All Obituaries

Mary Hoblit passed away peacefully on March 6, 2019. Mary Ann (Roberts) Hoblit was born July 28, 1918 at the family homestead near Hat Creek to Lucy and Rulo Roberts. She attended school at the Hat Creek school house which remains standing today.  She graduated from Lusk High School in May of 1936 and soon after started to work as a bookkeeper for Jake Lorenzen at the Hiway Super Texaco Station and also at the Texaco Bulk Station from 1936 to 1940.  She was also employed at the...

Nellie Kratzer passed with peace and grace on February 11, 2019, just short of her 102nd birthday, with her family by her side. Nellie was born in Edgemont, South Dakota on April 13, 1917, the only daughter of Fred and Daisy (Walker) Hubbard. She graduated from Edgemont High School in 1935. She then went on to graduate from Nebraska Wesleyan with a two-year degree in education. With that degree she began her teaching career in a one-room school near Mule Creek Junction, Wyoming. It was...

Arleen Mae (Haberman) Znamenacek, 98, passed away peacefully Tue., Jan. 29, 2019, at Niobrara Community Hospital.  She was born Sept. 10, 1920, in Grants Pass, Ore.  She is survived locally by her daughter, Rose Kremers.  Per her request, there will be no service.  A private family celebration of her life will be held at a later date.  Arleen wrote her own obituary:  “G-bye”. Pier Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Memorial services for Toni Brown, 46, will be held at 2 p.m. on February 9th at Pier Funeral Home. Coffee and cake will follow at the First Baptist Church. Toni Lee Brown, 46, succumbed to uterine cancer in San Antonio, TX on January 18th, 2019. Brown, daughter of Everett and Terra Brown, was born April 1st, 1972. She graduated from Niobrara County High School in 1990. In 1991, Toni married Walter Kant and welcomed their first daughter, Coral. In 2000, Walter and Toni welcomed their...

Funeral service for William E. ‘Bill’ Francis, will be at 1:00 P.M. Sat., Jan. 19, 2019, at Niobrara County Fairgrounds in Lusk.  Interment will be at 2:00 P.M. Mon., Jan. 21, 2019, at Willow Grove Cemetery in Buffalo, Wyoming.  He passed away Mon., Jan. 14, 2019, at his home in Prairie Center Wyoming. William Elmer ‘Bill’ Francis was born in Buffalo, Wyoming, June 18, 1930, to Lawrence and Bessie May (Foreman) Francis, joining his 2-year-old brother,...

    Kyle Brian Blake, 29, died on Thursday, January 3, 2019 in an automobile accident west of Lusk.     Kyle was born on November 1, 1989 in Bozeman, Montana to Mark Allen Blake and Lee Ann Blake (Rowe). He grew up in Lander, Wyoming and graduated from Lander Valley High School in 2008 at the top of his class. He attended the University of Wyoming in Laramie, Wyoming on a full ride scholarship and graduated in 2011 with a Bachelors of Science Degree in Wildlife...

Ewart "Peewee" Arthur Johnson was born on February 26th 1942 in Lusk Wyoming to Maurine and Elmer Johnson. Peewee, along with his younger siblings, was raised south of Manville on the Johnson Family Ranch. After he graduated high school in 1960 from Sunrise School, he went to work as a ranch hand for Shorty Milligan alongside Bebe Reed. Shortly after, the two of them went to work for Pfisters north of Lusk. In December of 1967 Peewee married Peggy Barr in Jay Em, and from this...

Donnie Gene Gladson, 79 yrs old passed away on Dec. 28, 2018, at home in Burns, WY with his daughters by his side until the end. Graveside services will be, 2:00 PM, Thursday, Jan 3, 2019 , at the Dellview Cemetery in Manville, Wyoming with Pastor Tom Strock officiating.  Don (Gramps or Grumps) was born on Oct 13, 1939, in Lusk WY to Lynard and Leila Gladson. He graduated from Niobrara County High School and was in the Army National Guard.  Don worked road construction...

Sergeant Billy James Shepperson was born on May 18th, 1978 in Casper, Wyoming during a spring blizzard to Jim and Alice Shepperson, joining his older brother Baxter into the Shepperson household. Billy studied Agricultural Business at Casper College after graduating from Hot Springs County High School in 1996.  In February 2001, Billy enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, attending recruit training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot - San Diego, California. Following initial...

Shirley Owens passed away from this earthly life on December 8, 2018 to begin her new life in a place of comfort, peace and joy. Shirley Louise Lang was born on July 9, 1927 to Edward Lang and Evalyn Allen Lang in Torrington, Wyoming while the family was living on a homestead near Jay Em, Wyoming. She received her schooling in country school in the Prairie Center area until she transferred to attend high school in Torrington, where she graduated in 1945. She worked for a time as a nurse's...