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Larry Dean Stoeger passed away from pancreatic cancer surrounded by his loving family Aug. 14, 2016. He was born in Brewster, Wash. on Aug. 25, 1952 to Robert and Ila Stoeger. He moved to Casper as a youngster and graduated from Natrona County High School in 1970. After graduating, he went to work in the oil industry. He started as a rig hand, working for Stan Starner, Meade Drilling, and Updike Brothers. He then went to work for HB&R as a dispatcher, and finished his career working as a...
Mary Marie White, 92, of Rock Springs, passed away July 20, 2016 at the Sublette Center in Pinedale. A longtime resident of Rock Springs, White passed away following a lengthy illness. She was born on Oct. 26, 1923 in LaBarge, the daughter of George and Florence Vickrey. White attended schools in Granger. She was employed for many years as a waitress at the New Grand Cafe and in later years as a custodian at the White Mountain Junior High. She retired in 1985. White was a member of Fraternal...
Richard "Dick" Wilson, 84, of Green River, passed away Aug. 7, 2016 at his home surrounded by his family. A longtime resident of Green River and former resident of Casper, Wilson died following a lengthy illness. He was born on Feb. 3, 1932 in Lewiston, Idaho, the son of Van Richard Wilson and Gean Cerino. Wilson attended Sheridan High School and was a 1951 graduate. He married Carline Fern Wolf in Sheridan July 20, 1953. Wilson was a United States Army Veteran of the Korean War and served from...
Gwendolyn Dorothy "Lynn" Ernst, 77, of Rock Springs, passed away Aug. 4, 2016 at her home, following a lengthy illness of COPD. Lynn was born Aug. 3, 1939 in Rock Springs, the daughter of Joseph and Eileen Martin. She attended schools in Reliance as well as in Rock Springs and was a 1957 graduate of Rock Springs High School. She also attended the University of Wyoming. Lynn married Edward Ernst, Sept. 6, 1959 and had three children, Trudy, Blake and Kathy. While living in Laramie, she was...
Mark L. Fewkes, 65, passed away Aug. 5, 2016. He passed peacefully surrounded by his wife, daughters, son and two granddaughters. Mark was born to Lyle and Sadie Fewkes in Salt Lake City. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He graduated from Granite High School in Salt Lake City and moved to Green River in 1974. Mark retired from Tata Chemicals as a mechanic after 33 years of employment. Mark married Stephanie Fewkes June 13, 1970, in Midvale, Utah. They shared...
Kari-Lyn Koritnik, 37, of Rock Springs, passed away Aug. 4, 2016. She had been a lifelong resident of Rock Springs. She was born on Oct. 25, 1978 in Laramie, the daughter of Michael Valentine Koritnik and Tara Allen Koritnik. Koritnik attended schools in Rock Springs and was a graduate of Rock Springs Alternative High School and later attended Western Wyoming Community College and studied graphic design. Her interests were her children and she loved attending their sports activities. She also...
Terrence Olson, 68, of Charlotte, N.C., passed away July 21, 2016, from complications of Parkinson's disease. Terry was born in Aberdeen, S.D. Jan. 10, 1948, to Raymond and Dorothy Olson, and raised in Valley City, N.D. His life was marked foremost by his love for God, and he was a devoted and loving father and husband. He made his choice to serve God at a young age and remained faithful to the end of his life. He was a capable and active man his entire life, enjoyed nothing more than working...
Franklin Willoughby, 91, of Rock Springs, passed away July 28, 2016, at Sageview Care Center. A longtime resident of Rock Springs, Willoughby died following a lengthy illness. He was born July 12, 1925, in Halfway, the son of Charles Lee and Florence M. Woods Willoughby. Willoughby attended schools in Big Piney. He married the former Mildred Bollinger and after five years of marriage, they divorced. In 1953, he married Pauline Simon and she preceded him in death in 1979. In 1984, he married...
