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Doris Ellen Trusty

May 26, 1914 — November 22, 2012

Doris Trusty age 98, passed away November 22, 2012 in Newcastle, Wyoming.Family services and interment at Mt. Pisgah Cemetery, in Gillette, WY will be held at a later date.Doris EllenTrusty was born June 26, 1914 in Arvada, Wyoming, the daughter of Claude Madison and Bessie Violet (Hall) Reed. The family worked for the 4N Ranch in the Arvada area and filed on a homestead on Middle Prong Creek. In 1931-1933 as a young woman Doris worked for the Giers Ranch in Kearney Wyoming and in 1934 she worked for the Hackert Ranch near Buffalo. On the ranches she guided dudes, cooked, wrangled horses, cleaned house and anything else they needed her to do.In April of 1935 she came to Gillette and worked for Mr. and Mrs. Underwood keeping house and then in 1937-1939 she worked at the McHenry Hospital in Gillette where she met her future husband George Darling. On July 3, 1939 in Columbus, Montana the couple were married. He preceded her in death on August 23, 1955. After George's death she went to work for the Farm Bureau until her marriage to Garner Trusty on October 5, 1959 at the Presbyterian Chapel in Rapid City, SD with the Rev. Robert Christy officiating. Garner preceded her in death on January 18, 1987.Doris was an active member of Royal Neighbors and the Gillette Rebecca Lodge #28, for over 50 (joined in 1942) years. During this time she received the Decoration of Chivalry. She was also a member of the Pedal Pushers Garden Club and for many years planted and tended the flower beds at the Pioneer Manor, Cam Plex and the fairgrounds. She loved to garden, feed the squirrels and take drives to see the wild life around Gillette and the Black Hills area.Doris is survived by two nieces Bonnie Sisnaros of Greeley, CO; and Jeanie Tanner of Riverton, WY; three nephews, Merrill Tanner of Newcastle, WY; Russell Tanner of Reedsport, OR; Charles Reed of Gillette, WY.She was preceded in death by her parents, two husbands, one sister one brother and one nephew.Memorials and condolences may be sent in Doris's name in care of Walker Funeral Home, 410 Medical Arts Court, Gillette, WY 82716. Condolences may also be sent via our website: www.walkerfuneralgillette.comFuneral Home:Walker Funeral Home410 Medical Arts CourtGillette, WYUS 82716
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