Gage McClellan
Apr 7, 2012
Gage Parker McClellan, 8, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, passed away tragically on Saturday, April 7, 2012, in Cheyenne. Gage was born April 20, 2003, in Grants, New Mexico, the son of Lee and Amanda Christine (Shull) McClellan. Gage attended third grade at Dildine Elementary School. He loved the outdoors and particularly enjoyed fishing and hiking. He also enjoyed spending time with...
Alice Norfleet
Apr 6, 2012
Alice Gertrude Norfleet, was called home by her Lord, passed away peacefully in her sleep with her family by her side April 6, 2012. As Alice did during all her life, she shook the world when she was born March 6, 1933 to William Oscar Thompson and Mary Gertrude "Trudy" Fletcher Thompson just days before a major earthquake hit Long...
Earl DuQuoin
Apr 6, 2012
Earl E. "Duke" DuQuoin, 86, of Cheyenne died April 6, 2012 at Cheyenne Regional Medical Center. He was born on November 14, 1925 in Greenview, Illinois. In April of 1952 he married Nelwyn Olga Grebe in Clovis, NM. She preceded him in death in 1968. On September 16, 1972, Earl married Charlotte Armetta Hermansen in Cheyenne. She preceded him in...
Kenneth Deselms
Mar 30, 2012
Kenneth Stevens Deselms, 89, of the Golden Prairie community (north of Burns, WY) died March 30 at home. He was the oldest child born to Hugh and Bernice Deselms September 1, 1922 in Edison , NE. They moved to eastern Wyoming when he was five and lived in the general area all his life. Kenneth was a life-long farmer-rancher. He...
Rowena Crane
Mar 29, 2012
Rowena Elaine Crane, 58, passed away peacefully on March 29 at Cheyenne Regional Medical Center in Cheyenne. Rowena was born on October 7, 1953 in Beatrice, Nebraska and was the daughter of LeRoy and Phyllis Woodruff. She is survived by her husband Art, father Leroy Woodruff, daughter Treva and Ladd Larson, Nicque Crane, granddaughters Brittany West and Courtney Peterson, sisters,...
Emily Brimmer
Mar 28, 2012
Emily Olene Docken Brimmer, 84, of Cheyenne died peacefully at her home in Cheyenne on March 28 of complications from Alzheimer's disease. Emily was born in Long Beach, Calif., on Sept. 11, 1927, and grew up in a farming community near Osage, Iowa. She was one of two children of Elvin and Olga Docken. After graduating from St. Olaf's college...
Stephen Morningstar
Mar 28, 2012
Mr. Stephen R. Morningstar, 57, of Hillsdale, Wyoming, passed away Wednesday, March 28, 2012, at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Cheyenne. Mr. Morningstar was born October 22, 1954, in Miami Beach, Florida, a son of the late Darrell Morningstar and Rose (Wyrich) Morningstar Berg. Stephen served in the United States Navy during the Vietnam War and following his honorable...
Eddie Valdez
Mar 27, 2012
Eddie M. Valdez, 60, of Cheyenne died March 27, 2012 in Cheyenne. He was born August 25, 1951 in Wagon Mound, NM to Julian and Minnie Valdez. He was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church, VFW #1881, Cheyenne Valley Pool League and the Elks Lodge. He is survived by his daughters, Starla (Josh) Kizzar of Aurora, CO, Christina (Gary)...
Margaret Bourn
Mar 26, 2012
Margaret (Buckbee) Bourn passed away peacefully Monday, March 26, 2012, at the Davis Hospice Center in Cheyenne. Margaret was born September 24, 1926, in Blanchard, Oklahoma, one of two children of Walter and Margaret Buckbee. She married Byron Bourn on May 27, 1950, in Kansas City, Missouri. Margaret had an incredible career, working for Trans World Airlines, ad sharing in...
Irene Forwood
Mar 26, 2012
Irene D. Forwood, 92, mother, wife, teacher; passed away March 26, at the Davis Hospice Center in Cheyenne, Wyoming. She was born October 28, 1919 in Laramie, Wyoming to Minnie and John Doherty. She spent her early life at McFadden and Saratoga, Wyoming on a cattle ranch. She attended college at Westminster College in Salt Lake City, the University of...
