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The late Wyoming State Senator Hank Coe is being honored with a statue with an interesting history

Kelsie Maureen Clutter didn’t have to die.

Al Simpson of Cody is always good for a story or two. His story about the legendary hotelier Harold Del Monte is a classic. Al, who is a retired U. S. Senator from Cody, called me recently to get the address of Jim Angell’s family so he could pen a nice note to them. He had read about Jim’s dea

The ghosts and/or spirits of Clarene Law, Leland Christensen, Hank Coe, and Jim Angell seem omnipresent when I think of the Wyoming Legislature. All four of these wonderful folks died in 2021 or 2022 and, well, the place is not the same without them. Hank Coe of Cody was a staple of the Wyo

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Written by Andrew-Rossi on April 6, 2021 The effort to designate part of Wyoming Highway 120 in honor of the late state senator failed in the Wyoming Senate by a five-vote margin. House Bill 135 failed to pass in the Wyoming Senate. This ends the attempt to memorialize late Park County Senator Hank Coe on Wyoming Highway 120, according to Wyoming Public Media. Senator Coe passed away on Jan. 21 at the age of 74. He served Cody and Park County as the Senator of Di...

Credit Wyoming LSO The Wyoming Senate has voted down a bill that would have named a stretch of highway between Meeteetse and Cody after the late Cody Sen. Hank Coe. Coe died of cancer in January. He retired last year and represented Cody since 1989, including time as the Senate Majority Floor Leader and Senate President. The bill was seen as a way to honor Coe since he had pushed for raising speed limits on state highways. Baggs Sen. Larry Hicks said that many great legislators from the state...

CODY, Wyo. (AP) — Former Wyoming Senate President Henry ‘Hank’ Coe has died at age 74. A Republican from Cody, Coe was first elected to the Wyoming Senate in 1988. Besides serving as Senate president from 2001-2002, Coe was chairman of the Senate Education Committee from 2003-2020 and played a key role in major decisions involving public education. Coe decided in March not to seek re-election. He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in November and died Thursday at home with his children ...

Hank Coe Longtime State Sen. Hank Coe has died of cancer. Coe first represented Cody In the State Senate in 1989 and played a big role in issues surrounding economic development, air service and education. He retired from the Senate last year. Former Riverton Sen. Eli Bebout was a close friend of Coes and served with him for over 30 years.​ "He loved Wyoming, he worked hard for his constituency, he worked hard for the state, just a great American and quite a loss," said Bebout. "Not just from...

Former Wyoming Senate President Hank Coe Dies Former Wyoming Senate President Hank Coe of Cody has died at the age of 74. According to the Cody Enterprise newspaper, Coe died Thursday afternoon of pancreatic cancer. The paper says he was diagnosed with the disease in November. Coe served in the Wyoming Legislature for three decades, including stints as Senate president and Vice President. He as a major influence on education issues in the legislature, chairing the Senate Education Committee fro...