Obituaries

Mrs. Bessie Feist

Jul 31, 2017

Bessie Feist, 86, of Newcastle, WY, died Monday July 31, 2017 at Weston County Manor in Newcastle. She was born Aug. 5, 1930 in Selfridge, ND to Wayne and Violet Snyder where she lived with family on the farm. She graduated high school in McLaughlin, SD and later was a school teacher there. On June 8, 1948 she married Mike...

Mr. Gordon Haywood

Jul 20, 2017

Gordon Haywood passed away July 20, 2017 in Newcastle, Wyoming. He was born December 8, 1927 in Sheridan, Wyoming to Roy & Mary Josephine Haywood. He joined two older sisters, Margaret and Janet. His younger years were spent living and a ranch outside of Decker, Montana. Gordon joined the U.S. Navy in December, 1944. He spent his Navy service as...

Mr. Franklin Humes

Jul 7, 2017

Franklin E. Humes peacefully passed away on July 7, 2017 at the Weston County Manor comfort care unit in Newcastle, WY. He was surrounded that day by family, friends and a remarkable staff that gave him physical, spiritual and emotional support. Franklin (also known as Frankie, Friendly Frank or Frank) was born in Newcastle, WY on January 17, 1926 to...

Mr. Jerry Hammond

Jun 23, 2017

Services for Mr. Jerry Hammond are being planned for a later date. He died unexpectedly at Weston Count Health Services in Newcastle. Survivors include his wife Faye Hammond. Cemetery Details Black Hills Crematory 1440 Junction Avenue Sturgis, WY, 57785

Mr. George Shirley

Jun 10, 2017

George L. Shirley, 79 passed away Saturday, June 10, 2017 at Weston County Health Services. He was born February 15, 1938 in Pueblo, Colo. to George and Ida Shirley. He served in the Army. He moved to Newcastle in 1959 and married Edna Fairbanks they had 7 children, they later divorced. In 1988 he married Verna Hultenschmidt in Custer, So....

Mrs. Diana Sweet

May 19, 2017

Diana Sweet, 99, of Newcastle, Wyoming, died Friday, May 19, 2017, at Weston County Manor. She was born August 12, 1917 at Elk Mountain, South Dakota, the daughter of Herbert H. and Fannie (Christie) Musgrave. Diana lived with her parents and brothers Edward and Gerald at saw mill camps at Elk Mountain and Pringle, South Dakota. The family moved to...

Mrs. Marjorie Elliott

May 19, 2017

Marjorie "Marge" Rita Rawhouser Elliot, 96, went to be with her Lord on May 19, 2017, after a long bout of suffering from rheumatoid-arthritic pain. Marge, daughter of Richard (Dick) and Margaret (Feeney) Rawhouser, was delivered by her father, November 29, 1920, on the Canyon Springs Prairie, Four Corners, Wyo. When the doctor arrived to do the delivery; being the...

Mr. Vernon Seeley

May 14, 2017

Vernon Seeley of Osage, Wyoming died early Sunday morning the 14th of May 2017. Services will be held at the Worden Funeral Chapel in Newcastle starting at 2:00, immediately followed by a reception at the Newcastle Senior Center. Vernon was born June 2nd, 1948 in Deadwood, South Dakota. His family ranched near Sundance, Wyoming. When Vernon was 11 his family...

Mr. Earl Sapp

May 12, 2017

Ross Sapp, 78, of Upton, WY passed away Friday May 12, 2017 after a short battle with lung cancer surrounded by family. Ross was born in Gray County, Kansas at home to Leslie Sapp and Harriet (Thompson) Sapp. He was the 9th child of 10. He grew up in the heart of farm country near Cimmaron, KS on the Thompson...

Mrs. Glenda Sapp

Apr 7, 2017

Glenda Sapp Rozet resident Glenda Sapp, 76, formerly of Upton, died Saturday, April 7, 2018, after a 35-year battle with multiple sclerosis. She was born July 20, 1941, to Kenneth and Mary Catherine (Carey) DeMaranville in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. She grew up working in the family upholstery business along with her three siblings. She graduated high school in Scottsbluff in 1959,...

