All Obituaries

Funeral service for Wilma Japp will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, January 23, 2020 at Meridian Mortuary; interment to follow at Greenwood Cemetery. Wilma Laurene (Trail) was born October 8, 1923 in Thornton, Wyoming to Charles Clinton Trail and Dotte Belle (Gordon) Trail. She passed away on January 18. 2020 with her family by her side at home. She had two sisters, Opal Fay and Elsie May that died before she was born. She had a brother, Reo Clinton who was two years older than her. He...

Services for Dwight D. Elliott of Newcastle will be held January 6, 2020 at 2 p.m. at the Weston County Senior Center in Newcastle, WY. Dwight Elliott of Newcastle, WY passed away December 29, 2019 after a prolonged battle with cancer. Dwight Dean Elliott was born July 17, 1936 to Theodore Roosevelt Elliott and Virgie Myrtle Adkins Elliott. He was welcomed by older brother, Theodore “Teddy,” and sister, Joan. He attended the Lonetree, Clareton, Fairview and Simmons country...

Memorial service for Sandra Berge will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, December 6, 2019 at Christ The King Lutheran Church with Pastor Fred Grundmann officiating. Sandra Lee Berge age 78, of Newcastle, WY passed away November 30, 2019 at Weston County Health Services. Sandra was born on January 20, 1941 to Harry Ernest and Elsie Lorraine (Hansen) Nodler in Minneapolis, MN. She was raised and went to school in Minneapolis; graduating from Washburn High School in 1959. In 1960 she married...

Betty Anna Rumney passed away November 1, 2019 after a long battle with Parkinson’s and Dementia. She passed away very peacefully surrounded by her daughters and loved ones. Betty was born May 29, 1937 to Earl Allen Slagle and Harriet Ann Baker Slagle. She went to school in Lance Creek, Wyoming and graduated High School from Lusk, Wyoming. She earned her diploma from the Assessor’s School at The University of Wyoming in 1958. Betty married, and from this union adopted her nieces,...

Memorial service for Charles Hagerman Jr. will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, November 9, 2019 at First United Methodist Church in Upton, WY. Visitation will take place from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Monday, November 4, 2019 at Meridian Mortuary, Newcastle, WY.  Charles M. Hagerman Jr. passed away Monday, October 28, 2019 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Charles McKay Hagerman Jr was born in Upton, WY on December 11, 1925 to Charles McKay Sr and Minnie Dorcas (Wiseman) Hagerman....

Memorial service for Edgar Cook will be held at 1:00 p.m., Friday, October 25, 2019 at VFW, Newcastle, WY. Edgar L. Cook, son of Fred Miller Cook and Chloa Luella (Draper) Cook, was born on August 28, 1935 in Rural Weston County, Wyoming. He passed away on October 20, 2019 of natural causes. He attended school in Newcastle, WY. His family moved to Newcastle, in August of 1939. He married Wilma Grace Preston on July 12, 1954 in Rapid City, SD. Edgar joined the US Marines in April 1954. He was...

Jerry Stuart Shepperson (age 73) passed away peacefully at his home on October 20, 2019. He is preceded in death by his parents, Al and Jessie (Mellor) Shepperson and numerous aunts and uncles. He is survived by his wife, Anita. They lived together on their ranch outside of Upton. He is lovingly remembered and will be forever missed by his family which includes Mike and Darien Shepperson, (Julie); Melissa Saunders (Steve), Bryan, Jack, Hannah and Carter; Sarah Ward (Chad), Brady and...

Jainnean (Jimmie) Nelson, 90 of Upton, died surrounded by family on October 19, 2019 at Weston County Health Services in Newcastle, Wyoming.  Jimmie was born in the home of her maternal great grandmother, Elizabeth Darrah on a farm out of Warrensburg, Missouri.  Her parents were James R. Butcher and Myrtle (Darrah) Butcher.  When she was five months old, the family moved to Osage, Wyoming.  She finished her high school education in Upton, Wyoming, graduating in...

Barry Dennis Bergantz was born on November 26, 1942 to Russel and Alleyn (Crowley) Bergantz in San Francisco, CA. He went to St. John’s Catholic School and St. Ignatious. As a young man Barry loved to go flying with his father. He even learned to fly before he could drive. Barry enjoyed working with his hands as a handy man, and even built a couple houses with a friend. Avaiation was one of true loves of his life. Barry was married in his earlier years and his daughter, Christine was...

Adelaida (Eda) Gose, 90, died peacefully in her sleep on September 26, 2019 at the Weston County Health Services. Eda was born to Julius and Martha Frederiksen at home on the ranch near Horton, WY on October 11, 1928, the first of six children. She graduated from Newcastle High School in 1945 and attended Black Hills Teacher College graduating in 1946. She started teaching in rural schools in fall of 1946. Her last year teaching was 5th and 6th grade in Sundance, WY. She met her future...