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Roxana Louise Johnson, 68, of Encampment, passed away April 25, 2013, at her residence in the presence of her loving family. She was born on Sept. 4, 1944 in Saratoga, to Ronald and Dorothy Wolfard. She grew up in the Encampment area, attended Beaver Creek School through the sixth grade until schools were consolidated and she attended Encampment School, where she graduated from high school. She attended the University of Wyoming and graduated in 1966 with a Bachelor’s degree in Home Economics Education. In September 1965 Roxana married Jim J...
Steven “Nubbins” Carl Doehling, of Saratoga, passed away at Memorial Hospital of Carbon County in Rawlins April 23, 2013. Steve was born Jan. 8, 1961, to Wilferd Oliver Doehling and Betty Ann Thomas, in Ft. Morgan, Colo., the only son of five children. Steve attended school in Ft. Morgan and Wiggins, Colo. He later moved to Greeley, Colo., where he worked for several years at Garnsey & Wheeler Ford in Greeley with longtime friend Brad Greenly. While in Greeley, Steve participated in stock car racing and demolition derbies. He painted his cars b...
Steve Doehling passed away early Tuesday morning. Nubbins, as he liked to be called, was an organ donor and remained on life support until his death. Friends and family are planning an informal celebration of Nubbins’ life 5 - 8 p.m. Friday at Duke’s Bar and Grill in Saratoga. Burgers will be provided, guests are asked to bring a potluck item and share memories of Nubbins. A full obituary will appear at a later date....
Mae Elizabeth Harris died April 8, 2013 at the Deseret Health and Rehab Center in Saratoga at the age of 95. She was born January 24, 1918 in Coltman, Idaho and grew up in the Snake River Valley of Southeastern Idaho, where she attended Ricks College in Rexburg. She married Don Cole Harris on Oct. 31, 1939 in Pocatello, Idaho, and the marriage ended in divorce after 23 years. That was when Mae started her career in journalism as the society editor of the Idaho Falls Post Register. While there, she received a special invitation from the Departme...
Judith (Hames) Campbell, 69, of Saratoga and Salome, Ariz., died in hospice care in Denver, on March 28, 2013, after an 18-month battle with Mantle Cell Lymphoma. She will be remembered as an energetic and endlessly patient wife, mother and grandmother who leaves three granddaughters, ages 2, 5 and 12. When she was 23 years old, in 1967, she took care of three of her Air Force husband’s four children, ages 5 to 13, as he flew back and forth to Vietnam. Judy is survived by her husband of 46 y...
Memorial services for Shane Murray Cote were held March 25, at Arriola Bible Church, in Dolores, Colo. Rev. Kent Slyter officiated. Shane was born Sept. 30, 1968 in Portland, Maine. He went home to Glory on Tuesday, March 19, 2013. At a young age, Shane moved with his family from Maine to Wyoming where he spent his childhood growing up on the ranches of the west. He graduated from Saratoga High School in 1987. Wyoming was the perfect playground for Shane, providing endless opportunities for...
The Saratoga Sun received word Monday that Judith Janelle Campbell, of Saratoga, passed away March 28, 2013 in hospice care in Denver. A complete obituary will be published in the Saratoga Sun at a later date....
Virginia Stenzel Casten Phillips, 93, passed away Saturday March 23, 2013 surrounded by family in Greeley, Colo. She was born October 22, 1919, in Windsor, Colo., to John and Amalia (Nuss) Stenzel. Virginia graduated from Windsor High School as valedictorian of her class in 1937. She attended the University of Colorado where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in business education. She later received a Master of Arts degree from Colorado State College, now University of Northern Colorado. Vi...
Gene E. Trowbridge passed away March 25, 2013, at Memorial Hospital of Carbon County, after a long battle with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). His wife Sudie was at his side. A private family service was held March 28 at the Saratoga Valley Chapel, with Teense Willford officiating. John “J.B.” Baxter delivered the Eulogy. Gene was born Nov. 6, 1943, in Cheyenne, to Gene and Reva Trowbridge. Gene graduated from East High School in Cheyenne and attended the University of Wyoming on...
