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pstar Diary B2 Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyo. Sunday, December 29, 1991 Keeping poinsettias pretty after the holidays D. Read Margaret S. Ocall Charles WHEATLAND Services for Charles D. Read, 94, will be conducted Monday at 10 a.m.

at the Platte Funeral Chapel by Pastor Gordon Swedberg. Mr. Read died Dec. 26, 1991, at the Platte County Memorial Hospital following a long illness. Born Oct.

6, 1 897, in Surprise, he was the son of Fred E. and Mary M. (Bruncr) Read. As a young boy he moved to western Nebraska with his parents, and was reared and received his education in Morrill, Neb. In 1917, he moved to a ranch southwest of Douglas.

On Dec. 5, 1923, he married Iole Campbell in Douglas. They moved to a farm three miles west of Wheatland in 1959. In 1969 they retired, and moved into Wheatland where he had remained until his death. He was a member of the Farm in and out.

In 1951, they moved to Thermopolis where they farmed four miles south of town. In 1969, Mrs. Beall moved to Mills to make her home with her daughter, Sarah Bolles. Mrs. Beall was a member of the First Baptist Church in Thermopolis.

In addition to her daughter of Mills, she is survived by two other daughters, Ruth Webb, Elk, and Mary Hailstone, Redmond, two sisters. Lucille Taylor, Central Valley, and Luella Myers, Neosho, 1 1 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, five brothers, and seven sisters. The Bustard Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. orative foil, punch holes in the bottom of the foil to ensure proper drainage.

Throw away the excess water that drains from the pot. To retain the bright red color of the petals, the poinsettia should be kept at room temperatures between 50 and 70 degrees Fahrenheit. Cool temperatures are better as long as they do not drop below 50 degrees. If you plan to keep the poinsettia for several months, use a soluble, complete fertilizer twice a month. Finally, contrary to popular belief, the flowers and leaves of this lovely plant are not poisonous.

So go ahead and enjoy your poinsettia. The Master Gardener program is an official program of the University of Wyoming College of Agriculture and is directed by the Cooperative Extension Service. By DAVID LEGG Master Gardeners The poinsettias that decorate homes during the Christmas season will retain their beauty for many weeks with the proper care. Over the years, horticulturists have done an excellent job of improving poinsettias, and today we have many long-lasting varieties. To keep poinsettias fresh long after the holiday season, place them in the sunniest part of the room.

These plants need full daylight to ensure proper growth. Also, do not place the poinsettia in cold drafts or next to heating vents. Thoroughly water the poinsettia when needed. If not provided, transplant to a pot or container with drainage holes in the bottom so some of the water can escape. If the poinsettia is wrapped in a dec Neil C.

Geis CALENDAR CASPER Graveside services for Margaret S. Beall, 95, of Casper will be conduct at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Worland Cemetery by Rev. H.R. Kennedy of the First Assembly of God Church.

Mrs. Beall died Dec. 28, 1991, 'at Poplar Living Center, following an extended illness. She was born in Newton County, Missouri on May 3 1 1 896, the daughter of Henry and Allie (Gilmore) Beaver. She grew up in Missouri and received her education there.

In 1918, she moved to Basin, where she worked in the Markham House as a cook. On Feb. 2 1 1 9 1 9. she married Millard H. Beall at Basin.

They made their home at Manderson where they owned Manderson Coal, and she weighed customers William 6BilP PINE BLUFFS Services for William "Bill" Henry Harrison, 97, will be conducted Monday at 2 p.m. at the Pine Bluffs United Methodist Church by Revs. Jef- frey Babb and Warren Dirks. Mr. Harrison died Dec.

26, .1991, at the DePaul Hospital. He was born Oct. 29, 1894, in Dunbar, to Marshall Thomas and Martha Charlotte (Kruse) Harrison. He grew up and graduated from Dunbar High School and later attended the Nebraska State School of Agriculture. Mr.

Harrison coached and took teanf to the Nebraska State in 1916. He later moved with his family to Pine Bluffs in 1919 and purchased a farm in Kimball County southeast of Pine Bluffs. In 1924, he and his brother-in-law, A.E. "Pete" Carl-, strum, built the first gas station in J'ine Bluffs. On Nov.

27, 1924, he married Hazel Elizabeth Carlstrum in Pine Bluffs. Mr. Harrison served as mayor of Pine Bluffs, and served three terms in the Wyoming State Leg- islature. He was an active director in the Old Faithful Life Insurance Company. He and his son, Jack, built and operated one of the orig- IN MEMORIAM GOOBER Born May 1978-RIP December 20, 1990 Merry Christmas I miss you, good doggie Love, Randy and Jr.

