Mary Ann Booth

..Memorial services for MARY ANN BOOTH, 77, will be held at 11am Monday, December 19, 2016 at the First Wyoming United Presbyterian Church with Reverends Curtis Hill and Vickie Kintzel officiating. Mary Ann died December 13, 2016 at Community Hospital and cremation has taken place. In lieu of flowers memorials may be given to either Diabetes Research or Cystic Fibrosis Research. Arrangements are under the direction of the Colyer Funeral Home and friends may send condolences to the family at www.colyerfuneralhome.com. Mary Ann was born April 23, 1939 on the family farm near Frannie, Wyoming to John D and Etta A (Henry) Zwemer. She was the fifth child of the family of six children. She grew up in the Big Horn county area attending grade school in a three room building in Frannie and graduated from the Deaver High School in 1957. She attended college at the University of Wyoming with a music scholarship and was a Chi Omega Sorority sister. While attending UW she met the love of her life, Gordon Booth and on June 23, 1958 they married in the Deaver Methodist Church. They went back to UW that fall before moving to his family’s farm in Veteran, Wyoming where they lived for fifty-eight years. They were blessed with one daughter, Kerri Ann Henan of Billings, Montana, and three sons Shawn (Diane) of Veteran, Jodie and Kacey of Veteran. They have eight grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Although keeping busy with her family she started a business in the sixties raising purebred dogs that she kept for twenty years. While doing that she kept her love of music alive by giving piano and vocal lessons, sang in the Presbyterian church choir in Torrington, later directed the church choir in the Veteran Presbyterian Church and then directed the choir in the South Goshen Presbyterian Church in Yoder, Wyoming along with being organist and children’s music program director for several years. She was baptized in the Deaver Methodist Church and was later a member of the South Goshen Presbyterian Church where she worked as an active elder for six years. Mary Ann was a member of the Wyoming Angus Association and sponsored the Junior Angus association members with their cattle shows, field days and mentored the Wyoming Angus Queen’s for twelve years. She was a member of the American Angus Association and was a delegate to the national meeting for several years working on the Angus Journal and Angus Foundation. She worked in the Oregon Trail Community Foundation for twelve years, working with the Dorothy Bronson scholarship committee and was a member of the Goshen Cattle Women where she served as president three different times. She was also a member of the Wyoming Cattle Women and the National Cattle Women. She and Gordon were the original pioneer charter members of the Wyoming Beef Cattle Improvement Association. Mary Ann served on the scholarship committee of twenty years helping to raise money for the scholarships for Wyoming students that were interested in the livestock business. In 2005 they were honored at the banquet, football game and other activities for their dedication and countless hours of work by the University of Wyoming Agriculture Department at the Ag Appreciation Day in Laramie, Wyoming. Although plagued with numerous health problem, when healthy she kept numerous activities on her plate. Helping build the reputation of the Cherry Creek cattle, she prepared the sale catalog, kept the registrations of the cow herd and kept the mailing list current long before computers of digital equipment could speed up the process. Known for her quick wit and impeccable clothes she was a multi-task individual and did everything with style and grace. Mary Ann is survived by her husband Gordon; children Kerri, Shawn, Jodie and Kacey; grandchildren Kelsey Henan, Brady Henan, Michael (Lindsy) Booth, Byron (Karah) Booth, Jennifer (Aaron) Garcia, Jamie Hackbarth, Natalie Booth and Madison Booth; eight great grandchildren; a sister Pauline (Dave) Lehman of Bridger, Montana; and numerous nieces, nephews and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers Virgil, Chester and Richard; and sister Opal Phillips.

Mary Ann Booth

April 23, 1939 - December 13, 2016