Charles S. 'Charley' Hamilton
Funeral services for Charles S. "Charley" Hamilton, 85, of Sheridan will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Champion Ferries Funeral Home with Sheridan Elks Lodge 520 officiating. Burial will be in the Elks Section of Sheridan Municipal Cemetery with military honors by Sheridan American Legion Post 7 and the Wyoming Army National Guard. Mr. Hamilton died April 18, 2007, in Sheridan VA Medical Center. He was born Sept. 27, 1921, in Sheridan to Charles W. and Gladys (Holcomb) Hamilton. He grew up on the family ranch on Spring Creek north of Decker, Mont., and on Rapid Creek southwest of Sheridan. He attended Sheridan High School. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. After the war, he ranched and raised registered Morgan horses on the family ranch in Parkman. He also worked for the U.S. Forest Service, cut posts and poles in the Big Horn Mountains, was a fence contractor and worked for Big Horn Coal. He was a life member of Sheridan Elks Lodge 520 and a member of the American Morgan Horse Association. He was preceded in death by his wife, Patsye (Wallace) Hamilton, in 1992. He remarried. He was also preceded in death by a son, Michael Charles, and two brothers, Robert and Kent Harry. Survivors include his wife, Frances; a son, Kelly J. of Cheyenne; and two grandchildren.
Sheridan Press, April 20, 2007
Funeral services for Charles S. "Charley" Hamilton, 85, of Sheridan will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Champion Ferries Funeral Home with Sheridan Elks Lodge 520 officiating. Burial will be in the Elks Section of Sheridan Municipal Cemetery with military honors by Sheridan American Legion Post 7 and the Wyoming Army National Guard. Mr. Hamilton died April 18, 2007, in Sheridan VA Medical Center. He was born Sept. 27, 1921, in Sheridan to Charles W. and Gladys (Holcomb) Hamilton. He grew up on the family ranch on Spring Creek north of Decker, Mont., and on Rapid Creek southwest of Sheridan. He attended Sheridan High School. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. After the war, he ranched and raised registered Morgan horses on the family ranch in Parkman. He also worked for the U.S. Forest Service, cut posts and poles in the Big Horn Mountains, was a fence contractor and worked for Big Horn Coal. He was a life member of Sheridan Elks Lodge 520 and a member of the American Morgan Horse Association. He was preceded in death by his wife, Patsye (Wallace) Hamilton, in 1992. He remarried. He was also preceded in death by a son, Michael Charles, and two brothers, Robert and Kent Harry. Survivors include his wife, Frances; a son, Kelly J. of Cheyenne; and two grandchildren.
Sheridan Press, April 20, 2007
Charles S. 'Charley' Hamilton
Funeral services for Charles S. "Charley" Hamilton, 85, of Sheridan will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Champion Ferries Funeral Home with Sheridan Elks Lodge 520 officiating. Burial will be in the Elks Section of Sheridan Municipal Cemetery with military honors by Sheridan American Legion Post 7 and the Wyoming Army National Guard. Mr. Hamilton died April 18, 2007, in Sheridan VA Medical Center. He was born Sept. 27, 1921, in Sheridan to Charles W. and Gladys (Holcomb) Hamilton. He grew up on the family ranch on Spring Creek north of Decker, Mont., and on Rapid Creek southwest of Sheridan. He attended Sheridan High School. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. After the war, he ranched and raised registered Morgan horses on the family ranch in Parkman. He also worked for the U.S. Forest Service, cut posts and poles in the Big Horn Mountains, was a fence contractor and worked for Big Horn Coal. He was a life member of Sheridan Elks Lodge 520 and a member of the American Morgan Horse Association. He was preceded in death by his wife, Patsye (Wallace) Hamilton, in 1992. He remarried. He was also preceded in death by a son, Michael Charles, and two brothers, Robert and Kent Harry. Survivors include his wife, Frances; a son, Kelly J. of Cheyenne; and two grandchildren.
Sheridan Press, April 20, 2007
Funeral services for Charles S. "Charley" Hamilton, 85, of Sheridan will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Champion Ferries Funeral Home with Sheridan Elks Lodge 520 officiating. Burial will be in the Elks Section of Sheridan Municipal Cemetery with military honors by Sheridan American Legion Post 7 and the Wyoming Army National Guard. Mr. Hamilton died April 18, 2007, in Sheridan VA Medical Center. He was born Sept. 27, 1921, in Sheridan to Charles W. and Gladys (Holcomb) Hamilton. He grew up on the family ranch on Spring Creek north of Decker, Mont., and on Rapid Creek southwest of Sheridan. He attended Sheridan High School. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. After the war, he ranched and raised registered Morgan horses on the family ranch in Parkman. He also worked for the U.S. Forest Service, cut posts and poles in the Big Horn Mountains, was a fence contractor and worked for Big Horn Coal. He was a life member of Sheridan Elks Lodge 520 and a member of the American Morgan Horse Association. He was preceded in death by his wife, Patsye (Wallace) Hamilton, in 1992. He remarried. He was also preceded in death by a son, Michael Charles, and two brothers, Robert and Kent Harry. Survivors include his wife, Frances; a son, Kelly J. of Cheyenne; and two grandchildren.
Sheridan Press, April 20, 2007
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