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Gary James Gifford
Jan 28, 2022
Gary James Gifford, 77, passsed away on Friday, January 28, 2022, at the New Horizons Care Center in Lovell. Cremation has taken place and no services are planned.
Jim Kysar
Jan 28, 2022
Jim Kysar was surrounded by loved ones as he whispered his last “Love ya, dammit” to the world on January 28th, 2022, at the age of 68 years old. He made a quiet exit from this world but made a loud impression on countless friends, family, and coworkers who will remember him as a strong, hard-working, and kind man.
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Lawrence Lester Bulow
Jan 27, 2022
Lawrence Lester Bulow, 85, of Powell passed away on Thursday, January 17, 2022 at Powell Valley Healthcare. Cremation has taken place and no services are planned. Thompson Funeral Home and Cremation Services is assisting the family.
Esther Wassink
Jan 22, 2022
Esther passed away on January 22, 2022 at the New Horizons Care Center in Lovell, WY
Esther was born on April 17, 1925 in Pierre, SD to Karl and Paulina Bertsch, she was the fifth child of ten born into this family. Esther was born on Easter Sunday and her father originally named her Easter, which she apparently didn’t like because...
Franklin Fleming
Jan 20, 2022
On December 28, 1934, Franklin Hal Fleming was born to Hal and Icel Fleming in Frannie, Wyoming, joining his siblings Art, Elma, Bill, and Audrey, where he was born and raised in the same house. He attended Frannie - Deaver schools and graduated in 1953. Frank worked for his dad as an oilfield contractor in the Frannie oilfield and also...
James Ernest Paben
Jan 11, 2022
James (Jim) E. Paben passed away peacefully at home January 11, 2022. He was born in Nebraska City, Nebraska on October 6, 1941, to Joseph and Mary Antonia (Tony) Paben. Jim grew up in Mitchell, Nebraska with 5 siblings. In 1959, he graduated from Mitchell High School. Jim worked on the oilfields from the Canadian border to Mexico. He worked...
Ellis Kirkham
Jan 7, 2022
Ellis Kirkham, Jr. 83, born in Canton, Il., passed away on January 7, 2022 in Powell, Wyoming.
Cremation rites will be performed at the Thompson Funeral Home in Powell, Wy. There will be no visitation or services per his request.
Ellis (Junior) was born in Canton, Il. to Leonard Ellis Kirkham and Olive (Culver) Kirkham on December 2, 1938. He...
John T Williams
Jan 4, 2022
John T. Williams passed away peacefully in his home on Jan. 4, 2022, after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born to Milton C Williams and Esther DeSouza on Feb. 1, 1951, in Fairfield, California.He grew up in the small town of Goodland, Kansas, where he graduated high school. He was fortunate enough to come of age alongside his...
Kirt Dee Cozzens
Jan 1, 2022
Kirt Dee Cozzens was born March 25, 1962, in Provo, Utah. He was the oldest son born to R. Dee Cozzens, Jr., and Julaine Johnson Cozzens. The family soon moved to Billings, Montana, where they would welcome Kirt’s brothers — Chris, Todd and Tyler — into the family. From Billings, the family moved to Lovell, where these four little boys...
Leonard Laverne Ackland
Dec 27, 2021
Leonard Laverne Ackland was joyously welcomed into the arms of his Savior on December 27th, 2021 at 87 years young. Len was born in Casey, Iowa on August 14th, 1934 to his parents, Leonard and Mildred (Jensen) Ackland.
Len adored his wife, Cheryl (Hendren) Ackland for 66 years. He married Cheryl, his high school sweetheart on November 17th, 1955 in Fairbault,...
Kraig Norman White
Dec 26, 2021
Kraig Norman White, 57, of Powell, passed away December 27, 2021.
Kraig was born March 16, 1964, in Casper, Wyoming. He was the youngestof three children born to Kent Ora White and Edith Delores (Eden) White.Kraig attended Cody schools and after high school he worked at grocery stores andvarious other jobs in Cody and Powell.Kraig enjoyed back-country hunting, fishing (especially ice...
John J Gracey
Dec 24, 2021
John J. Gracey, 74, died Dec. 24, 2021, at Powell Valley Healthcare of congenital heart failure.
John was born April 4, 1947, to William C. (Bill) Gracey and Bessie Roberts Gracey in Sheridan. In his youth, John was active in Scouts, Demolay, baseball and especially basketball, where he was one of only four Sheridan Broncs named Most Valuable Player for...
Robert Dale Koontz
Dec 21, 2021
Robert Dale Koontz of Cody died Dec. 21, 2021 in Cody.
He was born in Eureka, California, on Jan. 17, 1951, to William Benjamin Koontz and Lily Joyce Pinckard. He graduated from high school in Vallejo, California.A veteran of the U.S. Navy, he was a cement finisher by trade. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of...
Mike Flores
Dec 19, 2021
Michael Anthony Flores of Powell, Wyoming, owner of Northern Wyoming Plumbing, age 53 passed away in Cody, Wyoming on December 19, 2021. Mike was born in Powell, Wyoming on August 10, 1968 to Leo and Esperanza (Carrizales) Flores. He was raised with his five siblings in the surrounding area where he eventually met his former spouse and partner in life,...
Meldon Perry McCullough
Dec 16, 2021
Meldon, passed at home after a long illness on December 16, 2021
Meldon was born the second child of five, to George and Helen McCullough. He was born at the farm on the East Willwood on October 27, 1936. He started working on the farm at a very young and went through school in Powell. He was with the class...
Buckley "Buck" Rhoads
Dec 14, 2021
Buckley “Buck” Rhoads died on Dec. 14, 2021. He was born on March 9, 1928, to Harvey and Mildred Rhoads, in Pumpkin Buttes, in Gillette, Wyoming.
Buck grew up in Recluse, Savageton, and Sheridan, where he met his wife, Patricia Amende.
They were married in 1952, and to this union six children were born: Kaye, Buckley Jr., Cindy, Scott, Cody, and...
Jay Robert Costigan
Dec 9, 2021
Jay Robert Costigan, 52, passed away in Billings, Montana on December 9, surrounded by his family from complications of Covid 19.
Jay was the son of Robert Costigan and Darrlyln Tibbetts Costigan and was born in Lincoln, Maine. He married Joneen Zeller on September 16, 2001 in Warren, Maine. During their married life, they lived in Maine and Wyoming. Jay worked...
Dorothy (Dode) Darlene Fulton
Dec 1, 2021
Dorothy (Dode) Fulton passed away December 1, 2021 at home surrounded by family and special caregivers. Dorothy was born April 1, 1925 in Farmington, Kansas to Leonard and Frances Sand. She married Dock Fulton on December 16, 1941 in Billings, Montana. Dock and Dode moved to Heart Mountain in 1949 after drawing a homestead and began their lives of successfully...
Jay Robert Thorington
Nov 24, 2021
Jay Robert Thorington went to his heavenly home on Nov. 24, 2021, at Powell Valley Care Center in Powell, Wyoming.
He was born on April 2, 1947, as the first child of Cecil and Dorothy Thorington in Boone, Iowa.He graduated from Stratford High School in Iowa and later attended Iowa State University in Ames.Jay married Annette Thorington (née Grabau) in 1971,...
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