Obituaries

Sep 3, 2024

It is with profound joy that we share the peaceful transition into the light of Marsha Elaine (Dawn) Covington during the evening of Tuesday, September 3, 2024. A beloved Messenger of the Hierarchies of Light, mentor, teacher and friend to many around the world, Dr. Dawn, after a lifetime of dedicated service to the ascended masters, was called home to...

Jul 23, 2024

It is with profound sadness that we share the passing of Shawn Christopher Klomparens. This deep grief is paired with tremendous gratitude for the all too brief 53 years we had with him. Shawn deepened and enhanced the lives of those who had the fortune of intersecting with him. Not surprising to anyone who knew him, Shawn faced his terminal...

Jul 20, 2024

In the early morning of July 20, 2024, long-time Teton County resident Steve Bock died at age 71. He passed away peacefully in his sleep, at his home in Hoback Junction after a long year struggling against metastatic cancer. His wife Margaret and step-son Will were with him. 

Stephen Powell Bock, born November 21, 1952 in Cambridge Ohio, was the son...

Jul 16, 2024

MICHAEL JOSEPH McPHILOMY passed away of a sudden heart attack on July 16, 2024 at Big Springsby Granite Falls, in Jackson, Wyoming a place he loved the most.

Michael was born on June 4, 1947, in Peekskill, NY. He is survived by his loving wife Susie of 27 years, 6 of his children, and 2 of his adopted children, Maria and Vincent.

Mike...

Jul 16, 2024

Robert (Bob) Hatch (1950-2024) passed away the Morning of July 16, 2024, after a valiant battle with Cancer. Bob was surrounded by Family and loved ones at the time of his passing. Bob was born in Las Vegas, Nevada but was raised in Scottsdale, Arizona and Albuquerque, New Mexico following his Father’s job moves with Fish and Wildlife in Refuge...

Jun 27, 2024

Barbara Jo Lyons of Wilson, Wyoming passed away June 27, 2024, peacefully.

Barbara was born on November 1,1950 to George Boddeker and Joanne Pauley in Oak Park, Illinois. She graduated from Edgewood High School in West Covina and then earned a BA in Art Education from Cal State Fullerton.

Her first job was at Disneyland where she was beautiful enough to be...

Jun 24, 2024

Jun 20, 2024

Douglas Charles Fields passed away Thursday, June 20, 2024, in his home on the Hoback River from complications related to diabetes. He was 56.

Born November 15, 1967, in Salt Lake City, Utah to Chuck Fields and Patricia Burnett, Doug grew up exploring the outdoors backpacking, camping, skiing, fishing and hunting throughout Utah and the West. Doug married Joelle Summers in...

Jun 15, 2024

Wesley Dopkins, only child of Mark and Kathryn Dopkins, was enjoying a cross-country camping trip with a friend, when he made his last earthly journey. He and friend were traveling from Wes’s home in St. Paul, Minnesota to the goal of Yellowstone National Park. They had already done a canoe trip in Minnesota’s Boundary Waters and had traveled through the...

Jun 10, 2024

Mike Doyle of Jackon, Wyoming passed away on June 10, 2024 after a hard fought battle with cancer. He is survived by his wife, Elaine Doyle, his sons Michael Doyle (fiance McKenzie Chadderdon) and James Doyle, his sisters Terri Doyle, Kelly Doyle, and Cindy McGuire (husband John McGuire), his stepchildren, Samantha Livingston (husband Hadyn Peery) and Christopher Livingston, and his...

Mar 7, 2024

Vonona Edith "Sam" Scott passed away peacefully at age 81, on Wyoming's "307" Day: March 07, 2024. She was surrounded by her loving family at her winter home in Scottsdale, AZ.

Sam was born on December 10th, 1942 at Fort Monroe, Richmond, VA to Joseph and Audrey Bailey. Sam grew up in Cheyenne, Wyoming. As a kid, she loved spending time...

Mar 4, 2024

Liz Hirschland, longtime resident

     Liz (Elizabeth) Hirschland, 64, skier, horsewoman, climber, chef, and a life-long resident of Teton County, died March 4 from a long illness at her home in Wilson.

          Liz Hirschland was born on August 26, 1959, in Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City to Richard and Dorothy Hirschland.. The family lived in...

Feb 19, 2024

Christopher Aloysius Kelly passed away on Monday, February 19, 2024 on the Teton Mountains in Jackson, Wyoming doing what he loved.

Chris was born to Randall and Betty Kelly in Kansas City, Missouri.  He is survived by his loving wife Mary of 36 years and his children Ryan, Courtney, Colin, grandson Liam Patrick and daughter-in-law Lindsey.   He is also survived...

Feb 10, 2024

Charles Lawrence Dahl

October 19, 1932 to February 10, 2024

When Chuck, handsome and athletic, went searching for a beautiful fellow geology student named Ann, who was rumored to hang out in the mineralogy lab at Ohio Wesleyan University, he did so with the confidence and self-assurance he would become known for throughout his life. He probably didn’t know at the time...

Feb 3, 2024

Larry Lee Jorgenson was born in Hayti, South Dakota on August 29th, 1942 to Lloyd and Gladys Jorgenson. Larry was the fifth of six children.

He grew up in Hayti where he was a star basketball player for the Hayti Redbirds. In high school, he spent his summers working at the Sutton Brothers Cattle Ranch in the Black Hills area of...

Jan 26, 2024

Beverly Ann “Bev” Hofmann, born on November 22,1946 in St. Louis Missouri, passed away peacefully

on January 26, 2024, at the age of 77. Bev was a long-term resident at Sage Living where she took her

final breath. The family would like to extend our gratitude to the staff at Sage living, for the years of

love and kindness given to Bev, you...

Jan 13, 2024

Rebecca A. Bollman, 60 of Wilson, Wyoming passed away January 13, 2024 at 9:03 PM at home surrounded by family and

a childhood friend. She was born on April 24, 1963 in Elkhart, Indiana to Richard E. and Anna L. (Wright) McDowell. She

married Phillip G. Bollman on August 23, 1986 in Elkhart. She is survived by her husband, Phillip of Wilson,...

Jan 4, 2024

Lucie Marlene “Lanie” Beebe, age 78, of Bondurant, Wyoming died on January 4, 2024, in Jackson, WY.

A life-long artist, who worked with pottery, pen and ink sketching and watercolor paints, “Lanie” has a

great love of nature and a great sense of humor. She designed and built unique homes for herself in

Santa Fe, NM, Startup, WA and Bondurant, WY. She graduated...

Nov 2, 2023

James Otto Byrne was born on May 10, 1938, in Highland, Illinois. He was the son of Fern and James Moye Byrne. He is survived by his loving wife of 63 years, Sally Swanson Byrne, three daughters and three sons-in-law: Kimberly (Carl) Moeller of Oceanside, California; Kristen (Vaughn) Murphy of Frankfort, Kentucky; and, Kathryn (Ed) Messman of Superior, Colorado; twelve...

Oct 27, 2023

Mary Irene Shoemaker McKinney  October 30, 1934- October 27, 2023

 

Our beloved mother, Mary passed away with her family by her side and in the tender care of St. John’s Sage Living Center and Hospice staff in Jackson, WY. She was a devoted mother, loving wife, steadfast friend, and Jackson Hole historian. 

 

Mary was born in Meadville, PA...