All Obituaries

Jacqueline Lois Minchow (Jackie) passed away peacefully into the arms of her Savior on May 28, 2023, at the age of 94.  She was surrounded by her family in the NBH Hospital in Lovell.   Jackie was born in Kleenburn, Wyoming on August 21, 1928, to Lloyd and Katherine Hutchison.  Jackie’s dad was a government trapper so they lived all over Wyoming, which led to her love of the outdoors.  Her childhood was filled with adventure and she was quite a tomboy. ...

Lillian Mayland Zwemer passed away peacefully, Tuesday, May 23, at Park County Long Term Care Center. Lillian was 99 years old. She was born in Emblem, Wyoming to Henry and Hermina Mayland. The family moved to Lovell where two sisters, Marguerite and Dorothy, were born. Lillian attended Lutheran Parochial School through grade 8. After graduating from Lovell High School, she worked in California during the war. Lillian married Virgil Zwemer, November 12, 1944. They made their home north of...

Milton (Milt) Ontiveroz, Sr., 92, longtime Lovell resident, renowned backhoe operator for the Town of Lovell, devout Catholic and loving husband and father, known for his warm and playful personality, died May 20, 2023, at the New Horizon’s Care Center. Milton was born in Lasara, Texas, in the Rio Grande Valley to Cecilia and Rafael Ontiveros, on April 1, 1931.  Milt’s last name on his birth certificate was spelled with a “z” at the end, in contrast to his other...

Allan Bruce Kovacs, 79, of Byron, passed away in his home in Byron. He is survived by his brother, Donald E. Kovacs, of Jamestown, Kentucky.  Cremation has taken place and his ashes will be buried back east in the family plot. No services are planned. 

Hazel Meeks Doerr passed away on May 12, 2023, at the North Big Horn Hospital in Lovell, Wyoming, surrounded by loved ones. She was born to Edward Dalton Meeks and Emma LuLu Harrison on July 21, 1932, in Cowley at her grandparents’ home. Hazel grew up in Lovell in a log house that her dad built. She and her mother would often walk up the canal bank to visit family out on the farm. During this time her mother installed a lifelong love of nature which Hazel shared with her children and...

Jay Jensen Burnham, 47, passed away on Saturday, May 6, 2023, at his home in Lovell.  Cremation has taken place and no services are planned at this time.

Edward Kouba, age 78, passed away on May 5th. Born in Chicago, IL in 1945, Ed went into the Airforce in 1965 and proudly served his country as a missileer, achieving the rank of Sergeant. He was honorably discharged in 1969. After his service he achieved his dream of being an Airplane pilot and mechanic is 1982. He proudly worked for Epps Aviation in Atlanta, Ga for 20 years before retiring and moving to Wyoming. Many will remember Ed as a great man who always worked hard with a great...