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James Ernest Maupin "Jim" was born May 28, 1949, in Pierre, South Dakota, the son of Thomas J. and Christine Maupin of Eagle Butte, South Dakota. In 1952, the family moved to the ranch south of Alzada, Montana, just over the Wyoming line, where they raised registered Hereford bulls for many years. Jim attended grade school at the country school near the ranch and later attended Hulett High School, where he participated in football, track and wrestling, which started his junior year at Hulett. Th...
Lucille “Lucy” Frances (Long, Strait) Baxter was born January 19, 1945, in Belle Fourche, South Dakota, to William “Chub” Long and Alice (Mahoney) Long. Alice was not sure she wanted another baby with the next youngest only nine months old. Grandma Mahoney assured them, “You’ll find that this one will be a blessing and you’ll always be glad.” Lucy was quickly adored by her siblings and Lucy and her sister Lorrie grew to be inseparable. They spent many hours on their family ranch near Hulett, Wyoming, playing dolls, exploring the creeks and...
Mildred Tope, age 97, died Thursday, September 15, 2022 at Belle Estate Assisted Living, Belle Fourche, South Dakota. Mildred Della (Shepherd) Tope was born on October 2, 1924 to Piney (Pollock) Shepherd and Alf Shepherd. She was the first child born at Edgerton, Wyoming. During her childhood, she lived in numerous homes in the oil patch in southwestern Wyoming until she moved with her family to their ranch near Oshoto, Wyoming. Mildred graduated from Sundance High School in 1943, and went to...
A memorial service for Frank Stevens, age 74 of Gillette, Wyoming, was held on Monday, September 12, 2022, at the CAM-PLEX Heritage Center Theater with Pastor Marty Crump officiating. Francis Eugene Stevens passed away due to natural causes on September 4, 2022, while working on his treasured property in the Black Hills of Wyoming just outside of Hulett. Wyoming was home for his entire life. Francis Eugene Stevens, known to his friends and family as Frank, was born in Newcastle, Wyoming, on...
Kayla Kindsfater, age 71, of Aladdin, Wyoming, died Wednesday, August 31, 2022, at her home, after several months of respiratory issues. A memorial service was held Wednesday, September 7, 2022 at Leverington Funeral Home of the Northern Hills in Belle Fourche. Inurnment took place in Alva Cemetery, in Alva, Wyoming. Kayla Rae Bucher was born November 28, 1950 in Belle Fourche, South Dakota. She was the daughter of Merle Dean and Lois (Borchgrevink) Bucher. Kayla grew up in Belle Fourche, where...
Zella May Schwartzkopf, 77, of Sheridan, Wyoming, passed away on Monday, August 15, 2022, at Westview Health Care Center, with her loving family by her side. Zella was born on February 25, 1945, and raised in Hulett, Wyoming, to parents Herbert and Lois (Lemrick) Grant. Eventually traveling to Idaho, then residing in Buffalo, Wyoming, before settling in Sheridan, where she married Don and started her family. Zella was a stay-at-home mom, and loved her grandchildren. She loved butterflies and...
Our father, grandfather and great-grandfather Richard H. White, 83, passed away peacefully in his sleep and went to rest with the Lord on August 22, 2022 at Spearfish Canyon Healthcare in Spearfish. He was a proud descendant of one of the first gold miners in the Black Hills, Richard Grenville White. He followed the path his grandfather blazed and became a gold miner at Homestake Gold Mine in Lead. Wanting to make mining safer and save lives, he became a federal mine inspector for Mine Safety...
Memorial service for Gavin Reynolds will be held at 1 p.m., Friday, July 29, 2022, at High Plains Community Church with Pastor Dan Knust officiating. Gavin Chase Reynolds, age 17 was called home July 21, 2022, to spend eternity with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Gavin Reynolds was the youngest child born to Dusty and Heather Reynolds on January 19, 2005, in Gillette, Wyoming. He joined his two older sisters Maddison and Taylor to complete Dusty and Heather's family. From a young age, Gavin w...