TEN SLEEP Services for Neil C. Geis, 63, of Worland will be conducted at 1 0:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Ten Sleep Methodist Church by Rev. Richard C. Rash.

Mr. Geis died Dec. 27, 1991, from injuries sustained in a pickup wreck in the Wind River Canyon, south of Thermopolis. Born Aug. 2, 1928, at Big Trails, he was the son of Nick E.

and Hazel (Harvard) Geis. He was raised and educated in Ten Sleep. On Nov. 27, 1952, he married Beth Wain at Worland. lie worked for several ranches in the area before starting a lifelong career as a truck driver which began at the age of 15, hauling cattle for the family business, the Geis Trucking Company.

He became an independent trucker, hauling livestock, road oil, hay cubes, Jerome Hubert Lau Bureau. In addition to his wife, he is survived by three children, James Read of Douglas, Joanne Trumper, Tucson, and Donna Douglas of Wheatland; eight grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild. He was preceded in death by his parents, one daughter, Mary Barbara Read, in 1954; one grandson, Tyler Douglas; three sisters, Beth Newell, Willa Plummer and Edna Johnson; and one brother, Frederic S. Read. Memorials to the Platte County Public Health Nurse Agency or the Service for Seniors in Wheatland would be equally appreciated by the family.

Friends may call on Sunday from 3 to 7 p.m. at the Platte Funeral Chapel of Wheatland, which is in charge of arrangements. and at the time of his death was under contract to the Deckert Bros, of Riverton to haul hay cubes. Mr. Geis enjoyed visiting with friends and attending rodeos.

He had served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean Conflict. Besides his wife of Worland, he is survived by three daughters, Clytie Kranz of Worland, Ava Heiser and Mrs. Richard (Jeanette) Buelt, both of Casper; four brothers. Homer, Harold, Jerry and Lyle Geis, all of Worland; one sister, Mrs.

James (Jane) O'Conner, Vienna, and four grandchildren. Memorials to the Methodist Church would be appreciated by the family. Burial will be at the Ten Sleep Cemetery, with the Veile Mortuary of Worland in charge of arrangements. Knights of Columbus, 3rd and 4th degrees; American Legion George W. Vroman Post No.

2, Carpenters Local No. 1564, and St. Anthony's Catholic Church. Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Gerald (Florence) Minckow, Tampa, Roseanna Webber, Bellevue, Mrs.

Wayne (Katherine) Cheyenne, and Mrs. Tim (Maria) Johnson, Reno, two sons, John Lau, Anchorage, and Mark Lau, Casper; one brother, Robert Lau, Austin, and one sister, Lorraine Lau, Casper. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Linus and James Lau. Burial will be at Oregon Trail State Veterans Cemetery, with Memorial Gardens in charge of all arrangements. CALLS 5:27 p.m.

Time out 1 6 EMS, 940 Ormsby Road, county 9:51 p.m. Time out 25 EMS, 3350 CY Avenue, Casper December 16, 1991 4:04 p.m. Time out 16 EMS, 303 12 SW Wyoming Mills 6:33 p.m. Time out 35 EMS, 218 Platte, Mills 1 1 :03 p.m. Time out 34 EMS, 6443 Zero Road, county December 17, 1991 9:51 a.m.

Time out 44 EMS, 219 N. Platte, Mills December 19, 1991 7:54 a.m. Time out 15 EMS, 408 Platte, Mills 8:17 a.m. Time out 2 false alarm, 22000 Reclamation Drive, Alcova 8:52 a.m. Time out 4 false alarm, 22000 Reclamation Drive, Alcova Km 94C-171C Jfohnny Jlfppeseed GREENHOUSES BEAUTIFUL FOLIAGE PLANTS AND BLOOMING PLANTS 35 Varieties of Hanging Baskets 100 Varieties of House Plants On the hill behind Smith's Food King 9:00 Sun.

if Sunday Alcoholics Anonymous: For information on any A.A. meetings regarding time and location in your area, call 234-1447. Casper Shooters Club: Holds matches at 9 a.m., Stuckenhoff Shooting Complex. (Info: 265-2535). No Budget Race Productions: Holds 1992 Resolution RunWalk, 2 p.m., Edness Kimball Wilkins State Park.

Entry fee: $7. Info: Todd. 237-1721. CoDependents Anonymous: SENIOR Meals on Wheels and Natrona County Senior Citizens Services, offer lunches. For information or reservations, call 265-8659 or 265-4678.

MOW delivers a hot lunch to those of any age who cannot cook, Monday through Saturday. Special diets are available. Bread and beverage are served with each meal. Senior Citizens Services serves meals to those 60 and older, and their spouses. Meals are served Monday through Friday at the Senior Center, 1 36 W.

