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Rebecca “Becky” Miles, 82, of Sheridan, passed away on Wednesday, February 11, 2004, at Sheridan Manor.
Becky was born on October 22, 1921, in Eudora, Mississippi, to Walter and Addie (Dees) Davis. Following her graduation from high school, she married James R. “Rabbit” Miles on May 28, 1954. She worked as a private secretary to Ralph L. Jackson in Memphis, Tennessee, for several years, until 1979 when the family moved to Sheridan from Memphis, Tennessee. Becky was a member of Grace Baptist Church in Sheridan, and was past president of the Professional Busine ss Women’s Association in Memphis. She enjoyed bowling, hunting, fishing, spending time with her family, playing basketball when she was younger, and was an avid Chicago Cubs fan. Becky was an excellent cook, and enjoyed so much preparing meals for the family. She was a dear friend to so many people.
Mrs. Miles was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, her brother Leroy Davis, and her three sisters, Lucille Ball ,Josie Hylander, and Jane Andrews. She is survived by her daughter, Mary Womack Davis and her husband Tommy of Sheridan; her four grandchildren, Terry Davis, Larry Davis and his wife Heather, and Roger Davis, all of Sheridan, and Matt Davis and Jewell Hamilton of Bellingham, Washington; her seven great-grandchildren, Catie Davis and Matt Phares of Sheridan, Drew Davis of Bellingham, Washington, Joey Nehs of Palm Bay, Florida, and Lyndsey Ferguson, Donald Troy Ferguson, and Jesse Ferguson, all of Hay Fork California; her brother, Robert Davis and his wife Ellen Belle of Hernando, Mississippi; her two sisters, Ida “Sister” Brewer and her husband Bill, and Elouise Martin, both of Memphis, Tennessee; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 14, 2004, at Kane Funeral Home with Pastor Stephen Anderson officiating. Kane Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.
The family has requested that memorials be made to Grace Baptist Church, the Sheridan Senior Center Daybreak Program, or the National Caregiving Foundation for Alzheimer’s in care of Karen Green, First Interstate Bank, P.O. Box 2007, Sheridan, WY 82801.
Albert L. “Ole” Olson, Jr. age 75 of Winthrop, WA, died Sunday, February 1, 2004, at Yuma Medical Center, Yuma, AZ.
Mr. Olson was born April 2, 1928 in Rockville Center, NY to Albert L. and Marguerite (Matedero) Olson, Sr. He grew up and attended schools in Valley Stream, NY, graduating from Valley Stream High School in 1945. Mr. Olson attended St. Bonaventure College where he majored in music. He then joined the Army and served in the Philippines during WW II. Mr. Olson returned to NY where he owned and operated a TV repair and music store. Mr. Olson married Theresa M. Logan June 24, 1950 in Olean, NY.
The Olsons moved to Sheridan, WY in 1960 where he went to work for Safeway. In the late 1960’s, Mr. Olson went to work for the U. S. Postal Service, retiring in 1988. While working for the Post Office, Mr. Olson also had a part-time framing business in Sheridan.
Mr. Olson was a lifetime member of Sheridan Elk’s Lodge #520. As an accomplished musician, he played in bands in the Sheridan area, especially at the Elk’s. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, golfing, traveling around the country in his motor home, driving his dune buggy, and spending time with his family.
Mr. Olson was preceded in death by his parents and his wife.
He is survived by his loving companion of many years, Ronnie Davis of Winthrop; four sons Leonard F. of Sparks, NV, Thomas J. of Sheridan, Steven G. of Boston, MA and Terry M. of Laramie, WY; three daughters Anne M. Edmonson of Carson City, NV, Margaret A. Martinez of Ranchester, WY and Catherine A Forner of Dugway, UT; sister Margaret J. Maday of Adirondack, NY; 16 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren.
Visitation for Mr. Olson will be 6:00pm to 8:00pm on Friday (Feb. 6th) from Champion Ferries Funeral Home. Funeral Liturgy will be 10:00am on Saturday from Holy Name Catholic Church with Father Ronald Stolcis as celebrant. Burial will be in the Elk’s Section of Sheridan Municipal Cemetery. Arrangements are with Champion Ferries Funeral Home.
Memorials may benefit the American Cancer Society, American Diabetes Assoc., American Heart and Lung Assoc., in care of Karen Green, First Interstate Bank, Box 2007, Sheridan, WY 82801 or the Sheridan Elks Lodge#520, Box 624, Sheridan, WY 82801
Louis “Louie” Poulos, 85, of Sheridan, WY, died Wednesday, February 18, 2004 at his residence.
