Laurie Margaret Thompson

Laurie Margaret Thompson is remembered as a woman from Dubois, Wyoming, whose life was rooted in a small community where neighbors know one another by name. Public records and contemporary news accounts identify her as 49 years old at the time of her death on September 25, 2016. Beyond those basic facts, the public record is limited; there is no family-authorized obituary located that provides a fuller narrative of her life, work, or the relationships that meant the most to her.

What is clear from reliable reports is that Laurie was part of the Dubois community and that her death touched people there. Local reporting from the period identifies personal ties in the town and notes that those close to her — family members and a partner named in news accounts — were involved in the days following her passing. Those details suggest she lived a life connected to others in a place where daily life is often shared across neighbors and friends.

Because no published obituary or funeral-home notice matching her full name and the exact date of death has been found in the sources searched, many intimate details of Laurie's life — such as her birth date, occupational history, hobbies, or extended family — were not available through the reliable public sources consulted. That absence in the public record does not diminish her personhood; it means we must hold to what is verifiable and treat the rest with respect. Laurie was a real person whose life mattered to people in Dubois, and she deserves a remembrance that honors her humanity rather than reducing her to the circumstances that ended it.

If family members or others with personal knowledge wish to provide memories, photos, or details about Laurie's life, those additions would help create a fuller, more personal memorial. Until then, this remembrance acknowledges Laurie Margaret Thompson as an individual from Dubois whose passing in September 2016 left an absence in a small Wyoming community, and it offers respectful recognition of the life behind the public notice.