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David R. Johnson, born April 26, 1929 in Kansas City, Missouri, passed away Sunday. He is survived by his wife, Barbara Johnson, and several children and grandchildren. Dave came to the Platte Valley in the 70s and quickly made Saratoga his permanent home, running his construction management company well into the 80s, building homes around the valley and buildings for the coal mines in the Hanna area. He also managed numerous businesses in Saratoga including the Saratoga Inn for a time and a stint with Louisiana Pacific, as well as building...
Dorothy Miller was born on November 1, 1924 in Saratoga, Wyoming and passed away May 4, 2018 in Mesa, Arizona where she had been living with her daughter and son-in-law, Sherry and Herm Weinert of Apache Junction, Arizona. While growing up in Saratoga, she began working at the age of 10 waiting tables for the local Lions Club and continued to do so on and off for about 30 years. When her father passed away during her sophomore year, she quit school and went to work at the Crows' saw mill for a...
Robert Eliot Pierson, born on March 24, 1919, to the late Dr. Philip Hale and Grace Elizabeth (Fowle) Pierson, passed away on December 8, 2017, in Fort Collins, Colorado. Bob attended school in San Francisco and completed his Veterinary degree at Iowa State University in 1943. He married Josephine (Toddy) Ziegler on November 11, 1945, and moved to Saratoga, Wyoming, where they ran a private, mixed-animal practice. In 1954, Bob began a productive and successful 30-year career as a professor of...
Dawrence Wolf, 85, of Saratoga passed away on Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at Platte Valley Medical Clinic. Arrangements are pending at Montgomery-Stryker Funeral Home....
Lance E. Roop left us too soon on April 13, 2018. He is survived by his father Rock E. Roop and Kathleen Roop, children Rylee, Hannah, McKenzie, and Dakota and was just blessed with his first grandson, Jaxon. He will also be missed by his siblings, nieces, nephews and countless other family and friends. Lance graduated from Saratoga High School, class of 1997. From there he made the courageous decision to serve in the United States Army. He became a jack of all trades and worked in construction....
Melinda (Lindy Anderson) Whitmore, 48, daughter of Karen and Gerald Anderson passed away at her home in Kuna, Idaho April 16 following a courageous battle with cancer. Lindy attended school in Encampment and the University of Wyoming. Lindy loved her family, music, reading and history. She is survived by her parents of Encampment, husband Gregg, daughter Robyn, son Gabe all of Kuna, Idaho. Memorial donations may be made to the Grand Encampment Museum where she enjoyed being a tour guide for four years while in high school. A memorial service...
Editor’s note: We are rerunning this because we made a typo in several names in this obituary. The Saratoga Sun aplogizes for the errors. Beloved mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend Robbie Evelyn Zeiger passed away at the Palisades Living Center in Palisades, Colorado on March 29, 2018. She was born on February 3, 1938 in Dale, Arkansas to Chester F. and Esther (Melson) Tabor. The family moved to Hanna in 1946 where she spent her childhood years. She met Floyd “Bud” Zeiger and they were later married on July 27, 1957. They moved to Sar...
Elizabeth Russell-Swanson was born December 2, 1942 and passed away April 7, 2018 in Bend, Oregon. Russell was the sister of Jane Swanson, of Saratoga. She is survived by her three sons; Loy, Gail, Tyson, and eight Grandchildren; Nathan, Zach, Elias, Zane, Damien, Lars, Mika and Anavey–who will hold her in their hearts. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Betty Jane, and her grandson, John....
Beloved mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend Robbie Evelyn Zeiger passed away at the Palisades Living Center in Palisades, Colorado on March 29, 2018. She was born on February 3, 1938 in Dale, Arkansas to Chester F. and Esther (Melson) Tabor. The family moved to Hanna in 1946 where she spent her childhood years. She met Floyd “Bud” Geiger and they were later married on July 27 1957. They moved to Saratoga where they made their home until his passing. Robbie moved to Rawlins where she was the manager of the Key Motel for many years. She...
Lyle Everett Wessel, 84, passed away on Easter Sunday, April 1 , 2018, after having been with his wife, all of his grandkids, son, and daughter-in- law. Lyle was born in 1933 in Kansas City, Kansas to Ernest Christ Wessel and Laura Florence Goodell. He grew up in Visalia, California and moved to Encampment in 1957 after serving four years in the navy and marrying Encampment native, Dauna Kay Herring on Aug. 26, 1956. He worked at Hines Lumber Mill and LP in Saratoga for 19 years, operating...
Victor Gabriel Anderson was born to Andrew Robert and Gertrude (Boberg) Anderson on December 1, 1930. When he was six months old, his parents filed on a homestead at Coyote Canyon near Walcott. Victor lived his 87 years and passed peacefully there on March 3, 2018. He graduated from Saratoga High School, attended the University of Wyoming, and served in the United States Army. For many years he and his family ran the Coyote Springs Service, a familiar spot on US 30. Beginning in 1964, he ran a...
John L. Hoke, 71, attorney and long-time resident of both Rawlins and Saratoga, died March 17 from a fall while in Denver with friends. John was born to John D. Hoke and Grace Ion (Fowler) Hoke on June 25, 1946, in Cheyenne, Wyoming. He attended grade school and junior high in Cheyenne, graduating from Natrona County High School in Casper in 1964. He graduated in 1968 from Bowdoin College, where he had been president of his fraternity, Phi Delta Psi, and then attended University of Wyoming...
