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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=90 BGCOLOR="#6666CC" TEXT="#080000" background="c1701573.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Welcome to BAGGS, WYOMING and the Little Snake River Valley</B></FONT><B>     |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Welcome to BAGGS, WYOMING and the Little"><B>home</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Us">About Us</A>   |   <A HREF="id5.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Local Business">Local Business</A>   |   <A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Calendar of Events">Calendar of Events</A>   |   <A HREF="id70.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" Community News"> Community News</A>   |   <A HREF="id51.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="SeniorsMenu">Seniors-Menu</A>   |   <A HREF="valley_community_centerr.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Valley Community Center">Valley Community Center</A>   |   <A HREF="id71.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" Births"> Births</A>   |   <B>Obituaries</B>   |   <A HREF="id80.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="SCHOOL">SCHOOL</A>   |   <A HREF="id84.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Wild Bunch/Wagon Train">Wild Bunch/Wagon Train</A>   |   <A HREF="id42.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Pictures">Pictures</A>   |   <A HREF="old_pictures.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="History Photos">History & Photos</A>   |   <A HREF="even_more_memories.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="History continued">History continued</A>   |   <A HREF="dixon__and_cccog_info.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="CCCOGS Minutes">CCCOGS Minutes</A>   |   <A HREF="id7.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="BAGGS GOVT INFO">BAGGS GOV'T INFO</A></div> <div> <B>              </B></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#CCFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <div> <B>OBITUARIES</B></div> <bR> <div> ***************************************</div> <div> Courtesy of Snake River Press</div> <div> <IMG SRC="169193790.png" border=0 width="403" height="633" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> *****************************************************************</div> <div> Courtesy of Snake River Press</div> <div> <IMG SRC="1690fc100.png" border=0 width="508" height="272" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> ***********************************************************</div> <div> Courtesy of Snake River Press</div> <div> <IMG SRC="168fd0bd0.png" border=0 width="720" height="701" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> **********************************</div> <div> Deepest sympathy to the family of <B>Bobby Lee Evans</B>, 82, of Bluebell who died January 28, 2012 at home after  a long illness.  Bobby was born July 22, 1929, in Baggs to William "Bill" and Jessie Ryan Evans.  Bobby lived in the Baggs and Craig area most of his early life, later living in Carbon County, Utah, the Uintah Basin, then Chino, Californina and back in Bluebell in 2004.  Bobby worked as a guide for many years for big game hunters, but his main carreer was as a fabrication welder in the oil field and on heavy equipment which he did for 22 years in Chino and then in the Uintah basin.  Later in life his guiding for hunters was a hobby and he usually raised a small herd of registered lifestock.  Bobby Lee was a good father figure for his children, he lived a clean life, was responsible, punctual and worked very hard well unto his 70's.  He has been a member of the Roosevelt Baptist Church.  He is survived by his 2 children, Randy Evans and Bonnie Evans, both of Bluebell, 7 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren.  He is also survived by a brother Pat Evans of Casper, Wyoming, and a sister, Helen (Dale) Shannon, Denver, Colorado.  He was preceded in death by a brother, Joe Evans.  </div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="168ed7fc0.png" border=0 width="215" height="252" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> *************************************************************************</div> <div> Deepest sympathy to the family of<B> Kathy Good </B>who passed away January 27, 2012.  Services will be Feb 5, 1pm at the Valley Community Center with Paster Prestrud presiding.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> *********************************************************</div> <div> <B>Donald E. Beach,</B> of Slater, CO., died Sunday, January 15, 2012 at The Memorial Hospital in Craig, CO.  He was born July 20, 1934.</div> <div> At his request no services will be held.</div> <bR> <div> <I>************************************</I></div> <div> Deepest sympathy to the family of <B>Ryan Sixkiller-Allen</B> who passed away Jan. 6 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand Junction  after a long battle with multiple kinds of cancer.  Ryan Faye Sixkiller-Allen was born Dec. 31, 1979, to Bill and Carma Sixkiller. She was welcomed home by her big sister, Brandy.  Ryan started going to ropings with her mom, dad and sister soon after she was born. Her mom timed and her dad roped.  She had a lot of great memories of those younger years. Around 18 months old, Ryan was diagnosed with her first cancer. She spent the next couple of years doing treatments in San Francisco, and then checkups at three months, and six months, and then annually for the next five to six years after that.  Carma and Bill made those trips into family vacations and they saw a lot of places and things that made great memories for them all. vAfter the checkups were complete, Ryan was a busy youngster with a love for horses and life. She spent her days in either the barn or the arena, riding and playing with her sister and all the other kids who came to the ropings with their parents.  