son of Katie L. Zurcher & Carl Hessenthaler
Charles Freeman Hessenthaler
June 26, 1922 -- Nov. 11, 1998
Charles Freeman Hessenthalr, 76, died November 11, 1998, from complications following bypass heart surgery.
Charlie was the oldest son of Carl and Katie Hessenthaler. He was born June 26, 1922, in Basin, Wyo. He attended schools in Kane and Lovell, Wyo. In 1939 he joined the Wyoming National Guard. Following activation of his unit in World War II, he spent the next four years in the South Pacific. Charlie was a highly decorated survivor of numerous campaigns, receiving two purple hearts during his military career. The points Charlie received for combat allowed him to be the first Wyoming soldier to earn his discharge and to return home prior to the end of World War II.
Following the war he returned home where he married Norma Abraham on Jan. 17, 1947. There were sealed in the LDS Idaho Falls Temple in 1950. They farmed and worked for the Ohio Oil Campany until he wa appointd postmaster of the Byron post office in 1954. In addition to his job, he continued to operate a dairy and farm on the side.
Charlie served as a commissioner on the Sidon Irrigation Board and spent several years on the local draft board. Following retirement from the post office in 1984, he worked campaigns for the Western Sugar Company in Lovell. His summers were spent raising trout, apples and sweet corn. His sweet corn soon became known throughout the Big Hron Basin as "Charlie's Gourmet Sweet Corn."
Charlie decicated his life to his family and friends. He especially enjoyed atending and supporting his children and his grandchildren in their athletic events and other endeavors. Charlie was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served in many different callings throughout the years.
He is preceded in death by his parents and four siblings, Erwin, Eugene, Paul (World War II), and Gertrude Dorey. He is survived by his wife Norma and five children and their spouses, Charles A. of Byron, Jack M. of Byron, Ruth Kay Lohrenz of Denver, Colo. Paul A. of Cody, and Kent A. of Thermopolis. He also leaves 24 grandchidren; 13 great-grandchildren; his brother, Walter Hessenthaler of Yakima, Wash. and five sisters, Bonnie (Minna) Franch of Casper, Rosealie Hentzel of Davenport, Iowa, Joyce Kobielusz of Sheridan, Jean Kimball of Yakima, Wash.; and Ruth Shaffer of Bend, Ore.
Our "Rock" and "Anchor" has gone on to prepare a place for us. Charlie, you will be missed.
Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. Monday, Nov. 16, 1998, at the Byron Ward Chapel of the LDS Church with burial following in the Byron Cemetery.
Haskell Funeral Home of Lovell was in charge of arrangements.
Charles Freeman Hessenthaler
June 26, 1922 -- Nov. 11, 1998
Charles Freeman Hessenthalr, 76, died November 11, 1998, from complications following bypass heart surgery.
Charlie was the oldest son of Carl and Katie Hessenthaler. He was born June 26, 1922, in Basin, Wyo. He attended schools in Kane and Lovell, Wyo. In 1939 he joined the Wyoming National Guard. Following activation of his unit in World War II, he spent the next four years in the South Pacific. Charlie was a highly decorated survivor of numerous campaigns, receiving two purple hearts during his military career. The points Charlie received for combat allowed him to be the first Wyoming soldier to earn his discharge and to return home prior to the end of World War II.
Following the war he returned home where he married Norma Abraham on Jan. 17, 1947. There were sealed in the LDS Idaho Falls Temple in 1950. They farmed and worked for the Ohio Oil Campany until he wa appointd postmaster of the Byron post office in 1954. In addition to his job, he continued to operate a dairy and farm on the side.
Charlie served as a commissioner on the Sidon Irrigation Board and spent several years on the local draft board. Following retirement from the post office in 1984, he worked campaigns for the Western Sugar Company in Lovell. His summers were spent raising trout, apples and sweet corn. His sweet corn soon became known throughout the Big Hron Basin as "Charlie's Gourmet Sweet Corn."
Charlie decicated his life to his family and friends. He especially enjoyed atending and supporting his children and his grandchildren in their athletic events and other endeavors. Charlie was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served in many different callings throughout the years.
He is preceded in death by his parents and four siblings, Erwin, Eugene, Paul (World War II), and Gertrude Dorey. He is survived by his wife Norma and five children and their spouses, Charles A. of Byron, Jack M. of Byron, Ruth Kay Lohrenz of Denver, Colo. Paul A. of Cody, and Kent A. of Thermopolis. He also leaves 24 grandchidren; 13 great-grandchildren; his brother, Walter Hessenthaler of Yakima, Wash. and five sisters, Bonnie (Minna) Franch of Casper, Rosealie Hentzel of Davenport, Iowa, Joyce Kobielusz of Sheridan, Jean Kimball of Yakima, Wash.; and Ruth Shaffer of Bend, Ore.
Our "Rock" and "Anchor" has gone on to prepare a place for us. Charlie, you will be missed.
Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. Monday, Nov. 16, 1998, at the Byron Ward Chapel of the LDS Church with burial following in the Byron Cemetery.
