All Obituaries

     Bruce Wayne Imfeld, 82, of Worland, WY, passed away on Saturday, January 7, 2023 at Worland Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center.      Born November 30, 1940 in Woodbury, NJ, he was the son of the late John F Imfeld and Welhamina Anderson Imfeld. Mr. Imfeld attended Thomas Edison High School, an all-boys high school, in Philadelphia, PA and then served in the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War. Bruce continued his education completing his...

Our beloved mother, MaryAnn Metzger, went to live with our Lord and Savior on January 6th, 2023.  MaryAnn was born in Belfield North Dakota during the Great Depression.  With her brothers and sisters, she had to work hard on the farm to survive those incredibly hard times.  Working in the fields, taking care of the livestock and doing chores from daylight to dark each day.  At one point she suffered a serious farm injury that almost took her life at an early age. ...

     George Q. Bower, 94, passed away on December 23, 2022 in Worland WY. George was born January 30, 1928 to Earl T. and Hilda H. Caroline (Reesy) Bower. George grew up in Worland on the Bower family farm east of Worland. George's childhood consisted of many chores on the farm such as haying, collecting eggs, milking cows and slopping the pigs. George graduated from Washakie County High School, Class of 1946. After Graduation, George enlisted in the Army, and served...

Ian Simpson, 35, of Carthage, Texas, passed away on Sunday morning, December 11, 2022, near Clayton, Texas due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Ian Andrew Simpson was born on September 6, 1987, in Lander, Wyoming to Patrick Doyle and Sharon Ella Skiles Simpson. He graduated from Carthage High School with the class of 2006. After graduation, Ian worked at Brookshire’s and HEB grocery stores in Carthage. He was currently attending Panola College while working full time in...

June Warila passed away while surrounded by family on October 9, 2022 at the age of 87 in Billings, Montana. Born Juneko Miyata in Sapporo, Japan, on July 2, 1935, June was the second child of Chiyoko Honda and Kozo Miyata. She began her life-long career in food service when she got her first job selling noodles at her local train station in her early teens. She met her future husband, Sergeant James Warila, while working in a gift shop at an American military base. They fell in love with...

Scott Van Hillhouse passed away at his home in Cottonwood, Arizona, on October 5, 2022.  Scott was born on June 16, 1964 in San Jose, California to Richard and Connie (Lungren) Hillhouse. He grew up in Phoenix, Arizona graduating from Camelback High School in 1983. He earned an Assoc. Degree in Computer Aided Drafting Design, CAD Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, in 1993. He married Jennifer Spillett in 1990 and to this union was born Amanda Susan Hillhouse. They were later divorced. Scott...

Jo Summers, age 86 Joan Elizabeth Post Summers, age 86 of Worland Wyoming, was led home by our Lord Jesus Christ on September 28th, 2022. She was born to the late George and Hazel Post in Auburn NY, then raised in Weedsport. She is preceded in death by her husband of 30 years, Val Jean Crumley and family; as well as her children Jeffrey Robert Faatz (AKA Kojak) and daughter Dianne Marie Faatz. She is survived by her daughter Kathleen Mary Faatz, son Michael Albert Faatz (Diane), grandson,...

Twila June Palu Twila was born April 24, 1935 to Dorothy (Obermiller) Heisner and Lloyd Heisner at Rockville, NE. She attended school at Rockville, graduating in 1952 as Valedictorian of her class. She was very active in school activities, 4-H, and riding her horse in Horse Shows. She met her future husband, Richard playing 4-H softball. After graduation she went to college for the summer at Kearney State (University of Nebraska, Kearney) and started teaching a rural school in the fall of...

John Taylor Watts, son of the late Joseph E. Watts and Kersey Barnes Taylor Watts, was born on April 16, 1949, passed away at his home in Worland, Wyoming on Sunday September 18, 2022, at the age of 73.     John spent his formative years on his parent’s tobacco farm in Freeman, Virginia. John volunteered for the Vietnam War by enlisting in the Army on January 30, 1969, and served Honorably until June 13, 1972. John spent many years travelling the country and enjoyed...

Mary Louise Dickson 79 passed away at her home on September 15th 2022 surrounded by her loving family.  Mary was born February 6th 1943 to John and Carmen (Ramos) Fabela in Worland Wyoming.  She received her education in Worland schools.  Mary married Warren Dickson Sr in October 1972 and later divorced. From this union four children were born, Warren, Shawn, Dianna and Tammy.  Mary worked many years for Washakie Hotel.  Later she worked for many years as a cook at...