Ervine Eilert

TORRINGTON, WYO... Memorial services for ERVINE F. EILERT, 88, will be held at 11:00am on Thursday, December 14, 2006 at the St. Rose Catholic Church with The Rev. Father Kevin Koch officiating. Mr. Eilert died on December 9, 2006 at the Torrington Community Hospital. Cremation has taken place and private family burial will be held. A memorial has been established to the Lingle Rescue Unit. Arrangements are under the direction of the Colyer Funeral Home and friends are invited to send condolences to the family at www.colyerfuneralhome.com He was born on December 16, 1917 in Tie Creek, Montana the son of Clayton and Estella (Wickham) Eilert. He grew up at Camp Crook, South Dakota where he attended school. He then moved to eastern Wyoming where he worked on ranches. Ervine entered the US Army following Pearl Harbor and was stationed at New Orleans where he met Margaret Markel. The couple married on May 5, 1944 at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma. Ervine then served in Germany until 1945 and following his discharge, he returned to New Orleans where he attended business college. He went on to work as an auditor at the St. Charles Hotel. He then worked for the General accounting office and later worked as an auditor at the National Park Service in Omaha, Nebraska. In 1966 he moved his family to Estes Park, Colorado where Ervine was an administrative officer at the Park. He took early retirement in 1972 and purchased property north of Lingle, Wyoming where he and his wife remained. Ervine enjoyed hunting and fishing. He liked caring for horses and was a bird watcher. He was a 4-H leader and was the horse barn superintendent at the Goshen County fair grounds. Erivine was a member of the St. Rose Catholic Church and a member of the VFW and DAV in Torrington. He is survived by his wife, Margaret of Lingle, Wyoming; three sons Ervine,II of Stewartville, Minnesota; Michael and his wife Marsha of Ft. Collins, Colorado; and Patrick of Lingle; two daughters, Mary E. Kaspar of Scottsbluff, Nebraska; and Denise Jones and her husband Johnnie of Yokita Air Base, Japan; eight grandchildren, and five great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; one infant son Rene Edward Eilert; one brother Lawrence; and two sisters, Bonita O'Dell and Esther Holmberg.

Ervine Eilert

December 16, 1917 - December 9, 2006