obituaries

May 15, 2019

Don West, age 81, of Casper, Wyoming passed away Wednesday evening, May 15, 2019,in Casper. Don was a former longtime resident of Manville/Lusk, Wyoming. He spent the last few years living in Casper with his daughter, Julene until his death. Don was born in Hamilton City, California on Oct. 3, 1937. After returning to Wyoming, Don and his family...

May 14, 2019

Ivy Joyce Parmely passed away on May 14, 2019 in Lusk, Wyoming.

Ivy was born in Aiken, SC on January 25, 1943. She is preceded in death by her parents, George Pardue and Lucille Dyches and also her sister Betty Jean Barras. She is survived by her sister, Ruth Weeks; husband, Bob Parmely, and children; Robin Woods,...

May 6, 2019

Marian Browder 8/27/1924 - 5/6/2019

Marian Jeanette Thompson Browder died at the age of 94 at Cozy Corner in Lusk, Wyoming, May 6th, 2019 around midnight of natural causes.

Marian was born to Arthur and Inga (Paulsen) Thompson August 27, 1924, Kirtley, Wyoming at her parents ranch 22 miles NE of Lusk. She graduated from...

Mar 31, 2019

Rose was born July 5, 1928 to William (Bill) and Marie Roesti Speerly, at the home ranch. She attended school at Node through the tenth grade, then went in to Lusk to finish high school, graduating from the Lusk High School in 1945. Rose was an excellent student and would have been Valedictorian of her graduating class, but at...

Mar 26, 2019

Raymond Everett Smith passed away March 26, 2019 at the Niobrara Community Hospital in Lusk, Niobrara County, Wyoming. He was 86. Raymond was born November 18, 1932 at Newcastle, Weston County, Wyoming, the son of Everett Minis George Smith and Ida Alice (Sedgwick) Smith. He went home to the place his parents had leased south of the Cheyenne River...

Mar 6, 2019

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...

Feb 11, 2019

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...

Jan 29, 2019

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...

Jan 18, 2019

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...

Jan 14, 2019

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...

Jan 3, 2019

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...

Jan 3, 2019

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...

Dec 28, 2018

Donnie Gene Gladson, 79 yrs oldpassed 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,...

Dec 27, 2018

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...

Dec 8, 2018

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Nov 27, 2018

Patricia McLain David peacefully passed from this world on November 27, 2018. She is now reunited in heaven with her parents, two sons Michael Floyd and Steven Guy Blackmore, her two sisters Jean Scheiper and Norma Roberts Ward, niece Sheila Roberts Soto, husband Dick David, and stepchildren Christine and Richard David. Patty was born on February 7, 1932 to...

Nov 27, 2018

Patricia McLain David peacefully passed from this world on November 27, 2018. She is now reunited in heaven with her parents, two sons Michael Floyd and Steven Guy Blackmore, her two sisters Jean Scheiper and Norma Roberts Ward, niece Sheila Roberts Soto, husband Dick David, and stepchildren Christine and Richard David. Patty was born on February 7, 1932 to...

Nov 16, 2018

Scarlett Shea Herndon Taylor, age 55, passed away November 16, 2018 in Lusk, WY. Scarlett was born on October 7, 1963 in Okinawa to parents Franklin Delano Herndon and Mildred Jean Herndon. Scarlett is survived by her loving husband, James Edward Taylor; her children, Jamie Faye Dales, and Billy Dean Carter;siblings Steve D. Herndon (Sheri), Gary A. Herndon (Kim),...

Nov 14, 2018

Diane Rabern, 68, of Lusk, passed away Nov. 14, 2018 in Gillette, Wyo. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Sat., Dec. 1, 2018, at the First Baptist Church in Lusk with Pastor Tom Strock officiating, with inurnment in the Lusk Cemetery.

Diane Lou Rabern Whitt was born July 27, 1950 in Pierre, SD to...

Nov 9, 2018

Ray B. Taylor passed away November 9, 2018 in Gallatin, Tennessee, where he had resided with his daughter Carol and family the past eight years.

He was born November 8, 1920, to William Franklin Taylor and Elvira Pearl (Smith) Taylor near Johnstown, Nebraska. He attended elementary school in Sioux County Nebraska. In 1933 the family moved to...