Former Greybull and Basin resident Dorothy A. "Dot" Kimbro, 84, died on Thursday, March 7, 2013 in Kingwood, Texas.
Dorothy was born in Longmont, Colo. on March 7, 1929, the oldest daughter of Gus and Helen (Higgins) Abrams. She was raised on the family farm between Loveland and Berthoud, Colorado, attending schools in Campion, Colo. and Loveland, graduating from Loveland High School in 1946. She attended Colorado Women's College in Denver, Colo. before transferring to Colorado A & M (now Colorado State University) in Fort Collins, Colo. There she met K. Russell Kimbro and they were married on Jan. 23, 1949.
They made their home in Shell, living and working on the family ranch until 1959 when they purchased Horn's Home Furnishings in Greybull. After it was destroyed by fire in 1964, they purchased the Reilly Motel which they operated as the K-Bar Motel until her retirement in 1992. They moved to Basin in 1999 where she resided until November 2012 when she moved to Kingwood to be closer to her son, Dave.
Dorothy was an accomplished musician, serving as organist and pianist for the 1st Presbyterian Church in Greybull and the Shell Community Church in Shell for many years. She also served her church as a Deacon and in other roles as needed. She was an active member of Chapter F PEO, Big Horn Chapter of the National Society of D.A.R., past worthy matron of Lewisia Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star, Shell Garden Club, and Shell Coffee Club. A voracious reader, she worked and volunteered for the Greybull Library. She enjoyed playing golf and worked and volunteered for Midway Golf Club. She loved games of all kinds, playing in a variety of bridge clubs, Yahtzee with her good friend Dawn, or any form of card game with almost anyone. She loved to travel and kept journals of the places she visited. She was an accomplished genealogist and put together several family books of her and of Russell's family.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Russell Kimbro in 2001; and infant twin daughters in 1949.
Dorothy is survived by her sister, Marilyn Fishburn of Loveland; son, Dave (Becky) Kimbro of Kingwood; daughter, Pam (Rod) Richardson of Laramie; granddaughters, Andrea (Bret) Nielsen, Danielle (Justin) Mitchell and Alyson (Lee) Stevens; grandsons, Geof and Bryan Kimbro; three great-grandchildren; two nieces; one nephew; numerous cousins and many friends.
Services will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, March 14 at the 1st Presbyterian Church in Greybull with Pastor Becky Anderson as officiant. A viewing will be held a half hour prior to the services at the church. Interment will follow at Whaley Cemetery in Shell. A potluck luncheon will follow at the 1st Presbyterian Church. Pallbearers are Geof Kimbro, Bret Nielsen, Justin Mitchell, Bruce Fishburn, Larry Meade and Jerry Ewen. Honorary pallbearers are Donald Olson, Robert Nielsen, Lauren Good and Augie Garcia.
© Northern Wyoming Daily News March 14, 2013
Dorothy was born in Longmont, Colo. on March 7, 1929, the oldest daughter of Gus and Helen (Higgins) Abrams. She was raised on the family farm between Loveland and Berthoud, Colorado, attending schools in Campion, Colo. and Loveland, graduating from Loveland High School in 1946. She attended Colorado Women's College in Denver, Colo. before transferring to Colorado A & M (now Colorado State University) in Fort Collins, Colo. There she met K. Russell Kimbro and they were married on Jan. 23, 1949.
They made their home in Shell, living and working on the family ranch until 1959 when they purchased Horn's Home Furnishings in Greybull. After it was destroyed by fire in 1964, they purchased the Reilly Motel which they operated as the K-Bar Motel until her retirement in 1992. They moved to Basin in 1999 where she resided until November 2012 when she moved to Kingwood to be closer to her son, Dave.
Dorothy was an accomplished musician, serving as organist and pianist for the 1st Presbyterian Church in Greybull and the Shell Community Church in Shell for many years. She also served her church as a Deacon and in other roles as needed. She was an active member of Chapter F PEO, Big Horn Chapter of the National Society of D.A.R., past worthy matron of Lewisia Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star, Shell Garden Club, and Shell Coffee Club. A voracious reader, she worked and volunteered for the Greybull Library. She enjoyed playing golf and worked and volunteered for Midway Golf Club. She loved games of all kinds, playing in a variety of bridge clubs, Yahtzee with her good friend Dawn, or any form of card game with almost anyone. She loved to travel and kept journals of the places she visited. She was an accomplished genealogist and put together several family books of her and of Russell's family.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Russell Kimbro in 2001; and infant twin daughters in 1949.
Dorothy is survived by her sister, Marilyn Fishburn of Loveland; son, Dave (Becky) Kimbro of Kingwood; daughter, Pam (Rod) Richardson of Laramie; granddaughters, Andrea (Bret) Nielsen, Danielle (Justin) Mitchell and Alyson (Lee) Stevens; grandsons, Geof and Bryan Kimbro; three great-grandchildren; two nieces; one nephew; numerous cousins and many friends.
Services will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, March 14 at the 1st Presbyterian Church in Greybull with Pastor Becky Anderson as officiant. A viewing will be held a half hour prior to the services at the church. Interment will follow at Whaley Cemetery in Shell. A potluck luncheon will follow at the 1st Presbyterian Church. Pallbearers are Geof Kimbro, Bret Nielsen, Justin Mitchell, Bruce Fishburn, Larry Meade and Jerry Ewen. Honorary pallbearers are Donald Olson, Robert Nielsen, Lauren Good and Augie Garcia.
