1944-2022
John Paule Huff Jr. died on December 4, 2022, following a hard-fought battle with Parkinson’s disease and other complications. He was 78.
John was born June 4, 1944, in Los Angeles to Jack and Shirley Huff Read More
1949-2022
Philip “Smiley” Steck died at age 72 on Sept. 18 2022 in Victor, Idaho, after a short
illness.
Philip R. Steck was born Oct. 21, 1949 in Charlottesville, Virginia to James S. Steck and Rachel Shuck Steck. The family settled in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania where Phil
graduated from Shippensburg Area Senior High School. Read More
1952-2020
Glen was born April 2, 1952, to Al and Loretta Jaques in Northern California. In the early ‘70s his love of skiing took him to Lake Tahoe,where he was drawn to the new “hot dog” skiing, mastering the sport in its early years. Read More
1947 – 2019
Todd Harley died of natural causes while walking on Old Pass Road on June 5. He was 72. Todd worked as a patroller for Jackson Hole Mountain Resort for 25 years . Read More
1943 – 2018
Kirby Williams left Jackson on Christmas morning, 2018, in the midst of a winter snowstorm, the most fitting departure for a man who loved the snow and loved to ski. Read More
AKA “Big Wally” 1952-2010
Mark “Big Wally’ Wolling passed away at age 58 on January 9, 2010 after being critically injured in an avalanche while performing avalanche hazard work at the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. He was in the Cheyenne Bowl area of the resort. Read More
Kathryn passed away March 17, 2009 from head injuries sustained in a fall while skiing Spacewalk, a chute just south of the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort boundary. Read More
AKA “2 Dogs”
Dennis passed away December 19, 2014 from lung cancer leaving behind his wife Sharon of 31 years, his son Gus, his mother Aletha, brother Fred and sister Lori. Read More
1934-2014
Renn was born February 23, 1934, in Keene, New Hampshire. He passed away at home in Alaska on July 5, 2014 from colon cancer. Read More
AKA “Jim” “Rat Hole” “Ratty” “RH” 1948-2011
Jim was born on April 22, 1948 . In 1978 he moved to Jackson to work as a patrolman at the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. Read More
AKA “Fee” 1956-2008
Fee died suddenly of a cardiac arrest at age 52 on November 8, 2008. Read More
AKA ‘Bernie’
1927-2012
As we recount John’s history there are certainly parts missing- where he grew up, went to school, etc. What we do know is that is he was a smart, personable and reliable man who was educated as an electrical engineer. He worked for Bendix Corporation, instrumental in designing the first lunar module. Read More
AKA “The Bear”
1936-1998
Juris Ojars Krisjansons was born in Riga, Latvia on May 8, 1936. During the Stalin invasion his family was forced out of their homeland, taking refuge near the Swiss/German border until WWII was over. They were able to immigrate to the United States when Juris was age 12, settling in Cleveland, OH. Juris attended school, learned English and graduated with a degree in aeronautical engineering in 1958. Read More.
1948-1980
Manny (Albert Manton) Read, a native of Edgewood, Rhode Island, died October 1,1980 at age 34, after becoming seriously ill during a 40 day religious fast in Israel. Manny came to Jackson Hole in the winter of 1972 after graduating from the University of Rhode Island with a Bachelor’s Degree in biology. He worked for two years as a First Aider for the Jackson Hole Ski Patrol before being hired as a full time patrolman. He was able to work ski patrolling in France for one winter on a ski patrol exchange program through the resort. He spent his summers as a boatman first for Jackson Hole Lodge and later Barker-Ewing. He was an avid kayaker and organizer of gelande jumping in the Jackson. His parents Charles and Helen, two brothers Aarne and Daniel and a sister Charlamayne at the time of his death, survived him.
AKA “Ranger”
1948-1986
Tom Raymer was born November 11, 1948 to Jack and Betty Raymer in Annapolis, Maryland. He learned to ski in the White Mountains of New Hampshire during his years at Arlington Virginia’s Wakefield High School, from which he graduated. After a tour of active duty in the Coast Guard reserve, he moved to Jackson Hole in the early 70’s.
AKA ‘Mr. D’
1937-1985
Paul was born in Staten Island, New York on July 28, 1937 to Paul and Marion Driscoll. After graduating from Curtis High School on Staten Island he went on to graduate first in his class from Bonaventure College in Buffalo, New York. Read More
Robert (Bob) Sealander was born February 15 1935, in Idaho Falls Idaho. He grew up on the family farm near Shelley Idaho. He passed away on January 14,2017 in Ormond Beach Florida. Read More
