Obituaries

Helen Lucile Crane

Published by admin on Thu, 10/29/2020 - 2:37pm

June 28, 1924 - June 24, 2020

Helen Lucile Crane passed away peacefully on June 24, 2020, four days before her 96th birthday, at the home of her daughter, Alice Yothers, in Valley Springs, Calif.  Having been a longtime resident of Basin, Wyo., Helen returned to her native California in 2017 to live with her daughter and son-in-law.

Julie Ann Zierolf

Published by admin on Thu, 10/29/2020 - 2:36pm

Sept. 18, 1963 - Oct. 16, 2020

Julie Ann Zierolf, 57, was called home to join her heavenly family on the evening of October 16, 2020; she was in the comfort of her own home and surrounded by loved ones.

Julie was born in Sandusky, Ohio on September 18, 1963. She lived in Greybull for most of her life, lighting the town up with her wicked sense of humor.

An outgoing, fun-loving, high-spirited, passionate woman, Julie had a huge heart and an even bigger personality. She could sing along with every song on the radio and always put others' needs ahead of her own. 

Renee Frances Thornton Naylor

Published by admin on Thu, 10/29/2020 - 2:35pm

Aug. 12, 1949 - Oct. 22, 2020

Renee Frances Thornton Naylor of Basin, Wyo., went to be with our Heavenly Father on Oct. 22, 2020, at Spirit Mountain Hospice, from pancreatic cancer. Renee was 71.

Peggy Joyce (Scogin) Elliott

Published by admin on Thu, 10/29/2020 - 2:34pm

June 3, 1941 - Oct. 9, 2020

Lola Temme

Published by admin on Thu, 10/15/2020 - 1:43pm

June 20, 1920 - Oct. 9, 2020

Lola Temme, age 100 was called to her eternal home on Oct. 9, 2020. Lola was born on June 20, 1920, in Gurley, Neb., the daughter of Edwin and Martha Aurich.  She was a lifetime member of The Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod, was baptized on June 27, 1920, and confirmed on April 29, 1934.  She was raised in Potter, Neb., along with two sisters and two brothers, and loved to tell stories of going to school in a buggy drawn by a stubborn horse named Dan.

Velma Roxy Garland Bulvin

Published by admin on Thu, 10/15/2020 - 1:43pm

July 19, 1918 - Oct. 6, 2020

Velma Roxy Garland Bulvin, age 102, passed away at the Laramie Care Center in Laramie, Wyo., on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020. Velma was born on July 19, 1918, to Thomas and Roxy Milner Salsbury in a farmhouse in Republic County, Kan.  She was the middle child of five girls.

Bonnie Rice Kuhry

Published by admin on Thu, 10/15/2020 - 1:39pm

June 24, 1947 – August 12, 2020

Richard Byron Whaley

Published by admin on Thu, 10/15/2020 - 1:39pm

Dec. 1, 1932 - Sept. 29, 2020

Longtime Shell Creek resident and local historian, Richard Byron Whaley, age 87, told his last story the evening of Sept. 29.  A short time later, on the morning of Sept. 30, he peacefully took his last breath to the sound of a very dear friend’s voice on the phone, with his daughter Cynthia at his side.

Ha’den Gasvoda Kelso

Published by admin on Thu, 10/15/2020 - 1:38pm

Nov. 24, 1997 - Oct. 3, 2020

This world became a better place on Nov. 24, 1997, when Ha’den Gasvoda Kelso was born in Worland, Wyo.  Ha’den was full of life with a sparkle in his eye and an “up-to-no-good” grin from a young age.  He loved working at the family farm with Grandpa Jim, Uncle George and his dad — from irrigating to pushing tires around, pretending there was a motor in the tire. 

Pearl Ann Hart Snell

Published by admin on Thu, 10/08/2020 - 1:21pm

unknown – Sept. 29, 2020

Pearl Ann Hart Snell has joined her husband, Russ, and her son, Lynn. She left this earth peacefully in St. George, Utah, on Sept. 29, 2020, while holding her daughter Leann’s hand.