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Pearl Locker was born on 8 February 1905. She and Maurice Clell Wintermote were married on 16 September 1925 in Davis County, Iowa. She died on 26 July 1974, at age 69, in St. Joseph Hospital, Ottumwa, Iowa.

Olive Darniella was born on 8 June 1888 in Ottumpa, Wapello, Iowa.^1,2,3 She and Estel Eugene Wintermote were married on 7 February 1907. She died on 7 August 1944, at age 56, in Miles City, Custer, Montana.^2,3 She was buried in Custer County Cemetery, (Section H, Lot 25), Miles City, Custer, Montana.³

Baby Wintermote was born in 1888. She died in 1888, at age ~0, in stillborn.

Maurice Clell Wintermote was born on 23 February 1905 in Davis County, Iowa.¹ He and Pearl Locker were married on 16 September 1925 in Davis County, Iowa. He died on 5 October 1974, at age 69, in Pierre, Hughes, South Dakota.¹ He was buried in Shaul Cemetery, Ottumwa, Iowa.²

Hannah Elizabeth Petersen was born on 12 May 1921 in Peru, Nebraska. She and Joyce Leonard Wintermote were married on 1 October 1940 in Riverton, Fremont, Wyoming. She died on 11 December 1953, at age 32, in Denver, Denver, Colorado.

Joyce Wintermote Dies Of Accidental Burns
Mrs. Joyce Wintermote, 32, of Torrington, died Saturday morning, Dec. 12, in Denver after being critically burned in a kerosene explosion at her home Nov. 11. The Wintermote family moved from Lusk to Torrington a few years ago. The accident happened when Mrs. Wintermote was starting a fire in the kitchen range and used kerosene to hasten the blaze. One side of her body was severly burned. The burned woman's daughter, Ida, age 12, was outside the house getting wood for the stove when the explosion occurred. She rushed to the house and helped her mother get outside where a passerby helped extinguish Mrs. Wintermote's burning clothing. After being hospitalized in Torrington for a time she was taken to the Colorado General Hospital at Denver. Little hope for her recovery was held from the time of the accident. Besides her husband, J. L. Wintermote, and daughter, Ida, she is survived by her mother, Mrs. Ida Peterson, all of Torrington, and a number of brothers and sisters of Lusk and Lance Creek and surrounding vicinity.

Cleona Rhoda Harkins was born on 11 November 1899 in Rich Hill, Missouri.^2,1 She and Clarence Everett Wintermote were married on 19 November 1917 in Douglas, Converse, Wyoming.³ She died on 3 January 1974, at age 74, in Kearney, Buffalo, Nebraska.² She was buried in Chambers Cemetery, Chambers, Holt, Nebraska.²

Cleona was very active with the Missonary Society of the Baptist Church, and the local Garden Club. She loved to sew.

Eugenia (Geni) May Wall was born on 24 November 1899 in Webber, Kansas.¹ She and Lawrence Audra Wintermote were married on 14 May 1923 in Douglas, Converse, Wyoming.¹ She died on 29 April 1988, at age 88, in Lander, Fremont, Wyoming.^2,1 She was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Riverton, Fremont, Wyoming.¹

Eugenia M. Wall was born November 24, 1899 in Weber, Kansas the daughter of Elbert Green and Ada Mae Wilborne Wall.

She married Lawrence Audra Wintermote in Douglas, Wyoming on May 14, 1923.

The couple lived on a ranch in Shawnee, Kansas and taught school there. Then they homesteaded on Poison Spider, southwest of Casper, Wyoming and taught in the oil fields. They moved into Riverton, Wyoming in 1944.

Eugenia was a member of the World War I Auxiliary and the Eagles Auxiliary.

She passed away April 29, 1988 at the Lander Regional Medical Center and is buried in the Mountain View Cemetery, Riverton, Wyoming.