Vernon Geske, 87, of Green River, passed away July 31, 2016, at the Sage View Care Center. He had been a resident of Green River since the late 1960s. He was born Jan. 19, 1929, in Wabasso, Minn., the son of Henry Frederick Geske and Elsie Louise Raddatz Geske. Geske attended schools in Wabasso, Minnesota. He married Marian "Mimi" Behrendt in Redwood Falls, Minn., April 17, 1954, and she preceded him in death on July 4, 2008. Geske was a United States Navy veteran of the Korean War. Following...
Shirley Mae Overy of Green River, passed away July 30 at her home hand in hand with her two daughters and surrounded by her granddaughters. She faced her health challenges with faith and strength every step of the way. She was born on March 8, 1934, in Annis, Idaho, the daughter of the late Earl and Eva Hall. Shirley was one of eight children in her family. Shirley graduated from Rigby High School in 1952 and attended Ricks College. She then served an LDS mission in Hong Kong. Shirley married...
Steven Craig Gunderson, 30, of Rock Springs, died July 23, 2016, at Wyoming Medical Center in Casper with his family at his side. He was a lifelong resident of Rock Springs. He was born in Rock Springs June 29, 1986, the son of Monte Gunderson and Allyenne Maria Urrutia. Gunderson attended school in Rock Springs, as well as Worland, and was a 2004 graduate of the Worland High School. He was employed as a workover rig operator for Mountain States Pressure Service in Rock Springs, for the past 15...
Arthur Saburo Kitagawa, 95, passed away on July 19, 2016, in Warminster, Penn. He was born on Feb. 28, 1921, in San Francisco, Calif., to Japanese immigrant parents Hiroshi and Misao Kitagawa. Raised in San Francisco’s Japan Town, Art graduated with an associate of arts degree from San Francisco Junior College in 1940. On Mother’s Day, 1942, the Kitagawa family was evacuated to Tanforan Race Track, and then relocated to Topaz Internment Camp, Utah. Only later did the Army recognize that these American citizens could be US military int...
Elizabeth J. "Libby" Pedri, 59, of Rock Springs passed away Aug. 1, 2016, at her home, surrounded by family. She was born Jan. 15, 1957, in Rock Springs, the daughter of Carl and Ruth Klein. Libby attended schools in Rock Springs and graduated with the Rock Springs High School class of 1975. She married Gary Gene Pedri in Rock Springs April 7, 1979. Libby was the office administrator for Rock Springs I.V. Center, which she and her husband founded in 1998. She was a member of Holy Spirit...
A memorial service for Eric J. Tune, 51, of Tucson, Ariz., is scheduled to take place Aug. 5 at 11a.m. at Pioneer Trails Park. Tune died unexpectedly on Jan. 10, 2016. Pioneer Trails Park is located on LaBarge Road. Take Exit 83 off of Interstate 80 to LaBarde Road and drive about 10 1/2 miles and take the road to Pioneer Trail Park. This service will not take place at the main pavilion, but signs will be posted. A luncheon will be served after....
Jeff Wamsley, 49, died at 11 p.m., July 25, 2016, after a valiant two-year battle with cancer. He devoted his life to providing for his family – his loving wife and soulmate Shannon, daughters Tiffiny and Jessica and sons, Jeffrey and Curtis. Born in Evanston, April 21, 1967, Jeff wore many hats throughout his work life. In the core-drilling industry, his keen ability to work in any environment and carry out difficult jobs carried him all over the world – first to Alaska, then to Kir...
Jacquelyn Allison, 72, of Green River, passed away at her home July 25, 2016 following a lengthy illness. She was a resident of Green River for the past 41 years and former resident of Colorado and Utah. She was born in Aurora, Colo., Dec. 6, 1943, the daughter of Stanley Hawkins and Elizabeth O'Donahue Hawkins. Allison attended schools in Aurora High School and was a graduate with the class of 1961. She married Martin Keith Allison in October, 1965 in Denver and he preceded her in death on...
Nancy C. "Toni" Morgan, 75, of Green River, passed away July 23, 2016 at her home. A longtime resident of Green River and former resident of Carlsbad, N.M., Morgan died following a lengthy illness. She was born Dec. 23, 1940 in Wheatland, Ind., the daughter of Charles W. Dunn and Emma J. (Taylor) Dunn. Morgan attended schools in Carlsbad, N.M. She married Wiley J. Morgan in Roswell, N.M., Sept. 22, 1956. Morgan was employed at the Sweetwater County Courthouse and worked there for many years,...
