All Obituaries

Rick Jassman, age 75, entered into eternal rest on Sunday, January 5, 2020, at University of Colorado Health Center with his children by his side after complications from leukemia.  Funeral services will be Saturday, January 25, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Lusk. Rick was born on August 7, 1944, in Lusk to William and Maxine (Burkholder) Jassman.  He was raised on the family ranch on Kirtley Road, and graduated in 1962 from Niobrara County High...

Peggy Anne Fitzwater, 71, of Lusk, WY passed away December 14, 2019 in Cheyenne, WY at Granite Rehab. A celebration of life will be held February 15 11a-2p at the Fairgrounds in Lusk. A light lunch, snacks and drinks will be served. Peggy was born in Lusk, Wy October 28, 1948 to Loren “Bing” and Izetta (Milnes) Barr of Jay Em. She grew up on the family ranch north of Jay Em. She attended elementary school in Jay Em and graduated from Niobrara County High School in 1967. Peggy was...

Funeral services for Charles F. Zeller, 82, will be held at 2:00 P.M. Monday, December 16, 2019, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Lusk.  He passed away at his home Wed., December 11, 2019.  Burial will be at 1:00 P.M. Tuesday, December 17 at Bethel Cemetery in Whitney, Nebraska. Charles was born in Crawford, Nebraska October 19, 1937 to Charles F. and Inez (Hoevet) Zeller. He served in the United States Marine Corps. On Dec. 31, 2012, he married Sharron...

Funeral services for Jerald ‘Jerry’ Lewis, 83, of Lusk will be held at 10:00 A.M. Monday, November 18, 2019 at the Niobrara County Fairgrounds Auditorium.  Interment will be at Lusk Cemetery.  Jerry passed away at Niobrara Community Hospital Thursday, November 14, 2019 after a short battle with cancer.  Jerry was the oldest child of Lester and Rose Lewis, growing up south of Van Tassell, WY on the ranch homesteaded by his grandparents, Charles (Ed) and Laura...

  Wilbur Dale Wright, Keeline, WY, died unexpectedly in Niobrara Community Hospital on Oct. 28, 2019 in Lusk, WY at the age of 79. Dale is survived by his wife Joan, daughter Anita Witten, son Todd Wright, grandsons Austin Wright and Weston Wright, and numerous cousins and second cousins. Dale is preceded in death by his father: Wilbur F. Wright, November 15, 2004; mother: Ada L. Niehaus Wright, Dec. 23, 2013; and sister: Zadah Ann, March 27, 1950 at the age of 22 months. Dale was born...

Christine Norberg, 77, passed away Tue., Oct. 14, 2019, at Niobrara Community Hospital Long Term Care.  No services will be held per her request.  A full obituary will follow.

Rosemary E. (Voorhees) Tadewald, 91, of Van Tassell, Wyo. passed away Sept. 25, 2019 at the Niobrara Community Hospital Extended Care in Lusk, Wyo. Rosemary was born Mar. 15, 1928 in Lusk, Wyo., the second daughter of Archie and Edna (Ritemire) Voorhees.  She graduated from Lusk High School in 1946. Rosie met the “love of her life”, Herbert Tadewald, at a dance at the Prairie Center School in Northern Goshen County.  Rosie and Herb were married in a garden ceremony at...

MARIANNE NAOMI (BURDETTE) PHIPPS   Marianne Naomi Burdette was born on June 23, 1934 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She passed away peacefully on September 21, 2019 in Torrington, Wyoming with her daughter, Brenda and Laurel Ginkens by her side. She was the fourth child of seven children born to Louis and Ella (Johnson) Burdette. She attended many different schools as her parents moved around due to her father’s work. She met a sailor from Nebraska named Bob Phipps at a dance in...

Flora Holm passed away peacefully on Friday, September 6, 2019 at her home in Douglas, Wyoming at the age of 92. A funeral service will be held on Thursday, September 12, 2019, 2:00 PM,  at the Pier Funeral Home in Lusk. Interment will follow in the Lusk Cemetery.  Flora was born in Nampa, Idaho, on March 1, 1927 to Myrtle Alta (Morgan) and Henry Hewitt Perry.  She attended elementary schools in Idaho and Seattle and high school in Kuna, Idaho.  On January 10, 1946,...

Bess Mae Halligan passed away at the Niobrara Community Hospital in Lusk, WY on September 4th, 2019 at the age of 73. She was born to Elizabeth (Betty) and Claude (Gene) Sutherland July 8th, 1942 in Newcastle WY. She grew up in Osage Wyoming attending school at Kitty Moats Grade School in Osage and graduating from Newcastle High School. She worked at the South Side Truck Stop and Silver Dollar Bar as a cook. She Married James Cole June of 1964 and to their union three daughters were born....