She was survived by two sons, Varnard I. Wintermote of Jeffrey City, WY and Gene Wintermote of Shoshoni, WY; one daughter, Genie Miller of Riverton, WY and one sister, Eva Brannan of Oklahoma City, OK. She was preceded in death by her husband, two brothers and one sister.

Information was obtained from family members, obituary and cemetery records.

Virgil Lee Booker was born on 28 February 1927 in Missouri.^1,2,3 He died on 21 September 1992, at age 65, in Salinas, Monterey, California.^1,2,3

Virgil Lee Booker resided P577.

James Bell Ratliff was born on 20 January 1906 in Ethel, Macon, Missouri. He and Zella Myra Wintermote were married on 3 September 1946 in Douglas, Converse, Wyoming. He died on 2 April 1964, at age 58, in Lander, Fremont, Wyoming.

James Bell Ratliff was a Pipeline Worker.¹

Newton Melbern Crane was born on 10 April 1912 in Cherry County, Nebraska. He and Zella Myra Wintermote were married on 8 May 1936 in Fall River County, South Dakota. He died on 3 June 1979, at age 67, in St. Anthony Hosp., Central, Denver, Colo. He was buried in Arvada Cemetery (Block 28, Lot 13, Section 7), Arvada, Jefferson, Colorado.

Newton M. (Bill) Crane, 3220 W. 24th Ave., Denver, Colo. Husband of Mable E. Crane; father of Billie Joy Baker, Imperial,. Calif, Larry Ratliff, Larder, Wyo., Danny Ratliff, Riverton, Wyo., Geraldine Dewey, Riverton, Wyo., Albert Chavez, Denver, Ronnie Crane, Denver, Karen Matison, Denver, Sandra Redia, Riverton, Wyo., Gail Madrid, Denver, Debbie Pertillo, Grants, N.M., Billie Jean Cacciatore, Denver; also survived by 19 grandchildren and one great-granddaughter. Services Monday 12:30 p.m., Berkley Park Chapel to Arvada Cemetery.

Vernon Keith Wintermote was born on 6 May 1952 in Douglas, Converse, Wyoming.^1,2 He died on 21 January 1996, at age 43.^1,2 He was buried in Douglas Park Cemetery, Douglas, Converse, Wyoming.²

Vernon Keith Wintermote was a Truck Driver in Conoco Transportation.³³ Vernon Keith Wintermote was born to Lester and Grace York Wintermote May 6, 1952 in Douglas, Wyoming. He was reared and educated in Douglas. He married Gail Lea Gurtler June 28, 1976 and they divorced in July 1980; no children.

He was a driver for Conoco Transportation for 17 years and worked on the family ranch when he was in the area. He was in the Army National Guard for 12 years and was honorably discharged in March 1983 as a specialist 5.

He was a member of the Wyoming Stockgrowers Association and a 15-year members of the Converse County Rural Fire Department.

He was survived by his mother, Grace Wintermote; sisters Peg Middleton, Joan Wright, and Sharon Ferris; brothers Allen and Steve Wintermote as well as several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his father in 1983; his paternal grandparents, Elsworth and Rachel Wintermote; and maternal grandparents, John and Verna York.

Vernon's information was obtained from family members, funeral memory book, and obituary in the Douglas Budget, Douglas, Wyoming January, 1966. It is submitted by his cousin, Betty Alberts.

William Frederick (Bill) Gabel was born on 19 February 1944 in Osceola County, Iowa.¹ He died on 8 February 2004, at age 59, in Ankeny, Polk, Iowa.¹ He was buried in Highland Memory Gardens (Section: Reverence, Lot 143, Grave 3), Des Moines, Polk, Iowa.¹

Betty June McMahon was born on 21 June 1936 in Muskogee, Muskogee, Oklahoma. She and Gerald Dean Wintermote were married on 7 October 1952 in Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada. She was married on 15 October 1967 in Los Angeles County, California.¹ She died on 28 May 2002, at age 65, in Salem, Henry, Iowa.