Obituary Listing

Anna Somlyay

Mar 16, 2014

Anna B. Somlyay, 80, of Cheyenne, WY died March 16, 2014 at Davis Hospice Center. She was born December 11, 1933 in Hungary to Louis and Julianna Benedek. She married Laszlo Somlyay on December 2, 1956 in Vienna Austria. During the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, Anna and her family fled to the United States, settling in Trenton and Ewing New...

Donna Dobson

Mar 16, 2014

Mrs. Donna R. (McKown) Dobson, 67, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, passed away Sunday, March 16, 2014, at her home surrounded by her loving family. Donna was born October 15, 1946, in Spokane, Washington, a daughter of the late Harry M. and Goelda G. (Horn) McKown. She was educated in Colorado and received an Associate's Degree in 1976 in Criminal Justice from...

Gordon Haffeman

Mar 16, 2014

Gordon J. Haffeman, 85, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, passed away Sunday, March 16, 2014, at the VA Medical Center. Gordon was born October 20, 1928, in Mobridge, South Dakota, one of eight children born to the late George and Annie T. (Mleziva) Haffeman. The family moved to Hawkins, WI, where Gordon picked up his "Back on the Farm" experience. After the...

Lorraine Steinmetz

Mar 13, 2014

Lorraine (Erickson) Steinmetz, 86, of Cheyenne died at Davis Hospice Center in Cheyenne, on March 13, 2014. She was born on June 24, 1927, in Perth, North Dakota, to Fred L. and Hertha (Banse) Erickson. She was raised in the Rolla area on a farm and later moved to Chinook, Montana, where she attended school and graduated from Chinook High...

Thelma Brubaker

Mar 12, 2014

Mrs. Thelma L. (Johnson) Brubaker, 88, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, passed away Wednesday, March 12, 2014, at the Life Care Center of Cheyenne. She was born June 22, 1925, in Ericson, Nebraska, a daughter of the late Willard R. and Cigaretta Johnson. Thelma was a graduate of Cheyenne High School, Class of 1942, and she enjoyed caring for her home and...

Ella Crane

Mar 11, 2014

Ella M. Crane, 76, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, died Tuesday, March 11, 2014, at the Davis Hospice Center, following a courageous battle with ovarian cancer. Mrs. Crane was born on July 10, 1937, on a farm near Roscoe, SD, to Bernhard and Marie (Leib) Semmler. Ella grew up in South Dakota and married Ronald Crane on November 2, 1957, in Ipswich,...

James Herrin

Mar 10, 2014

James F Herrin of Cheyenne passed away March 10 at Cheyenne Regional Medical Center with his family by his side. Mr. Herrin was born February 23, 1938 in Pearl Harbor to William and Gertrude Thompson. He was a graduate of Cheyenne High and served two years in the Navy on the USS Saint Paul. He was a firefighter for the...

Argie Talagan

Mar 9, 2014

Argie Talagan, 79, of Cheyenne died March 9, 2014 at Davis Hospice Center in Cheyenne. She was born August 9, 1934 in Cheyenne. Argie graduated from Cheyenne High School, in 1952. She attended Colorado Women's College in Denver, and earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Northern Colorado in 1956. Argie was a teacher in Laramie County...

Marlan Turner

Mar 6, 2014

Marlan D. Turner, 79, of Cheyenne, died March 6, 2014 at the VA Hospital in Cheyenne. Marlan was born on Oct. 23, 1934 in Meckling, SD, the son of Earl and Lucille (Ahrendt) Turner. Marlan served in the U.S. Army with the 82nd Airborn Division during the Korean Conflict. On Nov. 23, 1963, Marlan married Joyce Harms in Brookings, SD....

Zara Weaver

Mar 6, 2014

Interment

Carpenter Cemetery

Carpenter

CARPENTER, WY

Private family graveside services will be held in Carpenter Cemetery, Carpenter, Wyoming.

