Myrtle Lewis

Visitation will be from 2-7 p.m. on Wednesday, January 19, 2005 at the Stevenson-Wilson Funeral Home Chapel in Gillette, Wyoming.

Funeral Service: 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 20, 2005 at the First Presbyterian Church in Gillette, WY

Interment: will follow in the Gillette, Mt Pisgah Cemetery

Funeral service for long time Campbell County resident Myrtle E. Moser Lewis will be at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 20, 2005 at the First Presbyterian Church in Gillette, Wyoming with Pastor Joel Wright officiating. Burial will follow in the Gillette, Mt Pisgah Cemetery.

Myrtle passed away on Saturday, January 15, 2005 at the Pioneer Manor Nursing Home in Gillette, Wyoming of natural cases. She was eighty-one years old.

Myrtle Eva Lewis was born on March 18, 1923 the daughter of Ray and Josephine (Rodman) Moser in Gillette, Wyoming. She attended rural schools and graduated from Campbell County High School in 1940. Myrtle attended one year of normal training and received her teaching certificate and taught for one year at a school thirty miles north of Gillette.

She married Paul Lewis on June 2, 1943 in Gillette and they made their home on their ranch southwest of Gillette. In the late 1970s Myrtle worked for her sister at the Busy Bobbin fabric store in Gillette for several years. Paul and Myrtle retired from ranching in the early 1980s. The couple resided in Mesa, Arizona during the winter months. In 1997 Myrtle moved into Gillette and has resided in Pioneer Manor since 2001.She was and active member of the First Presbyterian Church, very active in the I.P.B. Homemakers Club and the Rebeka Lodge. Myrtle enjoyed gardening, cooking, embroidery and sewing. She loved to play cards with her family and friends and her favorite was Bridge. In her spare time she enjoyed the game shows on television.

Myrtle is survived by her son Gary (Judy) Lewis of Gillette, Wyoming, her daughter, Paula Lukehart and life-partner Mike Mac McCullough of Cooke City, Montana, one brother, Bill (Nadine) Moser of Moorcroft, Wyoming, one sister, Mildred Parnell of Gillette, Wyoming, four grandchildren, eight great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents and he husband Paul.

A memorial has been established to the First Presbyterian Church of Gillette, Wyoming and can be sent in care of the Stevenson-Wilson Funeral Home 210 W. 5th Street, Gillette, Wyoming 82716 or via the internet the www.stevensonandsons.net.