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Helen L Decker
Feb 17, 2012
Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. Friday, February 24 at Thompson Funeral Home for Helen Louise Phillips Decker, who died at age 97 on Friday, February 17 at her home in Powell with family by her side. Helen was born in Columbia City, Indiana, December 21, 1914. She was the second of five children born to Homer L. and Effa Jones Phillips. She...
Betty S Brandt
Feb 10, 2012
Betty S. Brandt, 91, died Friday, February 10, at the Rocky Mountain Manor. She was born August 28, 1920 in Powell, Nebraska to Benjamin and Fern (Helvey) Steele, sixth of twelve children. She attended school thru Seventh grade in Nebraska when she moved to Powell, WY at age 14, living with her sister Opal (Walt) Buchli. She forged her age obtaining a...
Constance (Connie) June Kovach
Feb 9, 2012
Memorial services for long time nurse at the Powell Hospital Constance (Connie) June Marie Kovach, 78, who died at Riverstone Hospice in Billings on February 9, 2012 will be held Wednesday, February 15 at 10:45 a.m. at the Nelson Auditorium on the Northwest College Campus in Powell. A reception will follow at the DeWitt Student Center on Campus. Â She...
Tamie Lou Close
Jan 29, 2012
Tamie Lou Close, 50. The angels came I am not alone, the angels came and now I am home. Tamie was born July 21, 1961, in Cody, Wyoming the daughter and seventh child of Georgia and Harold Close. Tamie lived her entire life on the banks of the Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone River with her mother and caregiver for 50...
Delbert Dalke
Jan 29, 2012
Delbert Dalke of Powell died at his home on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012, following a long battle with cancer. He was 79. Delbert was born on March 16, 1932 in Leola, S.D., the son of Martha (Bender) and Gottlieb Dalke. The family moved to Powell, where he grew up and graduated from Powell HIgh School. In high school, Delbert was...
Raynold W Jurgens
Jan 29, 2012
Raynold W. Jurgens died Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012 at Powell Valley Care Center. He was 87. Raynold was born Oct. 10, 1924 in Cortland, Neb. He lived most of his life in Nebraska until 2003 when he moved to Powell. Ray held many different jobs through the years including that of sheriff. He joined a harvest crew and worked with...
Stephen "Harvey" Gilbert
Jan 25, 2012
Stephen “Harvey†Gilbert of Powell died Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012 in Powell. He was 92. Harvey was born Aug. 12, 1919, in Hanks, N.D., to Sarah Harvey and Dwight R. Gilbert. He attended Hanks schools and graduated from high school in 1938. He worked in Minnesota and was a railroad switchman in Minot, N.D. He married Loretta Schaefer on Sept....
Clive Leon Dillon
Jan 13, 2012
Clive Leon “Googes†Dillon died at his home in Powell Friday, Jan. 13, after a 12-year battle with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He was born in Lovell Jan. 20, 1935, to Horace Turner and Lula Dee Dillon. Clive was the last of four children. He married Shirley Wilkinson of Greybull on Oct. 18, 1955, and they settled in Lovell to...
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...