Saratoga resident, Gene E. Trowbridge, died Monday at the Memorial Hospital of Carbon County with his wife Sudie and hospital staff at his side. He had suffered from a long illness. Gene was born Nov. 6, 1943. A private family service will be held at the family’s convenience. A complete obituary will appear in a later edition of the Saratoga Sun....
Katherine “Kathie” V. (Unger) Tinney, 60, of Cheyenne passed away Sunday, March 17, 2013, at the Davis Hospice Center after a long battle with leukemia. Kathie was born in Mobile, Ala. on May 20, 1952, to Don and Alice Unger. They then moved to Scotland, Texas and then Colorado. She graduated from Northglenn High School and attended BYU and LCCC. Kathie married her sweetheart, Bob Tinney, on January 1, 1973. Their children are Chris Tinney of Arizona, Daniel Tinney, of Wyoming, and Suzy Tin...
Gerald Wayne Cook passed away in his home in Saratoga, on Saturday, March 2, 2013. He was born on March 6, 1938 in Rawlins, to Maxine (Darknell) Cook Buckman and Joseph E. Cook. He was a 1956 graduate of Hanna High School in Hanna. He was married to the love of his life and best friend, Carol, on June 25,1960 and three beautiful daughters were born soon after. Gerry was an avid fisherman, hunter, and woodworker, always inspired by the wonder of his treasured Wyoming outdoors. He was the owner of Cook’s Conoco in Medicine Bow for many years a...
Katherine “Kathie” V. (Unger) Tinney, 60, of Cheyenne, passed away Sunday, March 17, 2013, at the Davis Hospice Center after a long battle with leukemia. Kathie’s family will receive friends on Friday, March 22, 2013, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. as the Schrader Funeral Home in Cheyenne. A funeral service will be conducted on Saturday, March 23 at 12:00 p.m. at the Saratoga Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. There will be a viewing beginning at 11 a.m. at the church with the funeral service to follow. Kathie will be burie...
Gerald Wayne Cook, 74, of Saratoga, passed away March 2, 2013, at his residence. He was born March 6, 1938, in Rawlins, to parents Maxine (Darknell) and Joseph E. Cook. Arrangements are pending and will be announced by Carbon County Funeral Home....
Memorial Services for Earl Dee “Bud” Milliken, 82, were held in the Encampment School gymnasium Tuesday. He died Feb. 28 in Laramie. Loren “Teense” Willford conducted the Masonic Service. His students called him Mr. Milliken, or more often Coach. He was a man who was not only highly respected, but who also taught respect. He was a disciplinarian to his three daughters, Becky, Marcy and Lisa, and to the young men and women who sat in his social studies classroom, were in his physical educati...
Chasie Willow Pantle was born Jan. 12, 2013 at Ivinson Memorial Hospital, in Laramie. Chasie is the daughter of Mitch and Ryan Pantle and the sister to Cooper Austin-Pantle of Encampment. After 18 amazing days with her family and friends and a long, hard fight for her life, Chasie was called back to heaven on Jan. 30, 2013 at the Children’s Hospital in Aurora, Colo. Chasie loved to lie on her daddy’s chest and listen to him hum as she went to sleep. She loved to have her mommy softly stroke her...
Wilma Kurtz passed away after a short illness on Feb. 11, 2013 at the age of 99. Wilma was in Tomball, Texas at the time of her death. She was born on July 14, 1913 in Redfield, S.D. to Burness A. and Lola Mae (Tharpe) Blake. Wilma spent her summers in Encampment. Wilma graduated from Midwest. She married Dale M. Burgess in 1931 in Midwest. She married George Kurtz in Nebraska in May 1963. Wilma is survived by her sister, Nadine Wick, of Laramie, sons, Wilbur (Gaye) Burgess, of Encampment and Dobbin, Texas; Orville (Ellen) Burgess, of...
Elizabeth “Betsy” Aguirre Runner, age 71, passed away Feb. 12, 2013 at her home in Tonopah, Ariz. She was born Oct. 27, 1941 in Elko, Nev., to Joseph Pio and Amy (Arascada) Aguirre. Betsy attended several schools graduating from Rawlins High School. She married Stewart Runner June 4, 1959. They had been married just shy of 54 years at the time of her passing. Betsy and Stewart had lived in Wyoming, South Dakota and Arizona establishing friendships everywhere. Some of the high points in Betsy’s life were High School Rodeo, Breakaway Calf Ropin...
Wilma Kurtz, of Encampment, passed away Feb. 11, 2013 in Tomball, Texas, after a short illness. A full obituary will follow....
Albert Ray Walker was born Jan. 15, 1942 in Rawlins to Leonard Albert and Geraldine Ida (Ashley) Walker, his grandparents being Bert and Madeline Walker, of Saratoga, and Carl and Ida Ashley, of Encampment. He was raised on his parent’s ranch, the Freeland Cattle Company, on Pass Creek and attended grade school and high school in Saratoga. While in school he was active in 4-H, FFA, sports and high school rodeo. After attending the University of Arizona for a year, Ray moved to California w...
Bobbie Swales, of Encampment, passed away at the age of 74, on Feb. 2, 2013, at Memorial Hospital of Carbon County following a short illness. She was born in Walnut Ridge, Ark., on March 20, 1938. Bobbie is survived by her siblings; Charles Crabaugh, Virgie Hamett, Bonnie Pothier and Wendie Fallert. Also surviving are her children Betty Mitchell, Synthia Smith, Richard McCrea and Thomas Tomnitz; eight grandchildren and numerous great grandchildren. She also leaves behind her best friend, Allen...
Jane Woodward, age 80, of Rowlett, Texas, passed away Jan. 24, 2013. She was born Feb. 5, 1932, in Brownsville, Texas, to William A. and Lily Belle (Spivey) Rasco. Jane was baptized in First Christian Church and later attended the Presbyterian Church. She received her bachelor’s degree from Texas A&I at Kingsville and her master’s from the University of Portland in Oregon. After many years of public service in the public school system, Jane retired from Flour Bluff ISD of Texas in 1995. She touched so many lives and will be dearly missed. Dur...
Local relatives and friends were recently notified of the death of former Valley resident Thomas Lee Runner. He died Dec. 10, 2012, in West Palm Beach, Fla., following a lengthy battle with cancer. He was born Feb. 2, 1948, in Denver, Colo., and was adopted at birth by John and Marjorie Runner, of Saratoga. He grew up on the Runner Hereford Ranch south of town and graduated from Platte Valley High in 1966. Tom was an outstanding athlete in high school, participating in basketball, football and track. He anchored the 1965 Wyoming State...
The Saratoga Sun received word Monday that Ray Walker has died. Ray was born Jan. 15, 1942 to Len and Gerry Walker, owners of the Freeland Cattle Co. on Pass Creek, which is now the TA Ranch headquarters. Ray is survived by his wife, Mary Kay Walker, his daughter Natalie and John Garside, of Okla., daughter Robin Dee and Randy Maynard, three grandchildren, Johnnie and Rena Garside and Jaret Maynard and sister Mary Kay Walker, of Reno, Nev. He is also survived by his nephew Marty Howard, of Las Vegas, and niece Julie Howard, of Beverly Hills A...
June E. Wenger, 89, of Saratoga, formerly of Butte, Mont., passed away on Jan. 17, 2013, at the Valley View Nursing Center in Saratoga. She had worked as a secretary and was a communicant of St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Saratoga. June enjoyed painting and writing letters to friends, and is remembered as a lady who always enjoyed bringing laughter into other’s lives. Survivors include two daughters: Merlynn (Ron) Hoopes, of Saratoga, and Suzzette Lucier, of Butte, Mont.; a son, Fred (Lauree) Wenger, of Great Falls, Mont.; five gra...