The following obituaries appeared in the December 31, 2019 edition of the Star Valley Independent.

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August Charles Stadtmueller, a beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and brother passed away peacefully December 22, 2019 in St. George, Utah at the age of 88.
A.C. was born in Afton, Wyoming to August Poelt Stadtmueller and Adeline Heiner on April 22, 1931. He had one older sister, Matilda (George Laker). His mother passed away when he was just four years old. He had a wonderful relationship with his father and went everywhere with him. When A.C. was 24 years old, his father drowned while fishing on Snake River. We are sure that there was a wonderful reunion after all these years apart.
He graduated from Star Valley High School where he played football, basketball, and baseball. He attended Ricks College for one semester where he played on the JV basketball team. After working for the summer, he joined the Navy. The next three years were spent stationed in Yokuska, Japan and Kodiak, Alaska.
After leaving the Navy, he married his high school sweetheart; Annie Geneal Livingston on August 20, 1954 in the Idaho Falls Temple. They were blessed with four beautiful children: Kirk (deceased), Kathy (Donn) Nimmer, Lisa (Douglas) Clark, and Lori (Dean) Robinson.
He attended Salt Lake Barber College and cut hair for many years in Star Valley. Even in retirement, he continued to give haircuts for friends and neighbors. He was a Deputy Sheriff for Lincoln County. Eventually, he worked for the state of Wyoming in the Sales and Use Tax Department, where he retired as the department head.
A.C.’s hobbies included hunting, fishing, trapping, and many other outdoor activities. These activities lead him to friendships that lasted throughout his life. He enjoyed gardening and caring for his yard. He and Geneal had an amazing raspberry patch. He loved Star Valley and took great pride in being a life-long resident of Wyoming.
In recent years, he has suffered with heart problems and bladder cancer. He endured over a dozen surgeries as he battled the cancer. Through it all, he remained positive and was blessed with mental clarity.
He had a strong testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ and served faithfully in many callings, including bishopric member, ward clerk, and stake mission leader. He and Geneal served a full-time mission in the Rapid City South Dakota Mission. They also served as ordinance workers in the Idaho Falls Temple for many years. This opportunity brought them new friendships and great joy.
He is survived by his three daughters, 13 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife and son.
Funeral services were held on Saturday, December 28, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. in the Etna Ward Chapel in Etna, Wyoming. There was a viewing that morning from 10:00-10:45 a.m. prior to the services at the chapel. Interment was in the Etna Cemetery.

Barbara Baldwin Schwab, 70, passed away on November 29, 2019 in Afton Wyoming. Barbara was born March 15, 1949 to Jesse Albert and Nellie Redford Baldwin in Afton, Wyoming, She was the youngest of five children; LaWanna, Verlyn, Francis and Parley. When Barbara was three, her father passed away and then just a few years later, at the age of nine, her mother also passed away. Due to her parents untimely deaths, Barbara was raised by her grandparents, Francis and Henry Redford. She graduated from Star Valley High School in 1967. Barbara had a talent with people. She was capable of loving not only those she knew cared about, but also those that she had just met. She was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and loved having fun and laughing with friends, children and grandchildren.
Barbara married Joe Schwab May 25, 1991 and together they combined families. Barbara brought five children of her own into the marriage. Dana, Chance, KC, Katie and Ellie. She also was a mother to her step son Ryan and loved her role of wicked step-mother to Joes five children, Mike, Dixie, Steve, Brian and Scott. She shared a great relationship with all of them. Life was pretty good for Joe and Barbara as they made their home in Smoot. She worked various jobs throughout the years but was best known for her years at the Hi Way Market and being the Subway lady. She loved living in the beautiful mountains of Star Valley.
However, in 1995, not long after Joe and Barbara were married, heartache followed at the passing of her second oldest child, Chance. Then in 2002, Steve and KC were killed in a car accident. Barbara silently mourned the losses of her children, but moved forward with her head held high and a determination to not let the circumstances alter who she was. Heartache would knock on her door again in July of 2018 when her daughter Katie unexpectedly passed away to heart complications. She never fully recovered from the loss and heartache following Katie’s death.
Barbara lived for her grandkids and it’s safe to say she was the best Grandma anyone could ask for. She loved the days spent under the trees or many porch sits with Joe and her daughter Ellie. Her and Ellie had a very special bond and spent everyday together. She loved watching all the kids and laughing with them. Whether it was making bird feeders, planting peas in the garden, swimming in the pool or watching all the death defying tricks on the dirtbikes that they did she loved every moment. She was always supportive and did her best to make it to any school programs, or games that they were involved in.
She was so proud of the valley she lived in and took pride in our Temple. She loved her country and was as patriortic as they come.
Barbara fought a courageous battle with breast cancer and never lost her ability to laugh, smile and joke along the way. She never lost her sense of humor.
Barbara is survived by Joe Schwab (husband), Verlyn Miles (brother), LaWanna Shurtliff (sister), Parley Baldwin (brother), daughters, Dana (Wid) Ritchie and Ellie Jones, step-children Dixie Schwab, Mike Schwab, Brian Schwab, Scott Schwab, 28 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by Jesse Baldwin (father), Nellie Baldwin (mother), Frances Baldwin (sister) her three children, Chance, KC, and Katie, her step son Steve and her grandson Sam.
Her smile, laugh and love will stay in our hearts forever. She will be greatly missed.