8th, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Other meal sites serve at noon, Monday through Friday. These are: Evansville Town Hall, 235 Curtis (266-5640); Mills Town Hall, 704 4th St. (237-1317); North Casper Clubhouse, 900 East St.

(266-5219); and the Salt Creek Center, 505 Peake, Midwest (437-6878). Slaters at Alcova (472-3200) serves all day. Meal reservations may be made between 8 and 9 a.m. for that day's meal, by calling the meal site or 265-4678, or sign up in the Front Office the day before. CATC, 265-1313, provides transportation.

Suggested donation for meals: $1.75 each, or 5 for $8.50. Meals on Wheels Dec. 30 to Jan. 4 Monday: Turkey noodles, mixed vegetables, fruit salad, gingerbread wwhipped topping. Tuesday: Beef stew, Harvard beets.

Pineapple prune salad, corn-bread, chocolate pudding. Wednesday: Pork sauerkraut, boiled potatoes, buttered spinach, applecarrot and celery salad, wheat bread, chocolate pudding. Thursday: Hot turkey sandwich, mashed potatoes, green beans, pineapple cottage cheese FUNERALS Meets at 5:30 p.m., Crest View Hospital, 2521 East 15th St. Narcotics Anonymous: Meets at 7 p.m., 837 East St. New Horizons.

(Info: 266-7154). New Day Al-Anon: Meets at 8 p.m., Crest View Hospital, 2521 East 15th. Use north entrance, ring buzzer. I A One Hour of Life meets at 8 p.m., 426 4th Mills. AA: Meets at 8 p.m., Crest View Hospital, 2521 East 15th.

Use south entrance. AA: Meets at 8 p.m., 917 N. Beech, non-smoking. MENUS salad, plums. Friday: Chili con came, cabbage slaw, cheese slice, fresh orange, cinnamon roll.

Saturday: Roast beef, 3 bean salad, macaroni salad, lemon whip. Senior Citizens Dec. 30 to Jan. 3 Monday: Hamburger sandwich, french fries, relishes, carrotpineapple salad, chocolate pudding. Tuesday: Hot turkey sandwich, dressing wgravy, sweet potatoes, green salad, ice cream sundae.

Wednesday: Closed for New Year's Thursday: Hamburger Heaven, peas, tossed saladdressing, carrots, Italian bread, sherbet." Friday: Baked fish wlembn, steamed rice, spinach, strawberry Jell-O salad, whole wheat roll, apricot rice pudding. MILITARY TORR1NGTON Airman James M. Miller has graduated from Air Force basic training at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. He is the son of Jim D. and Margaret Miller of Torrington.

The airman is a 1991 graduate of Torrington High School. RAWLINS Navy Seaman Recruit Michael J. Martinez, son of Archie J. and Virginia E. Martinez of Rawlins, recently returned from a six-month deployment to the Western Pacific, Indian Ocean and Arabian Gulf.

Martinez serves aboard the Navy's nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, homeported in Alameda, Calif. The 1990 graduate of Rawlins High School joined the Navy in March 1991. Care holiday plans include WITH EXTRA CARE enjoy many holidays Scoggirn 2664213 Raffefty 436-5303 Wilhelm 265-9538 Heiiry Harrison inal cable television systems in Wyoming until his retirement. Mr. Harrison was a 62-year member of the Pine Bluffs United Methodist Church and a member of the Masonic Lodge.

Besides his wife of Pine Bluffs, he is survived by two sons, William Henry Harrison Jr. of Casper, and John "Jack" Carlstrum Harrison of Pine Bluffs; five grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; an infant son, Charles Marshall; one sister, Ida Pearl Harrison; and one brother, Benjamin Harrison. Burial will be in the Pine Bluffs Cemetery under the direction of the Schrader Funeral Home of Cheyenne. Memorials to the Pine Bluffs United Methodist Church would be appreciated by the family.

Obituary policy announced The Casper Star-Tribune seeks to publish all Wyoming-related obituaries, and will print them in full as a free service to the public. The information should be submitted to the funeral home in charge of arrangements, who will relay it to the Star- Tribune office. In some instances, space considerations may make it necessary to edit an obituary. For space reasons, we do not list the names of friends, in-laws or grandchildren except under certain circumstances. Vigil for the Deceased will be recited at 7 p.m.

Monday at Memorial Chapel. Burial will be at Oregon Trail State Veterans Cemetery. CY AVENUE Busters ATSPRUCE Funeral Directors ERNEST A. REED Graveside services for Ernest A. Reed will be conducted at 9 a.m.

