Obituaries

May 22, 2009

Jackson "Jack" Homer Richards, age 82, of S. Jordan, Utah and lifelong resident of Jackson, Wyoming, died Friday, May 22, 2009.

Jack was born February 14, 1927 in Jackson to Homer and Liza Gibbany Richards. He served in the army during World War II. He married Beth North on May 20, 1990 and owned the hotel that is currently...

May 6, 2009

Longtime businessman and rancher, Blake Carlyle VandeWater died peacefully on May 6 at the age of 91. The following was written by the family. Blake was born in Ireton, Iowa, on Dec. 15, 1917. He was the only child of Cora Eileen Morrison and Burton Blake VandeWater, a hardware man who was also a talented tinsmith and inventor. A year...

May 6, 2009

Rhoda Weller Mathiesen Rhoda Weller Mathiesen, 96, died May 6, 2009, at St. John's Living Center in Jackson WY. Rhoda was born September 17, 1912, in Rawlins, WY. She was the middle child of George B. Weller and Florence Daley Weller. She grew up and attended school in Rawlins, graduating from Rawlins High in 1931. She attended school in California...

Apr 28, 2009

Jim McAfee, a brief history As a youth in Pennsylvania, Jim grew up with his three sisters, Linda, Judy and Brenda and his parents James and Ardyce. His father would take the kids out of school for a family ski day, stating that this was better for his children then just another day at school. Jim loved to try his...

Apr 27, 2009

Larry T. Wilde was born August 2, 1956 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Boyd P. Wilde and LaFern Rowberry Wilde. In 1967, when Larry was 11, their family moved to Jackson. His father managed the B&W Market, and his mother was a busy homemaker, raising six children and one niece. In high school, two of Larry's favorite past-times were playing...

Apr 24, 2009

Norman Young Cornforth, age 93, of Jackson, Wyoming died Friday, April 24, 2009 at the St. John's Living Center in Jackson.

Norman was born November 7, 1915 in Elbert, Colorado. He served in the Airforce in World War II. He worked for McDonell Douglas helping build airplanes and assisted in the design of the Saturn Project that went to...

Apr 23, 2009

Donald "Bill" Scott, of Jackson, passed away Thursday, April 23, 2009 at the St. John's Hospital in Jackson, Wyoming.

Funeral services will be held on Thursday, April 30, 2009 at 1:00 P.M. at the Teton County Fairgrounds Heritage Arena in Jackson. A visitation will be on Wednesday, april 29 from 7:00- 8:30 P.M. at the valley Mortuary. Burial will...

Apr 22, 2009

Elizabeth Lavera Thomas (Depue)

February 11, 1928- April 22, 2009

Elizabeth was born in Monmouth, Kansas to Murl Lewis Depue and Bertha Oreen Depue (Sartin). Proceeding her is death are two brothers Merle Depue, deceased 1998 and Larry Depue, deceased at birth. She has three surviving brothers Jack Depue of Fairland, Oklahoma; Donald Depue of Independence, Missouri; and...

Apr 14, 2009

Keniry, 55, was known for acting, humor. A celebration of life for Jackson resident Michael Lee Keniry will be at 4 p.m. on Sunday at the Elks Lodge in Jackson. He died April 14 at home. The following was provided by his family. Michael was born Dec. 26, 1953 in Hampton, Iowa, one of eight children. When he was about...

Apr 14, 2009

Memorial Services will be on Friday, april 17, 2009 at the presbterian church on South Park Loop Rd. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to a charity of your choice.

Apr 4, 2009

Vivian Irenea Hall Gilmore, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, passed away on April 4, 2009, at the age of 101. Vivian was born in Albany, Oregon, on November 30, 1907. She was the oldest of six children of Edgar and Salin Truax Hall. When her father died in 1919, Vivian was sent to Corvallis to be a live-in "nanny" for the Klein...

Mar 25, 2009

Ronald Royce Nickerson passed away March 25th in Jackson Hole Wyoming, after a courageous battle with cancer. Ronald, or also known as "Rotten Ron",was born on June 23rd 1937.He entered the United States Army where he served from 1954-1958. His company was stationed in Germany where he drove a tank.He also worked as a truck driver, visiting all of the...

Mar 17, 2009

Funeral services for Darrel Jay Weeks, age 45, will be held at 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, March 25, 2009 at the Jackson L.D.S. Church, 410 E. Broadway. A visitation will be held on Tuesday from 7 - 8:30 P.M. at Valley Mortuary in Jackson and then for an hour prior to the funeral at the church. Burial will be in the...

Mar 15, 2009

A Funeral Mass for Mary Magdalene Kravetsky will be held on Tuesday, March 17, 2009 at 11:00 A.M. at Our Lady of the Mountains Catholic Church in Jackson. Burial will follow at the Aspen Hill Cemetery in Jackson.

Mary Kravetsky, beloved wife, mother, sister, and grandmother died peacefully on March 15 at the age of 85. Born in Ohio,...

Mar 11, 2009

Sally Hennigar Brackett died on March 11th, 2009 at the age of 89. She was born August 30, 1919 in Detroit, Michigan. She was the youngest of 4 children to Robert and Phoebe Hennigar. Sally was the last surviving child of that marriage but has many nieces and nephews scattered across the U.S. She went to college at Wayne State...

Mar 2, 2009

Jane Lambrecht Kjos passed away , surrounded by family, of natural causes at St. John's Hospital in Jackson Wyoming at the age of 84. She was born to John and Edna Lambrecht in Sharon Pennsylvania on December 21, 1924.

After graduating from Sharon High school in 1942, she worked at the Westinghouse factory in Sharon for a couple years,...

Feb 10, 2009

Long time Teton Village resident Robert Murray Krudener Passed away on February 10th in Jackson at the age of 83. Bob was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan on July 10th, 1925 to Robert and Ola Krudener. His mother was a famous concert Pianist and teacher, whose grandfather was Alpheus Baker, a general in the Civil War and Treasurer of the Confederacy....

Feb 8, 2009

Funeral services for Thomas K. Lamb will be on Friday February 13, 2009 at 11 A.M. at The first Baptist Church on the corner of Cache and Kelly. A viewing will be an hour prior to the service. Following the service there will be a luncheon at the church. The burial will be at 3 P.M. at the Aspen Cemetery....

Feb 8, 2009

CHARLIE M. PETERSEN

Charlie M. Petersen was born December 28, 1907 in Jackson, to Frank and Rena Petersen. He passed away Feb 8, 2009 at 101 years of age. He was born on the Petersen Ranch which was one of the last homesteads in the Elk Refuge. The day his mother went into labor it was a blizzard. His...

Feb 8, 2009

Gail Ann Marie Sweeny Foster, 56 passed away on February 8, 2009 at her home in Wilson, Wyoming. Gail was born in Bozeman, Montana on August 17, 1952. She was the daughter of Harold and Barbara Sweeny. The family moved to Star Valley where she attended school in Afton, Wyoming. After graduating Gail moved to Jackson and became a professional...