Obituaries

Dec 29, 2018

Carolynn Riggan Hawtin passed away peacefully on December 29, 2018 at home surrounded by family.  Carolynn was born on May 4, 1946 to Beulah and Garl Riggan at St. John’s Hospital, a log building on the grounds of the current St. John’s Episcopal Church in Jackson, Wyoming.  She was welcomed home by her older sister Marilynn Riggan Mullikin.  Growing...

Dec 25, 2018

Kirby Williams left Jackson on Christmas morning in the midst of a winter snow storm, the most fitting departure for a man who loved the snow and loved to ski. He was at home surrounded by all his loved ones and his dogs as he left on a sigh. Kirby was born in May of 1943 to Kenneth and...

Dec 21, 2018

Nina Wood Smith passed away on December 21st, 2018 at St. Johns Living Center in Jackson Hole Wyoming at the age of 85. Nina was preceded in death by her husband Jimmie Rae Smith in January of 1990. They were married on January 2nd 1951. She was also preceded in death by her parents Lucille Hammond Wood and Gordon...

Nov 2, 2018

Jackson resident Bonnie Brown Koeln died of complications from multiple myeloma on Nov. 2 at her home. She was 78 years old.

Ever organized, and frequently teased about it by her friends, Bonnie prepared her own obituary.

Bonnie Brown was born May 23, 1940, in Easton, Pennsylvania, the first child and only daughter of John...

Oct 20, 2018

Eva was born in Lindsay, Nebraska on August 2nd, 1925 the fourth of the six children (four brothers and one sister) to Danish immigrant parents Karsten and Emma Clausen.

She met her husband, Harvey Jepsen, who was a local softball pitcher and farmer, and they were married on October 10th, 1948. They had one child, a son,...

Oct 9, 2018

Mark Andries Mol, 38, passed away in Jackson, WY on October 9th, 2018.  Mark was born in Easton, PA on August 5th, 1980 to Alice and Adrianus Mol.

He attended Pocono Mountain Senior High in Swiftwater, PA and Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA.

He worked winter seasons as a winch cat operator at...

Sep 16, 2018

Barbara J. Shervin’s valiant heart stopped beating on Sunday, September 16, 2018.  Her family gathered around her sharing love, memories and stories to the end.  Barbara was born in Newcastle, Wyoming on June 3, 1935 to Elza (E.A.) and Laura Decker, the fourth of five children.  The family soon moved to a homestead in Big Piney, Wyoming where Barbara...

Sep 15, 2018

Funeral services for Mark Thomas Uptain, 37,  will be held on September 19, 2018, at 11:00 a.m. at the First Baptist Church, 90 W. Kelly, Jackson, Wy.

Sep 11, 2018

A True Cowboy

Loal Jacobson was born January 9, 1923 and passed away in his sleep on September 11, 2018 in Jackson at the age of 95.  He was the youngest of nine children with four brothers and four sisters who were born to Oliver and Lydia Jacobson.

Loal’s first 16 years were spent on...

Sep 4, 2018

An obituary is not available at this time for Dorothy Louise May. We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Tribute Wall.

Sep 4, 2018

Jeffrey A. Davis, 77, of Heck of a Hill Road, passed away on September 4, 2018, at his home in Wilson, WY.

He was born in Queens, New York on June 16, 1941, to Phillip K. Davis and Evelyn Dieber Davis.  Jeff lived in Newburgh, NY as a child and graduated from high school there.

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Sep 3, 2018

An obituary is not available at this time for Lois Anne Flanagan. We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Tribute Wall.

Aug 20, 2018

Virginia E. Richards, 89, died peacefully on August 20, 2018 in Coeur D’Alene, Idaho, of complications from Alzheimer’s.  Ginny, as she preferred, the daughter of Lloyd and Ardith VanDeBurg, was born on January 6, 1929 in Grainton, Nebraska.

Searching for work, Ginny’s parents, relocated to the Snake River Ranch in Jackson Hole, Wyoming in 1930 during the...

Aug 20, 2018

Longtime Jackson resident Cynthia "Cindy" DuBois died Aug. 20 after fighting health issues and eventually multiple myeloma. She was 69.

Her family provided the following.

Cindy grew up in St. Joseph, Missouri, graduating from Central High School in 1966. She moved to Jackson in the early 1980s and absolutely loved the area.

Cindy retired...

Aug 18, 2018

An obituary is not available at this time for Anne Marie Woodruff. We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Tribute Wall.

Aug 12, 2018

An obituary is not available at this time for Helen Louise Halpin. We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Tribute Wall.

Jul 30, 2018

Myra L. Varley, 60, of Jackson, passed away on July 30, 2018.  She was born on March 5, 1958 in Idaho Falls, ID to H. Reid and Lorainne Jackson.

Myra was a gifted pianist and poet.  She was a beautiful, wonderful wife, mother, grandmother and everyone who knew her had a warm feeling when they were with...

Jul 29, 2018

Reid Jackson, 91, of Jackson, WY, died July 29, 2018 quietly in his sleep with his family by his side. Reid was born in Logan, Utah on December 2, 1926 to Harold Ray Jackson and Leona May Otte. He was the second of 5 children. Reid’s father was a sheet metalist and his mother was a home maker. Reid...

Jul 23, 2018

Candice Marie Miller Kwiatkowski (March 9, 1982 - July 23, 2018)

Candice Marie Miller Kwiatkowski was born in Waseca, Minnesota on March 9, 1982 and died in Jackson Hole, Wyoming July 23, 2018. Candice was the youngest of eight children and enjoyed a childhood filled with sports, music, skiing, church and life on the farm. Candice followed...

Jul 12, 2018

Collins, 63, sought Jackson Hole’s open roads and steep slopes

Jackson resident Sam Benton Collins died Monday, July 9 in a motorcycling accident on Pine Creek Pass in Idaho, following a road trip earlier in the day through Tin Cup Pass, Bear Lake county, Star Valley and the “Round the Block” loop home.  His KTM Super D...