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*Editor's Note: The May 26 edition of the Saratoga Sun has the memorial service for Benjamin Freytag on May 27. This is incorrect. The correct date is May 28. The Saratoga Sun apologizes for the error.*...
The task of capturing a summary of someone's life in a few paragraphs is an impossible one. Especially when that someone is as unique and extraordinary as Reggie was. One could write volumes. The following is merely a snapshot of a kind soul who meant so very much, to so many of us. Reginald Jack Thornburg Jr. was born on December 5th 1962 in Fort Collins, Colorado. Most of us knew him as Reggie, or simply Reg. He is the son of Reginald J. Thornburg and Carolyn Werner. As a child he went on...
Marlan Hanson, 61, passed away in Cheyenne, Wyoming on April 6, 2022, after a courageous battle with cancer. A resident of Encampment, Wyoming, Marlan was an avid outdoorsman who loved his family, hunting, fishing, and camping. His storytelling, ability to bring fun to every adventure, and compassionate heart will be sorely missed by family and friends. Marlan was a 1979 graduate of North Park High School in Walden, Colorado. After several years working in Wyoming, he settled in North Park and...
Glen Maurice Parker, 91 of Columbus Junction, Iowa, formerly of Saratoga Wyoming, died Sunday, April 24, at his home. His body has been cremated and private services will be held at a later date. Glen was born April 16, 1931, at Ft. Washakie, Wy, the son of Clarence Leslie and Mary Margaret (Powell) Parker. He was a graduate of Fremont County Vocational High School in Lander, Wyoming. He was united in marriage to Charlene Pelham, whom he later divorced. He served with the US Army in Korea for 21 months and was a life member of the American...
Dr. William “Bill” T. Ward passed away at the age of 89 at his beloved home in Saratoga, Wyoming on April 16, 2022. Bill was born in Washington, D.C. on December 17, 1932 and raised in Illinois, Maryland, Colorado and, most fondly, Wyoming. He graduated from the University of Maryland at College Park and went on to the University of Maryland Medical School in Baltimore. In his quest to return to the West, he completed his radiology residency at the University of Colorado Medical Center. Bil...
Rebecca Ann Wright Saulcy – Becky – was born to proud parents Ronald Chilton Wright, Jr. – Ron – and Barbara Jean Kvech Wright – Barbara – on Sunday, November 16th 1958 in Patterson, California. She was baptized in the Church of the Nazarene in Coshocton, Ohio. Becky later became the proud and adoring big sister to two brothers she loved with all her heart – Curtis Wayne Wright and David Allen Wright. Spending right at half her life with the Wright family and half her life with the Saulcy fa...
Ernest Merld Welton, 72, of Osage Wyoming passed away April 7, 2022 of natural causes. Ernie was born May 14, 1949 to Ernest and Alberta Weton in Rawlins, Wyoming, the oldest of three children. Ernie grew up in the Platte Valley area near Saratoga Wyoming learning to work cattle and riding horses. Ernie worked on ranches in Wyoming, Colorado and Arizona breaking horses. He also worked construction operating heavy equipment. Ernie is survived by his sister Charlotte Sandy and brother-in-law Ernie Sandy, two nieces Heather Anglin and Kathleen...
Ross J. Hamblin passed away on Friday April 8th, 2022, in his home in Elko, NV at the age of 80. He was born on November 1st, 1941, in Mt. View, Wyoming. He grew up loving to ride horses and be outdoors. Ross married Sonja in 1968 and moved to Saratoga, Wyoming shortly after. He worked in the coal mines for almost 20 years. A new mining job opportunity took Sonja and Ross to Elko, NV where we would live out the rest of his life. Ross loved to be outdoors with his friends and family hunting,...
The Saulcy family of Loveland, CO and Encampment, WY – and the Wright family of the Sacramento and Elk Grove, CA region would like to let family and friends know that their beloved Becky Saulcy – formerly Becky Wright, and formally Rebecca Ann Wright Saulcy – passed away the evening of Thursday, March 31st 2022. Wyoming services will be held Saturday, April 30th at 11:00 am at the Encampment Presbyterian Church with a Celebration to follow at the Grand Encampment Opera House. Further family celebration will be held in midtown Sacramento, CA at...
Dwight Homer France, of Encampment, made his final departure into the heavenly skies on March 22, 2022. Dwight was born on April 3, 1947 to John Walker France and Marie Wells France in Rawlins. Unbeknownst to his parents and doctor, he was a twin. Dwight was polite enough to let his brother Sherrod be born first. He attended school in Rawlins, graduating from Rawlins High School in 1965. He then attended the University of Wyoming, where he was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity. In 1970 he graduat...
Funeral services are scheduled for Friday, April 8, 2022 for Carbon County native and long-time Saratoga resident Marty Perue, 89, who passed away Sunday night, March 20, 2022 in the Wyoming Medical Center in Casper after suffering a massive stroke earlier in the day. The memorial service will be conducted by the Rev. Steven Niccolls and family members in the First Presbyterian Church of Saratoga at 11 a.m., followed by a reception in the Fellowship Hall hosted by the Deacons. Music will be...
February 22, 1933 - March 20, 2022 Funeral service are pending for Carbon County native and long-time Saratoga resident Marty Perue, 89, who passed away Sunday night, March 20, 2022 in the Wyoming Medical Center in Casper after suffering a massive stroke earlier in the day. Born Martha Genevieve Brown on Feb. 22, 1933, in Rawlins, she lived most of her life in this area. She is survived by husband, Dick Perue; four children, Fred, Kathy and Alan Williams-all of Saratoga-and Nanette Clark of...
