneralchapels.com A full obituary was previously published....
Funeral service for Donna Scott was held Saturday, September 21, 2019 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 2903 Allen Street, Gillette, WY Bishop Mark Anderson officiated. Interment took place Monday, September 23, 2019 at Black Hills National Cemetery in Sturgis, SD. Donna Marie (Holwell) Scott, 75, of Gillette passed away on Friday September 13, 2019 of a short illness at Advanced Care Hospital of Montana in Billings. Donna was born May 20, 1944 in Newcastle, Wyoming to William...
Karen Mae (Harms) Cooper has gone to be with her husband James Cooper and her daughter Lori (Cooper) Newlin in heaven on September 3, 2019. Karen was born on November 9, 1941, to Martin and Thelma Harms in Redfield, South Dakota. She attended school in a one-room country school through eighth grade and graduated from Redfield High School in 1959. She was active in 4-H and a farm girl at heart. She was the oldest of four children: sister, Devonna (Milton) Newman of Mina Lake, South Dakota,...
