All Obituaries

Greg Alan Bruegger was born April 4, 1960, the son of John and Norma Bruegger.  He passed away December 16, 2020, at his home in Torrington. Greg attended school in Van Tassell, WY until it closed in 1969, upon which he was sent to Lusk and graduated from Niobrara County High School in 1978. Greg received an Associates of Applied Science Degree from Western Nebraska Tech in Sydney, NE in 1980, after which he worked in the mining industry in Gillette, WY for 8 years.  He then went...

Lester “John” J. Wilson was born in Newkirk, OK, March 14, 1935 to John and Della (Tousley) Wilson.  He was blessed with 2 younger sisters, BeBeJo Rowland and Ida Pettyjohn.  John passed away on December 14, 2020 at age 85. John served in the US Marine Corps from 1955 to 1959. John’s passion in life was sharing Jesus Christ with others.  He was a preacher/evangelist (hence his CB handle “Deacon”), a pilot, gas station/wrecker operator, taxi...

  George L. Johnson was born in Denver, CO, April 29, 1940 to Edna (Struck) (Johnson) and George Panola.  George passed away on December 11, 2020 at age 80. George served in both the Air Force and the Army for 21 years.  He worked in law enforcement as a polygrapher for both the State of California and the State of Kansas after retiring from the military.  He enjoyed his retirement years on Sanibel Island in Florida. George’s passions in life were for his family,...

Anita Jean (Wright) Witten, age 56, of Casper and Douglas, passed away Dec. 9, 2020, as the result of an automobile accident near Glenrock.  Memorial services will be held at a later date.  A full obituary will be published later.

Joseph Kane Tully 'Joe' Tully, 73, of Lusk, Wyoming passed away on December 1, 2020 at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha due to complications from multiple myeloma. Joseph Kane Tully was born December 4, 1946, to Joseph “J.J.” James and Mary Elizabeth (Kane) Tully in Rawlins, Wyoming. J.J., from Boston, and Mary, a native of Chicago, moved to Wyoming in 1945 after J.J.’s service during World War II. Joe attended grades K-8 at St. Joseph’s...

            Jackson Oliver Butler, Vietnam Veteran, passed on to a better place on November 25th due to complications concerning Covid-19 and pneumonia. From the day he was born in Lusk on August 11th, 1946, Jack had a purpose to be the most unselfish, warmhearted, and finest man he could possibly be for everyone but himself. He was the epitome of the word ‘family-man,’ and he was everything that a husband, father, and...

A small service get together for “Artie” Arthur Reuben Johnson, 62, will be held Saturday, Nov 7, 2020 at 10 a.m. at the Niobrara County Fairgrounds with Pastors Tom Strock of Douglas & Joel Richardson of Lusk officiating/sharing. A family lunch will be held afterwards. Artie requested no funeral services.  Arthur “Artie” Reuben passed away unexpectedly Oct. 31, 2020 at his home near Lusk. A native of Niobrara County, he was born in Lusk on November 4, 1957...

According to the Lusk Herald in 1952, Mr. & Mrs. Bill Denny, of Newcastle are the proud parents of a son born Friday, July 18.  The young man weighed 6 lbs. 2 oz and will be known as Lee Ray.  So Lee was born in 1952 and in the space of a blink he grew up, married, had children, worked jobs and left us too early. Early in their lives Lee and his siblings began spending summers on Grandfather Ira’s ranch, located on the headwaters of Rawhide Creek in Niobrara...

Dee Lynn Miller Himes March 21, 1970 – October 6, 2020 Dee Lynn Miller was born March 21, 1970 in Denver, Colo. and died October 6, 2020 in Casper, Wyo. Dee was raised by the family matriarch, Carrie Miller and a large and colorful extended family.  Janice Marie Miller Henry, Leslie Miller, Ralph Miller, Alan Miller and April Miller Pena. Included in the clan was Tennille and Anthony Henry. She was raised in Stockton, Calif and moved to Lusk, Wyoming when she was 15. Dee married...

Gerald Dale Carpenter, 72, of Sheridan WY went to be with the Lord Oct.6, 2020 after a long battle with leukemia. Gerald was born in Bassett, NE on Nov. 14, 1947 to Wilma Louise (Potratz) Carpenter and Floyd Bartlett Carpenter. He was the oldest of 5 children raised in the Nebraska Sandhills spending summers and free time on family ranches helping his uncles hay, fence, work cattle, or whatever was needed.        As a teenager his family moved to New Mexico...