George Chaffin
Dec 7, 2014
George David Chaffin, 65, of Cheyenne died December 7, 2014 at Davis Hospice Center. He was born November 22, 1949 in Cheyenne to Tallie and Ruth Chaffin. He married Lisa Randall on June 5, 1998 in Cheyenne. He was a broadcaster in Cheyenne for many years and was a member of the First Baptist Church. He is survived by his...
Claire Baird
Dec 5, 2014
Claire Joan Baird, 83, longtime resident of Cheyenne died December 5, 2014 at Golden Peak Nursing Home She was born February 3, 1931 in Morrill, Nebraska to Wallace and Lois Lang. She married Frank James Baird, Jr. in Fort Collins. She retired as manager in Conrad's Clothing Store. She was a member of Creative Ministries. She is survived by her...

Marjorie Thelen
Dec 2, 2014
Marjorie L. Thelen, 90, of Cheyenne died December 2, 2014 in Cheyenne. She was born December 15, 1923 in Arnegard, ND to Arthur and Mina Stenehjem. She married Frank Thelen on July 9, 1945 in Denver. She was a registered Nurse and a member of Holy Trinity Catholic Church. She is survived by her children, David Thelen of North Platte,...
Richard Steele
Dec 1, 2014
Richard "Dick" Steele, 79, of Cheyenne, went home to our Lord on December 1, 2014. Richard was born to Victor and Ester Steele on April 1, 1935 in Fairbury, NE. He is from a very patriotic family. Richard joined the U.S. Navy in 1953. He served during the Korean and Vietnam wars in his 20 year naval career. He retired...

Rodney Pepper
Nov 30, 2014
Rod Pepper died in his sleep November 30, 2014, he was 62. Born in Basin, Wyoming on January 10, 1952 to Alvin John and Margie E. Pepper. He lived early on in Basin and Sundance before the family settled in Cheyenne. He was a graduate of Central class of ‘70. He attended Casper College on a music scholarship and also...
Robert Keene
Nov 23, 2014
Robert Todd Keene, 44, of Cheyenne died after a long battle with cancer on November 23, 2014 at the Veteran's Affairs Medical Center. He was born August 24, 1970 in San Bernardino, CA to Steven P. and Sharon C. Keene. He married Audra L. Gibbons on May 21, 1998 in Cheyenne. He was a medical support technician at the VA...

Josephine Wederski
Nov 22, 2014
Josephine Wederski, 91, of Cheyenne died November 22, 2014 at Davis Hospice Center. She was born July 18, 1923 in West Homestead, PA to Peter and Elizabeth Grey. She Married Edwin Wederski. She retired from the Laramie County School District. She was a member of Holy Trinity Catholic Church. She is survived by her sons, Frank Wederski of Chattanooga, TN,...
Lillian Jantz
Nov 22, 2014
Lillian Wilson Chamberlain Jantz, 95, of Cheyenne passed away peacefully on November 22, 2014 at Davis Hospice Center. She was born March 2, 1919 in Buffalo, NY to Robert and Emma Chamberlain. She married Rudolph A. Jantz on June 9, 1949 in Buffalo, NY. She was a member of the Northwoods Presbyterian Church, Betsy Ross-Levant Chapter #695 Order of Eastern...
Phyllis Towns
Nov 21, 2014
Phyllis Louise Towns, 85, of Hillsdale, WY, died November 21, 2014 at Lifecare. She was born on August 11, 1929 in Dundy County, Nebraska. Phyllis came to Burns in 1929 and first went to the Lutheran School, graduating from Burns High School. Her college coursework included classes in insurance and computers. Phyllis married Marion Lewis Towns of Hillsdale on June...
Gerald Miller
Nov 21, 2014
Gerald "Jerry" Lloyd Miller died Friday, Nov. 21, 2014 in Cheyenne, WY. Jerry was born January 22, 1936 in Cheyenne to Vernon and Mildred (Green) Miller. He served our country with the US Air Force from 1955-1961. Jerry worked for and retired from WY Machinery Co. in Casper. He loved to hunt, fish, and was known to spin a yarn...
Calvin Fogg
Nov 20, 2014
Mr. Calvin King Fogg, 71, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, passed away November 20, 2014, at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Cheyenne. Calvin was born September 17, 1943, in Cheyenne, to Dean and Mary Fogg and grew up on the family dairy farm east of Cheyenne. Calvin was a 1961 graduate of Cheyenne High School. He met his wife, Laurell Miskimins,...