Vaughn Ray Howe passed away on March 12, 2022 in Casper, Wyoming. Vaughn was born on July 7, 1950 in Wheatland, Wyoming to Edmond and Shirley I. Howe, the second of 13 children. Vaughns hobbies included hunting, fishing, gardening, reading and spending time with friends and family. Vaughn loved his nieces and nephews and was always willing to help them build things in the garage. Vaughn loved animals and would do anything for anyone. Vaughn was in the Army from 1970-1972. Vaughn was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Bob. Vaughn...
On March 16th, my husband, Dennis Healey's soul was released from his cancer riddled bodied to join his parents, Sherman and Jeanne Healey, brother Steve and a host of friends and four-legged fur babies waiting to greet him.Dennis was born with an overpowering thirst for knowledge. History and birds were his forte. At the age of 30 he spent a year in the Flat Top Wilderness in Colorado in a lean-to he built. Armed with his rifle and the supplies he would need for the year he had an adventure tha...
Katherine Gould died on February 27, 2022 at Enloe Medical Center after a long battle with COPD and Heart Disease. Katherine, known as Kathy to family, was born on September 19, 1943, in Rawlins, Wyoming. She was the third of three daughters born to Charlie and Dorothy (Grooman) Gould of Saratoga, Wyoming. She attended school in Saratoga, graduating from high school in 1961 and following in her two older sisters' footsteps as the third Valedictorian in the family. Katherine attended the Universi...
Gershom Richard "Dick" Barkhurst , 93, passed on to his heavenly home and to reunite with the love of his life, Marion, on the most appropriate day, February 14, 2022. Born September 8, 1928 to Gershom Jay and Vera Large Barkhurst in Rawlins, WY; he was raised an only child on the Barkhurst Ranch southeast of Saratoga, WY on Brush Creek which had been homesteaded by his grandparents G.H. (Gus) and Elizabeth Green Barkhurst in 1886. When Dick became of school age he attended country school on...
Joseph "Sonny" Morris, Jr., 83, passed away on February 19, 2022 at his home under hospice care. A visitation with family present will be held on Sunday, February 27 from 2 - 4 pm at Kinzley Funeral Home in Salem. Joe (Sonny) was born in Craig, Colorado on December 1, 1938. His parents moved him to Encampment, Wyoming when he was one month old. That would be his first trip but would not be his last. He loved the nomadic lifestyle, traveling to new places and meeting new people. He never met a...
Barbara Jean Crow, 79, died on February 8, 2022 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She was born November 11, 1942 to Warren Tappen and Leona Mae (Gullick) Marshall in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Barbara was an Optician. She is survived by her daughters, Wendy, and Robin; son, Bradley; four grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and her sister, Trudy. Interment, Saratoga Cemetery, Cemetery Road, Saratoga, Wyoming 82331. Arrangements by The Springs Funeral Services: tsfs.co....
Mary Louise (Peryam) Noton passed away peacefully on Feb 5, 2022. Memorial service will be in July....
Bessie Liedtke, born June 20, 1925, left this world February 8, 2022, peacefully at home in Houston with family by her side, after a long and full life. When last seen, she was in her golf clothes, shoes and all, ready to play the next nine. Known to all as BessieBessie, she was a gravitational force that kept three generations of family in swirling orbit, a point of reference and center to which all of us could turn. Passing her name on to grandchildren, great-grandchildren and any number of...
Randall "Bear" M. Youngberg, 62, beloved husband, father, brother, and friend, passed away on February 8, 2022 in the comfort of his home. Bear was born October 13, 1959 in Billings, Montana to Wesley and Elaine (Anson) Youngberg. The family later moved to Saratoga, Wyoming where Bear spent his childhood. He graduated from Saratoga High School and would go on to begin his career in heavy equipment maintenance at Louisiana Pacific. Shortly after, Bear met the love of his life, Susan Cresswell....
Patricia (Pat) Wilson Bensen passed away on Friday, January 28, 2022 in Reno, Nevada. She was born on August 8, 1938 in Saratoga, Wyoming to Roy E. and Mildred Woody Wilson. Pat spent the majority of her life in Saratoga. For many years she and her husband Len operated Len’s Sport Shop. She was also a teacher in the Carbon County School District for over 30 years and was devoted to her students and to her profession. Many former students remember her as their favorite teacher because she made l...
Paula Harvey, 67, of Cheyenne, passed peacefully in her sleep surrounded by her family on Sunday, January 23. She was born on October 19, 1954, in Rawlins, Wyoming to Paul and Norinne Hilliard of Saratoga, Wyoming. Paula was all about family. She loved being with her family no matter what they were doing. She enjoyed experiencing new adventures, traveling, watching activities, even outings as simple as going to the grocery store. She could find the fun in almost everything. Paula is survived by...
Elva Olson Evans, a daughter of Swedish emigrants, lived in the Upper North Platte River Valley virtually her entire life. Elva passed away peacefully in her home, her children by her side, on January 18, 2022. The odds of her parents actually meeting? Her father, Swan Hjalmer Olson, arrived in the U.S. from Skane in Southern Sweden in 1914 searching for a better life. Her mother, Torhild (Margaret) Sjoden came from Angermanland in Northern Sweden in 1929 to visit her brother Charles Sjoden,...
Charles Anthony (Chuck) Larsen was born June 7, 1953 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota to Charles E. Larsen and Phyllis M. (Wachendorf) Larsen. He passed from this life January 5,2022 at Monument Health Hospital in Rapid City, South Dakota after a brief illness, with family at his side. Chuck was an amazing man. He truly loved people and never met a stranger. Everyone that knew him loved him and he loved them all. Chuck retired in June of 2015 after 36 years with Carbon Power and Light in Saratoga,...