Recent Obituaries in Rawlins, Wyoming

Colonel Robertson

Nov 25, 2021

Colonel Clark Robertson, 74, died on Wednesday, November 24, 2021, at his home in Savery, Wyoming.

Colonel was born October 12, 1947, in Fall River County in South Dakota to June (Hiser) and Harvey Robertson. Colonel left South Dakota at 16 years old and made his way to Hanna, Wyoming where he began to work in the...

Jerry Palen

Nov 25, 2021

Jerry Joseph Palen, 78, passed away on November 25th, 2021, in Rawlins, Wyoming. Jerry was born on July 9, 1943, in Paris, Tennessee, to Joseph and Ruth Palen. Joseph was a meat inspector for the US Army during WWII, and after the war he moved his family to the Wyoming Hereford Ranch in Cheyenne where he worked as the...

Lucia Lascano

Nov 23, 2021

Lucia Samairo Lascano, 81 of Rawlins, Wyoming left this world to join her loving husband on Tuesday, November 23, 2021 while surrounded by her family.

She was born on January 6, 1940 in Roswell, New Mexico to Floratino and Consuelo Somairo. Lucia married Luis Lascano, Jr. on August 19, 1961 and together they celebrated 58 years of...

Mary Sanders

Nov 16, 2021

Mary Katherine Sanders, resident of Rawlins, WY, passed away on November 16, 2021, at Memorial Hospital of Carbon County at the age of 68 years. She was born on May 25, 1953, in San Diego, CA to mother Katherine Marie Smith and father Harold Everett Albright.

Mary was exceedingly artsy and enjoyed spending time painting her nails,...

Linda Bustos

Nov 13, 2021

Linda Bustos, resident of Rawlins, Wyoming, passed away on Saturday, November 13, 2021, at her home at the age of 69 years.

Linda was born on May 19, 1952, in Hanna, Wyoming to John and Genovie Bustos.  She attended school in Hanna and later moved to Rawlins to work for Kentucky Fried Chicken for many years until...

Dennis Peters

Nov 9, 2021

No services are being planned at this time.

Delores DeVilleneuve

Nov 6, 2021

Delores (Dory) DeVilleneuve, age 79 of Rawlins, Wyoming, passed away November 6, 2021, at Memorial Hospital of Carbon County.

Dory was born in Rawlins on October 2, 1942, to Violet and Doug Hennek. She married Sheldon DeVilleneuve on November 5, 1972, in Elko, Nevada. In the early 70’s, she worked at City Market in the bakery that...

Albert Ortiz

Nov 4, 2021

Albert Ortiz passed away on November 4, 2021, at the age of 83, at his home in Valley Springs, California.

He was born on August 16, 1938, in Rawlins, Wyoming, to Annie and Joe Ortiz. Al was an avid reader, loved to work and spend time in his yard, take long walks, loved boxing, and especially loved...

Sheldon (Frenchy) DeVilleneuve

Nov 2, 2021

Sheldon (Frenchy) DeVilleneuve, age 73 of Rawlins, Wyoming passed away on Tuesday, November 2, 2021, at the Memorial Hospital of Carbon County.

Sheldon was born in Newcastle, WY on December 30, 1947. He married Delores Gilson on November 5, 1972, in Elko, Nevada.

He worked in the coal mines in Hanna, WY until moving back...

Ronald Sifford

Oct 30, 2021

Ronald J. (Ron) Sifford, 65 surrounded by family, passed away Saturday, October 30th at Ivinson Memorial Hospital in Laramie, Wyoming from covid-19.

He was born April 7, 1956, in Ft. Collins, Colorado to Leonard and Edith (Vigil) Sifford, the oldest of 4 children.

He attended grade school and middle school in LaPorte, Colorado and Laramie,...

Terry Hall

Oct 25, 2021

Terry Lee Hall, a resident of Saratoga, Wyoming, passed away on October 25, 2021 at his home at the age of 77 years.

Terry was born on January 29, 1944 to Roland Dean Hall and Hazel Roberta Hall. Terry quit school when he was in the 7th grade “because he knew more than the teachers,” but unbeknownst...

Evelyn Garcia

Oct 24, 2021

Evelyn Garcia, resident of Rawlins, Wyoming, passed away on October 24, 2021, at her home surrounded by her family at the age of 80 years.

Evelyn was like to read her bible, spending time with her daughter and many family members, camping and dancing.

She will be sadly missed by her daughter Jamie Orozco, son-in-law...

Harold Detweiler

Oct 18, 2021

Harold Detweiler, age 73, of Rawlins, Wyoming passed away on Monday, October 18, 2021 at the Memorial Hospital of Carbon County.

Harold was born in Ohio on May 9, 1948. He attended school in Hartville and married Deborah McNally on July 31, 1971. He began working as a carpenter, then work for a...

Albert Wilson

Oct 17, 2021

Albert Norman Wilson of Rawlins, Wyoming, passed away on October 17th, 2021 at the Wyoming Medical Center in Casper, Wyoming.

Norman was born in Rawlins on March 9, 1932 to Gilbert and Marguerite Wilson. He was raised in Rawlins and educated there. He had resided in Rawlins all his life until April of 2021 when he moved...

Carolyn LaBorde

Oct 15, 2021

Carolyn Lynn LaBorde, age 73 of Saratoga, Wyoming passed away peacefully on Friday, October 15, 2021. She was born on Friday, November 14, 1947 in Pasadena, Texas to Roy and Ruby Marie (Fortenberry) Pinder.

Carolyn attended Pasadena High School and was married to Paul Thomas LaBorde on October 21, 1965 in Pasedena, Texas and was a devoted...

Dixie Shea

Oct 14, 2021

Dixie Faye Shea, resident of Laramie Care Center in Wyoming, passed away on October 14, 2021, at the age of 89.

Dixie was born in Missouri. She spent her younger years in the Nebraska Sand Hills with her grandmas Wallace and Pancake, whom she dearly loved. She was later raised by her adoptive parents Lysle and Cecelia...

David Wilkerson

Oct 10, 2021

David was born on April 24, 1954, at Kemmerer, Wyoming to

Orville Allen and Lucy Anna (Baird) Wilkerson of Big Piney, Wyoming. He passed away October 10, 2021 at home in Rawlins.

David attended all 12 years of school in Big Piney. He participated in sports as well as drama and was the student body...

Charles Braig

Oct 7, 2021

Dan Braig: 1946 – 2021 – 75 years, 2 months, 19 days – Good Ride Cowboy!!

Charles Daniel Braig was welcomed by parents Charles Emery and Jesse Jean Gordon Braig on July 19, 1946, who instilled their love of all things outdoors in his very soul before they passed. He joined the third generation of the family...

Eva Baker

Oct 7, 2021

Mrs. Eva Marylin Baker, age 83, of Rawlins, Wyoming passed away Thursday October 7th in her home while in the presence of her loving family.

She was born December 1st, 1937, in Worland Wyoming, the daughter of Verna Fae Curtis and Guy Curtis.

Eva was preceded in death by her husband Harold Buster Baker of 50...

June West

Oct 6, 2021

June Eleanore West was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend. She left this world on October 6, 2021, at age 95.

She was born to Jacob and Eleanore Koivisto in Ironwood, Michigan on June 11, 1926. She married Harold in 1946. They were blessed with four children:  Linda, Dan, Marcia, and Lanny, six grandchildren, and...