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Molly Birkle Pauli Hagemeier
1912-2006
Molly Birkle Pauli Hagemeier, 93, of Cheyenne died Jan. 3 in Cheyenne.
Molly Birkle was born June, 15, 1912, in Sharvakova, Sartov, Russia. Of German heritage, she and her family migrated to the United States of America in December of 1912. Her parents were Mary and Gottfried Birkle.
Their first family home was in Okeene, Okla. After a short stay in Okeene, they moved and farmed in the Windsor, Colo., area. In 1929, they moved to Wheatland. There she met the man of her dreams, Phillip Pauli. They married
later that year and enjoyed 44 years of marriage. From this union, nine children were born.
While in the Wheatland area, they farmed, did contract trucking and Phillip ran a blacksmith shop. In late 1951, the family moved to eastern Laramie County. They farmed there for a time and then opened Pauli's Welding and Repair in Burns.
They ran the shop until Phillip's death in 1974.
Molly married
Harold Hagemeier in 1976. They lived on his farm in Hillsdale until his death in 1990. Molly then returned to her home in Burns. She enjoyed her home, yard, flowers and extended family for about 10 years.
Then she moved to Cheyenne, where she lived until she went to be with her Lord.
Molly was active in church and church groups in all the communities that she lived in all of her life. Phillip and Molly provided a strong religious background for their nine children, grandchildren and extended family. Molly knew the Lord as her personal Savior.
Molly was active in WCTU, Prairie Pioneers, the Presbyterian Ladies Aid, the local hobby club and various charitable organizations in the communities she lived in. She also volunteered at West Elementary School in Burns for several years.
Molly was an avid seamstress and enjoyed sewing for her family as well as knitting, crocheting and embroidering. Her family treasures these items.
Survivors include two sons, Harry Pauli and his wife, Billie of Burns and Gerald Pauli and his wife, JoAnn of Cheyenne; four daughters, Ruth Diers and her husband, Bill of Forrest Lake, Minn., Donna Loetscher and her husband, Richard of Cheyenne, Katherine Schultz and her husband, Joe of Colorado Springs, Colo.; Susan Rohweder and her husband, Wayne of Cheyenne; a daughter-in-law, Ann Pauli of Billings, Mont.; 29 grandchildren; 59 great-grandchildren; 10 great-great-grandchildren; and one brother, David Birkle and his wife, Germaine of Wheatland. Also surviving are three stepsons, Robert Hagemeier and his wife, Evelyn, Walter Hagemeier and his wife, Carolyn and Vernon Hagemeier and their families.
Preceding her in death were two husbands, Phillip Pauli and Harold Hagemeier; her father, Gottfried Birkle; her mother, Mary Birkle; brothers, Henry, Walter, Edward and Victor Birkle; her sons, Robert Pauli and his wife, Thelma, and Richard Pauli; a daughter, Ruby Grimes and her husband, Eugene; one grandson, Steven Loetscher; and one stepson, Charles Hagemeier and his wife, Bernie.
Services will be 2 p.m. Friday at Schrader's Funeral Home.
Pallbearers are her grandsons, Jim Grimes, Robert Pauli Jr., Dean Diers, Harry Pauli Jr., Terry Pauli, Rick Loetscher, Gary Wisecup Jr. and Dusty Rhoades.
Honorary pallbearers will be Dan Pauli, Mike Pauli, Brett Shideler, Randy Diers, Walt Seeley Jr., Don Loetscher, Chris Loetscher, Gary Pauli, Dwayne Pauli, Brian Manly, John Zeiger, Gene Salisbury, Tom Nixon, Bill Bishop, and David Wisecup.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Burns Ambulance Fund at P.O. Box 2, Burns, WY 82053.
Richard M. Baker
1930-2006
Richard M. "Dick" Baker died peacefully on Jan. 2 at home at 75 years of age.
Dick was born in Oakland, Calif., on Oct. 14, 1930, and grew up in San Francisco. He was the son of Ernest Baker and Adele Cohen. After Adele passed away, Ernest married
Pauline.
Dick was an ROTC cadet in high school. After high school, he served in the U.S. Army, gaining the rank of master sergeant in a field artillery regiment.
Dick and his first wife, Fran, were married
in 1955. Moving to Salt Lake City, they adopted two children, Tim and Hilary. Fran passed away in March 1979 in Cheyenne. Dick continued raising his children alone through their college years. Throughout these times, Dick remained a devoted father to Hilary and the late Tim. He fell in love and married
Rosalyn Wallach on May 21, 1989.
Dick graduated from Westminster College in Salt Lake City with a bachelor's degree in history and business and a minor in philosophy. He was active in student politics, serving as president of the student senate during his senior year and produced a musical comedy that was instrumental in promoting finances for the university.
