Obituaries

Jessica Ann Dunn

Jessica Ann Dunn

Jun 23, 2024

Jessica Ann Dunn, 34, of Gillette, Wyoming, passed away suddenly with family and friends by her side on June 23, 2024, in Billings, Montana.

Donovan Dee Criner

Donovan Dee Criner

Jun 23, 2024

Donovan Dee Criner was born on January 1, 1945 in Fairbury, Nebraska to George and Leona Criner. He was a beloved son, brother, husband, grandfather and friend who passed away peacefully on June 23, 2024 in Gillette, Wyoming at the age of 79. Criner grew up with a deep sense of duty and dedication to his family that would define...

Marie Ellen Noonan

Marie Ellen Noonan

Jun 23, 2024

Funeral services for Marie Ellen Noonan will be at 10:00 a.m. Monday, July 1, 2024 at Gillette Memorial Chapel with Kenna Rose officiating; interment will follow in the Moorcroft Cemetery. Visitation will be from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Sunday, June 30, 2024 at Gillette Memorial Chapel. Marie Noonan, age 86, of Gillette, Wyoming, died on Sunday, June 23, 2024...

Martin Arthur Pegelow

Martin Arthur Pegelow

Jun 19, 2024

Martin (Marty) Arthur Pegelow, 75, of Sebastian, FL was called to his Lord and Savior on June 19, 2024.

Marty was born on May 3, 1949, in Highland Park, IL to Earl and Shirley Pegelow. He graduated from Adlai E. Stevenson High School in Prairie View, IL in 1967 and from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, FL in 1971. Following...

Daniel Ray Jones

Daniel Ray Jones

Jun 19, 2024

We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of Daniel (Danny) Ray Jones on June 19, 2024, at the age of 71 at The Legacy Living and Rehabilitation Center, Gillette, WY from complications of COPD. He was born on May 31, 1953, Danny was the beloved son of Raymond Claude Jones and Janie Sue (Alford) Jones. Danny was married to...

Darrell Boyd Iwan

Darrell Boyd Iwan

Jun 18, 2024

Darrell Boyd Iwan, 88, of Gillette, WY passed away peacefully surrounded by family on June 18, 2024. 

 Darrell was born November 8, 1935 on a ranch in Mellette County, SD to Harold and Amy (Rada) Iwan. He was the 5th of 11 children. In 1948 he moved with family to Deadwood, SD but still spent his summers back home on the...

Benjamin Roger Kauranen

Benjamin Roger Kauranen

Jun 14, 2024

Benjamin Roger Kauranen age 19, of Gillette, WY passed away from injuries received in a vehicle accident on Friday, June 14, 2024.  Funeral arrangements are pending with Gillette Memorial Chapel.

Inez Arline Hauber

Inez Arline Hauber

Jun 13, 2024

Inez Arline Hauber went to be with the Lord and her cowboy, Walter, on June 13, 2024. She was born on August 5, 1933, in Hulett, WY, to Edward and Inez (Stockton) Fowlkes. She was born at home in a one-bedroom cabin, weighing less than 3 lbs. Her father wrapped her up and put her in the oven of a...

Patrick Charles Walport

Patrick Charles Walport

Jun 12, 2024

Patrick C. Walport (Pat, P-Diddy) passed away peacefully at Campbell County Memorial Hospital on June 12, 2024 at 56 years old surrounded by his loving family. Patrick was born on January 27, 1968 in Casper, WY to James and Eileen Walport. He started school in Casper at St. Anthony Catholic School and continued his education at Dean Morgan Jr. High...

Donald J. Nead

Donald J. Nead

Jun 12, 2024

Donald James Nead (Papa) 73, Moorcroft WY. (Camp Nead West)

Beloved father, brother, grandfather, and friend, Don passed peacefully at home with his daughters at his side on Wednesday, June 12th, 2024. He was born in Williamsport, PA on January 26th, 1951 to B. Yvonne Duffield and Donald J. Nead. He is survived by his daughters, Laura (Travis) of Utah, Jamie...

