Jean Camblin

Funeral services for Jean Camblin will be held at 1:00 pm, Friday, March 16, 2007 at Stevenson-Wilson Funeral Home with Pastor Martin Crump of the Family Life Church officiating. Burial will follow in Mt. Pisgah Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 3:00-7:00 pm, Thursday, March 15, 2007 at Stevenson-Wilson Funeral Home. Mrs. Camblin, age 83, formerly of Gillette, Wyoming died on Monday, March 12, 2007 at her home in Buffalo, Wyoming of natural causes. Jean was born in Casper, Wyoming on March 12, 1924 to Jim and Clara (McCracken) Paden. When she was 2 years old the family moved to the Salt Creek Oilfield, ?boomtown? Midwest, Wyoming. She had such great love and respect for her parents. She was very proud of her dad?s position as Building Superintendent for Midwest Refining and enjoyed living in the large house he built; the only house in Midwest with a basement. She always hoped one of her kids or grandkids would become a carpenter like her dad. Jean was equally proud of her mom who as a registered nurse, delivered babies, treated rattlesnake bites, burn victims and many other injuries or illnesses in the community. Jean attended schools in Midwest from K-12, graduating from high school in 1942. She always had very fond memories of her childhood in the ?Mayberry like community?. She loved singing in The Community Church which was across from their church. Her memories have a wide range; from singing a duet in church at the age of six (In The Garden), too she and a friend teaching her little brother to smoke. Another friend helped her hang her life size doll in the garage. She remained lifelong friends with many of her child hood friends, including the two who assisted in the duet and doll hanging. Laughter is a good medicine! Jean?s sense of humor helped her through good and bad situations in life. She loved a good joke! She married Jack Allman and they had a daughter, Carol Jean. They divorced and Jean set out for nursing school in Sheridan, Wyoming. Nursing came naturally for Jean, she had a wonderful gift of care giving and compassion. She studied pediatric care in Denver, Colorado and psychiatric care in Pueblo, Colorado. Jean appreciated her dad?s sense of humor when he sent her a telegram as she was ready to come home from psychiatric training: ?Are they going to let you turn your key in, or are you going to make a run for it.? While attending nursing school Jean met Earlie Camblin. He was in the Army at the time so they ?wrote letters all the time?! Pearl Harbor was bombed on December 7, 1941 which meant Earlie had to stay in the Army longer, so they wrote more letters. Earlie proposed to Jean in a letter and they were married soon after his discharge. They were married in Miles City, Montana on December 6, 1946. Their joke was they couldn?t remember which world war broke out on December 6, WWII or WWIII, (Earlie thought that one was funnier than Jean did)! Jean was a true patriot and a great American. She was always so thankful for the sacrifices that American Soldiers have made so we can all live in freedom. Leaving all of the modern conveniences of electricity, indoor plumbing and telephone; Jean and Earlie lived at Camblin?s home ranch at the Pumpkin Buttes. The Stumble Inn was their new home. They moved from there to a one room house at Savageton, Wyoming and then on to Moorcroft, Wyoming. Earlie had a dump truck and worked with heavy equipment and Jean worked at the Hoadly Hospital in Gillette. In 1948 they purchased the Marklin place that adjoined the Pumpkin Butte Ranch. This was their home for 50 some years, where they ranched and raised their family. The modern conveniences came slowly, electricity in about 1951, indoor plumbing in 1963 and telephone in 1974. Jean took care of her family well, learning to make do with what they had. Her trust in the Lord helped her through WWII, the winter of 1949 and taking care of Earlie and their kids when occasionally one of them was seriously ill. Over the years Jean worked as a private nurse for neighbors and family members that were seriously or terminally ill. She enjoyed working at the Pioneer Manor Nursing Home in Gillette for two years. Jean helped with all the work of lambing, calving, working sheep, and etc. She could do it all, nurse lambs, shoot skunks, play the piano, cook and clean. The only thing she never enjoyed a lot was the chickens. Ranch life was hard work, but simple and happy too! Again, Jean?s sense of humor helped. Sometimes things are funnier after some time passed, like the time a lamb got almost ?to warm? in the oven and the rooster that viscously attacked her at Shober?s barn, earning her the nickname ?Chicken Jean?. Later in life Jean and Earlie enjoyed traveling. Visiting old friends and army buddies along the way. They spent most of their time at home and baby-sat a lot of grandkids. Jean?s grandkids were the highlight of her life, and Grandma Jean?s house was the favorite place for all of them. Grandma Jean was the one they could go to with problems and know she loved them always!!! She has grandkids that are nurses, medical assistant, ranchers, real estate broker, oil field workers, construction workers, students, one American Soldier; but no carpenter, yet. Jean?s home away from home for the past 6 months was the Bee Hive Home in Buffalo, Wyoming. She made many new friends and passed on lots of wisdom to the staff. All the family is so appreciative of all of their kindness to our mom. Jean is survived by her son, Tut Camblin of Worland, Wyoming; daughter Jo (Ronnie) Shober of Gillette, Wyoming; son, Doug (Charlene) Camblin of Gillette, Wyoming; brother, Ron Paden of Buffalo, Wyoming; grandchildren: Lynda Johnson of Gillette, Wyoming, Lisa DeHerra of Gillette, Wyoming, Laurie Pendergraft of Gillette, Wyoming, T.J. Camblin of Ennis, Montanana, Tammy Camblin of Gillette, Wyoming, Tiffany Camblin of Gillette, Wyoming, Ira Shober of Bagdad, Iraq, Sarah Shober of Phoenix, Arizona, DeLacey Owens of Douglas, Wyoming, Griffin Camblin of Gillette, Wyoming, Katie Mundorf of Casper, Wyoming, and Brandy Raden of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, daughter Carol Rader, and sister Betty Ciohon. Memorials are suggested to the Gideon Bible Study. Memorials and condolences may be sent in Jean?s name in care of Stevenson-Wilson Funeral Home, 210 W. 5th Street, Gillette, Wyoming or via the internet at www.stevensonwilson.com.