All Obituaries

Dale Robert Gunn, beloved husband and father, passed into eternal life on September 14, 2018 at the age of 89.    Funeral service for Dale will be 10:00 AM, Saturday, September 22, 2018 at the Niobrara County Auditorium in Lusk. Interment will follow in the Lusk Cemetery.   Dale was born in Crawford, NE to Alex and Helen (Ring) Gunn on March 22, 1929.  The young family lived on the Ring Ranch 20 miles north of Harrison for the first two years of Dale’s...

Michael P. Polen passed away Sunday morning, August 26th, 2018, at Niobrara Community Hospital in Lusk, Wyoming. He was born December 28th, 1962 to Paul Willis Polen and Sally Jean Smith in Alliance, OH. He graduated from Oregon City High School in 1981. Michael married his high school sweetheart, Heather Leigh Stewart, on January 15th, 1994. Together, they owned Pacific Restoration, a fire and water restoration company before moving to Wyoming in 2005. In 2007, he began work for Baker...

 Beverly Jean Hoy Beverly passed away at the age of 84 on August 7th 2018. She was born in her family home in Lusk, Wyoming on November 11th 1933. Beverly married the love of her life, Richard Keith Hoy, on June 14th 1951. Beverly stayed in Lusk until Richard finished his basic training for the Navy, then they moved to Puerto Rico. That is where they had their first child. She was so happy. They then moved to the Leo Thompson Ranch north of Lance Creek for 14 years. They then moved to...

Marry Joan Stoner, 80, passed away Sat., Aug. 4, 2018, at Douglas Care Center in Douglas, Wyo. A Remembrance will be held at Lusk Elks Lodge 1797 Fri., Aug. 24, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. Mary was born in Aug. 9, 1937 in Lusk to Floyd Alton and Emily Mary (Baker Sheldon) Baughman. She married Harry Stoner. Survivors are daughters: Sharon Mary (Caster), Lucille Diane (Reese) LaPage, and Donna Louise (Reese) Harris; brother Bill Kennedy, and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Memorials may be...

A celebration of life for, Barry Dale Travnicek, age 49, of Keeline, Wyoming, will be held on Friday, August 10, 2018 at the Niobrara County High School in Lusk at 10:00 am.   Barry tipped his hat good-bye as he lost his battle to Behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (BvFTD) on Friday, August 3rd at the Douglas Care Center.  Barry was born October 13, 1968 in Altus, Oklahoma. He was the first son born to parents Dale and Sharon (Rising) Travnicek of Harrison,...

Funeral services for Lurene Rabern were held Tue., July 31, 2018, at the Congregational Church in Lusk.  She passed away Thur., July 26, 2018, at her home in Lusk. Lurene Angela (Hunt) Rabern was born July 9th, 1931 in Philip, S.D. to Ennis “Jack” and Jennie (Annis) Hunt.  Lurene’s childhood was spent on the family ranch south of Eagle Butte, S.D. where she spent a lot of time horseback with her brother Geno.  One childhood experience she shared was her and...

Esther Marlene Castor, 63, died peacefully in her sleep July 14, 2018 at her home in Lusk, Wyo.  Cremation has taken place.  A memorial service will be held at 1:00 P.M. Sat., July 21, 2018 at Lusk Elks Lodge #1797 with Pastor Tom Strock officiating.  Her ashes, along with her daughter Angela Zimmerman’s ashes, will be spread at a later date over her father’s grave in North Platte, Neb. and over the Chief Joseph Highway outside Cody, Wyo. Esther was born May 3,...

Glenn Crofutt, 86, passed away July 5, 2018 at the Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital in Thermopolis, Wyoming following a period of declining health. Born January 27, 1932 in Niobrara County, Wyoming, he was the son of Charles and Edith (Lineback) Crofutt.  Glenn’s parents and a sister died in a fire in 1938 leaving Glenn and his remaining seven siblings to be raised by their oldest sister, Mildred.  Glenn graduated from Niobrara High School and eventually owned and...

Funeral services for Earnest ‘Ernie’ Rae Lemons, 87, will be held Tue., July 10, 2018 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Lusk, with interment with military honors held at Lusk Cemetery.  He passed away Mon., July 2, 2018 at the Black Hills VA Medical Center in Ft. Meade, SD. Earnest was born February 11, 1931 in Scullin, Oklahoma to Louie Earnest and Ida Mae (Elliot) Lemons.  He later welcomed his baby sister, Leta (Helvey), whom he adored and spoiled. He joined...