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Shannon Eurich

Shannon Eurich
Posted 11/9/12

Funeral services for Shannon Eurich will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Antelope Valley Baptist Church with the Rev. Mark Largent of Faith Community Church officiating.

Visitation will be one hour before the service. There will be a burial of her ashes at Moores Cemetery in Brodhead, Wis., at a later date.

Shannon Eurich, 52, of Gillette died Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, at Close to Home Hospice House of complications of breast, lung and bone cancer.

She was born Aug.5, 1960, in Monroe, Wis., to George and Jeanette Crooks. She attended schools in Brodhead, Wis., and graduated from Brodhead High School in 1978. She spent her senior year studying abroad in Australia. After graduation she attended Southwest Technical School in Fennimore, Wis., in the legal secretary program.

She began working at FirstStar Bank in Madison, Wis., and worked in their trust department for many years. She married Steve Adams in 1991. The couple enjoyed raising their two boys, Kyle and Kris. They later divorced.

She moved to Ten Sleep with her boys in 2004 and to Gillette in 2005. Here she worked with some wonderful people at the Pat Avery Real Estate and the Tender Care Businesses.

Being raised active in 4-H cooking, sewing, beef and swine projects herself, she helped the boys compete at 4-H fairs during the summer and watched them play T-ball, Little League baseball and flag football. When she was not at work, she spent the remaining hours enjoying the boys’ sports events, especially Camel football games.

The boys remember the family spent many wonderful summers camping at Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Campground in Warrens, Wis. She and the boys also took a memorable vacation to Walt Disney World in Orlando.

Ms. Eurich enjoyed sewing, quilting, knitting, crocheting, reading and listening to music. Two of her favorite companions were her Pug dogs, Gracie and Tuffy. She will be greatly missed by her family. She was a member of Faith Community Church who showered her with love and support and considered it a blessing, honor, and privilege to have shared some of the journey with her.

The last two years of her life she fought a courageous battle with cancer.

She is survived by her sons: Kyle and Kris Adams, both of Gillette; father, George Crooks of Brodhead, Wis.; sister, Joyce Baggot of Shiocton, Wis.; and nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her mother, Jeanette Crooks, and her grandparents.

In lieu of flowers, memorials can be sent to the Kyle and Kris Adams Benefit Fund at First National Bank of Gillette. Memorials and condolences may be sent in care of Gillette Memorial Chapel, 210 W. Fifth St., Gillette, WY 82716. Condolences also can be sent via the Internet at www.gillettememorialchapel.com or condolences also may be sent via the tribute site at www.gillettememorialchapel.com or attached to the obituary on the News Record’s website at www.gillettenewsrecord.com.

Jeffery Miles Marvin

Jeffery Miles Marvin, 62, of Gillette died Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012, at Fort Meade VA Medical Center of natural causes.

A memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis, S.D. Military honors will be provided by Sturgis Veterans Honor Guard. Family and friends are asked to gather at Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis before going to the cemetery.

Mr. Marvin was born April 9, 1950, the son of Scott Wilbur and Marietta (Parks) Marvin in Hays, Kansas. His family moved to Newcastle in July 1959. He graduated from Newcastle High School in 1968. He was inducted in the Army 25th Infantry Division on Aug. 20, 1969, and was honorably discharged Oct. 29, 1970. He served in Vietnam and received the Purple Heart.

He married Elizabeth Ruby Spaulding on Feb. 22, 1989, and was divorced July 21, 1993. He then married Ruth Janette Bowen on Oct. 9, 1993, and was divorced Dec. 11, 1996.

He was creative in wood making projects. He enjoyed visiting with friends and he enjoyed a good ride on his Harley.

He will be missed greatly by his friends and family. Jeffery is survived by his sister, Carolyn Christine Marvin, his nephew, Michael Dean Marvin, and an extended family.

Condolences may be sent to the family at www.kinkadefunerals.com or condolences also may be sent via the tribute site at www.gillettememorialchapel.com or attached to the obituary on the News Record’s website at www.gillettenewsrecord.com.

June Phillips Provost

Funeral services for June Phillips Provost, 83, of Buffalo and formerly of Gillette will be 2 p.m. Saturday at the Adams Funeral Home Chapel in Buffalo with Richard Trembly officiating.

Burial will be in Willow Grove Cemetery with graveside services to follow the funeral. A reception will be at the Big Horn Baptist Church immediately after the graveside service.

She died Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012, at the Amie Holt Care Center in Buffalo.

Junea Deane Winland Phillips Provost was born March 5, 1929, in Gillette to Lysle and Dorothy (Sivard) Winland. She grew up and received her education in Gillette and graduated from Campbell County High School with the class of 1947. After high school, she worked as a waitress and for Bell Telephone as a switchboard operator.

She was married Nov. 16, 1951, in Gillette to Ray Phillips and they made their home in Gillette. In 1962 they moved to Buffalo, where she worked as a cook for the Buffalo Grade School and also cooked for the Johnson County Hospital while they raised their four children. She also worked for several years for the Ben Franklin store in Buffalo.

Mr. Phillips died in May 1985 and she continued living in Buffalo.

She was married Oct. 15, 1994, in Raton, N.M., to Gene Provost and they lived in Buffalo until the time of her death.

June was a member of the Big Horn Baptist Church, and a 4-H leader. She was a Watkins distributor and volunteered at the Gatchell Museum, the Humane Society, the Food Pantry and the VFW. She loved wildflowers in the mountains, camping, fishing and the many family reunions in the Big Horns.

Over the years she was active in her church, community, a lover of animals and had a full life with travel, family and friends. Their travels took them to the Southwest, Mexico and Alaska.

She is survived by her husband, Gene Provost of Buffalo; two sons, Arlin Phillips and Ken Phillips, both of Casper; two daughters, Rayma Clearwater of Sequim, Wash., and Deirdre Blakesley of Gillette; two stepdaughters, Hanorah Anderson nd Karen Anderson, both of Longmont, Colo.; one brother, William Winland of Gillette; nine grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, her first husband and a beloved nephew, Mark Winland.

Donations in June’s memory may be made to the VFW Post #13 or the Bread of Life Food Pantry in care of the Adams Funeral Home at 351 N. Adams in Buffalo. Condolences also may be sent via the tribute site at www.gillettememorialchapel.com or attached to the obituary on the News Record’s website at www.gillettenewsrecord.com.

James ‘Jim’ H. Brown

James “Jim” H. Brown, 63 of Carlile died Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012, at his home of unknown causes.

Memorial services will be at 11a.m. Tuesday at the Old High School Gym in Sundance. For those who cannot attend, there will be a memorial in the spring with inurnment at Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis, S.D.

Grateful to have shared in his life are his partner of 24 years, Marlene Cooper of Carlile; two children, Corey Brown of Genoa City, Wis., and Molly Brown of Gillette; two grandchildren; three brothers; Robert Brown of Jamestown, N.D., Thomas Brown of Valley City, N.D., and Jeffery Brown of Jamestown, N.D.; four sisters; Pamela Brown of Boulder, Colo., Colleen Weatherly of West Fargo, N.D., Diane Klimek of El Cajon, Calif. and Amy Brown of Boulder, Colo.; and many nieces and nephews.

In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established. Arrangements are under the care of Fidler-Roberts & Isburg Funeral Chapel of Sundance. Online condolences may be written at www.fidler-isburgfuneralchapels.com or attached to the obituary on the News Record’s website at www.gillettenewsrecord.com.

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