Haskell Funeral Home of Lovell was in charge of arrangements.
son of Katie L. Zurcher & Carl Hessenthaler
Charles Freeman Hessenthaler
June 26, 1922 -- Nov. 11, 1998
Charles Freeman Hessenthalr, 76, died November 11, 1998, from complications following bypass heart surgery.
Charlie was the oldest son of Carl and Katie Hessenthaler. He was born June 26, 1922, in Basin, Wyo. He attended schools in Kane and Lovell, Wyo. In 1939 he joined the Wyoming National Guard. Following activation of his unit in World War II, he spent the next four years in the South Pacific. Charlie was a highly decorated survivor of numerous campaigns, receiving two purple hearts during his military career. The points Charlie received for combat allowed him to be the first Wyoming soldier to earn his discharge and to return home prior to the end of World War II.
Following the war he returned home where he married Norma Abraham on Jan. 17, 1947. There were sealed in the LDS Idaho Falls Temple in 1950. They farmed and worked for the Ohio Oil Campany until he wa appointd postmaster of the Byron post office in 1954. In addition to his job, he continued to operate a dairy and farm on the side.
Charlie served as a commissioner on the Sidon Irrigation Board and spent several years on the local draft board. Following retirement from the post office in 1984, he worked campaigns for the Western Sugar Company in Lovell. His summers were spent raising trout, apples and sweet corn. His sweet corn soon became known throughout the Big Hron Basin as "Charlie's Gourmet Sweet Corn."
Charlie decicated his life to his family and friends. He especially enjoyed atending and supporting his children and his grandchildren in their athletic events and other endeavors. Charlie was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served in many different callings throughout the years.
He is preceded in death by his parents and four siblings, Erwin, Eugene, Paul (World War II), and Gertrude Dorey. He is survived by his wife Norma and five children and their spouses, Charles A. of Byron, Jack M. of Byron, Ruth Kay Lohrenz of Denver, Colo. Paul A. of Cody, and Kent A. of Thermopolis. He also leaves 24 grandchidren; 13 great-grandchildren; his brother, Walter Hessenthaler of Yakima, Wash. and five sisters, Bonnie (Minna) Franch of Casper, Rosealie Hentzel of Davenport, Iowa, Joyce Kobielusz of Sheridan, Jean Kimball of Yakima, Wash.; and Ruth Shaffer of Bend, Ore.
Our "Rock" and "Anchor" has gone on to prepare a place for us. Charlie, you will be missed.
Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. Monday, Nov. 16, 1998, at the Byron Ward Chapel of the LDS Church with burial following in the Byron Cemetery.
Haskell Funeral Home of Lovell was in charge of arrangements.
Charles Freeman Hessenthaler
June 26, 1922 -- Nov. 11, 1998
Charles Freeman Hessenthalr, 76, died November 11, 1998, from complications following bypass heart surgery.
Charlie was the oldest son of Carl and Katie Hessenthaler. He was born June 26, 1922, in Basin, Wyo. He attended schools in Kane and Lovell, Wyo. In 1939 he joined the Wyoming National Guard. Following activation of his unit in World War II, he spent the next four years in the South Pacific. Charlie was a highly decorated survivor of numerous campaigns, receiving two purple hearts during his military career. The points Charlie received for combat allowed him to be the first Wyoming soldier to earn his discharge and to return home prior to the end of World War II.
Following the war he returned home where he married Norma Abraham on Jan. 17, 1947. There were sealed in the LDS Idaho Falls Temple in 1950. They farmed and worked for the Ohio Oil Campany until he wa appointd postmaster of the Byron post office in 1954. In addition to his job, he continued to operate a dairy and farm on the side.
Charlie served as a commissioner on the Sidon Irrigation Board and spent several years on the local draft board. Following retirement from the post office in 1984, he worked campaigns for the Western Sugar Company in Lovell. His summers were spent raising trout, apples and sweet corn. His sweet corn soon became known throughout the Big Hron Basin as "Charlie's Gourmet Sweet Corn."
Charlie decicated his life to his family and friends. He especially enjoyed atending and supporting his children and his grandchildren in their athletic events and other endeavors. Charlie was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served in many different callings throughout the years.
He is preceded in death by his parents and four siblings, Erwin, Eugene, Paul (World War II), and Gertrude Dorey. He is survived by his wife Norma and five children and their spouses, Charles A. of Byron, Jack M. of Byron, Ruth Kay Lohrenz of Denver, Colo. Paul A. of Cody, and Kent A. of Thermopolis. He also leaves 24 grandchidren; 13 great-grandchildren; his brother, Walter Hessenthaler of Yakima, Wash. and five sisters, Bonnie (Minna) Franch of Casper, Rosealie Hentzel of Davenport, Iowa, Joyce Kobielusz of Sheridan, Jean Kimball of Yakima, Wash.; and Ruth Shaffer of Bend, Ore.
Our "Rock" and "Anchor" has gone on to prepare a place for us. Charlie, you will be missed.
Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. Monday, Nov. 16, 1998, at the Byron Ward Chapel of the LDS Church with burial following in the Byron Cemetery.
Haskell Funeral Home of Lovell was in charge of arrangements.
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