Last updated on Sunday, August 17th, 2008




Patricia A. Ruth
Patricia A. Ruth of Riverton died Monday, July 7, 2008. She was 82. Services will be at a later date in Kremmling, Colo.

Nancy J. Stewart-Cox
Former Riverton resident Nancy J. Stewart-Cox of Aurora, Colo., died Thursday, July 3, 2008, at age 57. Services were July 10.

Gabriel Adam Black
Services for Gabriel Adam Black, 1 month old, were July 9. The infant died at the family home on Mill Creek Road on the Wind River Indian Reservation on Friday, July 4, 2008.

John J. Goodman
Services for John James Goodman of Arapahoe were July 5. He died in El Reno, Okla., on Monday, June 30, 2008. He was 67.

Lewis P. Fancher
Services for Lewis P. Fancher of Riverton were July 10. He died Friday, July 4, 2008, at age 79.

Ken Meyers
Kenneth Dallas Meyers of Riverton died Monday, July 7, 2008 He was 79. Services were July 12.

C. LavYonne Christman
Services for C. LavYonne Christman of Riverton were July 12. She died Thursday, June 19. She was 69.

Raymond J. Antelope
Lifelong Wind River Indian Reservation resident Raymond J. Antelope died Saturday, July 12, 2008, at Wind River Healthcare in Riverton. He was 52 years old. Funeral services were July 19.

Gary R. Clauson
Gary R. “Auto” Clawson died at his rural Riverton home Saturday, July 12, 2008, at age 53. Funeral services were July 17.

Diane Martinsen
Longtime Lander resident Diane Martinsen died Saturday, July 12, 2008. She was 79 years old. Services were July 18.

Dick Perlinski
Former Shoshoni resident Richard L. “Dick” Perlinski of Reno, Nev., died Monday, May 19, 2008 at age 73. Services were July 28.

Mary Jane Blackbird
Wind River Indian Reservation resident Mary Jane Blackbird died Saturday, July 19, 2008. She was 34. Services were July 24,.

Carol Stortroen
Services for Carol Stortroen of Hudson were July 21. She died Wednesday July 16, 2008, at the Lander Regional Hospital. She was 65.

Chris Lanfare
Chris Lanfare of Dubois died Thursday, July 10, 2008. She was 90 years old. At her request, no service will be held.

Dennis W. Kennedy
Services for Dennis W. Kennedy were July 22. He died in a motor vehicle accident near Casper on Wednesday, July 16, 2008. He was 22.

Joel Maertens
Services for Joel Maertens of Lander were July 22. He died Wednesday, July 16, 2008, at age 45.

Ryan J. Blackburn
Services for Ryan J. Blackburn of Arapahoe were July 30. He died Friday, July 25, 2008. He was 27.

Ryan M. Gibson
Ryan M. Gibson of rural Riverton died Saturday, July 26, 2008. He was 31. Services were July 30.

Pauline Heil
Pauline Heil of Riverton died Sunday, July 27, 2008, at age 93. Services were July 30.

Verna E. Bunnell
Former Lander resident Verna Eunice Bunnell, 79, died at her home in Idaho Falls, Idaho, on Monday, July 28, 2008. Services were Aug. 2.

Millard C. Howell
Former Riverton resident Millard C. Howell of Meridian, Idaho, died Saturday, July 26, 2008. He was 73. Services were Aug. 1.

Dana S. Collins
Dana S. Collins of North Platte, Neb., sister of Ginger Starns and Marilyn Jackson of Riverton, died Sunday, July 27, 2008. Services were Aug. 1.

Alfred J. Nagitsy
Longtime Fremont County resident Alfred Jay Nagitsy, 77, of Pocatello, Idaho, died at his home on Saturday, Aug. 2, 2008, surrounded by family members.
Traditional funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 6, at the Gibson Cemetery in Idaho. A feast will follow at the Episcopal Mission there. A viewing will precede the services at the Episcopal Mission.

Scott B. Ridgley
Funeral services for Scott B. Ridgley of the Wind River Indian Reservation will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 7, at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Ethete with Catholic clergy officiating. Interment will be in the Ridgley Family Cemetery. A rosary will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 6, at the church with a wake to follow at the Augustine Ridgley residence, #910 Ethete Road.
Mr. Ridgley died on Saturday, Aug. 2, 2008, at the age of 50.