He began his professional career in banking in Salt Lake City as a teller. His banking career took him to Denver, where he graduated from the American Institute of Banking and, ultimately, brought him to Cheyenne where he worked as vice president and senior trust office for Wyoming Bancorporation and First Wyoming Bank. Dick was one of the founding directors of the Southwest Wyoming Estate Planning Council and remained an active member for many years.
Dick founded Wyoming Student Loan Corporation in 1980 and served as its chief executive officer until his retirement in 1995. He continued to serve as the corporation's chairman of the board until 1998 and was an active board member until his death.
Raised in San Francisco, Mr. Baker became a first generation college graduate in his forties, long after he had established himself as a capable and talented banker. Using his experience and education, Dick researched and then proposed to Governor Ed Herschler the idea of a private, non-profit student loan secondary market for the State of Wyoming. Governor Herschler accepted the idea and Wyoming Student Loan Corporation opened in 1980. Since then, it has assisted more than 100,000 students in obtaining their dream of a college education with almost a billion dollars in student assistance and has brought more than $500,000 into the Wyoming economy.
Dick was a leader in the Cheyenne community in 1983. Among his many contributions were as past president of the Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce, life time director of the Salvation Army board of advisors, a founding director of Stride Learning Center, a founding director of what is now the Cheyenne Depot Museum in 1981, a member of the Cheyenne Rotary Club, a member of the Masonic Temple and a Shriner.
He ran for the Wyoming Legislature and the State House of Representatives and as an LCCC Trustee Board Member. His past years in retirement were devoted to mentoring his grandchildren, traveling, his computer and photographic equipment and cars. Three miniature Schnauzers kept him occupied on a daily routine. His 15th birthday was a family reunion on a Mexican cruise that included 27 family members this past October.
Dick is survived by his wife, Rosalyn; daughters, Hilary Isenhour of Bountiful, Utah, Eileen Plantz of Thornton, Colo., and Jacque Westover of Cheyenne; sons, Robert Georgio of Spokane, Wash., and Joseph Georgio of Cheyenne; a brother, Mikel Baker of Arcadia, Calif.; his mother, Pauline Baker of Arcadia; a sister, Barbara Cohen of Concord, Calif.; and 18 grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his father and mother, Ernest and Adele; and two sons, Timothy Baker and Richard Georgio.
Viewing will be today at Schrader Funeral Home.
Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Friday at Schrader's.
Friends may contribute to the Richard M. "Dick" Baker Scholarship Foundation, c/o WSLC, 1401 Airport Parkway, Cheyenne, WY 82001; the Salvation Army; the Cheyenne Depot Museum; the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens; or a charitable organization of their choice.
William S. Wilderness
2005
William Stonewall Wilderness, 15 days, of Travis Air Force Base, Calif., passed away Dec. 29 at the Travis Air Force Base Hospital.
He was born Dec. 14 at the Travis Air Force Base Hospital.
William is survived by his parents, Dale R. and Jennifer Wilderness of Travis Air Force Base; three brothers, Dale R. Wilderness II, Garrett Wilderness and Benjamin C. Wilderness, all of Travis Air Force Base; four sisters, Kadie Wilderness, Rochelle Wilderness, Mylissa Wilderness and Madilyn Wilderness, all of Travis Air Force Base; grandparents, Robin and Jacqueline Wilderness of Cheyenne and Bonnie and Charles Peterson Jr., of Gillette; great-grandparents, Marjean Cole of Rawlins and Charles W. Peterson Sr.; aunts and uncles, Deborah and Timothy Whalen of Deland, Fla., Dawn Daggett of Johnstown, Colo., Daniel Wilderness of Cheyenne, Crystal and Dan Wolfrun of Germany, Carl W. Peterson of Gillette, and Nancy and Ahmed Khago of Las Vegas; and numerous cousins.
Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Lincolnway Chapel with Bishop Sloan Hales conducting. Interment at the Burns cemetery.
Casket bearers are Daniel Wilderness and Carl Peterson.
Services are under the direction of Wiederspahn-Radomsky Chapel of the Chimes.
Ella M. Boyd
1947-2006
Ella Mae Boyd, known as Auntie Baby Mae and Big Ella, 58, of Cheyenne left behind her family and friends on Jan. 26 at United Medical Center -West.
She was born Nov. 19, 1947, in Clarksdale, Miss., to Grant and Ila Rean Johnson Potter. She was raised by her Uncle Phil and Aunt Minnie Osborne and had lived here most of her life.
