2025 Friends We'll Miss

Casper College mourns the loss of members of our alumni family.

This page is dedicated to our alumni, friends, faculty, staff,  and members of the community who are no longer with us. We hold them in our hearts and minds as we cherish the memories of the times spent together.  If you have a friend or loved one to add, please contact us at 307-268-2218.

Please note: This list includes updates reported by family members, newspapers, and other sources. Friends you see here have been added within the current year. 


Memorial Gifts

A gift to education is a particularly meaningful way to pay tribute to someone special in your life. We are happy to notify honored designees or the family members of those remembered with your gifts if you provide appropriate contact information when you make donations. If you plan to make a memorial scholarship fund, a notice can be placed at the end of the obituary stating: In lieu of flowers, the family would appreciate memorials being sent to the Casper College Foundation, 125 College Dr., Casper, WY 82601

Alums by Decade

1950's

Linda Bechtel ('59)
January 1, 2025

Bonnie (Pearson) Malson ('51)
January 21, 2025

Robert "Bob" Daniels ('59)
February 3, 2025

Marilyn Revelle (AA, '57)
February 18, 2025

Marlyss Ouzts ('54)
March 12, 2025

Shirley (Cronen) McPherson (AA, '55)
April 30, 2025

Ronald Ury (AA, '56)
April 22, 2025

David Earnshaw ('51)
May 15, 2025

Barbara Simmons (AA, '58)
July 17, 2025

Donald Hahn (AA, '59)
July 23, 2025

John "Jack" Hornbeck (AA, '56)
September 8, 2025

Richard "Dick" Sorenson ('52)
August 8, 2025

Wanda Swanton (AA, '57)
November 1, 2025

Michael "Mike" Curry (AA, '59)
December 1, 2025

Ralph Burger (AA, '54)
December 30, 2025

1960's

Toni Lynn Feurt ('66)
January 3, 2025

Jack Cranfill ('65)
January 8, 2025

James "Jim" Stricker ('65)
January 29, 2025

Garvice Roby (AA, '62)
January 31, 2025

Patricia Moore (AA, '65)
February 10, 2025

Muriel McNeely ('60)
February 19, 2025

Dale Durfee ('69)
February 28, 2025

Barbara Draffin ( AS, '67)
March 1, 2025

Carol (Benson) Skerjanec (AA, '60)
March 31, 2025

James Anschultz (AA, '67)
April 3, 2025

Penny (Boyles) Willey ('64)
April 22, 2025

Gerald Thomas Jarrard ('65)
April 27, 2025

Carol (Priest) Lafaver (AA, '61)
April 29, 2025

Thomas Nicholson (AS, '68)
May 1, 2025

Donald Cobb (AA, '63)
May 2, 2025

Glenda (Kelly) Van Patten ('62)
May 18, 2025

Dale Corkill (CERT, '62)
May 21, 2025

Judith Sumey (AB, '64)
May 31, 2025

Dana Van Burgh ('64)
Geology and Social Science Faculty
2020 Commitment to Excellence Honoree
Benefactor
June 7, 2025

Jerry D'Adamo (AA, '66)
June 16, 2025

Marlene (Heather) Watts ('62)
June 13, 2025

Bobbie "Bob" Bolles (AA, '60)
June 19, 2025

Larry Zeitner (AS, '69)
June 23, 2025

Janice (Lowe) Kell ('66)
July 20, 2025

Kay Burwell ('61)
July 30, 2025

Richard McKamy (AA, '61)
August 13, 2025

Clifford McVay (AB, '66)
August 16, 2025

Clifford "Larry" Brubaker Jr. ('62)
August 21, 2025

Thomas Kirby (AA, '67)
August 21, 2025

Richard Yeaman ('62)
September 4, 2025

Noel (N.D.) Evans (AA, '61)
September 7, 2025

Wendell Wagner (AA, '61)
September 10, 2025

James Dolan (AS, '60)
September 18, 2025

Jerry Gladson (AS, '65)
September 25, 2025

Mary Ann Brazell (AS, '62)
October 5, 2025

Jack H. Miles ('69)
October 14, 2025

Thomas Murdock ('65)
October 16, 2025

Jerry Becker (AA, '61)
October 19, 2025

Jon M. Peden (AS, '68)
October 22, 2025

Judith "Judi" Baker Cole (AA, '62)
October 26, 2025

Jeanne Roelfsema (AA, '69)
October 26, 2025

The Honorable Richard B. Cheney ('63)
November 3, 2025
Former Vice-President of the United States
Benefactor
1990 Distinguished Alum

Larry R. Smith('66)
November 1, 2025

Rodger Hessler (AS, '65)
November 18, 2025

Maxine J. Ferguson ('63)
November 30, 2025

John Shuck ('67)
December 7, 2025

Sara Wilson (AA, '62)
December 16, 2025

Kathy Medford ('68)
December 28, 2025

 

