All Obituaries

A Celebration of Life for Nancy Lane will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, December 5, 2020 at the First Baptist Church in Douglas, Wyoming with Pastor Bill Williamson officiating. Nancy Ann Lane, 68, died Friday, November 27th, 2020, at her home east of Douglas.  Nancy was born Saturday, October 4th, 1952, in Douglas the daughter of Donald Dean Pellatz and Betty Louise (Lighthall) Pellatz.  She grew up on her parent’s ranch north of Douglas near Bill, Wyoming.  After...

Clayton Raymond Dixon was born on Sunday, December 30, 1934 to Robert Bertram “Bob” Dixon and Helen B. (Fisher) Dixon. He was born in Yoder, Wyoming, due to the cattle having to be pastured there in the winter because of a severe drought. The next spring, Bob and Helen laid him in the drawer of a sheep wagon for the journey back home. He grew up at the family ranch on Snyder Creek. Clayton, his mother and sister, Helen Mae, were holed up in Clareton during the Blizzard of...

     Marvin “Lee” Dunham, 89, born Saturday, July 11, 1931 in Wheatland, Wyoming, passed away Monday, November 23, 2020 at the Platte County Legacy Home in Wheatland, Wyoming. Family was important to Lee as evidenced by his love and devotion as a son, husband, father, father-in-law, brother, brother-in-law, and uncle.  Lee is survived by his son David and his wife Kelly of Sheridan, Wyoming and seven nieces and nephews.  He was preceded in death by...

A funeral service will be held for Ruth Marcella “Toots” Metcalf, 91 at 1:00 P.M. Saturday, November 28, 2020 at the Gorman Funeral Homes – Platte Chapel in Wheatland, Wyoming with Pastor Casey Schroeder of the First Christian Church officiating.  Interment will be in the Wheatland Cemetery. Ruth Metcalf entered into eternal rest on Saturday, November 21, 2020 at the Arvada Care and Rehabilitation Center in Arvada, Colorado after a brief illness. She was born...

Deloris Quaschnick, 90, of Wheatland, Wyoming passed away at the Platte County Legacy Home in Wheatland on Friday, November 20, 2020.  Graveside services are planned at this time, with burial to be at the Onida Cemetery in Onida, South Dakota on Tuesday, November 24, 2020 at 10:00 A.M. Deloris was born to Howard & Olive (West) Weischedel on Thursday, September 25, 1930 on a farm in Sully County, South Dakota. On September 18, 1949 she married Delmar Ripley in Onida and to this...

If NASA detects the mysterious sound of laughter echoing from the cosmos, it is because Tom “Doc” Thompson has joined the heavens and is regaling all of the angels with one of his larger-than-life stories. Thomas James Thompson began his fabled life on Monday, May 13, 1935, in Albany, California. Born to Victor and Murel (Anglin) Thompson, he was youngest of four with three older sisters. He grew up in West Berkeley, his youth influenced by the Great Depression, World War II,...

A Celebration of Life service will be held for Kelly Robert Roediger, 65, in the spring of 2021.  Inurnment will be in the Horseshoe Cemetery near Glendo, Wyoming. Kelly Roediger died Wednesday, November 18, 2020 at the Douglas Care Center in Douglas, Wyoming. Kelly was born Sunday, September 4, 1955 in Douglas, Wyoming the son of Christian Robert “Bob” and Laura Mae (Hershberger) Roediger.  His early years were spent on his Grandfather Roediger’s homestead...

Mark D. Anderson, 74, passed peacefully at home on Tuesday, November 17, 2020 from complications related to a recently diagnosed cancer illness.  His wife, children, and grandchildren were present.  Mark was born Friday, October 18, 1946 in Zumbrota, Minnesota, the son of Donald and Frances (Stiller) Anderson. Mark served in the United States Marine Corps and spent a tour of duty in Vietnam in 1968, prior to graduating from the University of Maine at Orono with a degree in...

A funeral service for Vivian L. Stille, 77, will be held at 1:00 P.M. Saturday, November 21, 2020 at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Wheatland, Wyoming with Pastor Lincoln Winter officiating. Inurnment will be in Red Oak, Iowa at a later date. Vivian Stille passed away Friday, November 13, 2020 at Platte County Memorial Hospital in Wheatland, Wyoming. Vivian was born on Monday, January 4, 1943 in Council Bluffs, Iowa to Edward and Merna (Davidson) Harman, who farmed near Malvern,...

A Vigil for the Deceased will be held for Linda Marie Bruner, 71, on Friday, November 20, 2020 at 7:00 P.M.; with the Funeral Liturgy on Saturday, November 21, 2020 at 10:00 A.M. Both services will be held at Saint James Catholic Church in Douglas, Wyoming with Father Tom Kadera and Father Lucas Kazimiro Simango as the Con-Celebrants.  Here is the link for the live service. https://client.tribucast.com/tcid/30087253   Linda Marie Ygnacio Bruner was born to Lorraine...