Danice Earlene Lindsey Haderlie, longtime resident of Star Valley, passed away on December 27, 2019 at the Life Care Center in Ammon, Idaho. She was 84 years old.  Danice was born to Dan Monroe Lindsey and Margaret Mary Ette (Finn) Lindsey on November 4, 1935, in Buffalo, New York. Danice grew up in Flint, Michigan as the oldest of three children. After high school, Danice attended the Hurley Hospital School of Nursing in Flint, Michigan and graduated in 1958 as a Registered Nurse. About this same time, she started writing to a fellow in the army that a friend had told her about. The first picture she received from him was in his full paratrooper gear standing in the middle of the training field. She finally met Vaughn J Haderlie from Freedom, Wyoming when he showed up at her front door.
Danice moved to Provo, Utah to attended BYU, and commuted frequently up to Star Valley for visits. Danice and Vaughn were soon married. They were sealed for time and eternity in the Salt Lake Temple on June 10, 1959. Danice’s mother and father were also sealed at that time and the three children were sealed to her parents. Vaughn took Danice back to the family homestead in Freedom where they would spend most of the next 50 years. It was quite a change from city life to being in a rural country area where gas, groceries and medical care, could be a 30- to 60-minute one-way drive. Vaughn first attempted to go to school at BYU in Provo in 1961, but after only 30 days, he was activated into military service. Danice moved from Provo back to her home in Flint, Michigan to be near Vaughn’s base in Wisconsin and near her parents. At the end of his service in 1962, they spent a year at BYU in Provo and a year at the University of Idaho in Moscow while Vaughn studied Wildlife Management. Money ran short, now with three young children, and they moved back to Freedom to life on the farm. Danice worked at the Star Valley Hospital in Afton as a nurse for over 35 years. While she really enjoyed the nursing and was considered the unofficial on-call nurse for the lower valley, she was always happiest at home with her family.
After raising five children and both having retired from their life-long professions, Danice and Vaughn spent four years in Thermopolis, Wyoming to be closer to their daughters’ families. Danice and Vaughn came back to their home in Freedom for their final years together. After Vaughn’s death, Danice lived near her children, first returning to Thermopolis and then to the Idaho Falls area.
Danice was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, serving with the Scouting program, Relief Society and Primary. She Loved the Gospel of Jesus Christ, strived to live it every day and taught it to her family. Danice was still loving and trying to be a nurse to the end. She was always concerned about those around her that she saw as less fortunate than she was, even as she was sitting in a wheelchair and dealing with the effects of a stroke from 20 years earlier.
Danice was the mother to six children, Julia Danice Haderlie, David L Haderlie (Lorie) of Idaho Falls, John D Haderlie (Stephanie) of Idaho Falls, Vicki Jo Powell (Ralph) of Thermopolis, Jay D Haderlie (Missy) of Afton, and Margaret Irene Haderlie (Kevin Connolly) of Cheyenne.
She was proceeded in death by her parents Dan Monroe and Margaret Mary Ette Lindsey, her husband Vaughn J Haderlie and daughter Julia Danice Haderlie, who died in infancy.
She is survived by her five remaining children, 14 grandchildren, and 23 great-grandchildren who love her dearly.
Funeral Services will be January 4, 2019 at the Freedom Ward Chapel at 1 p.m. Prior to the funeral, a viewing with the family will be from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. the same day. Burial will be at the Freedom Cemetery.

