September 15, 2016

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Obituaries

Richard Bonine

Richard Clark Bonine, Sr., 79, formerly of Miles City, passed

away Sept. 6, 2016, as a result of cancer.
He was born July 7, 1937 in Worland, Wyo., to Buren and Helen
(Healy) Bonine. Richard (or Dick as he was known to his friends)
grew up on a ranch near Volberg, Mont., and later
moved to Miles City. He graduated from Custer
County High School in 1956. Dick attended colleges
in Las Cruses, N.M. and MSU in Bozeman, Mont.
On June 28, 1960, he and Jane Donahue were
married in Three Forks, Mont. They moved to the
Pine Hills east of Miles City, Mont., where they
started their family that would grow to include 13
children. He ranched in the area and later worked
at Fort Keogh. The family moved from Miles City
in 1997, lived in Thermopolis, Wyo., and settled
in the Ryegate/Roundup, Mont., area in 2007.
Dick loved working with horses and was a steward of the land.
He was a 4-H leader, FFA supporter, and a member of the Caledonian Society. He also had a strong afnity for Native American
culture, was a gifted woodworker and a licensed pilot. Dick loved
to laugh and tell jokes, and had a great love of music and a deep
spirituality.
He is survived by his mother, Helen; wife of 56 years, Jane; 13
children, Richard Jr., Martha, Phil (Suellen), Barb (Max) Holcomb,
Sue (Jay) Henderson, Greg, Duncan (Wendy), Randall (Jennifer),
Russell (Nancy), Mary, Jon (Kristina), Brian and Gary (April); 29
grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; sister, Kathlyn Johnson;
extended family members and and numerous friends.
Visitation was, held on Sunday, Sept. 11 at Stevenson & Sons
Funeral Home and followed by a prayer service. A Funeral Mass
was held at on Monday, Sept. 12 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church
in Miles City, Mont. Burial followed at Calvary Cemetery. Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting: www.stevensonandsons.com.

Ruth Sidwell

Ruth Maloy Sidwell (Cita), 96, of New Horizons Care Center in

Lovell, Wyo., passed away Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016.
She was born in Bisbee, Ariz., on Dec. 28, 1919, to Marion Delbert Maloy and Elizabeth (Shurtz) Maloy. At the time of her birth
Bisbee was the most cosmopolitan city between St. Louis and San
Francisco.
Ruth married the late William Henry (Bill) Sidwell on July 3,
1943, in Denver, Colo. After the wedding they boarded the train and
rode to their new home in northern Wyoming where their rst two
girls were born. After a stop in Brigham City, Utah, they relocated
their family to Kermit, Texas, where the second two girls were born.
After her husbands death in 1971, she returned to Wyoming
where she lived in Buffalo. In 2000 Ruth moved to the Wyoming
Pioneer Home in Thermopolis and in 2011 she moved to the New
Horizons Care Center in Lovell.
Ruth was an accomplished seamstress and pianist, a voracious
reader, and a tenacious gardener. She had a quiet dignity about her.
Ruth was a lifetime member of the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints and held many callings in the LDS church. Many
of them related to music.
Ruth was a homemaker and the mother of a son, Jerry Maloy,
and four girls, Nancy Van Fleet, Susan Voss, Charlotte Hinckley
and Linda Bull. She had 13 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren
and six great, great-grandchildren.
A memorial service was held at the Riverside Cemetery in Cody,
Wyo., on Friday, Sept. 9 with Bishop Rick Woodford of the Lovell
Third Ward conducting the service.
Atwood Family Funeral Directors assisted the family with the
arrangements.

Put to good use

photo by Mark Dykes

Griff Hodson gives John Gibbel a tour of Hot Springs County Memorial Hospitals new decontamination unit, formerly
home to a trailer.

