Sundance Times - Continuing the Crook County News Since 1884

Elaine Gertrude (Sorensen) Clark was born on Sunday, January 7, 1923, in Ravinia, South Dakota, but her birth certificate says Wagner, South Dakota. She passed away Saturday, April 17, 2021, at Crook County Medical Services in Sundance, Wyoming, at...

His horse is saddled, the cinches are tight, barn door closed, reins over the neck and foot into the stirrup. Sitting tall in the saddle with his hat pulled down tight, rope in hand, Robert H. Queen rides over the great divide with the Lord to...

Donations in Mary’s memory may be made to Crook County Long Term Care or Crook County Senior Services....

Memorial Services for Elaine Waugh will be held Saturday, May 8, 2021 at 10 a.m. at the Civic Center in Hulett, Wyoming. Luncheon to follow....

Larry Petersen of Pine Haven, WY, 80 years old, died February 6, 2021 after a short battle with cancer, at his daughter Dawn’s home in Sundance surrounded by his daughters and family. Memorial services will take place at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May...

Mary Catherine (Kester) Ruland, 93, passed away peacefully on Sunday, April 11, 2021, at Crook County Long Term Care in Sundance, Wyoming. Born on August 17, 1927, in Buffalo, Wyoming, to Albert and Grace (Osborn) Kester, Mary lived on a ranch in...

Funeral services for Raymond Record were held Friday, April 9, 2021, at Gillette Memorial Chapel with Pastor Ernie Bishop officiating. Interment followed at Pleasant Valley Cemetery. Raymond “Red” William Record was born August 24, 1935, in Sunda...

Lorene “Mae” Neiman, 91, of Hulett, Wyoming, went to rest with the Lord Friday, April 2, 2021, at Rapid City Regional Hospital in Rapid City, South Dakota. Mae was born November 17, 1929, to George Malven Watts Sr. and Edith Lorene (Williams) Wat...

The gentle giant, Albert Joseph Tysver, 62, passed away on April 4, 2021, at the Spearfish Hospital on his favorite holiday, Easter, after being diagnosed three days earlier with stage four esophagus cancer. His wife and loved ones were by his side....

Tracy Alan Ware, 65, of Sundance, Wyoming, formerly of Sturgis, South Dakota and Billings, Montana, passed away on Feb. 24, 2021, at the Crook County Memorial Hospital in Sundance. Tracy was born June 4, 1955, in Wolf Point, Montana, where he grew...

A memorial service for Vanda Kay Steele will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 10, 2021, at Fidler-Roberts & Isburg Funeral Home in Sundance. Pastor Dave Jagemann, Chapel of Faith, will officiate with inurnment to follow in Green Mountain Cemetery...

Carol Speidel, 77 of Moorcroft, WY went home to the Lord on March 13, 2021. Carol was born to Edwin and Gertie Rueb in Long Lake, SD on February 2, 1944. She graduated from Leola High School and later worked in a neighboring hospital.  In June of...

Vernon Arthur Montgomery, 75, Sundance, Wyoming, passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, March 16, 2021 surrounded by loved ones. He successfully fought Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma for 30 years but ultimately lost a final and brief battle to metastat...

Bob Tope, 74, of Newell, South Dakota lost his courageous battle with cancer Monday, March 22, 2021 at Monument Hospital in Spearfish, South Dakota.  Robert Joe Tope was born in Spearfish May 9,1946 to Robert Sinnett and Mildred Della (Shepherd)...

Vanda Kay Steele, 67, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 2, 2021, at the Crook County Hospital surrounded by her loved ones. Vanda was born January 15, 1954, in Newcastle, Wyoming, to Mary Wondercheck (McLeod) and Frank Sipe Sr. She attended el...

John E. “Jack” Pridgeon of Beulah, Wyoming, lost his battle with Alzheimer’s, the evening of March 5, 2021, at his home in Red Canyon surrounded by his family.  Jack Pridgeon was born on May 16, 1933, in Newcastle, Wyoming, to Henry I....

John Edwin “Jack” Pridgeon, 87 of Beulah, Wyoming, formerly of Moorcroft, Wyoming, passed away on Friday, March 5, 2021, at his home at Beulah. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 15, 2021, at First Presbyterian Church in...

Vanda Kay Steele, 67 of Sundance, Wyoming, passed away on Tuesday March 2, 2021, at the Crook County Memorial Hospital in Sundance. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 10, 2021, at Fidler-Roberts & Isburg Funeral Home in...

Leah Lorraine Ballou, 78, of Hulett, Wyoming, passed away peacefully, with family by her side, on March 1, 2021 at Rolling Hills Healthcare in Belle Fourche, South Dakota. Leah was born to parents Lee and Evelyn Shepherd on April 12, 1942 in Lusk,...

Richard Allen “Rick” Paauwe, age 60, passed away in Hudsonville, Michigan on February 21, 2021. He was a 1978 graduate of Grandville High School. He went on to join the United States Marine Corp, where he also received a certification in...

Charles Mitts, age 73, passed away peacefully on February 27, 2021 in Sundance, Wyoming. Charles was born on June 17, 1947 in Sundance to Frank and Bessie Mitts, the ninth of ten children. He graduated from Sundance High School in 1965 and served in...

Ben Morris, one of the last real cowboys, passed away in his sleep at the Weston County Manor on February 12, 2021, after a long battle with dementia. He was 80 years old. Benjamin A. and Edna F. Morris welcomed Benjamin Edward Morris into their...

Richard Lee Phillips, 77, of Belle Fourche, South Dakota, was called home by our heavenly father on Sunday, February 14, 2021. He passed away peacefully at Spearfish Monument Hospital after a fire in his home. Richard was born August 24, 1943, in...

Susan May, 81 of Sundance, Wyoming, passed away on February 22, 2021, at Crook Country Hospital. Susan Lynn May was born on October 2, 1939, in Sioux City, Iowa. She lived with her parents Ray N. and Lydia Ellickson in Highmore, Presho, Chamberlain...

On Tuesday, February 9, 2021, Mary Ellen Osloond, 90, passed away at her home with her husband and son at her side. Mary Ellen was born on March 3, 1930, in Deadwood, South Dakota, to parents Hiland and Mable (Daniels) Davis. She married her...