Lily Bertha Barnett

Lily was born Jan. 18, 1958 to her loving parents Harold (Hap) Henderson and Bertha Higgins Henderson . Lily was born in Craig , Co. Lily and her big sister Barbara were raised in Dixon, Wy.

Lily attended School at the Savery School for her first 4 years and graduated from Marrow High School In Baggs, Wy. She attended some college at Northwest College in Powell, Wy.

Lily passed away peacefully Oct. 30, 2026 at the Dixon Senior Center where she was employed.

In 1979 she married James Spicer out of this union Jamie Jean Birrer and Melisa Ann Spicer were born. Lily loved her girls with her whole heart . Lily was a very loving, nurturing Mother who gave her all to taking care of her girls.

Throughout her life she was known as a hard worker and known as a very caring and giving person.

In 1985 Lily became a EMT on the Little Snake River Ambulance and taught CPR Classes, she was instrumental in getting new Ambulances. At this time she was working for Carbon County Senior Services as cook in Baggs. Until funding shortages cut her position. Lily and Barbara formed their own company S& M painting and cleaning where Scott Spicer and George Moss joined them . She then went to work at the Memorial Hospital in Craig , Co. Where she was a phlebotomist for several years along with the hospital she traveled around Colorado drawing blood for Belle Bonfils blood service . Lily often left home an hour or two early so she could stop and check on Seniors and draw blood etc on her way to work at the hospital.

She eventually moved to Craig to save her long commute where she continued with both jobs and added a job at Pizza Hut to the mix. While living in Craig she had both girls in school and took in her nephew George (Moose) Moss for one year so he could try a big school experience.

Nov. Of 1995 brought her back to Dixon and the valley she loved when she married Jack Barnett. Out of this union she gained Jacks children and considered them all as her own. She worked beside Jack and his mother Maryls running the restaurant and helping with the bar. She loved this and could be heard laughing and visiting with all of her friends meanwhile she was back to driving back and forth to the hospital for work . She slipped back into the ambulance service and her old habits of caring for her seniors , drawing blood or helping anyway she could.

Meanwhile Jamie had graduated and met the love of her life Joe and was settled on Maui, Hi. She took Melisa and they headed off to Maui they just packed a few clothes and off to a a new life in tropical paradise.

While there she worked in restaurants as a cook and reverted back to her old habits by adopting several young people who considered her Mom and made everyone of them Ohana (family). And she loved each and everyone of them dearly. She also adopted a dear friend Tom who required a lot of medical and personal help. She cared for him part time while of course working full time as a cook.

2002 came the news her poor heart needed major surgery on April 30, 2002 she had open heart surgery to repair it. Her surgery was highly experimental very risky, but there was no alternative . She came though that and bounced right back into being the hard working great Mom she always was. Only now both of her little girls where all grown up . Melisa met Drew and soon had Desiree giving Lily her first Granddaughter, Shortly after Jamie and Joe followed suit and gave her 2 more precious Granddaughters Zariah and Alana.

She met David at this time in her life and of course adopted all of his children, cared for him throughout his battle with cancer.

Then came the COVID shut downs and no work the whole island shut down , She asked God what to do and the answer was go home. So she returned to the main land and went to Melisa’s home In Idaho for a short while. But the Little Snake River Valley was calling to her so she brought Desi and they moved home. They spent a year in Baggs with Lily working as a cook at the Cowboy Inn and she bought her little white house in Dixon so now she was truly home from her yard she could see the place she was raised. Then in July 2026 the job of site manager at the Baggs Senior Center opened back up and she grabbed it. So now her life had came a full circle with her right back where she belonged loving and caring for her beloved seniors. The very people who have know and loved her, her entire Life.

Lily was preceded in death by both parents Hap and Bertha Henderson, Brother Frank Henderson, Sister Shirley Brooks, numerous nephews . Son in law Drew Colburn.

She is survived by Both Daughters Jamie ( Joe) Birrer and Melisa Spicer, Her Granddaughters Desiree ( Cody) Barnett, Zariah and Alana Birrer. Sister Barbara ( George ) Moss . Many nieces and nephews including Tom (Jennifer Packard) ,Brenda Robidoux , Chris ( Julie ) Moss. And so many friends and family.

A Celebration of Lily's life will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, November 8, 2026 at the Valley Community Center in Baggs. A reception will immediately follow at the community center. Lily will be laid to rest at Reader Cemetery in Savery.

In Lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations be made in Lily's memory to the Little Snake River EMS.