All Obituaries

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....

  Judy was born June 28, 1950, in Odessa, TX. After a 10 month battle with cancer, Judy was called home by the Lord Aug. 17, 2019 in San Dimas, CA, while in the company of her loving family. She is survived by her two children, Chuck Martin his wife Maureen and their boys Dustin and Charles of Phelan CA, daughter Pamela Martin Lopez and her two boys Joshua Lopez and Jacob Lopez of San Dimas, CA, and her loving brothers, Billy Smith and Michael Peacock, both of Texas, and Glen Boyd of...

Betty Jean Oehlert passed away August 13, 2019 at Poplar Living Center in Casper, Wyoming.  She was born March 2, 1934 in Bridgeport, Illinois to Owen and Grace Newlin.  Betty grew up in Bridgeport and attended numerous schools before graduating from high school in McLeansboro, Illinois in 1952.  While in high school, Betty sang on radio stations WCNT in Centralia, Illinois and WROY in Carmine, Illinois. On December 15, 1951, Betty married Merle Oehlert in Bluford, Illinois,...

Everett Deran Kilmer left this world on July 29th, just days short of his 90th birthday on August 1st.  He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Alvin Kilmer. Everett’s story began on August 1, 1929, when he was welcomed as the second child of Clarence E. Kilmer and Ella Long Kilmer, joining his big sister Marie at their home near Arnold, NE.  The young family then welcomed another son, Robert, in 1932.  In the spring of 1933 they decided to follow...