James "Jim" Ridinger, 72, passed away January 16, 2022, in Stony Brook, New York. He grew up on the family ranch in near Alzada, Montana and graduated from Hulett High School in 1967. He is survived by his wife, Christie; son, Dan; daughter, Angela; and grandsons, Jack and Sam; siblings, George, John and Gail Ridinger, Kathy Bressie, Penny McPherson and Terry Huseby. There will be an inurnment at Hulett Cemetery Friday, July 29, 2022 at 11 a.m. followed by a memorial service at the Greater...
A celebration of life for Duane Thomas will be held on July 16, 2022 at the Greater Hulett Community Center, 401 Sager Ave, Hulett, Wyoming at 1 p.m. This day would have been his 75th birthday. He passed away October 13, 2021. Please join us as we recognize and celebrate the life of a wonderful man who is missed dearly. Bring your memories, your stories, your "whoppers" and tell everyone about "the one that got away"! In lieu of flowers, the family is asking for donations to the Levi Thomas...
Joseph "Joe" Thaler, 84, of Sundance, Wyoming, passed away Friday July 1, 2022, at his home after a lengthy illness. He was born in Yugoslavia , on March 17, 1938, son of the late John and Maria H. Thaler. At the age of 11, Joe and his family came to America by boat, making New Jersey their home. Joe owned an ice company "Diamond Ice" in New York City for many years before moving to Wyoming. He was the owner of the Bronco Bar, Corner Bar and Thaler Well Service. His time living on his sailboat...
Keith Alan Thomas, 64, of Casper, Wyoming, passed on February 5, 2022. Keith was born on August 8, 1957, in Nebraska City, Nebraska. He was born to Millard and Juanita Thomas and has six siblings, Duane Thomas, Karl Thomas, Daryle Thomas, Luanne Bender, Mark Thomas and Brenda Thomas. He and his wife Dory Thomas were married in 1980 and they were married for 24 years before he was widowed in 2004. Together they raised one child, Aneishsa Thomas-Pierce in Phoenix, Arizona. Keith proved to be a...
Join us for a Celebration of Life at the Hulett Civic Center on Sunday, June 26, 2022 at 2 p.m. We encourage laughter and stories. Noel Louis Page was born just outside of Hulett, Wyoming on September 26, 1934 to Gerald (Jerry) Kurtz Page and Alice Florence (Morgan) Page and passed away in Omak, Washington on May 27, 2021. Doris Marie (Grant) Page was born in Spearfish, South Dakota on August 19, 1941 to Herbert (Hube) Allen Grant and Lois Marie (Lemrick) Grant and passed away in Omak on May 2,...
A memorial service for longtime Crook County resident Chester Hejde, 91, of Aladdin, Wyoming, will be held on Friday, June 17 in the Old Stoney auditorium at 2 p.m. Chester passed away January 19 but his memorial service was postponed until June 17 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic at that time. This will be a Masonic service and the entire community of Chester’s friends and associates are invited to attend. Refreshments will be served following the service....
Wacey George Snook, age 35, was born to Melvin and Deborah Snook on January 29, 1987. Wace was the youngest of four kids, having three older sisters to pick on (Ivy Burks of Mississippi, Kate (Blake) Conner of Isabel, South Dakota and Kara (Morgan) Uhrig of Gillette, Wyoming). His nieces and nephews include Craig and Lexi Burks, Kade and Curtis Conner and Brooklyn Uhrig. He is survived by his grandmothers Shirley Anderson and Char Carter. Wace married the love of his life, Sammi Jo (McCoid) Snoo...
Brian Alan Dirks took the road to heaven May 19, 2022 at 6:30 p.m. He died peacefully, with his wife at his side, under the kind and compassionate care given in the ICU at Sanford Hospital. He asked for and was blessed to be able to see and talk to his kids one last time before closing his eyes on his journey. How do you sum up a life? You really can't in a few paragraphs. We'll do our best and hope that all who knew Brian can remember and add their own parts to his story. Brian was born...
Barbara "Bobbi" Marie Bolin was born in Newcastle, Wyoming, on August 16, 1954, to Jack Bolin and Melva A. Bay Bolin. Bobbi attended the Homestead School near Hauber Mine for grades 1-5. Bobbi then moved to Hulett with her grandparents, Tom and Arline Bay and attended junior high and high school, graduating from Hulett in May, 1972. Bobbi attended the National College of Business in Rapid City and earned an associate degree in accounting. In December 1972, Bobbi married Vernon Nielsen of Alva,...