Elaine Butterfield Burge, 87, of Saratoga, Wyoming, passed away on Sunday, April 1, 2018. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, April 9, 2018 at the Saratoga Cemetery Pavilion with Teense Wilford officiating. Elaine was born in Cripple Creek, Colorado to Henry and Mildred Dickinson on August 30, 1930. She went to school in Cripple Creek, Colorado and Rawlins, Wyoming. She married Dick Butterfield on March 16, 1950 in Rawlins, Wyoming. They had 3 children, Cathy Jean, Cheri...
John Hoke, of Saratoga, passed away March 17. A full obituary will follow in the Saratoga Sun, and a memorial service will be announced at a later date....
A memorial service for Michael John Craig, 53, Caulfield, Missouri, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, March 22, 2018 at Amy Baptist Church. Mr. Craig passed away at 11:45 p.m., Monday, March 19, 2018 at his home. He was born October 2, 1964, at Casper, Wyoming, to Thomas H. Craig and Vera Jeandeville Thomas. Michael graduated from Encampment Wyoming High School with the Class of 1983. Mr. Craig was a truck driver for Western Dairy Transport. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, bowling and playing wa...
Beloved husband, father, and grandfather, Gary Graalman, was welcomed into Heaven on March 17, 2018. He lived life with passion and purpose, serving his community as teacher, coach, referee, county commissioner, and school board member. Mr. Graalman had an unspoken way of caring for all his students on a personal level. You would find him sketching out science concepts on the chalkboard, telling fascinating facts about the topic with wit and humor, and then on to lab to dissect and explore. His...
One of Wyoming’s most revered vo-ag teachers and agriculture educators, Jack Humphrey, died March 16th, 2018, from injuries sustained in a golf cart mishap at a golf course near Parker, AZ. John E, (Jack) Humphrey was born to John and Ruth Humphrey on March 12, 1937, in Emerson, Iowa. His family moved to the Upper North Platte River valley near Saratoga in the early 1940’s where he attended rural school near Ryan Park and then in Encampment and Saratoga. He went to both Saratoga and Encampment high schools before moving to Exira, Iowa, in 195...
Rebecca (Becky) Kerbs, 63, passed away March 18, 2018 in her home on the family ranch in Saratoga, Wyoming. Becky was born December 1, 1954 in Las Cruces, New Mexico to Steve and Miriam Ducsai. She was the youngest of three sisters, and the family lived in several places across the country before settling outside of Denver, Colorado where she grew up, fell in love with horses, and became involved in the precision mounted drill team, the Westernaires. With that group, she was able to travel and perform at rodeos around the US and Canada ranging...
Becky Kerbs, 63, of Saratoga passed away March 18 at the family ranch. A memorial service is planned for 2 p.m. March 22 at the Platte Valley Community Center. A full obituary will follow in next week’s Saratoga Sun....
Victor G. Anderson, 87, of Walcott, Wyoming passed away March 3, 2018 at his residence. He was born December 1, 1930. The family will hold services at a later date. A full obituary will follow. Tributes and condolences may be offered online at www.jacobycares.com....
Rosemary Louise Craighead was born in Niles, Ohio on July 9, 1929 and went to be with the Lord on February 24, 2018. She lived her 88 years on this earth with joy and the love of Jesus. Rosemary moved to Santa Monica, CA when she was a child and graduated from Santa Monica High School in June 1947 and met her future husband that summer. L. George Craighead and Rosemary were married in October 1947 and had their daughter, Karen, a year later. Their son, Paul, was adopted in 1959 and their family...
Meryle Reva Newton passed away quietly at the age of 96 in Denver, Colorado. Meryle experienced a successful life as daughter to Bea and Harry Sellmeyer from Drennan, Colorado, wife of Gene for 61 years. Meryle leaves behind two sons: Louis and Paul, along with one daughter: Lucy. Meryle further leaves behind four Grandchildren: Gene, Colton, Caleb and Tyler, along with two Great Grandchildren: Hallie and Traegger, and a host of friends. Meryle loved her family, friends and God, so now she is with ones who preceded her in death, will await...
January 10, 1953 to February 15, 2018 Dane Keith Bowcut, 65, passed away February 5, 2018 in Saratoga. Dane was born January 10, 1953 in Burley, Idaho to Keith and Della Bowcut. Dane had one of those charismatic, fun loving personalities that you couldn't help but love. His warm smile and bright spirit would instantly win your heart. No one lived a wilder, crazier lie then Dane. Good and bad. He always had an unbelievable story to tell, knew how to make people laugh and loved making those...
Verne Paul Hunt, resident of Saratoga, died Jan. 17, 2018. There will be a prayer vigil on Thursday Feb. 1 at 7 p.m. at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, 230 N. 3rd St., Grand Junction, Colorado. The funeral and mass service will be on Friday Feb. 2 at 1 p.m. also at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church followed by the internment and VA honor guard service 3 p.m. at the cemetery....
Jean G. (Butch) Stevens left us to be with the Lord, Jesus Christ on Jan. 19, 2018 in Saratoga. Jean was born June 9, 1937 in Rawlins. She was raised in Baggs, Wyoming till about the age of 3 and moved to the Hugus homestead in 1940, in Saratoga. She lived in Saratoga most of her life and met Robert (Bob) Stevens at her home in 1952. They courted and married in March 6th of 1955. Jean and Bob bought the old homestead and settled there to raise their family. The Stevens still reside at the old Homestead. Jean was an avid hunter and would fish...