1970's

Richard Staley ('73)
January 3, 2025

Kenneth Tatro (AS, '73)
January 19, 2025

Diane (Gartner) Prchatl ('77)
January 21, 2025

Robert Mayes (ATE, '72)
February 3, 2025

Helen (Eisele) Milek (AAS, '78)
February 3, 2025

Janis Roberts-Pojman (AAS, '73)
February 23, 2025

Michael Rogers (AAS, '79)
March 1, 2025

Elaine Grussendorf (AS, '78)
March 4, 2025

Penny (Schieck) Hopkins (AB, '70)
March 14, 2025

Simon Lozano (AA, '71)
March 15, 2025

Jodie Blaeser ('75)
March 26, 2025

Steve Bennett ('79)
April 14, 2025

Mickey "Mick" Farrar ('70)
April 25, 2025

Jack Hoffman ('70)
May 13, 2025

Rocky Bertz (AAS, '78)
May 19, 2025

Roger Snell (CERT, '76)
May 22, 2025

Sherrie Tweedy (AA, '76, AS, '77)
June 1, 2025

Ronald Richard ('78)
June 5, 2025

Daniel E. Mahoney ('78)
June 2, 2025

Daniel J. Fisher (AAS, '74)
June 15, 2025

David Dischner ('79)
June 21, 2025

Jackie (Molina) Nichols (AB, '79)
July 11, 2025

Robert Lee "Bob" Johnson (AS, '71)
July 13, 2025

Timothy Sitzman (AA, '78)
July 13, 2025

Kenneth "Kenny" Haas ('71)
August 16, 2025

Luann (Freeman) Miller ('77)
August 19, 2025

Judy (Lopez) Hursh (AA, '76)
August 25, 2025

Judith "Judy" Kraen (AS, '70)
September 18, 2025

Mary Jo Johnson (AS, '74)
August 26, 2025

Glenn "Marty" Feezer (AVE, '72)
September 26, 2025

Jamie Robert (AAS, '73)
October 16, 2025

Linda Peterson (CERT, '74)
October 23, 2025

Jacquelyn "Jackie" Short Christensen (AB, '71)
November 15, 2025

Sherry Johnson ('71)
November 29, 2025

Suzanne Stewart (AS, '72)
December 8, 2025

Billy Sisco (AB, '77)
December 10, 2025

W. C. Mapp (CERT, '75)
December 23, 2025

Julie (Podhaski) Brown ('71)
December 24, 2025


1980's

John Rogers ('83)
January 10, 2025

Lu Anne Dwyer (AA, '85)
January 14, 2025

Linda Lembeck (AAS, '81)
February 10, 2025

Debora (Marquiss) Schmidt (AA, '80)
March 21, 2025

Elizabeth Dee McCants (CERT, '87)
March 22, 2025

Brian Grenier (AAS, '88)
May 31, 2025

Beth Christy (AAS, '84)
July 6, 2025

Robert Hanna (AS, '73, AAS, '83)
May 13, 2025

Victoria Dyrek ('80)
May 30, 2025

Karen Sloan (AA, '86)
July 18, 2025

Clyde "Ralph" Helms ('88)
July 31, 2025

Pembra (Christensen) Bergstrom ('80)
August 27, 2025

Michael Price (AS, '81)
September 6, 2025

d'Ann Miller (AS, '89)
September 8, 2025

Spencer Jones (AAS, '89)
September 19, 2025

Marianne Randel (AS, '89)
2025

Darlene Wilson (AA, '83)
November 5, 2025

Barbara Lemaitre (AA, '89)
November 20, 2025

Judy Brasiel (CERT, '88)
December 2, 2025

Daniel Meserve (AAS, '81)
December 6, 2025


1990's

Arlis Handeland (CERT , '91)
January 19, 2025

Mary Jo Burgess (CERT, '92)
January 27, 2025

Randall N. Hanson Jr. (AS, '94)
February 9, 2025

Michelle Gamroth (AB, '90)
February 10, 2025

Pamela (Day) Steinle (AAS, '91)
March 25, 1991

Karen (Petley) Christensen (AAS, '91)
March 31, 2025

Kimberly Yingling (AS, '99)
May 2, 2025

Angela Pomroy ('93)
May 3, 2025

Amy (Blemker) Kennah-Ricketts ('91)
May 11, 2025

Gary Bennett (AS, AA, '98)
June 23, 2025

Klaus Conrad (AAS, '91)
June 26, 2025

Margaret Scott ('90)
July 24, 2025

Pamela Milender Laird ('94)
July 31, 2025

Ryan Tasler ('97)
August 20, 2025

Connie Muir-Zauner (AAS, '92)
September 4, 2025

Penny Richards-Lawrence (AS, '93, AS, '94)
September 14, 2025

Jim Jobgen (AAS, '92)
September 22, 2025

Connie Lutz Reed (AAS, '91)
October 24, 2025

2000's

Soloman Tegenu ('05)
February 2, 2025

Kerry Carabajal (AB, '98, AB, '00)
May 17, 2025

Harold Hughes (AS, '02, AS, '03)
