Ronald Mathiason

MORRILL, NE....Funeral services for RONALD MACK MATHIASON, 71, will be held Wednesday March 11, 2009 at 10am at the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Morrill, NE with the Reverend Paul J. Cain officiating. Burial will follow the service at Forest Lawn Cemetery. Viewing hours are from 3-7pm on Tuesday at the Colyer Funeral Home Chapel in Torrington, WY. Ronald passed away on March 6, 2009 at Regional West Medical Center in Scotts Bluff Nebraska. Arrangements are under the direction of the Colyer Funeral Home and friends are invited to send their condolences to the family at www.colyerfuneralhome.com Ronald was born December 23, 1937 to Palmer Norman and Lois Catherine(Coyle) Mathiason in Webster, South Dakota. The family settled in Butler, a farming community of northeastern South Dakota. Ron grew up an avid bird hunter and dog lover, spending much of his free time with his dogs. He met his bride of 49 years, Cheryl Diane Flattum while rescuing her from a runaway horse. Their love affair of one another and horses began. This courtship was a meeting of like minds: riding together the distance between their homes on horseback on many a warm summer afternoon. Before their marriage to one another on December 5, 1959, Ron enlisted in the army as a medic. Two children were born to this union- daughter Candace Kay and son Russel John. Ron and Cheryl moved their family to Torrington, Wyoming in 1967 where Ron was “The Culligan Man” for several years. The couple were still nuts over horses and the country life so they purchased a small acreage west of Torrington. Here they raised their family and were part of a community of friends. There were BBQ’s and ice cream turnings, midnight horseback rides, and many a late star-filled night team-roping with this chosen family. Ron and Cherry, in continuing their pursuit of land, purchased a larger acreage just across the Wyoming border outside Henry, Nebraska. Here they were able to start their own registered Angus herd. Ron went to school to learn how to artificially inseminate his own cows and worked the land to raise their own feed for their growing herd. Together he and Cherry grew and improved their herd; taking several trophies for top heifer-bulls and yearling heifers. Ron enjoyed the sounds of the meadowlark, the sight of their cattle dotting the pastures, and the sun on his face.

Ronald Mathiason

December 23, 1937 - March 6, 2009