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Thomas Don Allard, 59, passed away March 31, 2016. Thomas was born July 25, 1956, in Thermopolis, Wyo., to Donald C. and Grace E. Allard. Thomas grew up in Thermopolis and graduated from Hot Springs County High School in 1974. He met his future wife while still in high school when he was a senior and she was a junior. They started dating on January 12, 1974. Thomas and Laurie Patceg were married November 13, 1976, at St. Francis Catholic Church in Thermopolis. They had two sons, Ashley Skylar an...
James Carl "Whitey" Westby, 76, died at his home in Kimball , Neb. on Sunday April 24, 2016. James was born in Huron, S. D., on May 16, 1939, the son of Thomas and Ferne (Bales) Westby. He attended school in Huron, S. D. Whitey was married to Karol Manning in 1962 and to this union a daughter Karla was born. Whitey and Karol later divorced. He moved to Kimball in 1966. He was married to Alice Thomason in 1967 and to this union Jim was born. Whitey also adopted Alice's children Lora, Angie and...
William “Bill” Clegg, 81, passed away April 24, 2016, in Golden Valley, Ariz. He was born in Dayton, Ohio, on March 2, 1935, to William and Catherine Clegg. They moved to Thermopolis in 1941. He went into the army in 1952. He became part of the Galyan family and Chuck Galyan was his surrogate father. When his mother passed away in 1955 he was discharged from the army to come home for her funeral. He then served in the reserves for a few years. While he was in the army, he received his GED and attended one year of college. When he came home he...
John Arthur Maser, 59, died suddenly Monday, April 25, 2016, at his residence in Hot Springs County, Wyoming. Born December 1, 1956, in Thermopolis, he was the son of Edward and Mary (Novakovich) Maser. A lifelong resident, he graduated from Hot Springs County High School. He was employed 35 years as a tool pusher in the oil field. On August 23, 1980, he married Joan Kordonowy, the love of his life, in Thermopolis. A family man, he enjoyed watching his kids play sports and coached Little League...
Christopher David Stewart died Tuesday, April 12, 2016, at his home. Christopher was born in Ann Arbor, Mich., on April 1, 1957, to David Hugh and Diane Silva Stewart. Moving to Pocatello, Idaho in 1967 and to State College, Pa. in 1971, Chris completed high school at State College High. The family moved to Bryan, Texas, in 1975, and Chris earned a baccalaureate degree in 1980 in Engineering having proudly served in the Texas A & M Corps of Cadets for five years. He married after graduation, worked in road construction management in Texas for t...
David L. Hammond, 85, passed peacefully at his home in Thermopolis on Friday, April 15, 2016. He was born September 14, 1930, to George R. and Lucy (Dunsworth) Hammond in Mancos, Colo., and was the first of three children born to the couple. Attending school in Montezuma and La Plata counties, he graduated from Durango High School in 1948. On February 4, 1951, he married Eileen Richards of Bayfield, Colo. They had three children, David, Georgeanne and John. In 1953, the family moved to Farmington, N.M. Dave worked a variety of jobs centered...
Victoria May Hollowell Allen, 101, passed away Wednesday, April 6, 2016, in Thermopolis, Wyo., after a long and full life. She was born August 26, 1914, in the Panama Canal Zone to Cooper and Ida (Jordan) Hollowell. Both her father and grandfather had gone to Panama during the canal construction and stayed through retirement. Victoria graduated form Cristobal High School where she had been active as a swimmer and bowler. There was a brief marriage in Auburn, N. Y., to Claud C. Sessions. Afterwards she returned to the Canal Zone working at a...
Gay Vannoy Davidson, 84, passed away on April 3, 2016. Gay was born to to Cleveland A. and Katherine Grace McAfee Vannoy at the family ranch in Wyoming on April 10, 1931. Growing up in Thermopolis, Wyo., Gay spent winters in town, and every spring and summer, the whole family was at the ranch moving bands of sheep from pasture to pasture. In the 1940s, the family packed up and moved the whole ranching operation by train to the Haymaker Ranch in Two Dot, Mont. Gay attended Billings Senior High, graduating on June 9, 1948. Then she was off to...