Penny Cleary
Mar 24, 2012
Penny Cleary, 59, of Cheyenne died March 24, 2012 at Davis Hospice Center. She was born April 20, 1952 in Salt Lake City, UT to Lester and Ethel Wright. She married Richard Cleary on May 8, 1994 in Los Angeles, CA. She was a retired Licensed Vocation Nurse. She is survived by her daughter, Becky Tharp of Cheyenne; sons, Juan...
Frederick "Rick" Lewis
Mar 22, 2012
Frederick "Rick" Lewis, 68, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, died Thursday, March 22, 2012 at his home. Rick was born in Salem, Illinois, on April 2, 1943. He graduated with a degree in philosophy from the University of Miami (Florida) and received a JD degree from the University of Denver. He served four years in the US Army Security Agency attending language...
Rose Donohoe
Mar 22, 2012
Rose Ann Dunn Donohoe, 95, died on March 22 at Cheyenne Life Care Center. She was born in Newark, New Jersey and lived on Bloomfield, New Jersey until moving to Clearwater, Florida in 1972. She worked for General Electric Company in New York City as a secretary until her marriage in 1951. Her husband, Francis J. Donohoe, died in 1999...
John Freeburg
Mar 19, 2012
John R. Freeburg, 78, of Cheyenne died March 19, 2012 in Cheyenne. He was born June 29, 1933 in Encampment, WY to LeRoy and Helen Freeburg. He married Sandra St. John on August 6, 1965 in Las Vegas, NV. He was a loving husband, a devoted father and grandfather "Kuku". He was a engineer on the Union Pacific Railroad and...
Dorothy "Dot" Weston
Mar 13, 2012
Mrs. Dorothy B. "Dot" (Hainworth) Weston, 82, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, passed away early Tuesday morning, March 13, 2012, at the Life Care Center of Cheyenne. Dorothy was born December 19, 1929, in Cody, Wyoming, a daughter of the late Jack and Florence (Jensen) Hainworth. Dorothy graduated from the University of Wyoming with a teaching degree. She met Meredith "Skeet" Weston...
Clay Unger
Mar 7, 2012
Clay Unger, 83, of Aurora, CO (formerly Cheyenne) passed away peacefully on March 7 at New Dawn Memory Care in Aurora. The eldest of three sons, he was born May 9, 1928, in Wheatland, WY, to Louis "Lou" Unger and Bertha Ann Brunia. After working as a ranch hand for Swan Land and Cattle Co in WY, Clay enlisted in...
Helen Nicodemus
Mar 6, 2012
Helen D. Nicodemus, 70, of Cheyenne died March 6, 2012 at Mountain Towers Healthcare. She was born July 22, 1941 in Cheyenne to Wayne and Vera Nicodemus. She was a member of Hillsdale Methodist Church and SonRise Nazarene Church in Cheyenne. She was a resident of Magic City Enterprises. She is survived by her brother Warren Nicodemus of Hillsdale and...
Cheryl Webster
Mar 6, 2012
Cheryl F. Webster, 72, of Cheyenne died March 6, 2012 in Evans, CO. She was born May 9, 1939 in Greybull, WY to Albertus and Mildred Jackson. She had been in food service and management since being a teenager. She started at Rectors as a car hop and went on to being head cook and manager at the Owl Inn...
Eddie Bixby
Mar 6, 2012
Eddie Gail Bixby, 63, of Sun City West, Arizona, formerly of Cheyenne, Wyoming, passed away at his home on Tuesday, March 6, 2012, of natural causes. Ed was born in Cheyenne on January 2, 1949, the first day of the '49 Blizzard, to Byron Dale Bixby and Frances Ilene (Harmon). Ed and his mom were stranded at Memorial Hospital for...
Ray Larez
Mar 5, 2012
Ray Larez, 82, of Pine Bluffs died March 5, 2012 at Cheyenne Regional Medical Center. He was born January 6, 1930, in Big Springs, TX to Gabino and Flora Larez. He married Celia Chavez. He was employed by the Union Pacific Railroad for 25 years. He is survived by his wife, Celia Larez of Pine Bluffs, children, Carmelo (Phyllis) Blanco...
