Michala Jo Cheek Michala Jo Cheek, 13, of Wallace died Saturday, June 25, 2005, at the Sutherland Reservoir in Sutherland. Michala was born May 1, 1992, at York to Gary Lester Becker and Kathleen Jo Anne Cheek. She grew up in York until age 6. Then her family moved to Wallace where she had completed the sixth grade. Michala loved horses, animals, singing and drawing. She was in a reading group and loved reading books about horses. Michala was a member of FROGS (Fully Rely on God''s Son) at the Wallace United Methodist Church. Survivors include her mother Kathleen Jo Anne and stepfather James Harold of Wallace; her father Gary Becker of Utica; brothers Allen Becker and Zachary Harold and sister Hailey Harold, all at home in Wallace; grandparents Lester and Clora Becker of Chappell, Vicky Wiemer of York and Wayne and Ruth Cheek of Lawrence, Kan.; great-great-grandmother Vivian Rieger of Utica; and lots of aunts, uncles and cousins. She was preceded in death by her grandparents Bob and Evelyn Harold, and by her great-great-grandfather Carl Rieger. Services will be 10 a.m. June 29 at Odean Colonial Chapel in North Platte with Pastor Jurdan Counts of Wallace Methodist Church. Burial will be at Morning View Cemetery in Wallace. Arrangements are with Odean Colonial Chapel.∼Michala Jo "Kayla" Cheek drowned while swimming in the Sutherland Cooling Reservoir near Sutherland Nebraska. She was the first child of Kathleen Cheek and the older of four siblings. She was the special daughter of Gary Becker who took her as his own child when he married Kayla's mother Kathy on Kayla's first birthday.
Kayla had a stormy personality. She could be laughing one minute and pouting the next. She loved to talk, and would talk to just about anyone she met. She loved to play with her brothers and sister. She had many friends and enjoyed spending time with them.
Michala most of all loved horses and everything about them. Though she never owned a real horse, her collection of horse figurines and horsey stuff was her favorite thing in the world. She loved the movie Black Beauty. We watched it often together. Whenever she was riding in the car with me, she would point out the horses and tell me what kind they were and any history she knew about them.
Michala also loved music and loved to sing. She got this from her mother, who has a great voice and a love of music too. I don't know how we will ever get along without her. Yet we must. Her death was tragic. Her brother and her mother valiantly tried to save her. Kayla and her siblings got too far out into a reservoir. The loss is tremendous, but we are thankful that Kayla was with us for thirteen years. She was a special girl who is still very much loved and very much missed.
Kayla had a stormy personality. She could be laughing one minute and pouting the next. She loved to talk, and would talk to just about anyone she met. She loved to play with her brothers and sister. She had many friends and enjoyed spending time with them.
Michala most of all loved horses and everything about them. Though she never owned a real horse, her collection of horse figurines and horsey stuff was her favorite thing in the world. She loved the movie Black Beauty. We watched it often together. Whenever she was riding in the car with me, she would point out the horses and tell me what kind they were and any history she knew about them.
Michala also loved music and loved to sing. She got this from her mother, who has a great voice and a love of music too. I don't know how we will ever get along without her. Yet we must. Her death was tragic. Her brother and her mother valiantly tried to save her. Kayla and her siblings got too far out into a reservoir. The loss is tremendous, but we are thankful that Kayla was with us for thirteen years. She was a special girl who is still very much loved and very much missed.
Michala Jo Cheek Michala Jo Cheek, 13, of Wallace died Saturday, June 25, 2005, at the Sutherland Reservoir in Sutherland. Michala was born May 1, 1992, at York to Gary Lester Becker and Kathleen Jo Anne Cheek. She grew up in York until age 6. Then her family moved to Wallace where she had completed the sixth grade. Michala loved horses, animals, singing and drawing. She was in a reading group and loved reading books about horses. Michala was a member of FROGS (Fully Rely on God''s Son) at the Wallace United Methodist Church. Survivors include her mother Kathleen Jo Anne and stepfather James Harold of Wallace; her father Gary Becker of Utica; brothers Allen Becker and Zachary Harold and sister Hailey Harold, all at home in Wallace; grandparents Lester and Clora Becker of Chappell, Vicky Wiemer of York and Wayne and Ruth Cheek of Lawrence, Kan.; great-great-grandmother Vivian Rieger of Utica; and lots of aunts, uncles and cousins. She was preceded in death by her grandparents Bob and Evelyn Harold, and by her great-great-grandfather Carl Rieger. Services will be 10 a.m. June 29 at Odean Colonial Chapel in North Platte with Pastor Jurdan Counts of Wallace Methodist Church. Burial will be at Morning View Cemetery in Wallace. Arrangements are with Odean Colonial Chapel.∼Michala Jo "Kayla" Cheek drowned while swimming in the Sutherland Cooling Reservoir near Sutherland Nebraska. She was the first child of Kathleen Cheek and the older of four siblings. She was the special daughter of Gary Becker who took her as his own child when he married Kayla's mother Kathy on Kayla's first birthday.
Kayla had a stormy personality. She could be laughing one minute and pouting the next. She loved to talk, and would talk to just about anyone she met. She loved to play with her brothers and sister. She had many friends and enjoyed spending time with them.
Michala most of all loved horses and everything about them. Though she never owned a real horse, her collection of horse figurines and horsey stuff was her favorite thing in the world. She loved the movie Black Beauty. We watched it often together. Whenever she was riding in the car with me, she would point out the horses and tell me what kind they were and any history she knew about them.
Michala also loved music and loved to sing. She got this from her mother, who has a great voice and a love of music too. I don't know how we will ever get along without her. Yet we must. Her death was tragic. Her brother and her mother valiantly tried to save her. Kayla and her siblings got too far out into a reservoir. The loss is tremendous, but we are thankful that Kayla was with us for thirteen years. She was a special girl who is still very much loved and very much missed.
Kayla had a stormy personality. She could be laughing one minute and pouting the next. She loved to talk, and would talk to just about anyone she met. She loved to play with her brothers and sister. She had many friends and enjoyed spending time with them.
Michala most of all loved horses and everything about them. Though she never owned a real horse, her collection of horse figurines and horsey stuff was her favorite thing in the world. She loved the movie Black Beauty. We watched it often together. Whenever she was riding in the car with me, she would point out the horses and tell me what kind they were and any history she knew about them.
Michala also loved music and loved to sing. She got this from her mother, who has a great voice and a love of music too. I don't know how we will ever get along without her. Yet we must. Her death was tragic. Her brother and her mother valiantly tried to save her. Kayla and her siblings got too far out into a reservoir. The loss is tremendous, but we are thankful that Kayla was with us for thirteen years. She was a special girl who is still very much loved and very much missed.
