Everett Holcomb

Everett Holcomb passed away on October 13, 2025, two months after celebrating his 91st birthday.

Everett was born on August 16, 1934, in Pueblo, Colorado. He was raised in Powder River, WY, and was a 1952 graduate of Natrona County High School in Casper, WY.

He spent his high school summers, working as a hired hand for the Sanford ranches around the Pathfinder and Alcova reservoir area. He always spoke fondly of his time there, herding cattle and horses, and haying with teams of work horses.

After high school, he worked for various power line crews with the REA, as a ground man, again in the same areas surrounding Natrona County.

He enlisted and served in the US Army from 1957 thru 1959. He was based out of Fort Belvoir in Alexandria, Virginia, working as part of a port construction company. He was awarded special recognition as an expert marksman during his training, and continued to show those skills hunting in Wyoming his entire life.

He was a proud member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), spending his entire working career as an electrician and electrical superintendent, working on new construction projects around Wyoming and the Casper area. He served as the local IBEW Chapter 322 president, and other positions with the local in the 1960s. He retired at age 62 to enjoy his many interests.

Everett met Beverly Thompson of Chicago, Illinois, in his early teens, during one of her summer trips to Wyoming to visit relatives and family. They became immediate friends, spending time together every summer she visited Wyoming. After Everett graduated from high school, he made his way to Chicago to be with

Beverly. They both worked at the same bank in Chicago, Beverly as a bookkeeper,

Everett in the mail room. Everett returned to Wyoming, but not before asking Beverly to marry him, the two became engaged. On September 1, 1954, Beverly and Everett were married in the little Powder River church. Their marriage lasted over 70 years. Together they raised two sons, Steve (Diana), and Stuart (Kathryn), and were blessed with grandchildren Callie (Chris), Carli (Shane), and Jacob, and great grandchildren Kenna, Lander, and Lynden.

Everett loved the outdoors, hunting and fishing in the Big Horn Mountains, the thoroughfare area above Togwotee Pass, and Gros Ventre area to the south of the pass. He spent many years horse packing and camping, in all of these remote areas.

Everett and Beverly started construction of their own permanent home in Powder River, WY in 1976. They worked weekends and evenings, and in between out of town construction projects, completing it in 1981. They lived there the rest of their lives.

When not hunting and camping, Everett and Beverly travelled the entire US and parts of Canada. Their adventures took them, coast to coast, from Nova Scotia, Maine, The Florida Keys, and Alaska, via the Alaskan Highway, to Texas, Arizona New Mexico, California and Nevada. Together, they visited 49 of the country’s 50 states.

In celebration of Everett’s life, please consider donations to The Casper Humane Society.