Michael Pitts

Mar 3, 2014

Michael John Pitts, born October 29, 1953, in Claremont, NH, passed away Monday, March 3rd, 2014 at Davis Hospice Center in Cheyenne. Michael moved to Cheyenne 13 years ago to continue work at Grobet USA. He later became a security officer supervisor at Cheyenne Regional Medical Center. In January of 2011 he received the "Presidents Special Achievement Pride Certificate" for...

Jack Talkington

Mar 1, 2014

Jack L. Talkington, 69, of Cheyenne died March 1st at CRMC surrounded by his loving family. Jack was born March 5, 1944, in Cheyenne to Windy and Mina Talkington. He graduated from Carpenter High School in 1963. Jack served in the Army from 1963-1966. He married Linda Spier on September 2, 1967. Jack worked at Coastal Chemical for 31 years...

Cynthia Johnke

Feb 28, 2014

Cynthia M. Johnke, 54, of Wheatland died Feb. 28 in Cheyenne after a year-long fight with small-cell lung cancer. Cindy was born Oct. 1, 1959, in Laramie and was promptly adopted by Anna Rose and Olie L. Mendenhall. She grew up in Wheatland and graduated from Wheatland High School in 1978. She married Ron Johnke on Aug. 11, 1979, in...

Evangeline (Contos) Mack

Feb 28, 2014

While surrounded by her loving family on Friday, February 28, 2014, our cherished wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend Evangeline passed from her earthly life to join her family, friends, and many pets in heaven. Born in the family home at 110 Utah Street on January 17, 1927, Evangeline attended school, worked, and resided in Rawlins, Wyoming, the first 40...

Richard "Dick" Moyer

Feb 27, 2014

Mr. Richard "Dick" Moyer, 95, of Cheyenne, passed away Thursday, February 27, 2014, at the Cheyenne Regional Medical Center. Dick was born January 2, 1919, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, son of Edgar and Lucille (Holmes) Moyer. Dick served as a United States Marine during World War II. Following his honorable discharge, he worked as a propane serviceman in Aurora, Illinois,...

Martha "Betty" Parker

Feb 26, 2014

Martha "Betty" Parker went with the Angels on February 26, 2014. She was born May 31, 1924, to Marguerite Helen and Lewis Calvin Parker, the second of three sisters. She loved the fact that she shared her birth date with her mother and enjoyed celebrating the day with her. She was a most gentle and loving person and the sweetest...

Wilma Austin

Feb 25, 2014

Wilma B. Austin, 93, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, died February 25, 2014, in Cheyenne. She was born November 11, 1920, in Industry, TX, to William and Marie Bernd. She married Herman Austin on January 3, 1943, in LaGrange, TX. She was a homemaker. She is survived by her daughters, Donna Vereen of Austin, Texas, and Sandy Austin of Cheyenne; sister, Mary...

Gerald "Jerry" Stevens

Feb 24, 2014

Gerald, "Jerry" G. Stevens surrendered to his fight with ALS on Monday, February 24, 2014, with his wife, Kim, at his side. Jerry was born in Wheatland on August 19, 1957. He was one of six children of Gerald and Dollie Stevens. He grew up in Guernsey, completing high school in 1975. He married Kimberly K. (Weber) Ridge on April...

Dorothy Miller

Feb 23, 2014

Dorothy M. Miller (nee Breed) passed away Friday, January 23, 2015 at Sterling Inn, Victorville, California. Dorothy was born in Stockton, Illinois on November 4, 1917, the daughter of James and Mamie Breed. She attended school in Hillsdale, Wyoming where her family homesteaded. She graduated from Hillsdale High School in 1935. On July 1, 1935 she married her husband of...

John Walbridge

Feb 22, 2014

John E. Walbridge, 57, of Burns, WY, and Arapahoe, NE, died February 22, 2014, at the Davis Hospice Center in Cheyenne. He was born May 25, 1956, in Lexington, NE, to Addison and Helen Walbridge. He married JoDee Anderson on July 27, 1991, in Reno, NV. He was a farmer and rancher. He is survived by his wife, JoDee Walbridge...