City and State of residence: Casper, WY
Name of deceased: Myrtle Gertrude Farnam
Age of deceased: 80
Place of service: Oregon Trail State Veterans Cemetery Chapel in Evansville, Wyoming
Date of service: Friday, 09-09-2005
Time of service: 11:00 a.m.
Officiating: Chaplain Ellis Kaster
Name of cemetery: Oregon Trail State Veterans Cemetery in Evansville, Wyoming
Viewing: Thursday 2:00 untill 8:00 p.m.at the funeral home
Date of death: 09-05-2005
Place of death: her home
Date of birth: 07-24-1925
Place of birth: Henry, SD
Parents name: Carl and Hilda Doris (Madsen) Christianson
Life History:
She graduated from Garden City South Dakota high school in 1944. She worked as a sales clerk at Christianson Implement and Hardware and Montgomery Wards in Clark South Dakota. She married Ray Farnam on October 28, 1951 in Clark South Dakota. Mr. Farnam work with Frontier Airlines the family has lived in several cities in the west. In 1985 they retired to Rapid City, South Dakota. In 1996 they moved to Torrington, Wyoming and moved to Casper in 1999. She enjoyed cooking for her family, gardening, canning, shopping, and playing the piano. She often played the piano at the community room at Laurel Gardens. She was a wonderful homemaker and her home was always decorator for each season and holiday.
Survivors name and city and state.
son: Gary Farnam, Spearfish, SD
Son: Terry Farnam, Boise, ID
5: Grandchildren , ,
1: Great Grandchildren , ,
Numerous: Nephews and Nieces, ,
Preceded in death: Parents and her husband in February of 2004