John Hines of Gillette spent 29 years in the Wyoming Legislature, including a term as Senate President. He died Friday at age 87, and is remembered as a soft-spoken statesman who led by example.
U.S. House Office of Photography You never know where life s gonna lead you. Mike Enzi said that at the beginning of his speech announcing his retirement from the U.S. Senate.
Enzi died surrounded by family on Monday, Jul. 26, 2021, following a bicycle accident near his home. Enzi had been life-flighted to a hospital in Colorado a few days before. He was 77 years old.
The senator was born in 1944 in Washington State, but attended school in both Thermopolis and Sheridan. After college, graduate school and serving in the Wyoming National Guard, Enzi owned and operated a shoe store in Gillette.