Mr. Vernon Simmons

Apr 7, 2017

Vernon Dean Simmons went home to be with the Lord on Friday afternoon April 7,2017. He had been taking care of the spring fence repair on his ranch on a beautiful warm spring day. He had started his third pickup load of the old fence posts that he had gathered this week from along the fence row. He had completed...

Mr Loyd Reimer

Apr 4, 2017

Loyd John Reimer was born in his family home in Chinook, Montana, on April 4, 1917. He died peacefully in Newcastle, WY, on April 4, 2017, on his 100th birthday. He was born at home, the third of nine children of his German immigrant father Jakob Reimer and mother Elizabeth Wiebe Reimer. When Loyd was eight years old the family...

Mrs. Barbara Lax

Mar 28, 2017

Barbara J. Lax, 77, of Newcastle died Tuesday, March 28th at Weston County Health Services. She was born July 8, 1939 at Green Bay, Wisconsin the daughter of Nick and Anna (Danielski) Joski. She completed her high school education at Preble High School of Green Bay, Wisconsin in 1977. She married Norbert R. Lax, Sr. on August 31, 1957. He...

Mr. Ray Dare

Mar 8, 2017

Ray O. Dare was born February 18, 1929 on a homestead in the Clareton area, Weston County, Wyoming the son of Morton and Leeva York Dare. Ray was educated in Newcastle, Wyoming graduating from Newcastle High School in 1947. He was employed at various jobs in Newcastle including Updike Broths until 1955. He then moved to California and worked at...

Mr. Donald Scheck

Mar 7, 2017

Donald Scheck, 76, of Newcastle, WY passed away peacefully at home on March 7, 2017. Donald was born on May 15, 1940 in Hayes, KS to Andrew and Thresia Scheck of Ellis KS. Donald grew up Ellis, KS and moved to Newcastle, WY where he met and married Merilyn Steuble on May 7, 1961. Donald enjoyed hunting, fishing, playing cards,...

Mr. Lyle King

Mar 5, 2017

Lyle E. King, 78, of Newcastle WY, passed away peacefully on Sunday March 5th at Crook County Medical Services District in Sundance WY. Lyle was born February 17th, 1939, in Newcastle WY to Ivan and Norma King. He had 3 brothers and one sister, Larry King, Loren King, Robin King and Lenora King Chapman. He married the love of his...

Mrs. Dorothy Draper

Feb 23, 2017

On February 23, 2017, the Lord called home an angel, Dorothy Marie Draper, 94 of Shoshoni, WY, passed away at home. Viewing will be at 10:00 am, services at 10:30 am Wednesday, March 1, 2017 at LDS Church in Newcastle, WY. Interment will follow at the Greenwood Cemetery with a dinner to follow at the church. Dorothy Marie Anderson was...

April Schlup

Feb 3, 2017

April Jean Schlup, 63, died Friday, February 3, 2017 in Newcastle, WY. April was born in Hot Springs, SD on May 26, 1953 and then moved to Newcastle, WY with her family while in her youth. She graduated from Newcastle High School in 1971. On June 12, 1971 she married Darrel Schlup in Newcastle, where they made a lifelong home...

Mr. Edward Halsey

Jan 28, 2017

No obituary found for this tribute. Cemetery Details Greenwood Cemetery (Newcastle) 570 S. Spokane Ave. Newcastle, WY, 82701 The Rosary

FEB 6. 9:00 AM - 9:40 AM

Corpus Christi Catholic Church

19 West Winthrop Ave.

Newcastle, WY, US, 82701

Service

FEB 6. 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Corpus Christi...

Mr. Robert Every

Jan 16, 2017

Memorial services for Newcastle resident, Robert "Bob" G. Van Every, 90, will be at 1:00 PM Saturday, January 21st at Worden Chapel with Rev. Tsena Dinssa of Christ The King Lutheran Church officiating. Burial with military honors by V.F.W. Post #2516 of Newcastle will be given. The familyprefers memorial contributions to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post # 2516. Cemetery...