Obituaries: Emmett Patrick Dalgarn II, Peter James Rodolph, and Cheryl Lynn Schnepf

Three Casper residents who shaped local industries, community projects, and family life are being remembered following their recent passings.

Emmett Patrick Dalgarn II, an 81-year-old uranium mining worker and machinery manager, passed away on November 10, 2026, in Casper. Born in Cheyenne on August 4, 1945, Dalgarn spent decades working across Wyoming’s industrial and ranching sectors, spanning positions with Maddux Well Service, local uranium mines, and a 34-year tenure driving trucks and managing yards for Wyoming Machinery until his retirement in 2008.

Funeral services for Dalgarn are scheduled for Saturday, November 21, at 11 a.m. at Bustards Funeral Home in Casper, with a reception to follow in the funeral home’s Reception Hall. His final resting place will later be in the western Wyoming hills.

Peter James Rodolph, who spent over thirty years as a lineman for PacifiCorp, passed away on November 12, 2026, in Casper. Born on January 31, 1956, Rodolph graduated from Kelly Walsh High School in 1974 before joining the local power company in 1977, retiring on March 25, 2011.

Obituaries: Emmett Patrick Dalgarn II, Peter James Rodolph, and Cheryl Lynn Schnepf

A memorial service celebrating Rodolph’s life will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, November 17, 2026, at College Heights Baptist Church in Casper. His family has requested that memorial donations be directed to the True Care Women’s Resource Center of Casper instead of flowers.

Cheryl Lynn Schnepf, a registered nurse who worked at the Wyoming Medical Center for over 20 years, passed away on November 5, 2026. Born on March 4, 1948, in Casper, Schnepf earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Wyoming and later relocated to Colorado to be close to her family.

A memorial service for Schnepf will be held at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, located at 400 Country Club Rd in Casper, on November 20 at 11 a.m. Her family has requested that donations be made to Boys Town or St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital.