Obituaries
Rhonda Smith
Sep 19, 2024
Funeral service for Rhonda Smith will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, September 28, 2024, at First Baptist Church, 501 S. Gillette Ave., Gillette, Wyoming, with Pastor Donovan Voigt, officiating. Burial will follow at the Moorcroft Cemetery. Visitation will take place from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Friday, September 27, 2024, at Gillette Memorial Chapel.
Rhonda Kae Smith, age 67 of...
Michael John Powers
Sep 18, 2024
Michael John Powers, 71, of Gillette, Wyoming, passed away due to complications from a heart transplant surgery at Anschutz Medical Campus on Wednesday, September 18, 2024. He was surrounded by his loving family.
Mike Powers was born in Billings, MT, on December 18, 1952 to Thomas and Eva (Rising) Powers. He was the second of four children. Mike was raised on...
Mary Kathleen Jacobson
Sep 17, 2024
Mass of Christian Burial for Mary Kathleen Jacobson will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, September 24, 2024 at St. Matthew’s Catholic Church with Most Rev. Steven Biegler, Bishop of the Diocese of Cheyenne officiating. Rite of Committal will follow at Mt. Pisgah Cemetery. Visitation will be held at 6:00 p.m. at Gillette Memorial Chapel with a Vigil service starting...
Steven Allan Burt
Sep 16, 2024
Steven Allan Burt age 69, of Gillette passed away on Monday, September 16, 2024 at Legacy Living and Rehabilitation Center. Funeral arrangements are pending with Gillette Memorial Chapel.
Julie Roxanne McGuire
Sep 12, 2024
Julie Roxanne McGuire age 58, of Gillette passed away on Thursday, September 12, 2024 at Campbell County Health. Funeral arrangements are pending with Gillette Memorial Chapel.
Michael J Stein
Sep 10, 2024
Michael J. Stein, 48, of Moorcroft passed away on September 10, 2024. Michael was born on June 18, 1976 in Mohall, North Dakota to Thomas and Karen Stein. The family moved to Gillette in 1977 where Mikey grew up. He married Kathy Blausey in 1998 and they had two children, Trevor and Kimberly. They later divorced.
Mike was an avid fisherman...
Bryan Alan Brashear
Sep 6, 2024
Bryan Alan Brashear age 56, of Gillette, WY passed away at his home on Friday, Septamber 6, 2024. Funeral arrangements are pending with Gillette Memorial Chapel.
Darrell Gene Albery
Sep 2, 2024
Gene Albery was born on March 28, 1934, in Rapid City, South Dakota, to Ellis and Olga Albery. His formative years were spent exploring the Black Hills alongside his nephew Ronnie and his brother Bob, forming a trio known for their adventurous spirit and intimate knowledge of the area.
Gene graduated from Hill City High School in 1952. In 1954, Gene’s...
Howard James Petersen
Sep 1, 2024
Funeral service for Howard James Petersen will be at 11 a.m. on Saturday, September 7, 2024 at Pioneer Hall in Dupree, SD with Pastor Shannon Hinrich officiating. There will be one hour visitation prior to the service. Burial will follow in the Dupree Cemetery. Evans Jensen Funeral Home of Lemmon, SD is entrusted with the arrangements in SD. Visitation for...
Charles R. Terry
Aug 28, 2024
Charles R. "Chuck" Terry, aged 75, of Buffalo, Wyoming, passed away peacefully in his sleep on August 28, 2024 while visiting his daughter in Gillette Wyoming. He was surrounded at the time by his wife Dee, his daughter Kristi, his son-in-law Jason, and his granddaughters Jayden and Tatianna. Born on April 18, 1949, in Buffalo, Wyoming, Chuck was known for...
Phyllis Jean Ruff
Aug 28, 2024
Funeral service for Phyllis Ruff will be held at 11:30 a.m., Saturday, September 7, 2024 at Gillette Memorial Chapel with Pastor George Keralis officiating; interment to follow at Mt. Pisgah Cemetery. Phyllis Jean Ruff, age 92, a Gillette native, died on August 28, 2024, at The Lasting Legacy and Rehabilitation Center. Phyllis was born March 14, 1932, daughter of Katherine...
Aaron James Clark
Aug 28, 2024
Aaron James Clark age 53, of Gillette, WY passed away Wednesday, August 28, 2024. Funeral arrangements are pending with Gillette Memorial Chapel.
Michael Wayne Means
Aug 27, 2024
Michael Wayne Means, age 63, a Gillette native, lost his battle with cancer at home with his family by his side on August 27, 2024.
On February 6, 1961, Mike was born to Robert and Marjorie (Christenson) Means. He has two brothers David and William, Mike being the youngest.
He grew up in "small" town Gillette, where everyone knew everyone, before it...
Shirley Stevens
Aug 27, 2024
Shirley Louise Stevens
1936-2024
Born October 1, 1936, in Boise Idaho to Howard and Juanita Bell. She was raised in Green River where her father worked on the railroad. Growing up she worked at the local movie theatre for many years. Which is where her great love for popcorn came from. As the oldest of four children, she went to school and...
Sheila Mae Waugh
Aug 24, 2024
Sheila Mae Waugh, a beloved and loyal daughter, sister, mother, and treasured wife, was born on October 28, 1946, in the town of Gillette, Wyoming. She battled a devastating illness and peacefully passed in her home on August 24, 2024 with her brother Jay at her side. Sheila's journey through life was characterized by her devotion to her parents, John...
Aaron Bryce Burke
Aug 23, 2024
It is with profound sadness that we share the passing of our son and brother, Aaron Bryce Burke, 40. He passed away on August 23, 2024, in Casper, Wyoming, as the result of an accidental fall in his home. A visitation is planned at the Walker Funeral Home, 410 Medical Arts Court, Gillette, Wyoming, at 7:00 p.m. August 29, 2024....
Elvin Jesse Mayer
Aug 23, 2024
Elvin Jesse (EJ) Mayer, age 85, of Rozet, Wyoming, passed away at his home surrounded by his loved ones on August 23, 2024. E.J. was born January 1, 1939, to Ralph and Etta “Faye” Mayer on a farm in Nemaha County, Kansas, then moved to Rawlins, Wyoming, at the age of four. He graduated in 1957 from Rawlins High School...
Sylvester Henry Hellevang
Aug 21, 2024
Les Hellevang, 78, passed away August 21, 2024. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. Matthew’s Catholic Church, 900 Butler-Spaeth Road, Gillette, WY, Friday August 30, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. Father Steve Titus will officiate. Sylvester Henry (Les) Hellevang was born June 24, 1946, to Melvin and Dorothy Hellevang. Les and his sister Betty, raised by their Grandparents,...
LaVerne Kay Sipe
Aug 20, 2024
LaVerne Sipe left this earth on her own terms August 20, 2024. LaVerne Kay Hamilton was born in Lewistown, MT to Harry and Elizabeth 'Betty' (Matthews) on July 31, 1961. She was the youngest of 7 children and spent her childhood in Montana and Northeast Wyoming. LaVerne married Daniel Sipe on July 31, 1981 in Gillette, Wyoming. The couple lived...
William Ray Kemerling
Aug 19, 2024
William Ray Kemerling died August 19, 2024, just five days before his 95th birthday. Bill was born in Oshkosh, NE to William Edgar Ray Kemerling and Esther Jane (Botker) Kemerling on August 24, 1929. Raised on a farm and attended a one-room school, he graduated from eighth grade, then went to work mixing “mud” for his dad who did masonry...
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