Obituaries

Mar 3, 2020

Memorial service for Mary Capps will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, August 1, 2020 at Crouch Auditorium, Newcastle High School with Reverend Wendy Owens officiating; inurnment to follow at Greenwood Cemetery. Due to COVID-19 social distancing and masks will be required for all in attendance. All those who are unable to attend are encouraged to watch the service...

Feb 23, 2020

Loretta Mae (Caulkins) Ackley, born October 2, 1934 in Rapid City, South Dakota, passed Sunday February 23, 2020 unexpectedly due to heart complications.

Loretta is survived by the love of her life and perfect partner, Lyle Harry Ackley; her daughters Kristin (Bostwick) McDonnell (Kevin McDonnell) and Dawn (Ackley) Borghesi (Jeff Palazzo); grandchildren Kameron McDonnell, Lauren (Borghesi) Soanes...

Feb 16, 2020

Josephine was born October 11, 1929 at Recluse, Wyoming to Joseph William and Lula Belle (Howard) Magnusson. She was born at home. She joined siblings; Beulah, Calvin, and Arlene and later welcomed her younger siblings, Jack and Arrilla. She attended country school until her 7th grade year when the family moved into Gillette. This is when she met her long-time best friend, Verna Mae (Thomas) Hays. Her poetry writing began as...

Feb 12, 2020

Renee Ann Smith (Bates) died peacefully in her sleep on February 12, 2020 at Weston County Health Services in Newcastle, WY after a battle with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease). Renee was born in Casper, Wyoming to Georgenna Lynn Hardon and Hayden Ferret Bates on April 5th, 1980.  She spent all of her young life in Casper and Jackson Hole....

Feb 7, 2020

Funeral service for Steven Hill will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, February 13, 2020 at Four Square Church; Pastor Bohn officiating. There will also be a fund raiser March 14, 2020 at the VFW and accepting donations at the West End until then. Steven Lee Hill, 59, of Newcastle, Wyoming, passed on February 7,2020 due to a lengthy...

Jan 31, 2020

An obituary is not available at this time for James Edward Zerbst Jr. We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Tribute Wall.

Jan 25, 2020

Celebrating the life of Dorothy Walker Brown. Dorothy was the second child of nine children born to James Louis Miller “Blackie” and Mary Morse of the St. Louis, MO area. James and Mary homesteaded several miles out of Lusk, WY and Mary moved herself and the kids to Lusk after Blackie died. Dorothy was born in Hardin, MT on...

Jan 25, 2020

A celebration of life for Timothy Andrew Carr will be held on Saturday, Feb. 1m, at 1 p.m. at Weston County Senior Services center. Officiating will be Pastor Mick Bohn and Pastor Norm Brotzman. A dinner and fellowship will follow at the Masonic Lodge. Timothy Andrew Carr, son, husband, father, and friend to many, went to meet our Lord...

Jan 23, 2020

Graveside service for Mary Bishop will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, January 30, 2020 at Greenwood Cemetery, Newcastle, WY; with Burt Sutherland officiating. Celebration of life to follow at 3:00 p.m., at Kitty Mote School, Osage, WY.  Mary passed in her sleep on the morning of January 23, 2020. Mary May Bishop was born December 30, 1930 in...

Jan 18, 2020

Funeral service for Wilma Japp will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, January 23, 2020 at Meridian Mortuary; interment to follow at Greenwood Cemetery. Wilma Laurene (Trail) was born October 8, 1923 in Thornton, Wyoming to Charles Clinton Trail and Dotte Belle (Gordon) Trail. She passed away on January 18. 2020 with her family by her side at home....

Dec 29, 2019

Services for Dwight D. Elliott of Newcastle will be held January 6, 2020 at 2 p.m. at the Weston County Senior Center in Newcastle, WY. Dwight Elliott of Newcastle, WY passed away December 29, 2019 after a prolonged battle with cancer. Dwight Dean Elliott was born July 17, 1936 to Theodore Roosevelt Elliott and Virgie Myrtle Adkins Elliott. He...

Nov 30, 2019

Memorial service for Sandra Berge will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, December 6, 2019 at Christ The King Lutheran Church with Pastor Fred Grundmann officiating. Sandra Lee Berge age 78, of Newcastle, WY passed away November 30, 2019 at Weston County Health Services. Sandra was born on January 20, 1941 to Harry Ernest and Elsie Lorraine (Hansen) Nodler...

Nov 1, 2019

Betty Anna Rumney passed away November 1, 2019 after a long battle with Parkinson’s and Dementia. She passed away very peacefully surrounded by her daughters and loved ones. Betty was born May 29, 1937 to Earl Allen Slagle and Harriet Ann Baker Slagle. She went to school in Lance Creek, Wyoming and graduated High School from Lusk, Wyoming. She...

Oct 28, 2019

Memorial service for Charles Hagerman Jr. will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, November 9, 2019 at First United Methodist Church in Upton, WY. Visitation will take place from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Monday, November 4, 2019 at Meridian Mortuary, Newcastle, WY.  Charles M. Hagerman Jr. passed away Monday, October 28, 2019 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Charles...

Oct 20, 2019

Memorial service for Edgar Cook will be held at 1:00 p.m., Friday, October 25, 2019 at VFW, Newcastle, WY. Edgar L. Cook, son of Fred Miller Cook and Chloa Luella (Draper) Cook, was born on August 28, 1935 in Rural Weston County, Wyoming. He passed away on October 20, 2019 of natural causes. He attended school in Newcastle, WY....

Oct 19, 2019

Jainnean (Jimmie) Nelson, 90 of Upton, died surrounded by family on October 19, 2019 at Weston County Health Services in Newcastle, Wyoming.

Jimmie was born in the home of her maternal great grandmother, Elizabeth Darrah on a farm out of Warrensburg, Missouri.  Her parents were James R. Butcher and Myrtle (Darrah) Butcher.  When she was five months...

Oct 19, 2019

Jerry Stuart Shepperson (age 73) passed away peacefully at his home on October 20, 2019. He is preceded in death by his parents, Al and Jessie (Mellor) Shepperson and numerous aunts and uncles. He is survived by his wife, Anita. They lived together on their ranch outside of Upton.

He is lovingly remembered and will be forever...

Oct 12, 2019

Barry Dennis Bergantz was born on November 26, 1942 to Russel and Alleyn (Crowley) Bergantz in San Francisco, CA. He went to St. John’s Catholic School and St. Ignatious. As a young man Barry loved to go flying with his father. He even learned to fly before he could drive. Barry enjoyed working with his hands as a handy...

Sep 26, 2019

Memorial service for Irvadean Fall will be held at 10:00 a.m., Monday, September 30, 2019 at Meridian Mortuary, Newcastle, WY; Pastor Bill Haley officiating; inurnment to follow at Greenwood Cemetery, Newcastle, WY.  Irvadean Fall age 87, of Newcastle, WY died Thursday, September 26, 2019 at Rapid City Regional Hospital, Rapid City, SD. Irvadean Alberta (Green) Fall was born on...

Sep 26, 2019

Adelaida (Eda) Gose, 90, died peacefully in her sleep on September 26, 2019 at the Weston County Health Services.

Eda was born to Julius and Martha Frederiksen at home on the ranch near Horton, WY on October 11, 1928, the first of six children. She graduated from Newcastle High School in 1945 and attended Black Hills Teacher...