Jicki Val Brown

(Oct. 8, 1948 - Nov. 6, 2021)

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Jicki Val Brown passed into the Kingdom of Heaven on Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021. She was born in Evanston, Wyoming, on Oct. 8, 1948, to Charles Burl “Buck” Pollet and Naomi (Wilson) Pollet. Jicki lived a diverse life and loved adventure. After graduating from Mountain View High School in 1967, her wandering spirit took her all over the U.S. before she settled back in Wyoming.

She was first married to Randy Tanner, with whom she delivered into the world her children Donya, Jason, Becky and Jerry. She was later married to Don Leeper, and along came her fifth child, Val. 

As she raised her five children, Jicki studied English at Northwest College and worked for several years during the 1980s as the secretary of the Humanities Division at Northwest. Afterward she worked as a legal secretary and also enjoyed bartending. 

She loved spending time with her family and friends. Jicki possessed a poet’s heart and naturally saw and appreciated beauty in the world and in the people around her. 

On April 13, 1999, she married her forever love, Mike Brown, her soulmate. Her many passions included writing, crocheting, spending time in the Bighorn Mountains, rock hunting and sentimental music, Wildflowers by Tom Petty being one of her favorites.

Jicki was preceded in death by her parents, Charles and Mary Pollet; her siblings Wilson Felix, Jerry Felix, and Charles Pollet; and her son, Jerry Brionne Tanner who died from complications of Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency in 1998 just a week after his 21st birthday. Other beloved members of her family are also afflicted with this condition. 

She is survived and deeply missed by her husband, Michael Brown of Powell; sister and brother-in-law, Christy and John Petrich, of Byron; sister-in-law, Flo Felix; daughter Donya Tanner of Boise, Idaho; son and daughter-in-law, Jason and Joanne Tanner, of Gillette, Wyoming; daughter Becky Tanner of Powell; daughter Val Leeper of Cody; and many in-laws, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and nieces and nephews.

A family gathering and interment will be held at the Byron Cemetery on Nov. 27, 2021, at 1:30 p.m. An open reception will be held afterwards at the Elks Lodge in Powell. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that friends and loved ones please consider donating to the Alpha-1 Foundation at alpha1.org.

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