January 2, 2022
I don't ever look forward to writing this particular blog post. Last year it bummed me out so much I didn't come back to MeThinks all year.
Okay, it was a busy year. But, still.
The list this year is so much longer. I don't know how to process the losses.
The following were mostly from my hometown, Green River, Wyoming. A few were from the neighboring town of Rock Springs, and were known to me.
I will get to public figures the world lost a little later.
2021 took quite a bite out of the population around here.
Starting with New Year's Eve, 2020, because he was a close friend--practically family, and it was almost 2021 when he stepped over the threshhold:
Randy Dean Hargrove 04-27-1956 to 12-31-2020 *
And starting New Year's Day, 2021:
Deryl J. Sweat 02-05-1943 to 01-01-2021
Oscar L. Flores 02-03-1949 to 01-07-2021 *
Patrick D. Thaler 05-15-1952 to 01-10-2021
Sandra Dee Flaten 01-05-1964 to 01-17-2021
William Jose Da Silva 11-01-1976 to 01-18-2021
Gary Martin Bakkala 04-22-1953 to 01-19-2021
Barbara Walker 11-22-1925 to 01-29-2021
Phillip Critton 05-07-1938 to 01-30-2021
Gary Lee Collins II 02-25-1982 to 02-01-2021
Robert Ray Baker 02-12-1953 to 02-01-2021
Michael E. Becker 11-30-1957 to 02-01-2021
Jon Anthony Collins 11-03-1959 to 02-06-2021
Marietta G. Gripp 03-25-1924 to 02-07-2021
Joan James Dewey 12-17-1931 to 02-08-2021
Father Tom Sheridan 01-02-1939 to 02-15-2021
Norman "Spike" Davis 07-01-1948 to 02-17-2021
Dallas James Sample 06-30-1976 to 02-21-2021
Anjelica A, Fajardo 02-15-1986 to 03-02-2021
Jerry Lyle McGee 06-27-1933 tp 03-03-2021
Carl Joseph Bozner 11-07-1938 to 03-08-2021
Leslie Dawn Wood-Saderup 02-04-1965 to 03-08-2021
John Ussery 11-17-1942 to 03-10-2021
Steven Dale Myers 08-30-1976 to 03-20-2021
James Louis Steiss, Jr. 02-09-1954 to 03-20-2021
Dewayne Lee Herren 12-17-1976 to 03-31-2021
Jeri Lynn Coleman 12-31-1959 to 04-04-2021
Irene Medina 09-30-1940 to 04-11-2021
James Arthur "Art" Kalivas 04-14-1950 to 04-12-2021
Richard S. Lee 07-05-1947 to 04-30-2021
Brandy Winter 09-11-1984 to 05-01-2021
Rachel M. Elmer 03-05-1975 to 05-10-2021
Dean Stover 12-22-1944 to 05-10-2021
Bernice Ortega 06-08-1931 to 05-11-2021
Bill LaVern Baker 05-20-1935 to 05-15-2021
JoAnn Lee Welch 06-47-1958 to 05-17-2021
Margaret Dillon 02-03-1926 to 05-19-2021
Jeraldine Jasperson 05-11-1935 to 05-20-2021
Lawrence Cauthorn 05-17-1944 to 05-20-2021
Kenneth Doyle D'Spain 06-06-1938 to 05-24-2021
Kathy Jane Coffey 06-30-1955 to 05-29-2021
Lawrence Henry Lowell 08-11-1940 to 06-03-2021
Nelia "Nellie" Boren Castillon 08-27-1965 to 06-11-2021
Aaron Bradey Jereb 04-21-1982 to 06-18-2021
Marion Guerra 04-27-1938 to 06-22-2021
Gary Johnson 08-14-1960 to 06-29-2021
Larry Paine 07-17-1943 to 07-01-2021
Rudy Edward Maestas 11-13-1961 to 07-01-2021
Rose Marie Cudney 08-20-1949 to 07-02-2021
Cody Siler 12-26-1979 to 07-09-2021
Beverly Mae Whiteley 11-01-1932 to 07-11-2021
Joyce Arden McGill Zimmerman Warlow 09-07-1926 to 07-19-2021
Leonard A. Kaumo 11-26-1953 to 07-22-2021
Everett Eugene Pawleska 09-02-1950 to 07-22-2021
Keith Alan Murphy 12-16-1959 to 07-22-2021 *
Terry Leonard 02-15-1962 to 07-26-2021
Sidney "Dale" Sturlaugson 10-15-1936 to 07-27-2021
Danny William Krause 12-27-1945 to 08-01-2021
Tosten Christopher Flaten 11-13-1986 to 08-02-2021
Scott Zuck 12-08-1964 to 08-04-2021 *
Benjamin Frank Bradshaw 07-06-1963 to 08-06-2021
Pamela Jane Clark 10-08-1944 to 08-10-2021 *
Bryce Morgan Hunt 08-27-1992 to 08-11-2021
Robert Donal Wurm 06-05-1933 to 08-11-2021
Katherine Starkovich Schock 11-04-1943 to 08-14-2021 *
