Barbara Jane Nisselius

Funeral services for Barbara Jane "Barb" Nisselius will be at 1:00 p.m. Tuesday December 11, 2012 at the First Baptist Church in Gillette. Burial will follow the service at Mount Pisgah Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4:00-7:00 p.m. Monday, December 10, 2012 at Gillette Memorial Chapel.Mrs. Nisselius, age 65, died Thursday, December 6, 2012 at the Close to Home Hospice House in Gillette from complications of an aneurysm.Barb Nisselius was born to Vito and Ruby Fiermonte on March 24, 1947, in Waterbury, Connecticut, and was the oldest of four brothers and a sister. After graduating from high school in California, she joined the Navy and became an air traffic controller. While in the Navy, she met Douglas Ellyson and they were married shortly after. Barb moved to Gillette in 1975, and soon began working for Carter Mining. She was a determined woman, as she became one of the first women in the county to operate a coal shovel. In 1979, she married Michael James Beck and continued to work in the mining industry throughout the 1980s. She married James Arthur Nisselius on December 7, 1991, at the First Baptist Church in Gillette. She was a selfless woman, always putting others before herself. Barb enjoyed cooking and listening to Frank Sinatra. Later in life, she began to enjoy her newest hobby, online and TV shopping. A die-hard Republican, her television was usually always on Fox News.Mrs. Nisselius loved her family and enjoyed spending time with her sons and grandchildren. Barb is survived by her sons: Clint Ellyson of Dallas, Texas, Curtis Ellyson of Denver Colorado, Matthew Nisselus of Tokyo, Japan, James Beck, Nathan Nisselius and Michael Nisselius all of Gillette, Wyoming; numerous grandchildren; and three brothers and a sister.She was preceded in death by her husband, Jim Nisselius, and her father-in-law, Jack Nisselius. Memorials and condolences sent in her name may be sent in care of Gillette Memorial Chapel, 210 West Fifth St, Gillette, Wyoming 82716. Condolences also can be sent via the Internet at www.gillettememorialchapel.com.Funeral Home:Gillette Memorial Chapel210 West Fifth Street Gillette, WYUS 82716