Obituaries

Jacob "Jake" Ryan Harrold

Published by admin on Thu, 01/14/2021 - 2:22pm

Jan. 25, 1999 – Jan. 7, 2021

Larry Stephen ‘Steve’ Hanson

Published by admin on Thu, 01/14/2021 - 2:22pm

Jan. 26, 1947 – Jan. 4, 2021

Larry Stephen Hanson (Steve) erupted in to this world on Jan 26, 1947 in Basin, Wyo. He left us on Jan 4, 2021, at the Billings Clinic Hospital in Billings, Mont., to avoid the Georgia Run-off Election. His wife, Ann was blessed to be at his side.

Steve worked in the family honey business as a boy in Greybull, where he learned his work ethic, and was a hard worker in all the jobs he held. He was always busy, busy, busy. 

Beulah Scheler Chroninger

Published by admin on Thu, 01/14/2021 - 2:19pm

April 27, 1922 – Jan. 6, 2021

Carol Peterson-Spitler

Published by admin on Thu, 01/14/2021 - 9:22am

Carol Peterson-Spitler

July 28, 1933 – Jan. 9, 2021

Carl William “Bill” Fink

Published by admin on Thu, 01/14/2021 - 9:21am

Carl William “Bill” Fink

Oct. 20, 1935 – Jan. 7, 2021

Carl William “Bill” Fink died January 7, 2021, at his residence in Herriman, Utah. He was 85.

Ruel Elgen Brown Jr.

Published by admin on Thu, 01/14/2021 - 9:20am

Ruel Elgen Brown Jr.

April 13, 1934 – Jan. 11, 2021

Ruel Elgen Brown Jr., 86, returned with honor to his heavenly home on Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. 

Matilda "Diane" Heath Cauffman

Published by admin on Thu, 01/07/2021 - 3:56pm

May 11, 1940 – Jan. 3, 2021

Matilda "Diane" Heath Cauffman passed peacefully from this life on Jan. 3, 2021 in Cody, Wyo., surrounded by her family and loved ones. 

Services will be held Saturday, Jan. 9 at 2 p.m. at the Burlington LDS Church. Burial will be in the Burlington Cemetery.

Diane was born on May 11, 1940, in Greybull, Wyo., to Richmond Elfonso Heath and Anna Marie Ericksen. She was the sixth child born into a family with five older siblings and one younger sibling. 

Larry ‘Steve’ Hanson

Published by admin on Thu, 01/07/2021 - 3:55pm

Jan. 26, 1947 – Jan. 4, 2021

Larry “Steve” Hanson of Shell, 73, passed away Jan. 4 at the Billings Clinic. A memorial service will be held at a later date.

Claretta Mae Mortensen Messerli Whaley

Published by admin on Thu, 01/07/2021 - 3:54pm

May 6, 1923 – Dec. 27, 2020

Longtime Shell resident Claretta Whaley, 97, died Dec. 27, 2020 at Bonnie Bluejacket Memorial Nursing Home, Basin, Wyo.  She was born May 6, 1923, in Neola, Iowa, daughter of Clarence and Alice Amanda Whitmore Mortensen.

Claretta married Howard Messerli in Neola, Iowa. After his death she and their children, Judy and Terry, came to Wyoming to be near her sister and brother-in-law, Ruth and Oscar Deveraux, in Greybull.

David Lee Harvey

Published by admin on Thu, 01/07/2021 - 2:33pm

David Lee Harvey

July 28, 1951 – Dec. 29, 2020

David Lee Harvey of Goodyear, Ariz., passed away on Dec. 29, 2020.