Dorothy Chambers

Funeral Services for Dorothy M. Chambers, 102, of Gillette, Wyoming will be held at 2 pm on Thursday February 2, 2006 at Stevenson Wilson Funeral Home, Gillette, Wyoming. Pastor Gordon Harper of the Vineyard Christian Fellowship will officiate. Burial will follow at Mt Pisgah Cemetery. A visitation will be held on Wednesday from 3-7 at Stevenson Wilson Funeral Home.Dorothy died peacefully of natural causes on January 28, 2006 at Campbell County Memorial Hospital surrounded by family members. She was born to John Henry and Mary Frances (Christy) Mutchler north of Yankton, South Dakota on December 10, 1903 the youngest of 14 children. Two years later the family moved to homestead north of Wall, South Dakota. They had the first general store at Wall. In 1910, the family moved to Sulphur, South Dakota and took a desert claims. Dorothy attended 8 years of country school without being absent or tardy. She attended high school at Ames, NE where 2 sisters were teaching. After boarding at Newell for the next year she went to Basin and graduated in 1922. She attended University of Wyoming for the summer. That next fall, she started teaching in a country school 15 miles south of Gillette with 17 students. In the spring of 1923 she met and married L.D. (Don) Chambers. They lived in a small one room shack on the homestead. That fall they moved to Gering , NE and then Midwest . In the mid 20?s they came back to the homestead and remained there until 1976, when they moved to Casper and then Arizona for the winters. Dorothy taught for many years and was involved in several organizations: Happy Gap Homemakers Club, Farm Bureau, American Legion Auxiliary, WWI Aux. and a member of Campbell County Planning Committee. Dorothy came back to Gillette three and one half years ago as a resident of Pioneer Manor. Dorothy is survived by two daughters, Myrna Sharp of Gillette, Wyoming and Laurel Reed of Casper, Wyoming ,grandchildren: Son (Teddy) of Belle Fourche, South Dakota, John (Charlotte) Sharp of Moorcroft, Wyoming, Patty (Randy) Ellenson of Gillette, Wyoming, Toni (John) Finstad of Cut Bank, Montana, Traci (Rick) Garner of Ketchikan, Alabama, Terri (Dan) Winnacott of Fort Wayne, Indiana, 17 great grandchildren and 6 step grandchildren, numerous great, great grandchildren, a sister-in-law, Anna Jane Cayce of Grand Junction, CO, and many nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by her parents, siblings, husband, Don Chambers (1984) son Zane Leland, (1925) son-in-law John Sharp (2000) and granddaughter Tina Reed Herman (2001).Memorials to The Gillette Campus of Sheridan College or the donor?s choice and condolences may be sent to the Chambers family in C/O Stevenson Wilson Funeral Home 210 W 5th St, Gillette, Wyoming 82716 or via the web at www.stevensonandsons.com.