Joseph Leroy Harsha 09-09-1977 to 08-15-2021
Mike King Walker 11-05-1959 to 08-23-2021
Daniel Jayson Fry 04-03-1974 to 08-24-2021
Lucinda "Cindi" Holcomb 02-28-1958 to 08-25-2021
Dennis W. Pirtle 04-04-1957 to 08-27-2021
Troy Lance Lowseth 07-21-1972 to 08-27-2021
Gabriel Rudy Lamorie, Jr. 07-16-1962 to 08-28-2021 *
Delma Jean Miller 11-14-1934 to 08-31-2021
Dale Wesley Williams 08-22-1950 to 09-01-2021
Debra J. Irish 11-01-1957 to 09-01-2021
Orlando Aragon 10-03-1955 to 09-02-2021 *
Leopoldo A. Montoya 04-11-1929 to 09-04-2021
Susan Heslip 01-21-1946 t0 09-04-2021
Lee Albert Kobernick 06-04-1940 to 09-05-2021
Dale R. Reminc, Jr. 08-07-1986 to 09-05-2021
Noel Huber 01-14-1966 to 09-06-2021
Juan C. Lerma 06-24-1961 to 09-08-2021 *
Harvey Lee Ogden 10-10-1944 09-10-2021
Carolyn F. King 09-25-1942 to 09-10-2021
Helen Clary Michie 01-14-1973 to 09-11-2021
Mark Wayne Smith 12-21-1968 to 09-12-2021
Phyllis Ann Maggio 05-16-1945 tp 09-16-2021
Marjorie Penner No birth date, age 94 09-17-2021
Robin Denise Kizzire 05-21-1966 to 09-17-2021
Marvin Max Stark 04-14-1937 to 09-21-2021
David S. Swindell 11-24-1937 to 09-23-2021
Kayla Marie Lewis 12-10-1987 to 09-23-2021
Gerald "Dean" McCreary 03-18-1934 to 09-24-2021
Charles Darnell 10-06-1952 to 09-27-2021
Ted K. Walker 12-29-1951 to 09-29-2021
Michael Buckner 06-30-1959 to 10-01-2021 *
Wiley J. Morgan 01-31-1937 to 10-01-2021
Roger Leroy Sanchez 01-10-1950 to 10-02-2021
Bonnie Yvonne Lamb Mullins 07-23-1962 to 10-02-2021
Darlene Van Valkenberg 08-10-1943 to 10-03-2021
Michael Francis Tamosauskas 07-11-1959 to 10-03-2021 *
Jacquelen McGee 12-14-1938 to 10-04-2021 *
Cynthia Louise Turner 07-12-1954 to 10-04-2021
Richard Kit Deichmueller 08-25-1948 to 10-05-2021
Eileen Bell Wadsworth 03-21-1969 to 10-05-2021
Justin James Lehar 09-26-1981 to 10-07-2021
David Alan Wallace 06-28-1951 to 10-07-2021
Cynthia Diane Harsha 04-07-1954 to 10-08-2021 *
Jessica Scott 10-16-1978 to 10-10-2021
Mary Margaret Busse 06-02-1960 to 10-11-2021 *
Robert Dale Cannon 10-02-1953 to 10-11-2021
Deborah Kay Davis 07-30-1954 to 10-12-2021
Dean Martin Dawes 04-12-1952 to 10-13-2021
Raul Ray Oakley 04-15-1955 to 10-17-2021
Brandon Craig Hetrick 08-26-1972 to 10-19-2021 *
Christopher Brent Heath 07-01-1988 to 10-21-2021 *
Bonnie J. Patten 04-01-1958 to 10-24-2021
Barbara Gunyan 11-21-1951 to 10-27-2021 *
Maria Elena Sisneros 09-04-1980 to 10-27-2021 *
Jeff Pedersen 12-20-1961 to 10-28-2021 *
Patricia Mitchell 06-18-1955 to 10-29-2021
Samuel Lamorie, Jr. 06-11-1965 to 11-05-2021 *
Joe B. Gomez 11-21-1938 to 11-10-2021
Anna Beth Alexander 10-03-1942 to 11-12-2021
Helen J. Urrutia 07-31-1923 to 11-14-2021
Sandra Lynn Tull 12-01-1945 to 11-15-2021
James Eugene Punches 08-05-1940 to 11-16-2021
Mary Gail Elizondo 12-18-1952 to 11-17-2021
Maria "Dora" Gomez 02-06-1955 to 11-17-2021
Sophie Arguello 11-07-1934 to 11-17-2021
Kathleen Faccio 08-13-1948 to 11-19-2021
Tom Joe Brangham 01-02-1947 to 11-20-2021
Johnny LeRoy Faccio 12-24-1948 to 11-23-2021 *
Mary Faye Keister 04-05-1951 to 11-27-2021
leslie Ann Wilson 01-15-1956 to 11-28-2021
Diane Katherine Dolinar 06-15-1948 to 12-04-2021
Evelyn Louise McDonald 07-02-1927 to 12-05-2021
Stephen Stringham 07-10-1943 to 12-07-2021
Michael D. Magana 04-18-1988 to 12-08-2021
Alfonso Joe Bernal 07-29-1937 to 12-20-2021
JoAnn Ruth Dice 12-16-1930 to 12-20-2021
Kelly Ann Porenta 02-22-1959 to 12-21-2021 *
David Alderik Violette 08/1939 to 12-22-2021
Catherine Zweiner Pawleska 02-10-1930 to 12-25-2021
2021 was indeed a rough year. My condolences for these losses.