Mr. Poulos was born August 25, 1918 in Sheridan, WY to Steve and Olga (Kamanos)Poulos. He grew up and attended schools in Sheridan, graduating from Sheridan High School in 1941. He was very involved in athletics in high school. Mr. Poulos joined the Army in 1941, where he was trained as a radio operator, serving with the 137th Signal Radio Intelligence Company, one of their duties being to patrol the beaches on the Pacific. He served in WW War II and the Korean War were he was stationed on the D.M.Z. While there, Mr. Poulos had a bullet ricochet off of his helmet, which he felt changed his life forever. Mr. Poulos was awarded the American Defense Service Medal, the American Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, the Good Conduct Medal, Combat Infantry Badge, and the Korean Service Medal with 2 Bronze Service Stars. After returning to Sheridan, Mr. Poulos joined the Wyoming National Guard, serving until 1986, jointly affiliated with retired status with the Dept. of the Army. Mr. Poulos was presented the Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal, and the Meritorious Service Medal at ceremonies in the drill hall of the new National Guard Armory.
Mr. Poulos married Helen Kincaid April 11, 1948, in Sheridan. The Poulos’ bought the Eagle Shoe Shop in 1953, which they operated until 1993. Mr. Poulos also went to work at the V. A. Medical Center in Sheridan in 1972, retiring in 1987.
Mr. Poulos was a member of the First Baptist Church of Sheridan, the Gideon International Organization, was an originator of the American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps, helping design the uniform for the Corps, a member of the Sheridan Historical Society, working on the Street Car Project, a member of R.E.A.C.T., enjoyed the Community Concerts, cooking, and loved to fish in his earlier years. He loved taking his family on picnics in the Big Horn Mts.
Mr. Poulos was preceded in death by his parents, and 1 brother.
He is survived by his wife, Helen, of Sheridan; 2 sons, Jerry Edward Poulos, of Sheridan, and Albert Jay Poulos (Jackie), of Sioux Falls, SD; 3 sisters, Frances Petrocich, of Rock Springs, WY, Helen Johnson, of Sheridan, WY, and Mary Caprielian, of CA; 4 grandchildren, Jeffery, Christopher, Angela, and Amelia; and 3 great grandchildren, Karissa, Kyle, and Amelia. He will be greatly missed and lovingly remembered.
Visitation for Mr. Poulos will be from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M., and from 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. Monday, February 23, 2004 at Champion Ferries Funeral Home. Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, February 24, 2004 at First Baptist Church with Pastor Ken Doolin officiating. Burial will be in the Sheridan Municipal Cemetery. Arrangements are with Champion Ferries Funeral Home.
Memorials in memory of Mr. Poulos may be made to the First Baptist Church Building Fund, 1100 Big Horn Ave., Sheridan, WY 82801
James Robert Rosenlund, age 78, of Sheridan, WY, died Monday, February 23, 2004, in Westview Health Care Center, Sheridan.
He was born August 12, 1925, in Brainerd, Minnesota, to Louis & Hulda (Niska) Rosenlund.
He grew up in the Brainerd and Minneapolis area, graduating from high school in Minneapolis. He married Virginia Rose (Lipe) Redinger on December 28, 1945, in Shakopee, MN. He worked as an upholsterer and taught upholstery until moving to Sheridan in 1975. He worked for Sickler Upholstery until he retired in 1994. He was a member of Old Apostolic Lutheran Church. He enjoyed spending time with his Christian friends and family and traveling.
Preceded in death by one son Louis and two brothers Fred and Gordon.
SURVIVING RELATIVES
WIFE – Virginia Rosenlund, Sheridan
SONS – Ronald Rosenlund, Battle Ground, WA
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DAUGHTERS – Rosemary Bruckelmyer, Duluth, MN
Elaine Lindberg, Vancouver, WA
Lora Tikka, Yacolt, WA
Sara Miller, Battle Ground, WA
Jenny Blomquist, New Windsor, Maryland
Greta Wicht, Sheridan
Gloria Kopman, Battle Ground, WA
Lucille Massie, Yacolt, WA
SISTERS – Doris Sarkkinen, Battle Ground, WA
Betty Lipe, Minneapolis, MN
Hazel Hendrickson, Burnsville, MN
BROTHERS – Richard Rosenlund, Hancock, Michigan
John Rosenlund, Yacolt, WA
NUMEROUS GRAND AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN
Viewing and Visitation will be 7:00pm on Wednesday (Feb. 25th) from Old Apostolic Lutheran Church. Funeral service will be 11:00am on Thursday from Old Apostolic Lutheran Church with Joel Hendrickson and Rick Beld officiating. Interment will be in Sheridan Municipal Cemetery. Arrangements are with Champion Ferries Funeral Home.
