Evan Paules

Funeral services for Evan Paules, 94, will be held at 2 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011, at the First Wyoming United Presbyterian Church with Reverend Steven Seng officiating. Burial will follow in the Valley View Cemetery. Evan died at his home on Nov. 11. Memorials have been established to First Wyoming United Presbyterian Church, the Alzheimer’s Association or Prairie Haven Hospice. Visitation will be at the funeral home on Monday from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. and the casket will be open briefly prior to services at the church. Arrangements are under the direction of the Colyer Funeral Home and friends may send condolences to the family at www.colyerfuneralhome.com. Evan was born April 1, 1917, in Venango, Neb., the son of Charles and Belle (Bussell) Paules. When he was three the family moved to one mile east of Ft. Laramie, Wyo., to a farm. He attended and graduated Ft. Laramie High School in 1938. He attended the University of Wyoming for a short time. He married Arlene Johnson May 6, 1939, in Wheatland, Wyo. They started out living on the family farm, where he worked and had a custom combining operation for a few years. They moved into Ft. Laramie where he worked as a utility man for the town of Ft. Laramie. He built a home on the family farm where they lived for a while before moving the house into Ft. Laramie. He bought a farm east of Ft. Laramie where he built another home. In 1965, he built his present home in Torrington, Wyo., and owned and operated Paules Electric until his retirement in 1982. Arlene died in 1990 and in 1992 he married Elva Brickman. Evan liked collecting and building mechanical equipment and wind machines. His family was one of the first in rural Ft. Laramie to have electricity because of a wind machine he built. He loved spending time with his family. He was very much loved by his family and all who knew him. Evan is survived by his wife Elva Paules of Wheatland, Wyo.; two sons Stanley (Oralia) Paules of Aurora, Colo., and Larry (Rosie) Paules of Torrington, Wyo.; a daughter Janet (Leroy) Hare of Torrington; two step-sons Jim (Faith) Brickman of Crockett, and Don (Marge) Brickman of Longmont, Colo.; a step-daughter Aleen (Tom) Golis of Hot Springs, S.D.; a brother Leon Paules of Laramie, Wyo.; a sister Louise Martin of Yorktown, Va.; nine grandchildren; eight step-grandchildren; 13 great grandchildren; and 21 step-great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, his first wife Arlene; two brothers, Byron and Harold; and one step-grandson.

Evan Paules

April 1, 1917 - November 11, 2011