Richard Lutes passed away peacefully July 21, 2016, at his home in Rock Springs. As a baby of a soldier at Fort Lewis, he was born in Tacoma, Wash., Jan. 24, 1942, the first of four children born to Jack B. Lutes and E. LaVera Curdy Lutes. Shortly thereafter, the family moved back to Bozeman, Mont., where he spent his youth. Lutes loved to participate in pranks and challenge the rules growing up and gave his friends and family nicknames out of love. He was a great storyteller and his gift of sto...
Allen Orris Davis died April 20, 2016 in Salt Lake City, at the University of Utah Medical Center after a long illness and fall in his home in Evanston. He was born at home on the June 17, 1940 in Gregory’s Landing, Mo., to Russell Orris Davis and wife Alice Gale Smith-Davis. Davis worked at Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne after graduating from high school in 1958 in Kahoka, Mo. He went on to work in the oil fields of Wyoming for various companies and retired in 1980. Davis was a longtime resident of Green River and had moved to Evanston i...
Chuck Ross, 73, of Sherwood, Ark., and former longtime resident of Green River, passed away June 27, 2016. Born Dec 9, 1942, in Pine Bluff Ark., he moved to Green River in 1975, owning C&C Construction, Ross Plumbing, A&E Auto & Electric and countless other businesses. He was an avid gun collector and dealer and was a veteran of the United States Army. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, camping and most of all, his family. He had two sons, Chris Ross and wife Renee, of White Hall, Ark., and Shawn...
Jeffrey Thomas Wharton, born Sept. 5, 1956 in South Bend, Ind., died July 19, 2016 in Salt Lake City after a battle with a lengthy illness. Wharton was a father, grandfather, brother, uncle, friend. He loved being a mechanic and being his own boss, he enjoyed spending time with his children and grandchildren. His favorite singer was Garth Brooks, he loved attending local area country concerts. Thomas is survived by his three children, Jeffrey William and his wife Virginia Ann, Matthew Thomas...
Justin Allen Tanner, infant son of Travis Tanner and Alicia Hummel passed away July 12, 2016 at the Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County. He was born June 12, 2016 in Rock Springs. Survivors include his parents, two brothers; Jason and Jaxon Moen of Jamestown and one sister, Jessica Moen of Jamestown; paternal grandparents Justin and wife Brenda Tanner of Price, Utah, maternal grandparents Adam and wife Gerri Clark of Green River, Shawn Hummel and girlfriend Jackie Herrera of Jamestown,...
Cheryl Lea Gillmore, 58, died peacefully in her sleep July 13, 2016 in her home in Green River. She was born the third of three children on Sept. 12, 1957 in Denver to Robert Olen Fling and Geraldine Ray (Fling) Nelson. She lived most of her life in Colorado and had just recently moved from Phippsburg, Colo. to Green River to live with her aunt and uncle. She met the love of her life, Andy Frank Gillmore, and they were married on Dec. 29, 1993 in Steamboat Springs, Colo. Her husband died in a on...
Joan E. Westling passed away on July 12, 2016. Funeral services will be 10 a.m., Thursday at Davis Funeral Home in Riverton. Father Demetrio Penascoza officiating. Burial will follow at Mountain View Cemetery in Riverton. She was born June 7, 1932 in Rochester, N.Y., the seventh child of Joseph and Elsie Isaac. She met a young Airman jet mechanic at a USO dance and they were married May 16, 1953. The mother of three sons and a beautiful daughter, Joan loved being an Air Force wife and mother....
Christopher Patrick Weese, 41, of Farson, Wyoming passed away July 13, 2016 at Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County. He had been a long time resident of Farson. He was born Aug. 30, 1974 in Yonkers, N.Y., the son of Patrick Gene Weese and Martha Midgley Weese. Weese attended schools in New York and was a 1992 graduate of the York Town High School. He married Jamie Dawn Mines Weese on July 24, 2004 in Farson. Weese was a self-employed farmer and a farrier. He lived for his children Connor and...
