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2 I The Lovell Chronicle i May 19, 2011
William R.
Thatch
July 31, 1927 -
May 12, 2011
William R. Thatch, 83,
died Thursday, May 12,
2011, at Valley Health Care
in Billings. He was born to
Roy and Alice Thatch on
July 31, 1927, in Lovell. He
was later joined by a broth-
er, Jack.
Bill attended school
in Lovell. During his high
school years he loved to play
basketball. He graduated on
May 18, 1945. Bill enlisted
in the Navy and was on ac-
tive duty for 1½ years dur-
ing WWII. Upon returning,
he attended the University
of Wyoming. He graduated
on June 5, 1950, and was
admitted to the Wyoming
State Bar in 1953. Bill was
honored for 50 years of ac-
tive service in the Wyoming
State Bar in 2003.
On Dec. 5, 1952, Bill
married LaVerne Sessions
in Billings. They were later
sealed for all time and eter-
nity at the Hawaiian Temple
on Feb. 26, 1985. They were
looking forward to celebrat-
ing their 59th anniversary
in December. Bill and La-
Verne raised two daughters,
Susan and Vicky.
Shortly after being mar-
ried, Bill and LaVerne moved
to Browning, Mont., where
Bill was employed with
Union Oil. From there Bill
took a job with the Depart-
ment of the Interior where
he worked in the solicitor's
office in Washington, D.C. In
1957 they returned to Lovell
where Bill took over the pri-
vate practice of John Calla-
han. During his law service
in Lovell, Bill worked as the
Lovell town attorney, North
Big Horn County Justice of
the Peace (retiring in 1990)
and as a Big Horn Coun-
ty Court Commissioner for
Judge John Dixon and Judge
Hunter Patrick. In 1991, Bill
and LaVerne built a home in
Star Valley and would spend
their time either there or at
their home in Lovell.
Bill was also involved in
the formation of the Lovell
Cemetery District, hospital
district, helping to secure a
National Guard armory in
Lovell, helping to form the
Yellowtail Wildlife Habitat
Area and bringing in the
Georgia-Pacific plant and
the County Annex building.
Bill had many inter-
ests in life, including fish-
ing with his brother, Jack,
camping, hunting, politics,
biking, running (many rac-
es), golfing, traveling, read-
ing of all kinds of books and
reading the scriptures. He
loved to go to Minchow's
every morning if he was in
Lovell or down to the cook
shack at Star Valley Ranch
and have breakfast with
the guys and talk about life
events. Bill loved spending
time with his grandchildren
and enjoyed teaching them
how to golf.
Bill was preceded in
death by his parents, Roy
and Alice Thatch.
He is survived by his
wife, LaVerne; his daugh-
ters, Susan (Greg) Kohn of
Billings and Vicky (Scott)
Asay of Lovell; grandchil-
dren Greg (Becky) Rael of
Lovell, Amanda Scheeler
of Cowley, Phillip (Becka)
Rael of Logan, Utah, Renee
(Drew) Meyer of Billings and
Amy Asay of Billings; great-
grandchildren Halley, Alys-
sa, Kenadee and Rocco Rael,
Elliahna, Joaquin and Tejeo
Scheeler and in July a new
baby girl to be born to Phil-
lip and Becka Rael; and one
brother, Jack (Kaye) Thatch
of Lovell.
Funeral services .were
held on Tuesday, May 17,
at the Lovell LDS Church.
Marjorie
Louise
Robison
Sept. 7, 1921- May
16, 2011
Marjorie Louise Ro-
bison was born Sept. 7,
1921 in Lincoln, Kan., to
Walter and Gussie Bas-
nett.
She died May 16,
2011. She was married to
her husband Solon Wells
Robison for more than
70 years, and they were
sealed for time and all
eternity in the Idaho Falls
Temple on Aug. 4, 1990.
Marjorie is also sur-
vived by her son, Craig
(Beverly) Robison of Cody,
and daughter, Cheryl Ann
Williams of Beaver Dam,
Ariz. Additionally, Mar-
jorie had the opportunity
to enjoy and nurture sev-
en grandchildren and 19
great-grandchildren.
Marjorie was an active
and devoted member of the
LDS Church where she
cheerfully served in many
leadership positions. She
was the dispatcher for the
Lovell Fire and Police de-
partments for more than
15 years. Marjorie loved
horses, and was a very
active participant in the
horse industry as both a
businesswoman and com-
petitor. She took pleasure
in gardening and was the
first in line to help those
in need with home canned
goods.
Marjorie will be deeply
missed by those who had
the pleasure of knowing
her, as they will be forever
touched by her faith, love
and positive influence.
Graveside services
will be conducted Satur-
day, May 21 at 10 a.m.
at the Mesquite Nevada
Cemetery.
Burial was in the Lovell
Cemetery. Haskell Funeral
Home was in charge of ar-
rangements.