Monday at Memorial Gardens Cemetery by David Svoboda. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials to the Shepherd of the Valley Health Care Center, which may be left at Bustard Funeral Home. CAROLYN SKJONHAUG HOWARD Memorial services for Carolyn Skjonhaug Howard will be conducted at 1 1 a.m. Monday at the Wesleyan Church by Rev. David L.

Limmer. Memorials to either the Diabetes Foundation, the American Cancer Society, or the Plant-A-Tree Program would be appreciated. Cremation has taken place. HUBERT M. TANKSLEY Services for Hubert M.

Tanksley will be conducted at 1 p.m. Monday in Highland Park Community Church by Revs. Aaron Phillips, William H. Pierce, Clifford Chappell and O.T. Jackson.

Burial will be in Highland Cemetery. Flowers or memorials to the Central Wyoming Cancer Treatment Center and Hospice would be appreciated by the (am-ily. MARGARETS. BEALL Graveside services for Margaret S. Beall will be conducted at 2 p.m.

Thursday at the Worland Cemetery by Rev. H.R. Kennedy of the First Assembly of God Church of Casper. Trirr'1'rirri-ni I'lutintfiiair in'iHi'. 'I NANCY ANN LEWIS Memorial Mass for Nancy Ann irTLewis was celebrated at 1 p.m.

'Saturday at St. Patrick's Catholic Church by Fr. Gary Ruzika. Cre-' motion has taken place. Private family interment will be Monday in the Oregon Trail State Veter-ans Cemetery.

CASPER Funeral Liturgy for Jerome Hubert Lau, 69, of Casper will be celebrated on Tuesday at 10 a.m. at St. Anthony's Catholic Church by Fr. Ray Moss. Vigil for the Deceased will be recited on Monday at 7 p.m.

at Memorial Chapel. Mr. Lau died Dec. 27, 1991, at Anchorage, Alaska, following a long illness. Born Jan.

29, 1922 in Springfield, he was the son of Ed and Hilda (Kotten) Lau. A resident of Casper since 1947, Mr. Lau formerly was building superintendent for L.D. Liesinger Construction Co. His last major project was the Wyoming Medical Center's parking garage.

He retired in 1985. Mr. Lau was a member of the FIRE CASPER The following calls were reported by the Natrona County Fire Department: December 13, 1991 1:20 p.m. Time out 21 smoke scare, 402 2nd Mills 3:53 p.m. Time out 13 EMS, 7 Mile Zero Road, county 4:03 p.m.

Time out 1 1 1 EMS, 1-25 Hat Six Road, county 5:31 p.m. Time out 26 EMS, Poison Spider West Yellowstone 11:14 p.m. Time out 42 smoke scare, 739 Luker Lande, Evansville December 14, 1991 10:25 p.m. Time out 2 27 vehicle fire, Bates Creek Road, county December 15, 1991 12:40 a.m. Time out 20 vehicle (ire, 4346 Dodge, county Prize winners of the raffle to support the Wyoming Leadership Education and Development (LEAD) program include: Brad Palm, Elk Mountain, grand prize of a new Ford vehicle of his choice; Chuck Pedersen, Casper, a $1,000 shopping spree at the store of his choice; Tom Whit-son, Laramie, a side of beef, cut and wrapped; and John Vasa, Holyoke, a pair of passenger vehicle snow tires.

LEAD is an educational project designed to develop excellence in leadership for Wyoming's rural communities. Gretchan Draw of Casper has been selected by the Mills Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No 10969 as its Voice of Democracy entrant to the district, department and national VFW contests. Draw submitted a speech and tape. Holiday THE RON JESSE BEOUGHER Memorial services for Casper resident Theron Jesse Beougher formerly of Bend, were conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at Memorial Chapel by Church Elder David Perino of the Worldwide Church of God.

I MYRTLE RUTH PINNEY Services for Myrtle Ruth Pin-; ney will be conducted at 10 a.m. i Monday at Memorial Chapel by Rev. Steve Dornfeld of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. Buri-i al will be in Highland Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from noon to 5 p.m.

Sun- day, and Monday morning until time of the services. Flowers or memorials to the Blue Envelope Cancer Fund of Casper would be appreciated by the family. ROBERT WILSON TAYLOR Memorial services and burial for Robert Wilson Taylor will be conducted at 11:30 a.m. Monday at the Oregon Trail State Veterans Cemetery. Cremation has taken place.

Either flowers or memorials to the Blue Envelope Heart Fund would be appreciated by the family. JEROME HUBERT LAU Funeral Liturgy will be celebrated for Jerome Hubert Lau at 1 0 a.m. Tuesday at St. Anthony's Catholic Church by Fr. Ray Moss.

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