She is survived by two children, Frankie E. Boyd and Neikia Boyd, both of Cheyenne; a sister, Bobbie J. Dawson of Cheyenne; three first cousins, James L. Banks of Michigan, and Walker Gunn and Mary E. Benson, both of Cheyenne. She also leaves behind a host of nieces, nephews and friends.
Ms. Boyd was preceded in death by her parents; Uncle Phil and Aunt Minnie Osborne; five brothers, Clarance Johnson, Joe H. Johnson, Mack P. Johnson, Willie C. Johnson and Rommie L. Johnson; and two sisters, Minnie R. Burney and Lorine Lyle.
She was the lady with the heart of gold that tried to take care of everyone. She cooked, fed and housed anyone she knew was in need - that's love. Death is nothing but a moment's rest, so don't mourn and grieve her death. The Lord has come for her and he loved her best.
Cremation has taken place at Cheyenne Memorial Gardens under the direction of Wiederspahn-Radomsky Chapel of the Chimes.
Private family memorial services have taken place.
Frank E. Siel
1929-2006
Frank Edward "Ed" Siel, 76, of Wheatland, died Jan. 26 at United Medical Center-West in Cheyenne.
He was born July 9, 1929, in Yuma, Colo., where he attended public schools and graduated from high school in 1947. He later attended college at Missouri Valley College in Marshall, Mo., where he played football.
He and his wife, Margaret, were married
in 1950.
A longtime automobile dealer, Mr. Siel worked for an auto dealership in Denver in the 1950s, and moved his family to Wyoming in 1967 when he purchased a Ford dealership in Newcastle. In 1975, he purchased a Chevrolet, Oldsmobile and Cadillac dealership in Wheatland. He served as president of the Wyoming Automobile Dealers Association and was on its board of directors for many years. He built the Torchlight Best Western Motel in Wheatland in 1976. He served as a Best Western Governor until the time of his death.
He enjoyed hunting and was an avid fisherman who made numerous fishing trips to Canada and Alaska. For more than 30 years, Mr. Siel made annual trips to the same fishing camp on Lake La Ronge in Saskatchewan, Canada.
He was a member of the Shriners of North America.
Mr. Siel is survived by his wife, Margaret of Wheatland; four daughters, Margaret Suzanne Cozad of Wheatland, Jill Lynn Moody of San Antonio, Texas, Sandra Gail Kitchen of Powell, and Cynthia Jo Hill of Cheyenne; and five grandchildren, Amy Gillespie of San Antonio, Texas, Mitchell Cozad of Wheatland, Drew Hill of Cheyenne, and Katie and Scott Kitchen of Powell; a sister, Jewel Ford of Denver, Colorado; and two nephews, Edward Ford of Golden, Colorado and Kent Ford of Washington, D.C.
Mr. Siel was preceded in death by his parents, Frank Edward Siel Sr. and Nellie Lee (Adair) Siel.
The funeral service will be conducted 10 a.m. Wednesday at the United Methodist Church in Wheatland with Pastor Skip Perry officiating. Interment with graveside rites by the Wheatland Masonic Lodge No. 16 AF & AM will be in the Wheatland cemetery.
Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Gorman Funeral Homes - Platte Chapel of Wheatland.
Friends may contribute to Shriners Hospital-Intermountain, Fairfax Road at Virginia Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84103.
Thomas R. Brimberry
1970-2006
Thomas R. Brimberry, 35, of Cheyenne died Jan. 21 in Laramie.
He was born Oct. 4, 1970, in Galveston, Texas.
He was a member of Emmaus Ministries in Houston.
Mr. Brimberry is survived by his mother, Lynette Brimberry of Cheyenne; his sister, Nancy Tumlinson of Cheyenne; a niece; a nephew; and a great niece.
He was preceded in death by his father, James Brimberry.
Private family services will be held.
Agnes L. Hedges
1918-2006
Agnes L. Hedges, 87, of Ocean Springs, Miss., died Jan. 29 in Kiln, Miss.
She was born Nov. 12, 1918, in Eskridge, Kan., to Clarence G. and Phoebe Smith.
Mrs. Hedges was a member of the First Baptist Church of Ocean Springs and a member of the church's J.O.Y senior adult choir.
Mrs. Hedges was very interested in volunteer work. She volunteered as an auxiliary worker for the Ocean Springs Hospital for over 20 years. She won many awards while doing so. Agnes had over 2,000 volunteer hours and had also worked with the local Red Cross blood drives.
She is survived by a brother, Lloyd Smith of Waterloo, Iowa; two sisters, Dorothy Cummins of Laramie and Bernice Douglas of Globe, Ariz.; a grandson and his wife, Marc and Hethre Smith; one great-grandson, Haden Smith; a son-in-law, Ed Smith, and many friends.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Max Hedges; a daughter, Donna Smith; her parents; three brothers, Gilbert Smith, Clarence "Mac" Smith, Jr., and Floyd Smith; two sisters, Rena Douglas and Levone Dilley.
