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Betty J. White, a Crook County matriarch who resided near Sundance, Wyoming, went to heaven on March 26, 2020. As a spry 85-year-old, Betty delighted in the knowledge that she had ‘a hell of a ride’ and was a successful rancher who enjoyed the...

Kyle Dyer, 27, of Hulett, Wyoming, died Wednesday, March 18, 2020, in Hulett. He was born early in the morning on July 1, 1992, in Spearfish, South Dakota, to Kim Somervold. It was a mild day, like his temperament. Kyle grew up in Spearfish with his...

Services for Louis F. “Lou” Dillinger, 77, of Laramie, have been postponed and will be announced when a new date is determined. Lou passed away on Wednesday, February 26, 2020 at Ivinson Memorial Hospital....

Claude Arthur “Art” Linklater was born on August 30, 1932. He was the son of Harry and Claudia Johnson Linklater, and raised on a ranch north of Hulett, WY that had been homesteaded by his dad. Art graduated from Hulett High School and attended...

Louis Francis Dillinger (Lou), 77 Laramie, WY passed away on February 26, 2020 at Ivinson Memorial Hospital after battling cancer. He was born in Gillette, WY October 29, 1942, son of Earl and Marie Dillinger Lou grew up on the family ranch outside...

Louis F. “Lou” Dillinger, 77, of Laramie, passed away on Wednesday, February 26, 2020 at Ivinson Memorial Hospital. A memorial will be set up in lieu of flowers. Arrangements are pending with Montgomery-Stryker Funeral Home....

Funeral service for Willis Burks Jr. was held Friday, February 28, 2020 at Gillette Memorial Chapel Pastor Rick Jones officiated; interment to followed at Mt. Pisgah Cemetery. Willis Lloyd Burks Jr., age 59, of Gillette WY passed away at Wyoming Medi...

Kimberly Anne (Sedlacek) Jones was born in Parkston, South Dakota, on August 22, 1968, to Richard and Karen (Hunhoff) Sedlacek. Kimberly joined one brother, Daniel, and her two sisters Christy and Cindy were born soon after. Kim passed away peacefull...

John William “Bill” Whalen Jr., 73, of Aladdin, Wyoming passed away at home Sunday evening, February 9, 2020. Bill was born May 10, 1946 to John and Elizabeth Whalen. He attended the one room school at Aladdin grades 1-8, graduated from Sundance...

Funeral services were held at Family Life Church in Gillette, Wyoming on Friday, February 7, 2020 with a luncheon and fellowship to follow before burial at Mount Pisgah Cemetery. Leola Rebecca (Kottraba) Thar went to be with the Lord and those who...

Douglas Chester Engstrom, 70, passed away January 27, 2020, at Clear Creek Care Center, Westminster, Colorado of a long-term illness. He was born January 5, 1950 to Robert L. and Charlotte P. (Lamb) Engstrom in Newcastle, Wyoming. He attended...

Vernie Mae Nussbaum, 90, Sundance, Wyoming, died peacefully on Sunday the 26th of January at Weston County Manor in Newcastle, Wyoming. Vernie was born July 28, 1929, at the ranch at Inyan Kara Mountain, in the house where she spent most of her...

Nancy Diane Richards, 88 of Sundance, Wyoming, died on Saturday, January 18, 2020, at Crook County Memorial Hospital in Sundance. Nancy was born on December 5, 1931 to Howard “Dud” and Beulah “Boo” (Kester) Steele in New Albin, Iowa. She marr...

Cassidy Raylynn Riggs came roaring into this world on July 26, 1984, an incredible soul whose mere presence touched everyone she came into contact with. She's now dancing, finally and most likely in her bikini, with her grandmas, dad Mike, aunts,...

Nancy D. Richards, 88 of Sundance died Saturday, January 18, 2020 at the Crook County Memorial Hospital. Cremation arrangements are under the care of Fidler-Roberts & Isburg Funeral Chapel of Sundance, WY....

Deidre Jean Murphey, of Mesa, Arizona, passed away in her family home on December 16, 2019 at the age of 52. Deidre was born to Jerry and Beverly Hagemeier in Vincennes, Indiana on July 14, 1967. When she was a child, her family relocated to...

Douglas Dale Adams age 72, of Moorcroft, WY passed away Wednesday, December 11, 2019 at Close to Home Hospice, Gillette, WY. “Today as I think about the end of my journey being in the not too distant future, I feel no need for a funeral service...

Funeral services for Kim Rehbein, 63 of Sidney are at 10 a.m., Tuesday, December 10, 2019, at the Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church in Sidney with Pastor David Huskamp officiating. Interment will be in the Richland Memorial Park Cemetery, Sidney...

Virginia “Ginger” Massie passed away on November 20, 2019, from health reasons. Ginger was born on October 13, 1948 in Belle Fourche, South Dakota to Walter and Jennie Massie. Ginger grew up on the family ranch west of Belle Fourche. She...

Robert “Bob” Stephen Ulrich, 91, passed away on November 23, 2019, at the Crook County Hospital in Sundance, Wyoming. Bob was born October 1, 1928, in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, to Joseph Stephen and Lena Corrine (Endres) Ulrich and raised in...

Kathryn Kinsall, 57, of Sundance, Wyoming, passed away on Wednesday, November 27, 2019 at the Crook County Memorial Hospital in Sundance after a battle with cancer. On February 20, 1962, as John Glenn was orbiting the earth, Kathryn “Kat” was...

Virginia R. Massie, 71 of Sundance, Wyoming, died Wednesday, November 20, 2019, at Crook County Memorial Hospital in Sundance. Arrangements are pending with Fidler-Roberts & Isburg Funeral Chapel of Sundance....

Robert “Bob” S. Ulrich, 91 of Sundance, Wyoming, died Saturday, November 23, 2019, at Crook County Memorial Hospital. Memorial services are planned for 1 p.m., on Saturday, December 7, 2019, at the Sundance Church of Christ. A dessert bar will...

Melvin Lee Snook, age 63, passed away on November 11, 2019 on his ranch near Hulett, Wyoming. Memorial services were held at the Greater Hulett Community Center on Saturday, November 16, 2019. A lunch provided by Buttons and Bows followed. Melvin...

Delcie Millicent (Ferrell) Russell, 92, Aladdin, Wyoming, died Saturday November 9, 2019 at the Crook County Memorial Hospital in Sundance from complications related to lung cancer. She lived at her ranch north of Aladdin until the Wednesday...