Anna "Billie" Rachel Knapp passed away peacefully on Easter Sunday morning, March 27, 2016, at Green House Living in Sheridan, Wyo. Born June 16, 1923, in Basin, Wyo., to Louie and Merle (Nelson) Bell, she was affectionately nicknamed Billie by her two siblings. Billie grew up on ranches in Hyattville and Lucerne, Wyo., graduated from Thermopolis High School and the University of Wyoming where she earned a BA in Education. Billie accepted a teaching position in Shoshoni, Wyo., and met her future husband David J. Knapp. Billie and David married...
Floyd Benjamin French, 91, passed away Saturday, March 26, 2016, at Thermopolis Rehabilitation and Care Center after a period of declining health. He was born August 19, 1924, in Mountain Grove, Mo., to Roy and Ruth (Barber) French. He grew up on a farm in northeast Colorado. After serving in the US Army at the end of WWII, Floyd returned to farming. On June 12, 1949, he married Letamae Adkisson in Lincoln, Neb. They were blessed with five children: Scot, Kerry, John, Miriam and Roy. The family moved to Denver in 1953 where Floyd worked as a...
Shirley Longwell, 81, passed away Saturday, March 26, 2016, in Thermopolis following a brief illness. Born June 30, 1934, in Thermopolis, she was the daughter of Adam and Margaret (Walker) Strausner. She graduated from Thermopolis High School in 1952. In 1954 she married Ernest William Bent, Jr. and they had three children together, Mike, Pat and Joanna. The couple later divorced. In the 1990s Shirley married Reuben Glen Longwell who passed away in 2005. For 25 years Shirley was the Director of...
Floyd Benjamin French, 91, passed away Saturday, March 26, 2016, at Thermopolis Rehabilitation and Care Center after a period of declining health. He was born August 19, 1924, in Mountain Grove, Mo., to Roy and Ruth (Barber) French. He grew up on a farm in northeast Colorado. After serving in the US Army at the end of WWII, Floyd returned to farming. On June 12, 1949, he married Letamae Adkisson in Lincoln, Neb. They were blessed with five children: Scot, Kerry, John, Miriam and Roy. The family moved to Denver in 1953 where Floyd worked as a ma...
Brenna Michelle Rankin, 2, passed away Wednesday, March 16, 2016, at her home in Thermopolis after a courageous battle with cancer. Born June 25, 2013, in Riverton, Wyo., she was the second child of Shane and Sara (Ford) Rankin. Brenna loved to sing, dance, play with her brother and dogs, watch cartoons and watch football with her dad. With her parents she attended Risen Son Southern Baptist Church and was loved by all. She is survived by her parents; brother, Raylan; grandparents Ray and...
Shirley Mae Hendricks Hermann, 83, passed away on Wednesday, March 16, 2016, at the Help for Health Hospice Home in Riverton. Shirley Mae Hendricks Hermann was born April 3, 1932, in Gillette, Wyo., to Wallace and Edith Wilamena (McClendon) Hendricks. As one of the last surviving graduates of the class of 1950 of Campbell County High School, she went on to get a degree in Special Education and taught throughout Fremont County School systems until her 82nd year of life. In 1949 she met the love...
Elmer Richard Quadro, 99, died on Thursday, March 10, 2016, in the home of his daughter, Jessie Shumway on Owl Creek, Thermopolis, Hot Springs County, Wyo. Elmer was born, September 20, 1916, in Pescadero, Calif., across from Pigeon Point Lighthouse. He was the eldest child of Manuel and Mary Quadro. He attended school in Pescadero and graduated from there in 1935. He also met his future wife, Ruth Evelyn Gale there and they were married on October 28, 1940, in Reno, Nev. They just celebrated their 75th wedding anniversary in 2015. During...
Brenna Michelle Rankin, 2, passed away Wednesday, March 16, 2016, at her home in Thermopolis after a courageous battle with cancer. Born June 25, 2013, in Riverton, Wyo., she was the second child of Shane and Sara (Ford) Rankin. Brenna loved to sing, dance, play with her brother and dogs, watch cartoons and watch football with her dad. With her parents she attended Risen Son Southern Baptist Church and was loved by all. She is survived by her parents; brother, Raylan; grandparents Ray and...
Helen Denise "Neecy" Pisto, 62, of Albuquerque, N.M., died March 4, 2016, following a brief illness. Denise was a graduate of Skyline High School in Salt Lake City ('72,) the University of Utah ('77, BA Psychology) and Lone Mountain College ('79 MA Paralegal Studies.) She worked as a paralegal throughout her adult life, most recently for Butler Snow, LLP in Albuquerque. She also worked for Eaves Bardacke Baugh Kierst & Kiernan, PA and Sutin Thayer & Browne in Albuquerque, Sugarman, Rogers, Barsh...
