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Casey’s collecting for Worrell family
News · June 25, 2015


The day after the June 15 death of 52-year-old West Branch Mayor Mark Worrell, Casey’s General Store placed on its counter a collection box to raise money for Worrell’s family, according to store manager Anna Powers.


The idea came from one of Powers’ employees, who she said is a friend of Worrell’s daughters.

Powers said she met Mark Worrell soon after moving to West Branch almost eight years ago, and he often came in for “white milk and a doughnut,” while chatting up staff or other customers.

“We wanted to do something to help,” she said.

Powers said she was surprised when she saw Worrell’s well-known black Big Timber pickup truck pulling a trailer and driving by the gas station and convenience store on Wednesday morning.

“I know somebody else must have been driving it,” she said, “but it was a little creepy at first.”