Recent Obituaries in Rawlins, Wyoming
Wilfrido (Willy) Valentino Martinez
Dec 6, 2022
Willy Martinez, resident of Rawlins Wyoming, passed away on 6 December 2022 at the Rawlins Wellness and Rehabilitation Center at the age of 88.
Willy was born October 7th, 1934 in Mora New Mexico. He moved to Rawlins in 1944. Willy worked at several places in several different roles before hiring on with the Bureau of Land Management in 1963...
James D. Spencer
Dec 5, 2022
James “Jim” D. Spencer, age 76, passed away peacefully at his home in Rawlins, Wyoming on December 5, 2022. Jim was born on May 14, 1946, in Greybull, Wyoming to Joseph and Irene (Collingwood) Spencer. He was the first of 5 children, later followed by brothers Ron and Tom and twin sisters, Jean and June.
Jim graduated from...
Leon Corpuz, Jr.
Dec 4, 2022
Family & friends mourn the passing of Leon Corpuz, Jr., who passed away on December 4, 2022 at the Medical Center of Aurora, after a brief illness. Leon was 86 years old.
Leon Corpuz, Jr. was born April 10, 1936, in Denver, Colorado, the eldest son of Leon and Jennie Corpuz. After a brief residence in Denver, the...
Mary Lee Lange
Nov 29, 2022
Mary Lee Lange, age 85 of Rawlins, Wyoming passed away on Tuesday, November 29, 2022. She was born on June 5, 1937 in Oklahoma to Robert Lee Lanham and Annie May (Sims) Lanham. Mary grew up in Oklahoma and later moved to Wyoming and raised her children.
Mary enjoyed family visits, watching sports on her television, collecting knick knacks and...
Kenneth "Ken" E. Pichlmaier
Nov 25, 2022
Kenneth E. Pichlmaier, age 71 of Bairoil, Wyoming, passed away on Friday, November 25, 2022. He was born June 13, 1951 in Garberville, California to William J. and Frances E. (Durand) Pichlmaier. He was raised by his maternal grandparents, the Durands. Ken was taken under the protective wing of Major James Berry of the...
Philip Sheldon Cook
Nov 25, 2022
Philip Sheldon Cook passed away peacefully November 25, 2022. He fought hard for a year battling cancer. He just wanted to see all his grand babies born. He got his wish. All of his family was with him this last week.
He was born December 19, 1949, to Charles and Maxine Buckman of Hanna, Wyoming. After high school...
Margaret "Peg" L. Bruce
Nov 24, 2022
Margaret (Peg) Lucille Anderson-Bruce, 76, of Elk Mountain, Wyoming, passed away on November 24, 2022 at her home in Elk Mountain.
Peg was born in Hanna, Wyoming to Charles and Alice Anderson on December 27, 1945. She attended high school at Hanna Elk Mountain and graduated in 1965. She worked various jobs over the years including being the first...
Elizabeth T. Archuleta
Nov 20, 2022
Elizabeth T. Archuleta was called to her heavenly home on November 20, 2022, surrounded by her family, and just 7 days shy of her 93rd birthday. She was born in Rawlins, WY, one of five children born to Ruben and Lucy Trujillo.
Elizabeth married Jesus Abe Archuleta at the age of fifteen in...
Carol Diane Herrera
Nov 1, 2022
Carol Diane Herrera (48), of Rawlins, WY passed away on November 1, 2022, in Reno, NV. Carol was born on October 16, 1974, in Fort Bliss, TX to George and Patsy Herrera. Carol attended Rawlins High School where she completed the 11th grade. Carol worked in many different fields from the construction trade, to housekeeping, to motel front desk clerk. Carol married...
Richard Allen Davis
Oct 20, 2022
Richard passed away on October 20, 2022. He was born on September 6, 1954 in Rapid City, South Dakota to Harvey and Shirley Davis. No services are planned.
Vicki Diane Lavach
Oct 20, 2022
Vicki Lavach was called home shortly after beginning her battle with cancer on October 20, 2022, at 62 years old. She passed peacefully in her bed at home in the arms of her loving husband.
A longtime resident of Cheyenne and, more recently, the greater Encampment area of Wyoming. Vicki loved living in the peacefulness of the...
Lorie B Collier
Oct 19, 2022
Proud Parents David and Barbara Bryson welcomed Lorie B. Collier into this world on July 4th, 1957. With a birthday like that, we should have known what a firecracker she was going to be. Her birthday was a day the country went all out, and she loved every second of it. Pack the chairs. Pack the coolers. There was a...
Christopher Montoya
Oct 16, 2022
Christopher Montoya of Cheyenne, WY (formerly of Rawlins) passed away peacefully at the age of 89 surrounded by family on October 16th 2022. He was born on January 10th, 1933 in San Geronimo, NM to Petra Montoya and Andres Pollack.
Though he was born in San Geronimo, NM, he was raised in Rawlins and considered it to be his home....
Michael Dean Hericks
Oct 15, 2022
Michael Dean Hericks, 62, a Rawlins resident for forty years, passed away on
October 15th, 2022, at his home after a long struggle with complications from a
genetic bone disorder.
Mike was born in 1960 in Havre, MT to Lawrence Michael Hericks and Marilyn Deo
Hericks of Malta, MT. In January 1966 the Hericks family of six moved...
Steven E. Sondergard
Oct 6, 2022
Steven E. Sondergard, of Saratoga Wyoming, passed away unexpectedly on October 6th 2022.
Steven was born on September 26th 1954 to Walter and Joan Sondergard. He grew up in Littleton, CO. He graduated from John F. Kennedy High School. He went on to earn Bachelor and Master degrees in Chemical and Petroleum Engineering from the Colorado School...
Juanita Sue Cureton
Sep 30, 2022
Juanita Sue Cureton of Rawlins, Wyoming passed away on September 30, 2022 at the age of eighty-six at the Rawlins Rehabilitation and Wellness Nursing Home.
She was born on May 15, 1936 in Dale County, Arkansas to Chester F. and Esther (Melson) Tabor. The family lived in Arkansas until 1946 when they...

Gail Hite Hardee
Sep 28, 2022
Gail was born on January 24, 1957 to Earld and Martha Hardee in Kirkland, Washington. No services are planned at this time. Jacoby Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Kathleen Alice (Engstrom) Johnson
Sep 28, 2022
Kathleen passed away peacefully at home in Rawlins on September 28, 2022, with her loving daughter Diane and yellow lab Georgie at her side.
Kathleen was born June 2, 1943, in Rock Springs, Wyoming, the daughter of William R. and Elvira A. (Powell) Engstrom.
The family moved to Rawlins where Kathleen graduated from Rawlins High School and attended...
Phyllis Carlene (Matson) McCann
Sep 22, 2022
Phyllis Carlene (Matson) McCann’s beautiful soul was called home on September 22nd, 2022 surrounded by her family. Phyllis was a blessing and beautiful bright light in this world and to all those who knew her. Her quiet strength, resilience and fierce love for her family are her legacy carried on in the hearts and lives of her children, grandchildren and...