..... DAVID PECK
Meeting the Great American Challenge at Rocky Mountain Elementary
School were (l-r) Pepper Lewis, Cassidy Crosby, Colby Davison, Alecx
Christensen, Kennedy Despain, Abby Arnold, Lathan May, Macey George
and Wyatt Horrocks.
Nine RMES students complete
Great American Challenge
Nine fifth-graders at Rocky Moun-
tain Elementary School in Cowley recent-
ly completed a difficult task - meeting all
six challenges of the Great American Chal-
lenge, a citizenship contest sponsored by
teachers Pat Winland and Julia Crosby.
Students had to perform each of six
challenges to receive the award:
1. Label the 50 states, the Pacific
Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf of
Mexico and the countries of Canada and
Mexico on a blank map.
2. Recite from memory the Gettys-
burg Address.
3. Write and spell perfectly the Pledge
of Allegiance.
4. Recite in order the presidents of the
United States.
5. Sing or recite from memory the
Star Spangled Banner.
6. Recite from memory the preamble
of the United States Constitution.
Students completing the challenge
were Pepper Lewis, Cassidy Crosby, Col-
by Davison, Alecx Christensen, Kennedy
Despain, Lathan May, Wyatt Horrocks,
Macey George and Abby Arnold.
Wanda Mathes
Lukkes
In loving memory, the
family of Wanda Lukkes
invites their family and
friends to celebrate the life
of their beloved spouse,
mother and grandmother in
a memorial service Friday,
May 20, at 10:30 a.m. at St.
John's Lutheran Church,
705 5th Street in Lovell.
Burial will follow at the
Columbus, Mont., cemetery
on Tuesday, May 24, at 2
p.m.
Lovell Dance team tops Big Sky Games
The Lovell Dance team traveled to the Big Sky Games
for the first time this year and the team is glad they made
the trip, after blowing away the competition to take home
the gold medal April 16 in Billings. Team Captain Tiana
O'Tremba took second in the individual competition.
Coach Sharla Parks said the Lovell team competed
in the high school jazz category and were scored by three
judges. They performed their State routine, "Unstoppa-
ble," and the dancers hit their marks, Parks said.
O'Tremba was the only Lovell dancer to compete indi-
vidually.
"This is the first time we've done an outside competi-
tion," Parks said. "It's nice to see how we compare to Mon-
tana teams. I felt very good about our performance and
I felt like we brought something different than the other
teams to the competition."
Summer music camps offered
The Northwest Col-
lege Music Department
continues its longstanding
tradition of summer mu-
sic camps for students and
adults this summer.
First up is the Yellow-
stone Summer Music Camp
(YSMC) for middle and
high school hand and choir
musicians. The 21st an-
nual YSMC will bring stu-
dents from across Wyoming
and Montana to the college
campus in Powell Sunday-
Friday, June 19-24.
The next month, the
24th annual Yellowstone
Jazz Camp for high school
and adult musicians kicks
into gear Sunday-Friday,
July 10-15, at the college's
Mickelson Field Station
near Sunlight Basin.
For more informa-
tion, follow the camps link
at www.northwestmusic.
org, or contact Nell Han-
sen, camp director, at 800-
560-4692, ext. 6427, or 307-
754-6427, or Neil.Hansen@
northwestcollege.edu.
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From Our Files
Dollar power
75 YEARS AGO
MAY 21, 1936
The Lovell Chronicle
Dr. F.J. Schmidt an-
nounces in this issue that he
has just installed the latest
short wave diathermy unit
in his offices. This machine
is being used extensively
in successful treatment of
pneumonia, rheumatism
and many other diffficult
diseases. It generates pen-
etrating heat by the use of
radio short waves.
50 YEARS AGO
MAY 18, 1961
The Lovell Chronicle
Little Judy Sprouse
found that a dollar bill can
go a long way, not in the
sense of buying power, but
in travel. In November she
wrote her name and ad-
dress on one of those un-
common dollar bills, which
somehow work their way
into this area. Judy re-
ceived a letter from Wash-
ington, D.C., dated May 8
stating that her dollar bill
had taken a long trip, all
the way east to the nation's
capitol. It just goes to show
you no matter what you
try, it all ends up in Wash-
ington in the long run.
25 YEARS AGO
MAY 22, 1986
The Lovell Chronicle
Though times are tough
in the bentonite industry
due to the slump in the
price of oil, Lovell's Ameri-
can Colloid bentonite oper-
ation is branching out into
specialty products that are
keeping most employees at
the plant working, if not
as busy as they once were.
Rand E. Tippetts, plant
foreman, said there are
currently 42 employees at
the plant, two in the field,
and four in exploration for
a total of 48, down slight-
ly from a total of 54 a year
ago, and most of the differ-
ence is due to attrition.
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