James Arthur Nisselius

Funeral Service: 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 19, 2005, at the First Baptist Church

Interment: will follow the service at Mount Pisgah Cemetery with full military honors

Funeral services for James A. Nisselius, 60, lifetime resident of Gillette will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 19, 2005, at the First Baptist Church with Rev. Mark Jervis officiating. Burial will follow the service at Mount Pisgah Cemetery with full military honors provided by the American Legion Post # 42. Visitation will be 3-7 p.m. Monday, July 18, 2005, at Stevenson-Wilson Funeral Home.

He died July 9, 2005, at the Cancer Treatment Center of America in Tulsa, OK, of cancer.

Mr. Nisselius was born February 7, 945, in Springfield, MO, to Jack K. and Christine (Rutherford) Nisselius. He attended Gillette Elementary Schools and graduated from Campbell County High School in 1964. Following graduation, he attended Casper College and then enlisted in the U.S. Navy in January of 1965. He served four years aboard the aircraft carrier, USS Forrestal. His tours of duty included the Mediterranean, the Caribbean and on the other side back to Norfolk, VA. He was honorably discharged from Norfolk in 1969. He entered the Army National Guard in 1989 and served until he was medically discharged in April, 2005. Jim became a member of the American Legion Drill Team serving on it faithfully for twenty years. He worked in the oil fields in Campbell County, Oklahoma, and Prudo Bay, Alaska. He worked for a time in Los Alamos, NM, before returning to Gillette in 1978. For the last twenty-five years, he worked as a master welder at Jacobs Ranch Mine, and later for Kennecott Corp.

He married Anne E. Nowers on January 19, 1973, in Anchorage, AK. They were married until March of 1990. On December 7, 1991, he married Barbara Jane Beck at the First Baptist Church in Gillette where he has been a member since he was 12 years old. He enjoyed collecting especially military memorabilia. He was an expert marksman in the Army National Guard. He had a deep love for his country and served it well. He loved his sons, adored his grandchildren and enjoyed spending time with them. He was a life member of the NRA and the USS Forrestal Association.

He is survived by his wife and mother and father all of Gillette, his sons, Matthew J. Nisselius of Tokyo, Japan, Nathan B. Nisselius and Michael T. Nisselius both of Denver, CO, Clinton Ellyson of Commerce City, Texas, Curtis Ellyson of Sioux Falls, SD, and James Beck of Gillette; 5 grandchildren; his sister, Judy Tenney of Sheridan, WY, and numerous nieces and nephews.

A memorial has been established to benefit the Campbell County Health Care Foundation for Medical Oncology. Donations may be sent in care of Stevenson-Wilson Funeral Home, 210 West Fifth Street, Gillette, WY, 82716