Emma Greenwald Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Funeral services for EMMA WELSCH GREENWALD, 105 will be held at 2pm Saturday, August 8, 2015 at the Colyer Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Curtis Hill officiating. Burial will follow in the Hillcrest Cemetery in Lingle, Wyoming. Emma passed away on July 29, 2105 after a vigorous 105 years. She died peacefully with family present at the Bethany Lutheran Home near Sioux Falls, South Dakota, where she had resided for several years due to health issues. A memorial has been established to the Lingle Fire and Rescue Units. Arrangements are under the direction of the Colyer Funeral Home and friends may send condolences to the family at www.colyerfuneralhome.com. Emma came into this world on April 15, 1910 in Lincoln, Nebraska as the third child of eight brothers and sisters to her parents, Phillip and Marie Welsch. While growing up she attended public schools in both Lingle, Wyoming and Lincoln, Nebraska. She married Sam Greenwald on January 17, 1935 in Lincoln. The newly married couple then returned to Sam’s home, a farm near Lingle, where they resided and farmed until Sam’s death in 1992. Together they had three daughters; Kathleen, Charlotte, and Janice. Living near Lingle gave Emma ample opportunities to be active in her community. She regularly attended and was active in church programs, first at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church and later at Lingle Presbyterian. While her daughters were growing up she kept busy as a 4H Club Leader and as a fully engaged member of her Garden Club she enjoyed raising roses and begonias well into her early nineties. She also tended to and nurtured a large vegetable garden every summer while she lived on the farm. Following Sam’s death Emma moved to Torrington, Wyoming where she continued to raise and enjoy her favorite roses and begonias. Later as her health began to fail she moved to Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Emma was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; four brothers and three sisters. Emma’s direct survivors include her daughters Kathleen (Michael) Pelly, Charlotte Lowman, and Janice (Clifford) Moine. In addition she is blessed with nine grandchildren; Stephanie (Scott) Carrrell, Tracy (Michael) Nielsen, Sean (Lori) Wieseler, Kimberly Lowman, Daryn (Jennifer) Lowman, Matthew Lowman, Josh Lowman, Angie (Roger) Teske, and Wendell Moine, and twelve great grandchildren.

Emma Greenwald

April 15, 1910 - July 29, 2015