Raymond Terrell

TORRINGTON, WYOMING.............Funeral services for RAYMOND B. TERRELL, 83, will be held at 10:00a.m. Monday, November 27, 2006 at the First Wyoming United Presbyterian Church with Reverend Tom Kittleman officiating. Burial will follow in the Forest Lawn Cemetery in Morrill, Nebraska. Raymond died November 17, 2006 in Clackamas, Oregon. A memorial has been established to the family. Visitation will be on Sunday from 3:00p.m. until 7:00p.m. and the casket will be closed 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 Raymond was born June 19, 1923 in Trenton, Nebraska the son of George and Carrie (Bucknole) Terrell. He grew up on a farm near Henry, Nebraska until 1935 when they moved west of Yoder, Wyoming, then to Veteran, Wyoming in 1937 and in 1938 they moved to Torrington. He attended schools at Kozer, Yoder, Veteran, and Torrington. He met Mildred Sandlian at a dance at the Silver Glide Ballroom in Lyman, Nebraska. They were married January 20, 1946 at the Baptist Church in Torrington. They spent nine years in Torrington where he was in the trucking business. In 1955 the moved to Gordon, Nebraska to farm and in 1957 they moved to Mirage Flats near Hay Springs, Nebraska. In 1973 they moved to Mitolius, Oregon where he worked at a sawmill in Warm Springs. They moved to Huntley, Wyoming in 1982 where he was a school custodian. They moved to Bassett, Nebraska and worked on a ranch until 1988 when they moved to Portland, Oregon where he was the maintenance man at Anodizing Inc. Mildred died in 1991. Raymond was an avid fisherman and hunter. He took pride in his farming and everything he did. He loved to travel and would take off from Oregon to visit family in Utah, Wyoming, and Nebraska. Raymond is survived by three sons, Dean and Bonnie Terrell of Prineville, Oregon, Bob and Barbara Terrell of Sweetwater Alabama and Bill Terrell of Milwaukie, Oregon; two daughters Donna and Keith Wright of Bassett, Nebraska, and Debbie and Lee Mabe of Clackamas, Oregon; three sisters, Inez Cheeney of Worland, Wyoming, Bernice and Bob Riley of Casper, Wyoming, and Chloa and Ken DeVoge of St. George, Utah; three brothers, Glen Terrell, Hubert and Esther Terrell, and Marvin and Luella Terrell all of Torrington; 13 grandchildren; and 17 great grandchildren. In addition to his wife, he was preceded in death by his parents, and seven brothers and sisters.

Raymond Terrell

June 19, 1923 - November 17, 2006