Storage trailer converted for decontamination

by Mark Dykes
Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital has a new tool
to utilize, after a trailer previously used for storage was
converted into a decontamination unit.
Griff Hodson, director of
Environmental Services and
the emergency management
coordinator for the hospital,
explained the trailer was previously used for storing emergency management equipment. Through the health
care coalition Thermopolis is part of Region 5, which
covers Hot Springs County,
part of Big Horn County and
Washakie County the fund-

ing was acquired for the conversion, as it was recognized

Hot Springs County was the
only one left without decontamination abilities.
Hodson provided a brief
walkthrough of the trailer. A
ramp is set up on the back end
, for people to walk up. There
is also a middle railing, which
can provide a stable surface for
responders to slide up patients
who are on backboards and a
deployable roller rack system
to bring the backboard on into
the trailer.
Within the trailer itself,
there are curtain-separated areas for patients to strip, shower with hot water, thanks to

a portable water heater dry

off and get dressed in a gown
before entering the hospital.
Hodson said situations in
which the trailer would be used
include wet and dry chemical
spills. He also noted a train derailment a few years ago, during which people were heavily
coated in diesel fuel.
If its a large scale [event],
Hodson said, theyre going to
be calling the Regional Hazmat
6 team, which will go out on
site. The trailer will stay onsite at the hospital, he explained, so in case someone
comes there they still have
the ability to decontaminate.
However, it is also mobile, and

could be taken to sites if needed

and it didnt leave the hospital
vulnerable.
Looking ahead, Hodson
plans to have a training in
the next month, and though
hospital staff could be used to
play victims he will also contact the schools to maybe get
some drama students participating as well. He would also
like to set up the trailer at the
annual health fair.
Hodson said the trailer was
the vision of his predecessor,
Skip Zancanatta, who has since
passed the torch. By nding
the right method and the funding we were able to see his vision come all the way through.

About
people
Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital employees: Gina
Cuprak, Connie Hart, Bridget Truempler, Roxanne
Arnett, Linsey Brooks and Esterly Daang recently
completed the Intermediate Fetal Monitoring Course. The
purpose of the program is to improve knowledge, interpretation and skills in fetal heart monitoring.

FRom mouRNiNg To Joy

New 13 week sessions starting Sept. 15

photo by Lara Love

On the move

Charlene Harvey shows off her great-grandchildren,

Bentley and Lizzy, during Still Strolling Saturday
downtown.

We Welcome Adult Title 19 Patients!

Medicaid covers adult dental care including:
Exams, X-Rays, Cleanings, Fillings, Extractions,
and Partial and Complete Dentures.
We accept patients over 15 years of age.

Peter J.
Pappas,
D.M.D., M.A.
Check the Yellow Pages

933 Main St.

Lander
332-3434
1-800-332-0502

13 Sessions Thurs. evenings - through Dec. 15 (No meeting Nov. 24)

at the Wyoming Pioneer Home, 141 Pioneer Home Dr.
(Conference Room on Wyoming Lane)

All sessions are FREE and you do not need to register nor attend each session.

If you have experienced a major loss through the death of a loved one, this group can assist
in the process of healing. Griefshare is a 13 week program where you can share your journey
through grief with others who have experienced similar losses. Youll learn to understand your
grief experience, while exploring ways to grow emotionally and spiritually through the process.
This group covers a variety of topics related to loss, including:
Living with grief The journey of grief The effect of grief When your spouse dies Your family
and grief Why? Gods prescription for grief Stuck in grief Top twenty lessons of grief Heaven

Contact Miranda Nelson BSW for more info at (307 277-7731

The program is facilitated by Miranda Nelson BSW, Co-leaders are Chris and Pat Volser

Sponsored by HS Hospice & First Baptist Church

Allison Lee Bury-Shaffer

Thermopolis - Allison Bury-Shaffer (Alli), 54, wife, mother,
grandmother, daughter, sister, entered into the gates of heaven
on an eagles back, September 12, 2016, while surrounded by the
comfort of her loving family. Alli loved hunting and enjoying the
outdoors with friends and family. When Alli wasnt in the hills,
you could find her enjoying her passion of gardening, canning,
golfing and socializing with her family and friends.
Alli will be missed greatly by her husband Dale Shaffer, her 2
sons Robert Bury (Bobby) and Josh Bury, a daughter Bailey
Shaffer, 2 brothers Perry Jay and Jeffrey Jay, 2 sisters Jan Still
Rowe and Ann Sullivan and many other extended family members. She will be joining her mother, Barbara Bowen, in heaven.
A Celebration of Life (party) will be held outdoors on September
17 at 2 p.m. at Stones Throw Restaurant in Thermopolis, Wyoming.
We love you Alli, you will always be missed and never forgotten!