Dovie Louise Heth passed away December 29, 2022, at the Niobrara Community Hospital long-term care.  Funeral Services were held at 2:00 P.M., Tuesday, January 10, 2022 at the Pier Funeral Home in Lusk.  Interment was in the Lusk Cemetery.

Dovie was born to Gertie Ethyl (Fidler) and John Thomas Blackledge on May 12, 1941, in Prairie Grove, Arkansas.  She was one of ten children and one of the two children to receive a high school diploma.  She worked as a waitress and also as a staff member of the Lusk hospital, first in the laundry/cleaning department and later as a CNA when she proudly achieved her CNA license.

Dovie raised six children in Yakama, Washington, and later married Rex Lee Heth in Lusk, Wyoming on November 22, 1981, and became a step-mother to six children and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Dovie is survived by Don McCart, Johnny McCart, Brenda Burnite, Jerry McCart, William McCart, Loren Heth, David Heth, Roxie Houston, Kathleen Lobato and Pamela Pridgeon.

Memorials may be made to the Niobrara Community Hospital long-term care.

Pier Funeral Home advises that the memorial tree program does not plant a tree locally.  It is planted in a national park of their choosing.  The family is not notified of the memorial by the program.

Niobrara Community Hospital Long Term Care
Lusk WY 82225
Tel: 1-307-334-4000

Niobrara Community Hospital
Lusk WY 82225
Tel: 1-307-334-4000