Obituaries

Aug 9, 2018

Marlene Borcher, 84, passed away Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018, in Powell.

Marlene was born Oct. 10, 1933, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Fred Laupan and Esther (Roge) Laupan. After graduating high school, Marlene married DeWain Raasch in 1952 and later married Ralph Borcher. She moved from Milwaukee to Powell in 1968.

Marlene worked as a nurse’s aide and also as an...

Aug 7, 2018

Billie Gillett, 85, passed away on Tuesday, August 7th at her home surrounded by her family. She was born on May 30, 1933 in Holyoke, CO to Clarence & Hazel Carpenter.

Billie spent her early years around the Lusk, WY area and moved to the Powell area while she was in elementary school. She married Roy Althoff at the age...

Aug 1, 2018

“Bebe” Beverly Keller was born July 27, 1928 in Cozad NE to Fred and Blanche Earhart Keller. Beverly passed away Aug 1, 2018 after a brief battle with cancer.

She came to Powell as an infant with her mother and Earhart Grandparents to farm in the Willwood area. Her Father stayed behind to ride the train and bring out their...

Aug 1, 2018

Marjorie Louise (Cross) Lamm (Nov. 25, 1924 - Aug. 1, 2018) Marjorie Louise (Cross) Lamm passed away Aug. 1, 2018, at Powell Valley Care Center. She was 93. Marjorie was born Nov. 25, 1924, to John R. and Orpha (Scoville) Cross on a farm in western Nebraska. She graduated high school in Harrisburg, Nebraska. She married Robert Lamm on...

Jul 20, 2018

Mary Elaine Hatch, 80, passed away Friday, July 20, 2018 peacefully surrounded by family. Mary was born September 28, 1937 in Billings, MT to Leo and Ruth (Wright) Branstetter, and was the eldest of five children. She married the love of her life, Marlin N. Hatch in 1956 and raised 4 children together. Mary was a loving and devoted wife,...

Jul 16, 2018

Jul 12, 2018

Jul 8, 2018

Doris Gernant, age 95, went to her eternal home on July 8, 2018. She passed away at Powell Valley Care Center, where she had lived the past several months. Doris was born Feb. 23, 1923, in Garner, Iowa, a daughter of Alvina (Bohn) Hollatz and Otto Hollatz. She was baptized March 25, 1923, at St. John’s Lutheran Church, and...

Jul 8, 2018

William Martin Winters (Billy) unexpectedly passed away at his home on the morning of July 8, 2018. Billy was born on January 12, 1954. He grew up in Powell until moving to Las Vegas, Nevada his junior year of high school. While in Las Vegas he met and married Lorri (White) Alcorn on June 22, 1974. From this marriage two sons...

Jul 7, 2018

Judy Ann (Forell) Sharples, 67 of Powell, WY.  Passed away on July 7th, 2018

from breast cancer complications. She was in the Billings Montana Hospital.  Judy was surrounded

by her loving family.

She was born January 3rd, 1951 in Chamberlain South Dakota, to Ora (OK) and

Alta (Hloucha) Forell. She was the second of four children. Judy along with

her...

Jul 6, 2018

Diane Eleanor Halstead (September 30, 1942 – July 6, 2018) was a loving wife, dedicated mother, cherished friend, and talented artisan.

Diane and her older brother Jerry were born and raised in Mitchell, S.D., by Robert and Jessie (Wilson) Hoffman. Diane pursued her love of art, obtaining a bachelor’s degree from Dakota Wesleyan University. Friends knew Diane as a persuasive,...

Jun 24, 2018

George Cecil Monroe, age 89, went home to Jesus on June 24, 2018. He lived at the Powell Valley Care Center with his wife of 64 years. George was born on April 9, 1929, in Kemp, Texas to Claude and Sarah Monroe. George married Donna Schock on December 11, 1954.

George’s ambition and ample skill set provided him the opportunity...

Jun 12, 2018

DonaBeth Baker -- September 26, 1937-June 12, 2018

DonaBeth was the daughter of Earl & Eliza Basham of Garland, WY. She was born in Lovell, WY & delivered by Dr. W.W. Horsley, the “Peace Rose Doctor.”

In 1955 she graduated from Powell High and then attended Billings Business College for six months. On November 27, 1955, DonaBeth married her high...

May 29, 2018

May 26, 2018

Jan Ray Harrison (Jan. 12, 1941 - May 26, 2018) Jan Harrison, 77, lost his long, hard fought battle with Parkinson’s disease on May 26, 2018.  He was born Jan. 12, 1941, to Ray Harrison and Thelma Skogen Harrison. He attended Powell schools and graduated from Powell High School in 1959. Jan enlisted in the United States Air Force...

May 24, 2018

Rev. Jarrell Tharp

(May 27, 1933 – May 24, 2018)

Jarrell Leon Tharp was born on May 27, 1933 in Clovis, NM to Emmy E. Athey and Stephen John Tharp. His earthly life ended on May 24, 2018, two days short of his 85th birthday.

During Jarrell’s growing up years the family lived in many places in the Texas Panhandle,...

May 24, 2018

Ethel “Peg” M (Stearns) Nielsen

December 5, 1928 - May 24, 2018

 

Ethel Margaret Peg” Nielsen 89” passed  away Thurs­day, May 24,  2018, Powell.

She was born Dec. 5, 1928, in Pullman, Washington to Ray and Ruth (Davis) Stearns. Af­ter graduating high school, she married  Harry Richard (Dick) Nielsen on July 22, 1948. They lived in Powell, where Peg...

May 23, 2018

Teddy Hansen passed away after a long illness on May 23, 2018 at Spirit Mountain Hospice House in Cody, Wyoming. She was 82. 

She was born on Oct. 15, 1935 in Lovell, WY. Teddy was the fourth and youngest child of Thora Welch and Lester L. Baldwin. She attended the Lovell schools. 

Teddy married Robert F. “Bob” Hansen on March 4,...

May 22, 2018

Robert Allen ‘Chris’ Christoffersen (Oct. 10, 1937 - May 22, 2018) Robert Allen ‘Chris’ Christoffersen was born on a Willwood homestead Oct. 10, 1937, to Marse and Anna Jane Sailor Christoffersen. He attended Powell schools and graduated in 1955. He graduated from NWJC in 1957,  and joined the Navy that year.  Chris married Mary Alice Smart in December 1959....

May 21, 2018

Joann F. Dicks-Bentz  passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family, on May 21, 2018.  She was 87.

A celebration of her life will be held on Saturday, May 26, 2018, at 10:00 a.m. at Thoompson Funeral Home in Powell.  It will be followed by interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.