Edward William Wolski

July 19, 1920 - February 20, 2007

TORRINGTON, WY..... Funeral services for EDWARD W. WOLSKI, 86, will be held at 10:00am on Friday, February 23, 2007 at the South Goshen Presbyterian Church at Yoder, Wyoming with Pastor Tom Kittleman officiating and Reverend Burton Kugler assisting. Burial, with Masonic Rites, will follow in the Valley View Cemetery in Torrington. Ed passed away peacefully on February 20, 2007 at the Special Touch Unit at Torrington Community Hospital. Visitation hours will be held at the Colyer Funeral Home on Thursday, from Noon to 7pm. In lieu of flowers, the family would request that memorial contributions be directed in Ed's memory to the South Goshen Presbyterian Church at 200 East 3rd Avenue, Yoder, WY 82244. Arrangements are under the direction of the Colyer Funeral Home and friends are invited to send condolences to the family at www.colyerfuneralhome.com Edward was born on July 19, 1920 in Hall County, Nebraska the son of Franz and Minnie (Schweiger) Wolski. He moved with his parents and sibling to Morrill, Nebraska at an early age and graduated from Morrill High School in 1938. He married Gladys Mae Hrasky on November 28, 1948 in Mitchell, Nebraska and the couple have enjoyed 58 years together. They moved to Goshen County in 1950 and purchased a farm in the Yoder, Wyoming area in 1960 where they lived and raised their family. Edward and Gladys sold the farm in 1988 and retired; moving in to Torrington. Edward was active in community service and served on the Yoder School Board, the Horse Creek Conservation District, the South Goshen Presbyterian Church Session, Goshen County Weed and Pest, and the Goshen County Water Development Board. He was affiliated with Oasis 271 AF&AM at Morrill, Nebraska, Order of Eastern Star Sunflower Chapter at Mitchell, Nebraska; and he was Master of the Royal Secret of the 32 Degree of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of the Alliance Consistory in Nebraska. Ed had a love for flying and in the years before his marriage, he acquired a private pilots license and enjoyed solo flying. He did fly for a short time after his marriage to Gladys and he delighted in getting any friends and family brave enough to go up in the plane with him. But with becoming a father, Edward gave up flying and enjoyed a lifetime of farming the land and leaving a legacy of being a perfectionist. He is survived by his wife Gladys of Torrington; son Francis (Wally) and his wife Teresa of Yoder, Wyoming; daughter Janet Haas and her husband Glen of Torrington, Wyoming; an older brother Arnold Wolski of Torrington; younger sister Florence Westphal of Denver, Colorado; four grandchildren, Scott Haas of Layton, Utah; Erin Helzer and husband Michael of Casper, Wyoming; Amie Wolski of Rapid City, South Dakota; and Ashley Wolski of Chadron, Nebraska; and three nieces. He was preceded in death by his parents and one older brother.