Donald Vinnell Leavitt, 89, passed away December 20, 2019, in St. George, Utah.
He was born April 3, 1930, in Auburn, Wyoming, to Ray Bryan and Mona Ilene Putnam Leavitt. He married Maxine Petersen on April 4, 1950, in the Idaho Falls Temple. Together they raised three children, they later divorced in 1982. He married Dixie Wynn April 17, 1987 in the South Jordan Temple.
Donald was raised on a dairy farm in Auburn. He attended High School in Afton, when he came of age he joined the US Navy. He worked as a supervisor in the Civil Service at Hill Airforce Base.
He was an active member of The Church of Jesus Chris of Latter-Day Saints together with his wife Dixie they served a mission in Spain. He loved the outdoors, and entertaining visitors. He loved his family very much.
Don is survived by his first wife Maxine Petersen, his children, Ken Leavitt, Russell Vinnell (Cindy) Leavitt, Liisa (James) Hunt, Kimberly Bradshaw; Siblings Bernita Snook, Norene DeTorres, grandchildren, Brandon, Chad, Destry, Saarandon, Tanner, Jeffrey, and Derek and 10 great-grandchildren.
He is preceded in death by: his parents, wife Dixie, step-sons, Chuck Parker, and Scott Bradshaw, siblings, Garth, Bryan, Floyd, Louise, Helen, and Jenean.
Funeral services were held Monday, December 30, 2019, at 11 a.m. at the Green Valley 1st Ward Chapel, 511 South Valley View Dr., St. George, Utah. A visitation was held from 9:30 to 10:30 prior to the service. Interment and military honors followed at Tonaquint Cemetery.
Family and friends are invited to share tributes online at www.SernityStG.com. Arrangements and memorial tree planting by Serenity Funeral Home of Southern Utah, 986-9100.

Lawrence Hillstead age 78 passed away peacefully December 24, 2019 at his home in Fairview, with his wife and son Steven at his side.
Lawrence was born at home on November 28, 1941 in Fairview to George Noah and Jean (Taggert) Hillstead. He was one of ten children. He worked hard on the farm; haying, milking, feeding cows, fencing and many other chores morning and night with school in between. He was a good athlete at Star Valley High School, earning several letters. After Lawrence graduated high school in 1960, he decided to go to California. He worked for Sav-On Drugs for 25 years; becoming a manager for several stores.
At the beginning of his career at Sav-On, he was drafted into the Army and was sent to Vietnam where he served in combat, earning several medals and commendations. When he returned to California, he met his love, Patricia Simmons Fox and her two children. They married in 1967 and Lawrence adopted her children as his own. Later they had a daughter who was still-born and two sons. Lawrence was active in sports, coaching several of his sons baseball and soccer teams, which he enjoyed very much.
The family always vacationed in Star Valley and finally 25 years ago Lawrence talked Pat into coming back to Fairview to live. He worked at K-Mart in Jackson for 22 years until he retired three years ago.
He loved his family very much which totaled 4 children, Deborah Hitchens, Steven Hillstead, Christopher (Teresa) Hillstead and William (Evilka) Hillstead.
He also had nine grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Lawrence loved to fish, hunt and ride his trusty horse Sheena and his gelding Rasheen. He was preceded in death by his mother and father, 6 of his brothers and sisters and his beloved baby daughter Wendy Faith.