Ella May Byrne
Ella May Byrne of Riverton died on Monday, Aug. 4, 2008, at the Wyoming Medical Center in Casper. She was 83.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 9, at the Davis Funeral Home in Riverton. Larry Metz will officiate. There will be a viewing from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home, preceding the service.
Burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Aug. 11, at the Orchard Mesa Cemetery in Grand Junction, Colo.

Jasmine Louise Lee
Jasmine Louise Lee, newborn daughter of Williamnia and Anslem Lee died on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2008, at the Lander Regional Medical Center.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 9, at #759 White Hawk Drive, Mill Creek Housing, Ethete. Interment will be in the St. Michael’s Mission Cemetery at Ethete. An evening service and wake will be held Friday, also at the family home.

Marjory E. Woody
Services for Marjory E. Woody of Riverton were Aug. 16. She Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008. She was 90.

Nannie Brown
Services for Nannie Brown of Fort Washakie are at 1 p.m. Monday, Aug. 18, at the Roberts Episcopal Mission, followed by burial at the Sacajawea Cemetery at Fort Washakie at 2 p.m. She died Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008 at age 87.

Jesse Black
Services for Jesse Jaden-Alan “J.J.” Black were Aug. 13. He died Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008 in , at the age of 3.

Kathryn Mullins
Memorial services for Kathryn Analiese Mullins were Aug. 13. She died Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008 at the age of 2, in a home fire.

Ezra P. Black
Services for Ezra Paul Black were Aug. 13. He died Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008, at age of 1, in a home fire.

The Rev. Fr. Carl Starkloff
Memorial Mass for the Rev. Father Carl F. Starkloff, S.J., is at noon Tuesday, Aug. 19, at Saint Francis Xavier (College) Church in St. Louis, Mo. The Rev. Fr. Starkloff, formerly in service at St. Stephen’s, died on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2008, at Saint Louis University Hospital.

Doyle Neil
Former Riverton resident Doyle Neil died Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008, at the Crook County Nursing Home in Sundance. He was 83.
Funeral services were at 2 p.m. Monday, Aug. 18, at the Riverton Church of the Nazarene.

Bobbie D. Franklin
Funeral services for longtime Cortez, Colo., resident Bobbie D. Franklin, daughter of Robert C. Franklin of Riverton, were Aug. 9. Ms. Franklin died on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2008, at Southwest Memorial Hospital in Cortez at the age of 30.

Gary D. Wagon
Services for Gary D. Wagon of Ethete were Monday, Aug. 11, at the Rocky Mountain Hall in Fort Washakie. Mr. Wagon died at the Lander Regional Hospital, Wednesday evening, Aug. 6, 2008, after a sudden illness. He was 52.

Edward A. Pierce
Edward A. Pierce died Thursday, July 31, 2008,at his home in Riverton. He was 65 years old. Private family services will be held. Among his survivors is his wife, NettaBell Girard of Riverton.

Robert R. Mitchell
Lander native Robert R. Mitchell died Wednesday, June 18, 2008. He was 88. A memorial services was held Saturday, July 5, at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Casper. A reception followed at the church.

Ernest P. Jenkins
Funeral mass for Ernest P. “Crack” Jenkins of Arapahoe was Aug. 5 at St. Stephen’s Catholic Church. Interment will follow at the Arapaho Catholic Cemetery at St. Stephen’s.
Mr. Jenkins died Thursday, July 31, 2008, at the Wyoming Medical Center in Casper. He was 32.

Steve A. Lockard Sr.
Former Lander resident Steve A. Lockhard Sr. died on Saturday, July 19, 2008, in Casper, at the age of 46.
Funeral services were Friday afternoon, July 25, at the Lander Church of the Nazarene, 385 N. Second St. Burial followed at Mount Hope Cemetery in Lander.

Tae Shirley Peluso
Tae Shirley Peluso died at her home in Lander on Thursday, July 17, 2008, following a short illness. She was 85.
No services are planned.

William H. Cook
Riverton native William H. Cook of Worland died at his home on Sunday, July 13, 2008. He was 82.
Memorial services are at 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 22, at the United Methodist Church in Worland, with the Rev. Grover Briggs officiating.
Burial of cremated remains will at a later date at Mountain View Cemetery in Riverton.

Rodney B. Osborne
Fremont County native and Riverton businessman Rodney B. Osborne died in Billings, Mont., Wednesday afternoon, July 15, 2008, after a battle with cancer. He was 63 years old.
A memorial service is planned for 11 a.m. Monday, July 21, at the Church of Christ, located at 39 Gas Hills Road on Highway 136 south of Riverton.