Marjorie P. Roth, of Story, WY, died Saturday, February 14, 2004 at Sheridan Manor following a courageous battle with cancer. She was 85 years old.
Marjorie was born in Decatur County (Oberlin) Kansas on April 14, 1918 to Don and Ovanda (Bobbitt) Koehler.
She was united in marriage to Welton E. Roth November 24, 1935 in Norton, Kansas. They moved to Sheridan, Wyoming in 1939 and leased a ranch near Wyarno. In 1945 they purchased the C. P. Story homestead on Upper Prairie Dog Road Creek, near Banner.
In 1949, they bought the town of Banner, Wyoming and Marjorie was commissioned as Postmaster. She served as the Banner Postmaster until 1956 when they sold the Banner Store and moved to Story.
She was a founding member of the Story Civic Association and organized and was in charge of the Story Rabies Clinic for 20 years. She was a member of the Story Garden Club, Story Women’s Club, and the Story Quilters.
She loved her family, quilting, sewing, hunting, fishing, flowers, bird watching and was an avid reader.
She was preceded in death by her husband in 1973, one grandson, a sister and two brothers.
Survivors include a son, Gary W. Roth, of Sheridan; a daughter, Marilyn K. Butcher, of Banner; a sister, Faye Lombardi, of Denver, Colorado; 5 grandchildren, 8 great grandchildren; 3 great, great grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Visitation for Mrs. Roth will be from 5:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. Tuesday, February 17, 2004 at Champion Ferries Funeral Home.
Funeral services will be at 1:00 P.M. Wednesday, February 18, 2004 at Champion Ferries Funeral Home with Pastor Tim Tromble of the Story Community Church officiating. Burial will be in the Elk’s Section of Sheridan Municipal Cemetery. Arrangements are with Champion Ferries Funeral Home.
Memorials in memory of Mrs. Roth may be made to the Story Community Church Building Fund, or the Story Fire Department, in care of Karen Green, First Interstate Bank, P.O. Box 2007, Sheridan, WY 82801
Leslie Jo Schwabauer, 43, of Sheridan, WY, died Tuesday, February 17, 2004 in Memorial Hospital of Sheridan County.
Mrs. Schwabauer was born June 23, 1960 in Bonner’s Ferry, ID to Edward Raymond and Ann Elizabeth (Dickison) Winslow. She grew up and attended schools in Libby, MT, and graduated from Libby High School. She attended college at Montana State University, the University of Montana, and Casper College.
Mrs. Schwabauer married Craig Hugh Schwabauer April 19, 2003 in Sheridan, WY.
She loved the outdoors, and spending time in the mountains, especially the streams, flowers, and the animals. Mrs. Schwabauer enjoyed music, dancing, reading, taking long walks, taking drives in the country, and children. She liked seeing sunrises, sunsets, and full moons. Leslie enjoyed her life to the fullest. Every day was a new adventure for her, and she could put a smile on anyone she met.
Mrs. Schwabauer was preceded in death by her mother, Ann Elizabeth Winslow.
She is survived by her husband, Craig, of Sheridan, WY; 1 brother, Tim Winslow, and wife, Tammy, of Buffalo, WY; & 2 sisters, Susan Young, and husband, Dave, of Bridger, MT, and Patricia Durham, and husband, Steve, of Gallatin Gateway, MT.
Services for Mrs. Schwabauer will be 11:00A.M. Saturday, February 21, 2004 at the Bethesda Worship Center, 1082 E. Brundage Lane, Sheridan, with Pastor Scott Lee officiating. Burial will be in Grandview Cemetery, Bonner’s Ferry, ID.
Memorials in memory of Mrs. Schwabauer may be made to the Sheridan Animal Center, 84 East Ridge Road, Sheridan, WY 82801
Joe H. Toland, 81, of Sheridan, passed away on Sunday, February 15, 2004, at Memorial Hospital of Sheridan County.
