All Obituaries

 LeRoy Howard Fabricius, 88, went home into the arms of the Lord on April 21, 2021 in Worland. He was born on October 22, 1932 to Jake and Wanita Fabricius in Riverton, WY. LeRoy was sandwiched between an elder sister and younger sister. His dad was a farmer and consequently they moved around quite a bit when he was a child. One of those moves was to Ten Sleep where LeRoy and all the kids got out of school during beet harvest to help at home. He had to row and top the beets by...

Geneva died April 8, 2021 in Worland Wyoming. Geneva was born January 7, 1945 to Frank and Lee Verta (Lucas) Mead in Thermopolis Wyoming. She was raised and educated in Arapahoe and Thermopolis Wyoming. In 1962 she married Leroy Gall, they had four children. She is remembered by her children as the most loving and caring Mother. She married Cal Hall in 1993, they traveled to Alaska many times. In 2001 she married Edward Matheson, they enjoyed camping and fishing at Meadowlark Lake. They...

     Larry Lee Lowry was born in Lavonia, Michigan to Lloyd and Shirley Lowry.  They travelled the US looking for the right place to raise their family before settling in Florida.  They lived in a number of cities but always near the coast.  Hence Larry’s love for the water.  At the age of ten, Larry made the choice to give his heart to God and was faithful to that choice all of his days. Larry’s primary joy in life was his...

Margaret Ellen (Pickett) Bleak passed away at her home surrounded by family on March 23, 2021.  She was born on January 22, 1939, to Charles William “Pap” and Esther May “Es” (Clendenning) Pickett in Lander, Wyoming.  Margie grew up on the HM Ranch at the head of the DuNoir Valley west of Dubois, WY.  After graduation, she married Henry Louis Butler on June 29, 1957. Together they operated the ranch for a year before moving to a ranch on the South Fork...

Dorothy Eileen Holt, 90, of Worland, Wyoming passed away March 14, 2021 at Worland Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. She was born March 24, 1930 in Worland to Vernon and Elta Hunt. Her grandma’s name was Clara Wortham. She grew up the oldest of four children. She had one sister, Shirley and two brothers, Doyle and Harry. They all grew up in Worland on a dairy farm and went to school in Worland! Dorothy married Bob Holt from Payne Springs, TX on February 25, 1949 in Worland, WY....

Vera Lillas Hinkle Eckhardt- “Gammy” Vera was born on 2/15/1926 the only child of Dorothy Knisley Hinkle and Glen Hinkle at her Uncle Robert Hinkle’s home up the road from her family farm where she spent her entire life. God welcomed her home on 3/7/2021. Vera married her high school sweetheart Elmer LeRoy Eckhardt on 6/29/1943. They were blessed with four beautiful daughters Glendine June Delaney (Tom), Diana Lynn Song, Tamira Lee Wilson (Bob), and Valerie Kay Vail (Don)...

Wendell Dell McCoy, 77, a Worland resident passed away on March 4, 2021 in his home with his wife and family beside him. Wendell was born in Provo, Utah, July 18, 1943. He was raised in Durango, Colorado and graduated from Durango Senior High in 1961. He joined the Marine Corps fall of 1961 and was honorably discharged June 1965. Wendell was stationed in Okinawa, military police. Wendell met and married Teresa Marie Kern in January of 1966; they have celebrated 55 years together. They have...

Butch Quail passed into Jesus’s loving arms on February 23, 2021. Butch leaves behind his wife Lois Ann of 52 years and his children Sara Malone, her husband Brian and children Colten, Brandie, Trevor and Kenna of Star Valley Ranch; Barry Quail, his wife Sara and children Lincoln and Kellen of Westminster, CO; Tammi Nesheim, her husband Mark and children Katelyn and Rylie of Sioux Falls, SD; Terry Quail, his wife Krissy and children Julie, Adam and Micah of Worland, WY. Butch has now...

     Richard Dean Shoults II, lovingly known as “Rich,” passed away on February 19, 2021 at the age of 54 at the Washakie Medical Center after an illness of four months. Born August 5, 1966 in La Jolla, California, he was the son of Raymond Eugene and Angela Rose (Cochoit) Shoults. He graduated from Hanna-Elk Mountain High School in 1984 and attended the University of Wyoming.      His love for baseball started as a child playing Little League and...

Peggy Eileen Wessel, 82, passed peacefully into the arms of Jesus January 25th,2021 at Worland Healthcare & Rehab Center after a long and courageous battle with breast and ovarian cancer.  Peggy was born August 14th, 1938 at the Greybull hospital to Ralph Elmer and Sylvia May Garbutt Reed.  She joined her sister Alice and brother Donald.  Later, sisters Linda and Nancy added to the family.  They farmed in northern WY.   She worked hard in the fields. A...