Sundance Times - Continuing the Crook County News Since 1884

Douglas Chester Engstrom, 70, passed away January 27, 2020, at Clear Creek Care Center, Westminster, Colorado of a long-term illness. He was born January 5, 1950 to Robert L. and Charlotte P. (Lamb) Engstrom in Newcastle, Wyoming. He attended...

John “Bill” Whalen, 73 of Aladdin, Wyoming died Sunday, February 9, 2020 at his home. Arrangements are pending with Fidler-Roberts & Isburg Funeral Chapel of Sundance, Wyoming...

Vernie Mae Nussbaum, 90, Sundance, Wyoming, died peacefully on Sunday the 26th of January at Weston County Manor in Newcastle, Wyoming. Vernie was born July 28, 1929, at the ranch at Inyan Kara Mountain, in the house where she spent most of her...

Long time Crook County resident, Fern Grubb, age 95 passed away on Friday, January 31, 2020 at the Crook County Long Term Care Facility in Sundance, Wyoming. Memorial services will be held on Monday, February 10 at 1 p.m. at the Greater Hulett...

Nancy Diane Richards, 88 of Sundance, Wyoming, died on Saturday, January 18, 2020, at Crook County Memorial Hospital in Sundance. Nancy was born on December 5, 1931 to Howard “Dud” and Beulah “Boo” (Kester) Steele in New Albin, Iowa. She marr...

John Thomas Rice On March 25, 1949, John Thomas Rice was born in Catskill, New York, to Alfred Rice and Catherine Cary-Rice. He lived a full, adventurous life. After joining the United States Air Force, he was stationed at Ellsworth Air Force Base...

Vernie Nussbaum, 90 of rural Sundance, Wyoming, passed away on Sunday, January 26, 2020, at Weston County Manor in Newcastle, Wyoming. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. on Friday, January 31, 2020. at the Crook County School...

Nancy D. Richards, 88 of Sundance, Wyoming, died Saturday, January 18, 2020, at the Crook County Memorial Hospital. Cremation arrangements are under the care of Fidler-Roberts & Isburg Funeral Chapel of Sundance....

Helen Margaret Doll, 91, passed away December 29, 2019 at the Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital in Thermopolis, Wyoming. She was presently residing at the Wyoming Pioneer Home. Born August 9, 1928 in Glenrock, Wyoming, she was the daughter of...

Roger Taylor Bush died on December 17, 2019, at West Park Hospital in Cody, Wyoming. He was born on January 29, 1931 to Bill and Alberta Bush near Hulett, Wyoming. In 1867, while on his way to California with other settlers, great-grandfather...

Marie peacefully passed away in Rawlins, Wyoming, December 18, 2019, at the age of 90. She was born on November 11, 1929, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of Irish immigrants, the first of five children, all of the others being...

Joshua “Josh” Michael Copus, scientific explorer, died unexpectedly on November 13, 2019, while exploring deep reefs off of Mborokua Island in the Solomon Sea. He was 39. Josh was born on March 5, 1980, in Phoenix, Arizona, to...

Kathryn Kinsall, 57, of Sundance, Wyoming, passed away on Wednesday, November 27, 2019 at the Crook County Memorial Hospital in Sundance after a battle with cancer. On February 20, 1962, as John Glenn was orbiting the earth, Kathryn “Kat” was...

Virginia “Ginger” Massie passed away on November 20, 2019, from health reasons. Ginger was born on October 13, 1948 in Belle Fourche, South Dakota to Walter and Jennie Massie. Ginger grew up on the family ranch west of Belle Fourche. She...

Robert “Bob” Stephen Ulrich, 91, passed away on November 23, 2019, at the Crook County Hospital in Sundance, Wyoming. Bob was born October 1, 1928, in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, to Joseph Stephen and Lena Corrine (Endres) Ulrich and raised in...

Francis “Keith” McDonald, 92, of Aladdin, Wyoming, died Wednesday, November, 20, 2019 at the Ft. Meade Veterans Hospital. Keith was born January 6, 1927, in Fruitdale, South Dakota, to Francis James and Viola I. (Michelson) McDonald. He...

Robert “Bob” S. Ulrich, 91 of Sundance, Wyoming, died Saturday, November 23, 2019, at Crook County Memorial Hospital. Memorial services are planned for 1 p.m., on Saturday, December 7, 2019, at the Sundance Church of Christ. A dessert bar will...

Virginia R. Massie, 71 of Sundance, Wyoming, died Wednesday, November 20, 2019, at Crook County Memorial Hospital in Sundance. Arrangements are pending with Fidler-Roberts & Isburg Funeral Chapel of Sundance....

Melvin Lee Snook, age 63, passed away on November 11, 2019 on his ranch near Hulett, Wyoming. Memorial services were held at the Greater Hulett Community Center on Saturday, November 16, 2019. A lunch provided by Buttons and Bows followed. Melvin...

Helen “Janet” Coe, 80, of Sturgis, South Dakota, passed away on November 12, 2019, surrounded by loved ones at the Lippold Hospice Suite at Sturgis Regional Hospital in Sturgis. Helen Janet (Witcher) Coe was born October 4, 1939, to Edward...

Joseph “Joe” Allen LaPorte, Jr. was born in Selma, Alabama, on March 17, 1949, and passed away November 11, 2019, in Sundance, Wyoming, at the age of 70. He graduated from Parrish High School in 1967 and enlisted in the United States Army. He...

Delcie Millicent (Ferrell) Russell, 92, Aladdin, Wyoming, died Saturday November 9, 2019 at the Crook County Memorial Hospital in Sundance from complications related to lung cancer. She lived at her ranch north of Aladdin until the Wednesday...

Waldo Glenn Elwonger, 94 of Sundance, Wyoming, passed away on Wednesday, November 6, 2019, at the Crook County Hospital in Sundance. Waldo (Wally) Elwonger was born June 5, 1925, in Dawson, Nebraska, to Clarence O. Elwonger and Alva Wagner. He was...

Memorial services for Karen Mae Cooper will be at 1 p.m. on Saturday, November 23, 2019, at Fidler-Roberts & Isburg Funeral Chapel in Sundance. The funeral home website previously listed an incorrect time....

Barry Lane Floyd, Extraordinaire passed on to the next step of his journey November 7, 2019 at the Crook County Hospital in Sundance, Wyoming. Barry was born in Washington, D.C. on June 18, 1948, to James Floyd and Dorothy Parsons Floyd. He spent...