Edward Lewis Parish, 78, died Sunday, March 6, 2016, at his residence in Thermopolis following a period of failing health. Born Sept. 19, 1937, in Las Cruces, N.M., he was the son of Earl and Marilyn (Taylor) Harmon. In the 1950's he married Elizabeth Garmeson. The couple later divorced. Most of his life he was employed as an electrical technician for the Burroughs Corporation in California. After retirement, he moved to Wyoming in 1983 and started a second career as a cowboy. In the late 1980's...
Valerie Wurtz passed away on Thursday, March 3, 2016, after a long illness. Valerie was born Valerie Wood on Feb. 14, 1948, to Fenton C. Wood and June Walker Wood. She was the third of seven children, Mary, Michael, Peggy, Janet, Julie, William and Richard. She is survived by four children, Steven, Nadine, Misty and Jody; numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren; sisters Mary, Peggy, Janet, Julie; brothers, William and Richard; and numerous nieces and nephews. Valerie was preceded in death by her brother Michael in 1963; husband Donald...
Matilda Opal Schaff, 95, passed away Friday, February 26, 2016, at the Thermopolis Rehabilitation and Care Center. Born in 1921 in Havelock, N. D., she was the 12th of 16 children born to Raphael and Rose (Hegal) Daum who had immigrated to the U.S. from Ukraine, Russia. At the age of six the farming family moved to Edgar, Mont., where they worked sugar beets in the Fromberg, Silicia and Edgar area. In 1939 Matilda married Victor George Schaff in Bowman, N.D. They moved to Laurel, Mont., in 1944...
Fred Ernest Holdrege, Jr., 98, of Ellicott City, Md., died Saturday, Feb. 13, 2016, from complications resulting from a fall. Fred was born in Thermopolis on Sept. 3, 1917, and lived in Durham for 40 years before moving to Maryland. After graduating from Hot Springs County High School, Fred attended the University of Colorado, West Point Preparatory School at Fort Winfield Scott near San Francisco, and the United States Military Academy at West Point. After graduating from West Point in 1942,...
Jared Wayne Holloway, 34, of Shoshoni, died at his home on Monday, Feb. 22, 2016. Jared was born Nov. 29, 1981, to Jack and Diane (Smith) Holloway. He grew up in Oklahoma and moved to Wyoming with his family in 2003. He worked odd jobs until he started his trucking career, which he loved. As a truck driver he was able to see all the beauty this country had to offer. He loved his family, being a dad, playing games with his sons, taking walks with his dog, Ruger, and spending time with his family. He enjoyed photography, playing the guitar,...
Beatrice "Bea" Seaver, 92, died Sunday, February 28, 2016, at the Worland Healthcare and Rehab Center. Born August 2, 1922, in Muskogee, Okla., she was the daughter of Hugh and Ellen (Stubblefield) Hall. She graduated from Achille High School in Oklahoma and attended the Indian Girls College in Durant. In 1950, she married Hugh Walton Seaver in Alameda, Calif., where they lived for many years. Moving to Jackson Hole, Wyo., they owned and operated a campground. Proud of her Indian heritage, Bea...
Jerilyn June Finch, 73, passed away Monday, Feb. 22, 2016, in Mesquite Nev., after battling cancer. She was born on May 8, 1942, in Langdon, N.D. Jerilyn's friends called her "Jeri" and her grandchildren called her "JJ". Jeri graduated from Worland High School in 1960 and, in 1961, married her high school sweetheart in Worland, Wyo. Jeri was a loving and caring woman but she was also ambitious-she wanted to be married to a doctor. So, after two years of college, she went to work and put her...
Althea Adeline (Smail) Brookshire, 104, passed away Feb. 10, 2016, at Beatrice Hover Assisted Living in Longmont, Colo. She was born March 12, 1911, in Andrew, Iowa, the daughter of John Smail and Cleo (Van Meter) Smail. She spent her childhood in Iowa, graduating from high school in 1930. She came to Wyoming in 1931 and worked at various jobs during the depression. She had fond memories of working at the Savarsey Bakery and the Padlock Ranch. She married Joe Brookshire in Powell, Wyo., on June...