Howard Charles Pickerd, 74, of Cheyenne, Wyoming passed away April 7, 2022, at home. Howard was born in Sundance, Wyoming, on May 25, 1947, to Henry and Ruth (Hauber) Pickerd. They lived in Alva, Wyoming and Aladdin, Wyoming, near his family's sawmill. Howard attended the one-room Eothen School grades 1-8. Growing up he spent time with extended family in Sundance and at the 4W Ranch near Devils Tower. They moved to Sundance in 1961, and he graduated from Sundance High School in 1965. He...
Kari Bonnell Jensen Priewe, 89, of Belle Fourche, South Dakota, passed away May 11, 2022 at the Belle Estate in Belle Fourche. Kari was born October 12, 1932, at Moorcroft, Wyoming, to Thorval Sr. and Lillian (Ballard) Jensen. The family moved near Oshoto, Wyoming, in 1936 on a ranch. In 1942, they moved to Big Bend on the Belle Fourche River in Wyoming. While growing up on the ranches, Kari was in the saddle many hours and many miles, tending livestock that her parents owned. Later on, they...
Sherry Ann H. White, 79, passed away peacefully in her sleep and went to rest with the Lord Saturday afternoon, April 30, 2022, at the Fountain Springs Healthcare in Rapid City, South Dakota. She was a Wyoming cowgirl through and through. She grew up in a very loving family, the Dillavous, just outside of Aladdin, Wyoming, on a small dairy farm. Shortly after high school, she met the love of her life, Richard White of Spearfish, South Dakota. They quickly fell in love and were very happily...
Larry Heiser passed away peacefully February 24, 2022, in Kenesaw, Nebraska. A memorial service to remember his life will be held at First Baptist Church in Hulett, Wyoming, May 21, at 2 p.m. Larry William Heiser was born August 12, 1949, in Hot Springs, South Dakota, to Otto and Emma (Nuckolls) Heiser. During the early elementary school years, he sometimes rode a horse to Pleasant Hill Country School. Starting with seventh grade, he went to Oelrichs Schools and graduated in 1967. Larry was his dad’s right-hand man, working hard on the home r...
Karen March Ackerman was born October 9, 1945 in York, Pennsylvania to Colonel Richard L. March and Ruth Miller March. She lived her early years in a number of different areas as her father was in the Air Force. In the mid 1950s, the family moved to Rapid City, South Dakota, where Colonel March was stationed. Karen was able to stay in Rapid City from fourth grade through college as her father was promoted, but always at Ellsworth Air Force Base. Karen graduated from Rapid City Central High School in 1963 and attended the University of Wyoming,...
Eileen Garman, age 82 of Alzada, Montana, died Thursday, March 31, 2022, at the Belle Estate in Belle Fourche, South Dakota. The funeral service will be held 10:30 a.m. Thursday, April 7, 2022, at the Christian Life Center in Belle Fourche, with Pastor Andy Anderson officiating. Visitation will be 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Leverington Funeral Home of the Northern Hills in Belle Fourche. Interment will take place at 2 p.m. at Moorcroft Cemetery, in Moorcroft, Wyoming. Eileen's funeral service...
Danny Lew Viergets, 72, of Alzada, Montana, passed away in his home March 4, 2022. He was born in Belle Fourche, South Dakota, on March 4, 1950, to Lew and Velma Viergets of Alzada. Danny graduated from Belle Fourche High School in 1968. After graduation he attended Miles City, Montana College. After college Danny returned home to the ranch, where he worked sun up to sun down alongside his father, Lew. Danny, taking pride in his appearance, never missed an opportunity to work on his tan or find...
Funeral services for Clarence Elkin, 81, of Salmon, Idaho, originally of Taylor, North Dakota, are pending with Stevenson Funeral Home in Dickinson, North Dakota. Clarence passed away February 7, 2022 in Salmon. Remembrances and condolences may be shared with the family at stevensonfuneralhome.com...