June 28, 2025

John Carlton (AS, '00)
September 1, 2025

Carolyn Christie ('09)
November 2, 2025

Stephen Domonkos ('08)
October 28, 2025

2010's

Wiley Cole King ('14)
January 10, 2025

Amanda (Hoard) Cox (CERT, '11)
January 14, 2025

Sean C. Kelly ('16)
January 23, 2025

Stephanie Wise (CERT, '12)
February 19, 2025

Ronald McMillan (AAS CERT '13, AAS CERT '14)
July 25, 2025

Stephanie Trivitt (CERT, '10, AAS, '12)
August 24, 2025

David Duffey Jr. ('16)
November 8, 2025

Casey Good ('10)
December 6, 2025

2020's

Maria Michelle Arnold (CERT, '21, ADN, '22)
July 8, 2025

Beth Humberston Skidmore (AA, '21)
October 4, 2025


Employees We'll Miss

Arlis Handeland (CERT, '91)
Theatre Academic Assistant 1997-2015
January 19, 2025

Joseph "Gurn" Brown 
Agriculture/Life Science Faculty 1984-2002
January 20, 2025

Kenneth Graves
OLLI Instructor
March 10, 2025

Pamela (Day) Steinle (AAS, '91)
Advising & Retention Specialist 1985-2007
March 25, 2025

Donald Cobb (AA, '63)
Agriculture Faculty 1996-2013
May 2, 2025

Dennis McCann 
Trades & Industry Faculty 1996-2000
May 17, 2025

John Dyrek
Custodian 2000-2019
May 30, 2025

Dana Van Burgh ('64)
Geology and Social Science Faculty
2020 Commitment to Excellence Honoree
Benefactor
June 7, 2025

Klaus Conrad (AAS, '91)
Automotive Faculty
June 26, 2025

William "Bill" Glasspoole
Construction Technology Faculty 1985-1996
July 23, 2025

Gail Zimmerman
Physiology & Microbiology Faculty 1965-1987
Director of Werner Wildlife Museum
2005 Commitment to Excellence Honoree
Benefactor
July 30, 2025

Clyde "Ralph" Helms
Truck Driving Faculty 1986-1988
August 1, 2025

Jerry Ann Barber
English/Communications Faculty
September 15, 2025

Susan C. Anderson
Adjunct Faculty
Special Assistant to the President
Program Coordinator
Benefactor
November 10, 2025

Frederick Feth
Director of Human Resources 1984-2000
December 3, 2025

Kurt Zajic
Landscaping and Grounds Staff 1992-2015
December 20, 2025

Lesley Travers
Dean, Business & Industry 2009-2017 Addictionalogy Faculty 2002- 2009
December 20, 2025


Friends of Casper College

Madeleine Brown
Benefactor
January 31, 2025

Diane (Klaenhammer) Weber
Benefactor
February 2, 2025

Muriel McNeely ('60)
Friend and Volunteer
February 19, 2025

Georgina "Jean" Grosz
Benefactor
March 2, 2025

Lowell Hinderliter
Benefactor
March 3, 2025

Jimmy Goolsby
Benefactor
April 2, 2025

Jo Dell "Jodie" Wing
Benefactor
May 19, 2025

Dana Van Burgh ('64)
Geology and Social Science Faculty
2020 Commitment to Excellence Honoree
Benefactor
June 7, 2025

David Stewart
Benefactor
June 10, 2025

David Bentzin
Benefactor
July 10, 2025

Gail Zimmerman
Instructor - Physiology & Microbiology 1965-1987
Director of Werner Wildlife Museum
2005 Commitment To Excellence Honoree
Benefactor
July 30, 2025

Edward "Ed" Chase
Benefactor
August 1, 2025

William "Bill" Maiers
Benefactor
August 8, 2025

Jacqueline "Jackie" Ellis 
Benefactor
August 18, 2025

Bayard "Bart" Rea
Benefactor
August 24, 2025

Nanci Andrew 
Benefactor
August 30, 2025

Cathy Carson
Benefactor
October 2, 2025

Stephen "Steve" Parker
Benefactor
November 2, 2025

The Honorable Richard B. Cheney ('63)
Former Vice-President of the United States
Benefactor
1990 Distinguished Alum
November 3, 2025

Susan C. Anderson
Adjunct Faculty
Special Assistant to the President
Program Coordinator
Benefactor
November 10, 2025


 

Years Past Friends We'll Miss

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