She also learned to play the piano, and she played volleyball, but most of all she loved her horses.  She started tying goats, and then progressed to roping. She roped calves and team roped, and was very good at all three events. </div> <div> Ryan really liked tying goats - she tied them so fast you couldn't even see her hands moving.  Everyone wanted her to show them how to tie goats her way, and she taught a lot of people, but only a few ever got all her secrets. She went to Little Britches rodeos, placeStateColorado junior rodeos, high school rodeos, then on to college rodeos.  Ryan went to the National High School Finals Rodeo in 1997 and 1998. She won goat tying national reserve champion in 1997.  She received a scholarship to the placePlaceTypeUniversity of PlaceNameWyoming and began a great college career.  Then, in 1998-99, cancer struck again and ended her time at UW.  She took treatments, had surgeries, and then went back to school in CitySterling to finish her associate's degree in accounting, and also won the all around at the placeSterling college rodeo.  Through all this, she never once complained or asked, “Why me?”  She returned to Craig and worked for Cross Mountain Ranches. Her duties included attending the national cattleman's convention in CityPhoenix and placeCitySan Antonio. Gathering and moving cattle along with her accounting really rounded this out.   Ryan worked for Herod Industries, The Memorial Hospital and also had various accounting jobs. Through all her treatments, surgeries and just feeling bad, she made her job and her family her priority. She never complained or “called in sick.”</div> <bR> <div> In May 2003, Ryan married Travis Jones and to this union Hannah was born. Travis' daughter, Issabelle, was very special to Ryan. Everyone in the family and all their friends were so excited about this baby girl, and Ryan was so proud of her.  Ryan lost her mom, Carma, to cancer three months after Hannah was born. Then continuing her battle with cancer, she went on to have numerous treatments and surgeries.  Hannah was diagnosed with cancer in May 2010 and began her battle with cancer treatments June 29. Ryan still never complained or felt sorry for herself.</div> <div> She tried to make Hannah's trips to the doctors and treatments as fun as possible, visiting the zoo, going to rodeos with the Western Wishes and school shopping. Even though she didn't feel very good herself, she always pulled up her boots and got things taken care of.</div> <bR> <div> Ryan met Eli Allen and they were married Sept. 11, 2010. They lived in CityplaceDixon, StateWyo.  Eli and Hannah were the greatest joy and loves of her life, and she enjoyed every moment she could with them.  Ryan loved having any occasion to get together - Thanksgiving, birthdays, Christmas and Easter with her were always special and spent with the family.  One of Ryan's favorite things were “get togethers,” either to rope or share an occasion but always to barbeque and visit.  Really she did not need an excuse - she was always planning the next get together before the last one was over.  Eli was always ready to go to a roping with Ryan or to the practice pen to run the chute. He introduced Ryan and Hannah to “rock crawling.” They went to country-regionMoab, placeStateUtah, several times with friends and she enjoyed that a lot.  Although she got out and walked a few times, she loved being with Eli and Hannah no matter what they were doing.</div> <div> Ryan was living in placeCityDixon, StateWyo., at the time of her death. She joins in heaven her mother, Carma; grandfather Dick Sixkiller; grandmother Ellen Faye Sixkilller; grandfather Jack Leonard; and great-grandmothers and great-grandfathers.</div> <bR> <div> Ryan is survived by her husband, Eli Allen; daughter Hannah Sixkiller Jones; father Bill Sixkiller; sister Brandy Sixkiller; nephews Daniel and JW Harding; brother-in-law John Harding; aunts Kathy (Lynn) Bower and Dana Peterson; uncle Bill (Jan) Leonard; cousins Sam and Skyler; uncle Ned Sixkiller; grandmother Joy (Fred) Blevins; mother and father-in-law Kim and Danny Allen; sister-in-law Shyla Allen; numerous friends; her dog Boone; and her horse Shaq.  A celebration of Ryan's life was Friday, Jan. 13, 2012, at the Moffat County Fairgrounds indoor roping arena in Craig, with Gail Allen officiating.  Memorial donations may be made at the Bank of Colorado in memory of Ryan Sixkiller-Allen.</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>*****************************************************</B></div> <div> Deepest sympathy to the family of <B>Arthur Dayton Stocks</B> of Vernal Utah who passed away Nov. 15, 2011.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>**********************************************</B></div> <div> Deepest sympathy to the family of <B>Stanley Dwight Hays </B>of Dry Creek, Oregon who died November 17, 2011.</div> <div>  </div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>**********************************************************************</B></div> <div> Deepest sympathy to the familt of <B>Donald Olds </B>of Las Vegas who died November 1, 2011.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>*************************************************</B></div> <div> Deepest sympathy for the family of <B>Damian Ray Knuth-Sauls </B>who was born July 18, 2011 and died at the age of 4 months on Nov. 8, 2011.  Damian is survived by his parents, Donald Robeert Knuth-Sauls Sr. and Barbara May Abraham and brother Donald Robert Knut-Sauls Jr.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>****************************************</B></div> <div> Deepest sympathy to the family of <B>DuWayne Joseph Shorma</B> who died at his home in Lyman surrounded by his loving family on Oct. 26.  He was born on Oct. 14, 1950, in Wapheton, N.D. to Joseph Albert Shorma and Bessie Marie (Polda) Shorma.  He worked for many years for Questar Pipeline and was a district supervisor.  He married Ellen Louise Jons on Sept. 2, 1972, in Dixon.  </div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>***********************************************************</B></div> <div> Deepest sympathy to the family of <B>Lloyd Vincent Burton,</B> 86, of Alliance, Neb. Died Sept. 26, 2011, at Good Samaritan Village in Alliance. </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>**************************************************</B></div> <div> <B>Edward Robert `Bob' Grieve</B></div> <div> Deepest sympathy to the family of <B>Edward Robert “Bob” Grieve </B>died Sept. 23, 2011..</div> <bR> <div> Services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Oct. 4 in Baggs at the Valley Community Center. In lieu of flowers, the family would appreciate donations to the Valley Community Center, PO Box 182, Baggs, State WY 82321, or the Noyes Clinic, PO Box 307, Baggs, State WY 82321.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>*********************************</B></div> <div> Deepest sympathy to the family of<B> Ramon D. Reid</B> who passed away September 15, 2011 at his home in Baggs, Wy.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> ************************************</div> <div> Deepest sympathy to the family of <B>Lawrence Stuart Quealy</B> who died on August 20, 2011.  Stu was a well known Rawlins sheepman who operated his business  from Wamsutter to Hahns Peak and was well known in the LSRV area.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> ************************************</div> <div> Deepest sympathy to the family of <B>Roy Kenneth Battson</B>, 63, of Savery, died Monday, Aug. 15, 2011, at home as a result of an accident while working on his truck.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>*****************************************</B></div> <div> Deepest sympathy to the family of <B>Harry Thomas </B>who passed away August 4, 2011.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>*******************************************</B></div> <div> Deepest sympathy to the family of <B>John Lambert Cadwalader Bunker</B> who passed away August 9, 2011.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>*******************************************</B></div> <bR> <div> Deepest sympathy to the family of<B> Alfred Lee Johnson</B> who passed away in Salt Lake City on July 12, 2011.  Alfred graduated from Savery High School.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>********************************</B></div> <div> Deepest sympathy to the family of <B>Lowell J. Allred</B> who passed away July 9, 2011 in Craig.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>***************************</B></div> <div> Deepest sympathy to the family of <B>Nan Boyer </B>who passed away June 19, 2011 in Denver.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>************************************</B></div> <div> <B> </B>Deepest sympathy to the family of  <B>Lee Jons </B>of Baggs, WY  passed away Thursday, June 9, 2011, at his home.  </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>************************************</B></div> <div> <B> </B>Deepest sympathy to the family of<B> Mary Louise Burlington,</B> 69, of Yampa, died Friday, March 25, 2011, in Aurora.  She worked as a beautician in Fort Collins, Craig and Baggs, Wyo.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>************************************</B></div> <div> Deepest sympathy to the family of <B>Jerry Evans VanNormanm</B> <B>father of Barbara McConahay</B>, who passed away peacefully with his family at this side in Casper, WY, at the age of 69 on Thursday, March 31, 2011</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>*************************</B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Tahoma" >       </FONT></div> <div> Deepest sympathy to the family of <B>Nelda Marie Brimhall, </B>age 92 of Jensen, passed away at her home on Feb. 20, 2011, mother of <B> Eunice (Howard) Lee </B>of Baggs.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>*****************************************************</B></div> <div> Deepest sympathy to the family of<B>  Leo Francis Fisher</B> died Saturday, March 26, 2011, in Grand Junction. </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>************************</B></div> <div> Deepest sympathy to the family of <B>James Lawrence Chant, Jr.,</B> of Baggs, Wyo., died Wednesday, March 23, 2011, in Phoenix. </div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> ******************************</div> <div> Deepest sympathy to the family of <B>Conway Irick</B>, a Craig businesssman who had a saddle shop for many years.  Mr. Irick passed away March 19, 2011 at the Colorado State Veterans Nursing Home in Rifle  Colorado.</div> <bR> <div> Deepest sympathy to the family of <B>Loren L. Walrod</B>, a Baggs High School graduate, who passed away in Riverton on March7, 2011.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>******************************</B></div> <div> Deepest sympathy to the family of <B>Clifford Frisby</B> who passed away Feb. 27, 2011 at the age of 105.  Clifford is the grandfather of Jan Lathan and Jack Risner, great-grandfather of Mitzi Corson, Don Latham and Travis Risner.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>****************************</B></div> <div> Deepest sympathy to the family of<B> Evelyn Iverson Vernon </B>who passed away Jan. 12, 2011 in Salt Lake City at the age of 99.  She was the wife of Clinton DeWitt Vernon, a longtime owner of the Tom Vernon properties in Baggs.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>*************</B></div> <div> Deepest sympathy to the family of <B>D</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>onald Lee Ogg</B>, 83, a longtime resident of Little Snake River Valley, died Friday, Jan. 7, 2011, at the Memorial Hospital in Craig, Colo. </FONT></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>  <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Verdana" >********************************</FONT></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>