© Northern Wyoming Daily News March 14, 2013
Former Greybull and Basin resident Dorothy A. "Dot" Kimbro, 84, died on Thursday, March 7, 2013 in Kingwood, Texas.
Dorothy was born in Longmont, Colo. on March 7, 1929, the oldest daughter of Gus and Helen (Higgins) Abrams. She was raised on the family farm between Loveland and Berthoud, Colorado, attending schools in Campion, Colo. and Loveland, graduating from Loveland High School in 1946. She attended Colorado Women's College in Denver, Colo. before transferring to Colorado A & M (now Colorado State University) in Fort Collins, Colo. There she met K. Russell Kimbro and they were married on Jan. 23, 1949.
They made their home in Shell, living and working on the family ranch until 1959 when they purchased Horn's Home Furnishings in Greybull. After it was destroyed by fire in 1964, they purchased the Reilly Motel which they operated as the K-Bar Motel until her retirement in 1992. They moved to Basin in 1999 where she resided until November 2012 when she moved to Kingwood to be closer to her son, Dave.
Dorothy was an accomplished musician, serving as organist and pianist for the 1st Presbyterian Church in Greybull and the Shell Community Church in Shell for many years. She also served her church as a Deacon and in other roles as needed. She was an active member of Chapter F PEO, Big Horn Chapter of the National Society of D.A.R., past worthy matron of Lewisia Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star, Shell Garden Club, and Shell Coffee Club. A voracious reader, she worked and volunteered for the Greybull Library. She enjoyed playing golf and worked and volunteered for Midway Golf Club. She loved games of all kinds, playing in a variety of bridge clubs, Yahtzee with her good friend Dawn, or any form of card game with almost anyone. She loved to travel and kept journals of the places she visited. She was an accomplished genealogist and put together several family books of her and of Russell's family.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Russell Kimbro in 2001; and infant twin daughters in 1949.
Dorothy is survived by her sister, Marilyn Fishburn of Loveland; son, Dave (Becky) Kimbro of Kingwood; daughter, Pam (Rod) Richardson of Laramie; granddaughters, Andrea (Bret) Nielsen, Danielle (Justin) Mitchell and Alyson (Lee) Stevens; grandsons, Geof and Bryan Kimbro; three great-grandchildren; two nieces; one nephew; numerous cousins and many friends.
Services will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, March 14 at the 1st Presbyterian Church in Greybull with Pastor Becky Anderson as officiant. A viewing will be held a half hour prior to the services at the church. Interment will follow at Whaley Cemetery in Shell. A potluck luncheon will follow at the 1st Presbyterian Church. Pallbearers are Geof Kimbro, Bret Nielsen, Justin Mitchell, Bruce Fishburn, Larry Meade and Jerry Ewen. Honorary pallbearers are Donald Olson, Robert Nielsen, Lauren Good and Augie Garcia.
© Northern Wyoming Daily News March 14, 2013
Dorothy was born in Longmont, Colo. on March 7, 1929, the oldest daughter of Gus and Helen (Higgins) Abrams. She was raised on the family farm between Loveland and Berthoud, Colorado, attending schools in Campion, Colo. and Loveland, graduating from Loveland High School in 1946. She attended Colorado Women's College in Denver, Colo. before transferring to Colorado A & M (now Colorado State University) in Fort Collins, Colo. There she met K. Russell Kimbro and they were married on Jan. 23, 1949.
They made their home in Shell, living and working on the family ranch until 1959 when they purchased Horn's Home Furnishings in Greybull. After it was destroyed by fire in 1964, they purchased the Reilly Motel which they operated as the K-Bar Motel until her retirement in 1992. They moved to Basin in 1999 where she resided until November 2012 when she moved to Kingwood to be closer to her son, Dave.
Dorothy was an accomplished musician, serving as organist and pianist for the 1st Presbyterian Church in Greybull and the Shell Community Church in Shell for many years. She also served her church as a Deacon and in other roles as needed. She was an active member of Chapter F PEO, Big Horn Chapter of the National Society of D.A.R., past worthy matron of Lewisia Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star, Shell Garden Club, and Shell Coffee Club. A voracious reader, she worked and volunteered for the Greybull Library. She enjoyed playing golf and worked and volunteered for Midway Golf Club. She loved games of all kinds, playing in a variety of bridge clubs, Yahtzee with her good friend Dawn, or any form of card game with almost anyone. She loved to travel and kept journals of the places she visited. She was an accomplished genealogist and put together several family books of her and of Russell's family.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Russell Kimbro in 2001; and infant twin daughters in 1949.
Dorothy is survived by her sister, Marilyn Fishburn of Loveland; son, Dave (Becky) Kimbro of Kingwood; daughter, Pam (Rod) Richardson of Laramie; granddaughters, Andrea (Bret) Nielsen, Danielle (Justin) Mitchell and Alyson (Lee) Stevens; grandsons, Geof and Bryan Kimbro; three great-grandchildren; two nieces; one nephew; numerous cousins and many friends.
Services will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, March 14 at the 1st Presbyterian Church in Greybull with Pastor Becky Anderson as officiant. A viewing will be held a half hour prior to the services at the church. Interment will follow at Whaley Cemetery in Shell. A potluck luncheon will follow at the 1st Presbyterian Church. Pallbearers are Geof Kimbro, Bret Nielsen, Justin Mitchell, Bruce Fishburn, Larry Meade and Jerry Ewen. Honorary pallbearers are Donald Olson, Robert Nielsen, Lauren Good and Augie Garcia.
© Northern Wyoming Daily News March 14, 2013
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