Bertha Hattan
Nov 20, 2014
Mrs. Bertha L. (Jenkins) Hattan, 97, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, passed away Thursday, November 20, 2014, at the Life Care Center of Cheyenne. Mrs. Hattan was born July 5, 1917, in Cheyenne, a daughter of the late Amos and Della E. (Stafford) Jenkins. Bertha was very proud of her heritage. Her family was descendents of Dutch Colony settlers in New York...
Lyle Tayson, Sr.
Nov 19, 2014
Mr. Lyle D. Tayson, Sr. passed away Wednesday, November 19, 2014, at the VA Medical Center Hospice Center in Cheyenne. He was just days shy of his 90th birthday. Lyle was born December 2, 1924, in Omaha, Nebraska, the second son of Arthur L. and Margie May Tayson. He was raised in Chicago where he attended the Art Institute of...
Elizabeth Adels
Nov 18, 2014
Mrs. Elizabeth P. Adels, 90, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, passed away Tuesday, November 18, 2014, at the Cheyenne Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Adels was born October 7, 1924, in Venus, Pennsylvania, a daughter of the late Henry J. and Fannie (Korb) Novak. Elizabeth attended school in Grove City, PA, and graduated from Meadville High School in Meadville, PA, in 1942. She...
Kenneth Aston
Nov 16, 2014
Mr. Kenneth "Kenny" Leo Aston, 58, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, passed away suddenly at his home on Sunday, November 16, 2014. Mr. Aston was born November 9, 1956, in France. Kenny served honorably in the United States Navy during the Vietnam War. He will be remembered as a hardworking, loving husband and father who cared deeply for his family and who...

Georgia Hanson
Nov 14, 2014
Georgia Josephine "Jo" Hanson, 90 of Pine Bluffs died November 14, 2014 at her farm/ranch home of 71 years surrounded at her bedside literally by her three children, Dennis, Sonja and Carrie. Mom lived independently in her own home and was not leaving unless it was feet first. She lived and died as she had wanted. Mom was born April...
Matthew Smith
Nov 13, 2014
Matthew Scott Smith, 36, of Brighton, Colorado, formerly of Cheyenne and Green River Wyoming, passed away November 13, 2014, from injuries sustained in a work related accident. He was born December 14, 1977, in Fredericktown, Missouri, and moved to Wyoming in 1979. He came to Cheyenne to begin his college education, which he completed at the University of Wyoming. Matt...
Brigadier General (Ret.) Vern Baldeshwiler
Nov 11, 2014
Brigadier General (Ret.) Vern Baldeshwiler, 84, of Cheyenne died November 11, 2014 in Cheyenne. He was born November 11, 1930 in Stanley, WI, to Charles and Loretta Baldeshwiler, the youngest of 3 children. He grew up on his parents' dairy farm and lumber business. After graduating from Stanley high School, he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in 1951, serving...

Elaine Shaul
Nov 11, 2014
Elaine M. Shaul, 96, of Meriden, Wyoming, passed away Wednesday, November 12, 2014, at the Davis Hospice Center. Mrs. Shaul was born March 2, 1918, in Omaha, Nebraska, a daughter of the late Mack T. and Edna (Sanders) Bland. Elaine enjoyed caring for her home and family. She will be remembered as a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend....
Mary Higdem
Nov 11, 2014
Mary Edith Higdem, of Cheyenne, went home to Jesus on November 11, 2014, on her 92nd birthday. Mary was born on November 11, 1922, and grew up in Lafayette, Colorado, with mother, Jessie Whitmore, father, John Molletti, three sisters and one brother. Mary enjoyed life for many years in Wheatland with husband, Walter Lockman. They raised Mary's daughter, Selma, and...