Obituaries

Apr 15, 2022

Service will take place later this year with inurnment in Hot Springs, SD.

Apr 7, 2022

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 ride horses. Ernie worked on ranches in Wyoming, Colorado,...

Apr 6, 2022

In Donna’s own words…

Donna was born at home, in an oil field camp in Osage, Wyoming, and was the youngest of three children. Donna said “I had a loving family all my life. I loved being outside, and so I became my dads’ oil field helper.”

Donna attended school in Upton, Wyoming. She met...

Mar 27, 2022

Henry Curtis Vickers, 97, died March 27th at his home in Newcastle. He was born June 2, 1924 at home on the family farm near Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. He attended schools in Frazee, Minnesota where he majored in football, according to his memories. During school and after, he worked on the family farm near Frazee.

In 1944...

Mar 25, 2022

Hazel Ruth (Borgialli) Johnson, 86, of Four Corners, passed away on March 25, 2022 at home.

Born on the family ranch southwest of Newcastle, she was the daughter of John C. (Charley) Borgialli and Naomi Ruth (Van Sickel) Borgialli. Hazel was the third of six children and attended school at the Borgialli School, Lone Tree, Newcastle High...

Mar 22, 2022

Charles Mathewes Bayne, 66, passed away March 22, 2022 at the family ranch south of Newcastle, WY.  Chuck was born to Clyde Lee and Angelina (Garcia) Bayne in Newcastle, WY.  He grew up in various towns throughout Wyoming including Casper, Thermopolis, and Worland where he graduated in 1974.  The family bought the ranch south of Newcastle in northern Niobrara...

Mar 19, 2022

Gloria Jean Lachelt was born February 4, 1944, in Glenwood, Pope County, Minnesota to Walter Emil Lachelt and Julia Doris (Martin) Lachelt.  She attended school in Minnesota until they moved to Provo, South Dakota. When her mother married Ted Birdsall they moved to Igloo, SD.  She attended Provo High School in Igloo and graduated from there in 1962.

Mar 14, 2022

Della Jean Fordyce passed away March 14, 2022, in Newcastle, Wyoming, following a brief illness.  Della was born August 5, 1941, in Erie, Pennsylvania.  She was the youngest of three children born to Richard and Edna (McCollough) Luhman. Richard was in the Army, so she and her family moved around the country.  They lived in Pennsylvania, Colorado, Nebraska, and...

Feb 27, 2022

John J. Kane III passed away February 27th, 2022 at Four Corners, WY. He was 74 years old.

John was born July 5, 1947 to John J. Kane II (Jack) and Z. Helen Kane in Hot Springs, SD. He graduated from Edgemont High School in 1966 and went on to graduate from South Dakota State University with...

Jan 31, 2022

Elizabeth Flora Cummings (Toth) was born on the prairie north of Newcastle to Rose and John Toth on February 28, 1920. She was 101 when she passed away peacefully in her sleep at the Weston County Manor. Elizabeth was a resident of Newcastle, Wyoming.

When Elizabeth was six years old, the family moved to town. Her father...

Jan 31, 2022

Doris “Dode”Constance (Molstad) Voss who lived a gentle, loving, and thoughtful life always caring for others, passed away peacefully on January 31, 2022, at Weston Manor in Newcastle.

Dode experienced 100 years of everything life had to offer. She was born January 27, 1922, in Sioux City, Iowa, the fourth daughter of five children to parents Ella...

Jan 11, 2022

Robert Emil Miller, 56, passed away on January 11, 2022, at the Wyoming Medical Center in Casper, WY. He was born in Edgemont, SD, on January 7, 1966, to Benny Rue and Gloria Jean (Nicolls) Miller. He grew up on the family ranch in Minnekahta Valley and attended grade school in Edgemont, SD, and briefly in Wilsall, MT.

Jan 3, 2022

On Monday, January 3, 2022, Jason Scott Garhart passed away at the age of 37, at the Central Wyoming Hospice in Casper, WY, from an aggressive cancer.  Jason was a loving son, brother, and uncle.  Jason was born November 20, 1984, to Kevin and Sherry (Haglund) Garhart.  He graduated from Newcastle High School in 2003.  Jason never married nor...

Dec 23, 2021

Richard Lee Gould passed away December 23, 2021, at Monument Health Hospital in Rapid City, SD, from complications after bladder cancer surgery at the age of 76.  He was born in Hot Springs, SD, on June 12, 1945, to June (Jerred) and Hershel Gould.  He was raised in the Newcastle area along with his older brother, Jerry, and younger...

Dec 20, 2021

Another Cowboy rides away.  Jack Grieves rode into eternity on December 20, 2021. He will join Joanne, a celebration to be sure. He missed her cooking and her companionship.

Jack was born April 21, 1932, to James (Kits) and Madeline Grieves, in Newcastle, WY. He was raised on the family ranch and was joined by a brother,...

Dec 19, 2021

On Sunday, December 19, 2021, Elayne Donna Rowe passed away in her home surrounded by her husband and children. Elayne was born in Murdo, South Dakota on November 12, 1952, to Jack and LaVonne “Bonnie” Porterfield.  In 1971, Elayne was the Valedictorian of her graduating class at Bow Basin High School.  She went on to pursue her degree in social work at the University...

Dec 13, 2021

Robert David Quick was born December 24, 1933, to David Dewitt Quick and Charlotte Mae (Fawcett) Quick in a little house on Pine Street, in Newcastle, WY.  His brother, William Thomas Quick, was born in Newcastle on Feb 17, 1935.  His parents were divorced when he was eight years old.  Most of the time he lived with his grandparents,...

Dec 9, 2021

Robert Noel Schlup, better known as Rob, was born February 2, 1964, along with his twin Richard, better known as Rick, in Newcastle, Wyoming to his parents Ralph Lee Schlup and Ruth Louise Thayer Schlup.  He passed to the other side in Laramie, Wyoming on December 9, 2021, where he was in the care of his brother, Ronald, and...

Dec 8, 2021

Joseph (Jay) Manuel Lee, 87, passed away at Weston County Health Services December 8, 2021.  Jay was born on August 25, 1934, to John Carroll Lee and Lila May (Stokes) Lee in Seminole, OK.  They moved to Newcastle, WY, where Jay attended high school.  He began to work with his father in the oil field, along with his two...

Dec 7, 2021

Terry Eugene Elliott, 75, of Newcastle, passed away peacefully at home December 7, 2021. Terry was born March 3, 1946, to parents Eugene and Marjorie (Rawhouser) Elliott in Sundance, WY.  After graduating high school in 1964 from Newcastle High School, Terry attended Black Hills State University, earning both a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in education.  Terry married Janet...