Delores Katherine Likewise

Delores Katherine Likewise

Jun 12, 2024

Mass of Christian Burial for Delores Likewise will be held at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, June 18, 2024 at St. Matthew’s Catholic Church with Father Bryce Lungren officiating; interment to follow at Mt. Pisgah Cemetery. Rosary service will be held at 6:00 p.m., Monday June 17, 2024 at Gillette Memorial Chapel. Early in the morning on June twelfth of 2024, Delores...

Edward L. Pittman

Edward L. Pittman

Jun 11, 2024

Edward “Eddie” Lynn Pittman, 72, passed away unexpectedly at his home on Tuesday, June 11, 2024 after a battle with COPD and cancer.

Edward was born in Haskell, Texas on June 20th, 1951 to Dorothy Allene (Miller) and Dudley Edward Pittman. He grew up with 3 younger brothers, and 2 younger sisters.

Eddie met Stephanie Ringland in Miles City, Montana and they...

Marvin Daniel Bushor

Marvin Daniel Bushor

Jun 11, 2024

Marvin Daniel Bushor 77, of Gillette Wyoming passed away June 11, 2024 surrounded by his family after a long fight with cancer. Marvin was born on October 5, 1946 to George and Alta (Shrofe) Bushor; joining siblings Dwayne, Roland, Roderick, Arvid, Darwin, Roger, Ramona, Donna, Ardis, Juanita, Teresa, and Alita. Marvin was a medical corpsman in the Army during the...

Ramona Lucille Einfalt

Ramona Lucille Einfalt

Jun 10, 2024

Ramona L. Einfalt age 87, of Gering, NE passed away at Primrose Retirement Community, Gillette, WY on June 10, 2024. 

Roger Joseph Roth

Roger Joseph Roth

Jun 6, 2024

Roger Roth, longtime Gillette resident, loving father, devoted husband, and amazing grandfather, was reunited with the love of his life after having lost a short battle with cancer on June 6, 2024.

 

Roger was a gift to his parents, Norbert and Ellen (Laffey), Roth in Mitchell, SD on the 26th of December 1949, and was one of three boys brought up...

Lois Jean Elrod

Lois Jean Elrod

Jun 4, 2024

Lois Jean Elrod age 90, of Gillette, WY passed away on Tuesday, June 4, 2024 at Legacy Living and Rehabilitation Center. Funeral arrangements are pending with Gillette Memorial Chapel and Rush Funeral Home in Phillip, SD. A full obituary to follow.

Sonja Sue Laughlin

Sonja Sue Laughlin

Jun 3, 2024

Early in the morning on June third of 2024, Sonja Sue Laughlin, beloved mother of three, grandmother of seven, and great-grandmother of two, passed away peacefully in her home with a smile on her face and surrounded by loved ones. She left a void in life her family cannot replace.

Sonja was born in Mercer County, North Dakota, in 1942 to...

Patricia Elsie Grace

Patricia Elsie Grace

Jun 2, 2024

Patricia Elsie Grace was born on July 19, 1940, to Elsie Fitzgerald in the town of Bridgeport, Connecticut. Patricia, known to her friends as Pat, her sisters as Gracie or Sis, and her grandchildren as Gram, Grandma, or Nonnie, lived her life entertaining and caring for those around her. Pat spread light and love wherever she went and was the...

Sharon J. Lee

Sharon J. Lee

Jun 1, 2024

Sharon Jean Lee, born on July 27, 1951, to Lena and Irwin Wagner in the rural hamlet of Ashley, North Dakota, passed away peacefully in her home on June 1, 2024, surrounded by her loving family.

In July 1975, Sharon, along with her husband and first-born child, moved from Gregory, South Dakota, to Gillette, Wyoming, marking the beginning of a new...

Llew D. Bush

Llew D. Bush

May 26, 2024

 Graveside service for Llew Bush will be at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, June 1, 2024 at Mt. Pisgah Cemetery with Pastor Daryl Hilbert officiating.  Military honors will be conducted by the American Legion Post #42. Llew D. Bush age78, of Gillette passed away on Sunday, May 26, 2024 at the Sheridan, WY VA Medical Center. A Celebration of Life will be...