Joe was born on June 16, 1922, in Sheridan, WY, to Joseph and Lenor (Livers) Toland. He graduated from Sheridan High School in 1941. He joined the U.S. Army Air Corps and was a B24 Radio Gunner with the 13th Air Corps Pacific Theater. Joe married Marilyn Switzer at the Switzer Ranch in Sheridan on June 8, 1947. He then went on to attend University of Wyoming where he graduated Magna Cum Laude in 1951 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in pharmacy. Joe owned Capital Drug Store for twenty-two years. He was recently honored by the University of Wyoming for fifty continuous years of pharmacy. Joe enjoyed fishing, golfing, gardening, square dancing, traveling, spending happy times with family, and having coffee and lunch with his buddies. He delivered meals on wheels and was a member of Jeans and Queens Square Dance Club, Powell Kiwanis, Sheridan Rotary, Knights of Columbus, American Legion, charter member of Powell Elks Club and transferred to Sheridan Elks Club and was a member of Holy Name Catholic Church.
Mr. Toland was preceded in death by his parents; his son, Mark Wayne Toland; and his two sisters Thelma Guilfoyle and Relda Mossholder. He is survived by his wife, Marilyn of Sheridan; his two daughters, Nancy Sims and her husband Gary of Ridgefield, WA and Jody Deeds and her husband Larry of Sheridan; his son, Dr. Greg Toland, and his wife, Cindy, of Powell, WY; his eleven grandchildren, Sarah Sims Susanka, Rebekah Sims Andrews, Mary, Esther, Stephen, and Catherine Sims, Rachel and JoAnna Deeds, and Joey, Nick and Hannah Toland and three great grandchildren, Dominic and Sean Susanka and Fiona Andrews; and his sister Dorothy Sanders and her husband Cliff of Buffalo, WY.
A rosary will be held at 7:30 pm at Holy Name Catholic Church on Thursday, February 19, 2004. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at Holy Name Catholic Church on Friday, February 20, 2004 at 11:00 am with The Reverend Ron Stolcis officiating. Kane Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.
The family has requested that memorials be made in Joe’s name to the St. Joseph Children’s Home or Meals On Wheels in care of Karen Green, First Interstate Bank, P.O. Box 2007, Sheridan , WY 82801.
Clarence A. Weberg, 90, of Sheridan, WY, died Sunday, February 1, 2004 in Memorial Hospital of Sheridan County.
Mr. Weberg was born April 9, 1913 in Park River, ND to Arne and Carrie (Kveseth) Weberg. He grew up and attended schools in Froid, MT graduating from Froid High School in 1931. Mr. Weberg married LaVerne Fleischman May 9, 1931, in Froid. Mr. Weberg then attended the Chillicothe Business School in Chillicothe, Missouri, graduating in 1933.
He returned to Froid, MT where he started his career as a bookkeeper, working for Farmer’s Union Oil Co., the Farmer’s Union Trading Co., and the Farmer’s Union Carriers. The couple moved to Sheridan, WY in 1942.
In 1943, Mr. Weberg attended the Lutheran Brethren Bible School and Seminary in Fergus Falls, MN, graduating in 1945. After graduation, Mr. Weberg taught the Commercial Department at Oldham High School at Oldham, SD. While living there, he also served the Oldham Baptist Church and the Drakola Community Church as a lay pastor.
The Weberg’s moved back to Sheridan in 1948 where he worked for Westbrook Motors, Sheridan Motor, Inc, N. A. Nelson Construction Co., and the Jersey Creamery, retiring in 1980. Mr. Weberg also served as minister of the Community Church in Ranchester from 1963 to 1980.
Mr. Weberg enjoyed stamp and coin collecting, working with the church literature, and spending time with his family.
He was preceded in death by his parents, two sisters, one ½ brother, & one ½ sister.
Mr. Weberg is survived by his wife, LaVerne, of Sheridan, WY; 2 sons, Douglas, of Elizabethton, TN, and Sherman, of Ranchester, WY; 2 daughters, Louise Kishpaugh, of Sparks, NV, and Sylvia Phillips, of Sheridan, WY; 11 grandchildren, and 15 great grandchildren.
Memorial services for Mr. Weberg will be 11:00 A.M. Saturday, February 7, 2004 at Grace Baptist Church with the Rev. Stephen Anderson officiating. Arrangements are with Champion Ferries Funeral Home.
Memorials in memory of Mr. Weberg may be made to the Guido Evangelistic Association, P. O. Box 508, Metter, GA, 30439, the Grace Baptist Church, 1959 E. Brundage Lane, Sheridan, or the Big Horn Church, P. O. Box 212, Big Horn, WY, 82833.
