Obituaries

Oct 2, 2010

Fremont County native James S. "Jimmy" Gaylord died at his home in Winnemucca, Nev., on Saturday, October. 2, 2010, at the age of 80, after a lengthy illness. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, October 16, at Hudson's Funeral Home in Lander. Cremation has taken place. James Spencer Gaylord was born in Shoshoni on May 23, 1930, to...

Sep 29, 2010

Donald is survived by his wife Deanna of 52 years, his son Bart and his wife Tami, three granddaughters, Cori, Chelsie and Jordan, two brothers, Melvin Hitshew and Claude Hitshew and several nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by his mother and father and his son, Monty.

Sep 24, 2010

An evening Funeral Service for well known Lander area resident, Sydney Miller will be at the chapel of Mount Hope, Hudson's Funeral Home beginning at 7:00pm on Tuesday, October 5, 2010. Following the service Syd will be returned to her home of Cazenovia, New York for services and burial in the family plot in Evergreen Cemetery. She died in the...

Sep 24, 2010

Esther Louise Wenzel 3-28-1929 to 9-24-2010 Lander resident Esther Louise Wenzel passed away at the Lander Valley Regional Medical Center on Friday, September. 24,2010. She was born in Grand Junction, Colorado on March 28,1929. Cremation has Gullickson's original office nurse for many years, and as an employee of the Exxon Corporation. During those years in her mid fifties,...

Sep 24, 2010

She married Arnold M. West Sr. on January 3, 1952 in Oshkosh, Nebraska. She is survived by husband, Arnold M. West Sr.; children, Arnold (Sherrie) West Jr., Jeanne Davis (the late Donald Davis Jr.), Jack (Jacquie)West, Douglas (Linda) West, and Daniel West; brother, Chris Noetzelmann; sisters, Gladys (Curtis) Spears, Shirley (Tom) Hewitt, Lillian (Terry) Temple; numerous grand-children, and great grand-children....

Sep 18, 2010

Jack Mustermann passed away quietly holding the hand of his beloved wife Dorothy on Saturday, September 18, 2010 at Morning Star Manor, Fort Washakie, Wyoming. Jack counted 81 years of life. A Celebration of Jacks life will be held on Friday, October 1, 2010 at 2:00 pm in the Chapel of Mount Hope, Hudson's Funeral Home, 680 Mount Hope Drive,...

Aug 19, 2010

Wanda Higgins Nemecek passed away in Twin Falls, Idaho on Thursday, 20 August. She was 86 years old.

Wanda was born in Lander in 1921 to James and Edith Higgins. She grew up on ranches around Lander and graduated from FCVHS in 1941.

During World War II she worked for the local Selective Service office....

Aug 18, 2010

Dr. Fred Heryford died on August 18th, 2010, one day prior to his 87 th birthday. He died at home surrounded by his family. He was preceded in death by his wife, Midge, He is survived by his brother Dan of Winchester Bay, Oregon, a son, Rick Heryford of Lander, a daughter, Annette Heryford of Lander, a grandson, Levi Heryford...

Jul 31, 2010

A Memorial service is at 2 p.m. on Tuesday August. 10, in the Wyoming Life Resource Center Chapel. He first lived at the Wyoming Life Resource Center from 1955 until moving to ARK Regional Services in Laramie in 1993. He returned to the Wyoming Life Resource Center in 2007 and resided at 107 Meadowview. He worked at the Emerson building...

Jul 31, 2010

Eugene E. "Pete" Meeks passed away July 31 st at the VA Medical Center in Salt Lake City following a illness. He was 62. Funeral services are 10 a.m. Friday, August 6, at Wind River Lutheran Church, 14695 Highway 287 Fort Washakie, Wyoming 82514 at Ft. Washakie. Viewing at the church will be from 9:00 am – 10:00 am Viewing...

Jul 31, 2010

Frances Elizabeth Clements Frances E. Clements Frances Elizabeth Clements died July 31, 2010 in Fort Washakie, Wyoming. Frances was born July 27, 1916 in Oxford, Nebraska to Oscar Alexander Rankin and Florence May Jordan. She had 3 sisters and 2 brothers. She was married 3 times to Charles W. Carner, Hoot Countryman, and Curtis Clements. She had 8 children Florence...

Jul 15, 2010

Elsie Mae Carroll passed away on July 15, 2010 at the age of 93. She was born to Annie and Thomas Letchworth on September. 30, 1916 in Tuscunbia,Alabama. She was raised in Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee She came to Wyoming to the Lusk area in the 1930s where she went to work and joined her brothers George and Warren who...

Jul 10, 2010

Funeral Services for Henry Everett "Hank" Puffe will be at 10:00am on Wednesday, July 14, 2010 at Bethel Lutheran Church in Lander. Visitation will be 4:00pm – 7:00pm on Tuesday, July 13, 2010 at Chapel of Mount Hope, Hudson's Funeral Home. Henry Puffe was sent to his Heavenly Father on July 10, 2010 at the Wyoming Medical Center in Casper....

Jul 9, 2010

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Jul 6, 2010

A funeral service was held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday July 10, 2010 at Hudson's Funeral Home in Lander, Wyoming with military honors. He served in the Marines during WWII with the L Company of 23 rd marines, 4 th division. During his duty, Hugh fought on Saipan, Tinian and Iwo Jima. In 1953 he established his Real Estate business and...

Jun 24, 2010

Sarah Ann Daems (Sadie) Cadman died Thursday, June 24, 2010, at Westward Heights Care Center in Lander where she had been a resident since September 2007. She was 99 years old. Closed casket visitation will be on Monday, June 28, 2010 starting at 1:00pm. A Funeral Service will follow beginning at 2:00pm.  Both visitation and Funeral Services will be at...

Jun 18, 2010

Cremation has taken place.  An open house memorial celebrating Sharon's life is being held at her home, 32 Antler Court, Lander, on Tuesday, June 22 from 1:00p – 3:00p. Sharon enjoyed visiting with family, friends and neighbors and helping anyone in need.  She touched many lives and spread much joy.  Sharon loved her children and grandchildren endlessly and always encouraged...

Jun 17, 2010

Pending arrangements.

Jun 16, 2010

Darrell Dean Essen, 68, of Lander, Wyoming, formerly of Waterloo, Iowa, died June 16 at the Wyoming Medical Center, Casper, Wyoming after a brief illness. A Memorial Service will be held in the First United Methodist Church of Lander 10:30a, June 7, 2010. A Memorial Service was also held in Waterloo, Iowa with Military Honors being given by the Waterloo...

Jun 4, 2010

Earl "Bud" Hunter Merryweather was born to Raymond Merryweather and Catherine Hunter December 27, 1925 in Cedar City, Utah.  After finishing high school he joined the Army Air Corps and trained at several air fields before being commissioned a 2nd Lt., piloting a P-51 fighter aircraft.  Following his military service, he met Mary Lou Tolton from Beaver and they were...