Obituaries

Jul 7, 2022

Ruth Hartzell Trout passed away on July 7 at Sage Living in Jackson Hole. Her heart stopped while she was sleeping. She was almost 99 years old and had been suffering from dementia for the last three years. There are few events in life as hard as losing a parent.  The brain change allowed her to experience the present with...

Jul 6, 2022

 

Barry "Kurt" Anderson 78, passed away July 6, 2022. He was born November 30, 1943.

 Arriving in the 1970's, he started the Jackson Hole Sign Company. Today, many of his signs are still visable arounf Jackson. Before retiring in 2010 from the Teton School District as a bus mechanic and later at the school in the woodshop as...

Jun 29, 2022

 

Hebberger, 90, loved life & family in Jackson Hole

Peggy Joyce Hebberger (nee’ Kidwell) passed away peacefully while surrounded by loved ones on June 29th, 2022. Born in 1932 to Kimball Hezekiah and Mary Catherine Kidwell, she was one of six siblings. A child of the Great Depression, she used resourcefulness learned during that time throughout her life. After...

Jun 12, 2022

Elaine Ruth (Larson) Skatrud, age 91, passed away peacefully on June 12, 2022 at Sage Living in Jackson, Wyoming, where she resided the last three years, allowing her to live close to her daughters and their families. Elaine was born to Kenneth G. and Josephine (Wiegert) Larson, Sr. on April 19, 1931 in a farmhouse outside Cato, WI.  She graduated from...

Jun 12, 2022

Kevin Dwight Phillips Jr. of Independence MissouriBorn March 8, 1989, to Kevin D. Phillips and Nanette C. (Durette) Phillips in FallRiver, Massachusetts. Died June 12, 2022, at Grand Teton National Park,Wyoming at the age of 33. Besides his parents, Kevin leaves behind two sisters,Jessica (Phillips) Bedsaul and Rebecca (Phillips) Geveshausen. Four belovednieces, Aimee Geveshausen, Olivia Bedsaul, Coraline Geveshausen and PiperBedsaul....

Jun 5, 2022

Eva A. Hermosillo, 67, of Jackson, Wyoming, passed away on June 5, 2022. She was born on  January 28, 1955 in Las Cruces, NM to Arnulfo Hermosillo and Elisa Astorga. Eva attended and  graduated high school in Las Cruces, where she was involved in activities such as softball. 

In 1979, Eva married the late Jose Ramon Rubio. In 1981 they...

May 30, 2022

 

Jackson resident Gilman Ordway died May 30 surrounded by family at his Ranch View home, overlooking his beloved Fish Creek Ranch. He was 97. The following was provided by his family.

Jackson Hole has lost a quintessential local. Humanity an exemplar. Mother Nature a peerless friend and champion.

Born on May 7, 1925, during his 97 years Gil touched...

May 14, 2022

Joyce L. Kjerstad (Hough) was born July 6, 1945 in Custer, South Dakota.  She was the fifth of six children born to Walter and Vera Hough. She was raised in Hill City, South Dakota and received all of her education there. In 1963 she met and married Roger Kjerstad from Quinn, South Dakota. The two of them started their lives...

May 3, 2022

An obituary will be published at a later date.  

 

Apr 24, 2022

 

Paul Edward Lowham

September 4, 1940 - April 24, 2022

Paul Lowham passed away peacefully on April 24, 2022 in Jackson Hole, Wyoming following a brief illness.  A fourth generation of Wyoming native, Paul was raised in Evanston, Wyoming where his family owned the Lowham Ranch.  Paul’s first home was a sheep wagon which served as his family’s temporary home while...

Mar 28, 2022

Dixie Lee Sanders, 91 of Jackson passed away on March 28, 2022. Dixie was born on December 27, 1930 In Bridgeport, NE to Lee and Martha Golden. She graduated from Bridgeport  High School in 1949. Friends made during her school days have remained throughout her life. After high school graduation, Dixie attended one year of college in Hastings, NE....

Mar 28, 2022

Broderick (Brody) Clayton Hills was born to Christopher and Carlie Hills in Peoria, Arizona on October 24, 2001. He passed away on March 28, 2022. Brody was 20 years old.

Brody: Son, brother, grandson, nephew, cousin, friend. Hardworking. Dedicated and committed. Detail oriented. Kind. Loving. Compassionate.

As a child, Brody was fearless. He could usually...

Mar 7, 2022

Jack T. Ruud passed away on March 1st 2022 at the age of 80 from congestive heart failure in the Jackson Hole, Wyoming hospital.  Jack was born October 15th, 1941 in Thayne Wyoming to Jack Taylor Ruud and Gladys (Haderlie).  His younger years were spent in Star Valley creating some of his happiest memories spent hunting, fishing, camping, and boating...

Mar 1, 2022

Vicki Jaye Johnson, with her palms raised to the Lord and her heart looking down at those she loved, passed away on March 1st, 2022 at her home in Jackson, Wyoming.  Vicki was born on August 19th, 1945 to the late Walter and Bonnea Smith (Adams) in Scottsbluff, Nebraska.  It was the neighboring town of Gering where she was...

Feb 13, 2022

Radcliff Lyons Spencer

1994-2022

Radcliff Lyons Spencer of Jackson, Wyoming, died Sunday of injuries from a fall while backcountry skiing in Grand Teton National Park on February 13. He died in nature, which he loved. But his loves knew no bounds. He loved his Lord, and he loved his family, and he loved his friends....

Feb 6, 2022

Earl Lynn Lutz, 75, passed away on February 6, 2022 in Jackson, WY. Earl was born January 10, 1947 in Muskogee, Oklahoma. In 1950, he moved to Jackson Hole where he lived his entire life under the shadows of the Tetons with his parents, Clifford and Deloris, and sisters.

Earl graduated from Jackson-Wilson High School...

Feb 6, 2022

Earl Lynn Lutz, 75, passed away on February 6, 2022 in Jackson, WY. Earl was born January 10, 1947 in Muskogee, Oklahoma. In 1950, he moved to Jackson Hole where he lived his entire life under the shadows of the Tetons with his parents, Clifford and Deloris, and sisters.

Earl graduated from Jackson-Wilson High School in 1965,...

Feb 5, 2022

John Atwell Wolfer passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by his family, on February 5, 2022. John was 90 years old and was born in Ogden, Utah on January 5, 1932, to Clementine McNeil Wolfer and Atwell Wolfer. John’s deep love of the outdoors as a child and a teenager shaped his life, and his pursuits were many. He...

Feb 3, 2022

Richard David Muzzy passed unexpectedly from a cardiac event on February 3, 2022.  The following has been provided by his family.

Richard was born on October 8, 1948, and grew up in Wheaton, IL with his parents, Robert and  Ruth Muzzy and his three siblings Ken, Sue, and Ann.  He attended Wheaton Central High School, graduating in...

Jan 23, 2022

 

Memories of Don Rockwell

 

Donald “Rocky” Rockwell died peacefully on January 23, 2022 in the comfort of his Jackson, Wyoming home after a brave three-year struggle with brain cancer.  He was 83.

 

Rocky was born in Boston, raised in Arlington, Massachusetts and graduated from Sea Cliff High School on Long Island, New York, in 1956.  He attended...