Memorial services are 3:30 p.m. Thursday at Wiederspahn-Radomsky Chapel of the Chimes with the Rev. Max Janzen officiating. Interment of her urn will be at Cheyenne Memorial Gardens.
Dorothy E. Fish
1913-2006
Dorothy E. Fish, 92, of Cheyenne died Jan. 30 in Cheyenne.
Mrs. Fish was born Feb. 24, 1913, in Denver.
She was co-owner of Cheyenne Elevator. She was also a homemaker.
She married
Ralph H. Fish on June 20, 1941, in Scottsbluff, Neb.
Mrs. Fish was a member of St. Mark's Episcopal Church.
She is survived by her daughter, Sally Jo Fish of Cheyenne; cousins, Robert Braunschweig of Cheyenne, Evalynn J. Choiniere of Tucson, Ariz.; a niece, Rev. Judith Lynne Johnston and husband, Tom Johnston of Escondidio, Calif.; great-niece, Lisa Lynne French and husband, Alan French and their children, Alexander Warren French, Whitney Lynne French and Avery Lynne French of Laguna Miguel, Calif.; great-nephew, Eric Andres and wife, Ulrika Andres and their daughters, Alexandra and Amanda Andres of Playa del Rey, Calif.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph H. Fish; her parents, Joseph H. Evans and Sadie Bell Clibbon Evans; and a sister, Florence Margaret Thomas.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Schrader Chapel with the Father Tim Solon officiating.
Burial will be in Beth El cemetery.
Arrangements by Schrader Funeral Home.
Douglas G. Carlstead
1980-2006
Douglas Gerald "Doug" Carlstead, 26, of Cheyenne died Jan. 30 at United Medical Center-West.
He was born Jan. 10, 1980, in Columbus, Miss., and had lived here most of his life.
Mr. Carlstead was joint owner of a daycare center.
He is survived by his mother, Margaret Carlstead; and two brothers, Zach Carlstead and Andrew Carlstead, all of Cheyenne.
He was preceded in death by his father, Gerald D. Carlstead.
Memorial services are 11 a.m. Friday at Our Savior Lutheran Church with the Rev. Richard Boche officiating.
Cremation has taken place at Cheyenne Memorial Gardens under the direction of Wiederspahn-Radomsky Chapel Of The Chimes.
Ella M. Boyd
1947-2006
Ella Mae Boyd, 58, of Cheyenne died Jan. 26 at United Medical Center - West.
She was born Nov. 19, 1947, in Clarksdale, Miss., to Grant and Ila Rean Johnson Potter.
She was raised by her Uncle Phil and Aunt Minnie Osborne and had lived here most of her life.
She is survived by two children, Frankie E. Boyd and Neikia Boyd, both of Cheyenne; a sister, Bobbie J. Dawson of Cheyenne; three first cousins; and numerous . nieces, nephews and friends.
Ms. Boyd was preceded in death by her parents; her uncle, Phil, and aunt, Minnie Osborne; five brothers, Clarance Johnson, Joe H. Johnson, Mack P. Johnson, Willie C. Johnson and Rommie L. Johnson; and two sisters, Minnie R. Burney and Lorine Lyle.
Cremation has taken place at Cheyenne Memorial Gardens under the direction of Wiederspahn-Radomsky Chapel of the Chimes.
Private family memorial services have taken place.
Janelle Wickert
1951-2006
Janelle Gay Wickert, 54, of Cheyenne passed away in peace on Jan. 31 in Millersville, Md., after a courageous battle against ovarian cancer.
Janelle was born on June 29, 1951, in Scottsbluff, Neb., to Ashby and Dorothy Adams. She graduated from Bridgeport High School in 1969 in Bridgeport, Neb. She studied accounting at Western Nebraska Community College for a year.
Janelle married
Dennis Wickert of Gering, Neb., on June 26, 1971. They moved to Cheyenne in 1977. She was employed with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming, where she would head the archives department for the next 27 years.
She survived by her husband, Dennis, of Cheyenne; daughter, Amber Flynn and her husband, Shaun, of Millersville, Md.; grandson, Michalene Flynn, of Md.; brothers, John Adams and Scott Adams; father, Ashby Adams; sisters, Cheryl DeWeese/Adams, Lori Tarr and Lynne Macias, all of Scottsbluff, Neb.; and good friends and kind neighbors.
She was preceded in death by her mother, Dorothy Bentley Adams.
A memorial and celebration of Janelle's life will be in the spring.
