Veralyne Sutherland

Funeral services for VERALYNE "Lyne" SUTHERLAND, 89, will be held at 10:30am on Thursday, January 6, 2011 at the Colyer Funeral Home Chapel with Mr.Guy Landers officiating. Burial will follow at the Valley View Cemetery. Visitation hours will be held on Wednesday, January 5, 2011 from 3pm to 6pm at the funeral home. ‘Lyne’ died on January 1, 2011 at the home of her daughter in Cheyenne, Wyoming. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be directed to the Order of Eastern Star Torrington Chapter #22. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Colyer Funeral Home and friends are invited to send condolences to the family at www.colyerfuneralhome.com ‘Lyne’ was born on June 10, 1921 in Yale, Oklahoma the daughter of Lemuel and Leila (Spencer) Harnden. She grew up and received her early education in Oklahoma, then earned her high school diploma in Odessa, Texas. She went on to attend Nursing School in San Angelo, Texas and then served in the US Army Nurse Corps during WWII. She married Russell Sutherland at Ft. Hood Texas on August 10, 1946 and the couple continued to serve in the Military; living in the U.S., Japan, and Germany. Following military discharge, ‘Lyne’ and Russell lived at Torrington from 1956 until 1967 where ‘Lyne’ worked as a nurse at the Torrington Hospital. The couple moved to Cheyenne in 1967 and ‘Lyne’ worked as a nurse at DePaul Hospital and also Pershing Memorial Hospital. Russell passed away in 1971 and ‘Lyne’ returned to Torrington in 1974 where she worked as a registered nurse and also served as the Director of Nursing at the Mitchell Care Center in Mitchell, Nebraska. In 2004 she moved to Cheyenne, Wyoming with her daughter. ‘Lyne’ was a 50 year member of Order of Eastern Star and a 50 year member of the American Legion Auxiliary. She is survived by her son, Rusty Sutherland of Torrington; a daughter and son-in-law, Kathleen and Guy Landers of Cheyenne, Wyoming; seven grandchildren; six great grandchildren; a step-brother, Donald Powell, two half brothers, J.D. and Jim Harnden, and a half sister, Elsie Stone. In addition to her parents and her husband, she was preceded in death by her daughter, Karen Johnson.

Veralyne Sutherland

June 10, 1921 - January 1, 2011