William Rosengreen

CHUGWATER, WYOMING..............Funeral services for WILLIAM E. ROSENGREEN, 71, will be held at 2:00p.m. Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at the Chugwater United Methodist Church with Reverends David Price, William Cope, and Wayne Sanders officiating. Burial will follow in the Iowa Flats Cemetery near Chugwater. William died at the Davis Hospice Center in Cheyenne, Wyoming on April 9, 2008. Memorials may be given to the Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Missions. Visitation will be Tuesday from 3pm to 7pm at the funeral home and at the church one hour prior to services. Arrangements are under the direction of the Colyer Funeral Home and friends may send condolences to the family at www.colyerfuneralhome.com. Bill was born April 18, 1936 in Middlefield, Ohio the son of Harry and Ida (Allison) Rosengreen. He grew up and received his education there graduating high school in 1953. He attended God's Bible School and College in Cincinnati, Ohio where he graduated with at Bachelor's Degree in Theology in 1960. He married Gertrude Miktuk in Ashville, New York on June 13, 1959. Bill started Pastoring in East Liverpool, Ohio with the Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Church. He Pastored in other places including Punxutawney, Pennsylvania, North Springfield, Pennsylvania, Mentole, Pennsylvania, LaGrange, Wyoming, Franklin, Pennsylvania, and Alberton, Montana. He retired in 2005 and was engaged in farming with his son in Wheatland, Wyoming while also Pastoring in Chugwater at he Pioneer Pilgrim Chapel. Bill loved to hunt with his family, woodworking and farming. He served with the Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Youth Committee thirteen years as treasurer. He worked with Allegheny Youth and Missions and served five years at the Northwest Indian Bible School. Bill is survived by his wife Gertrude of Wheatland, Wyoming; a son Sam Rosengreen and his wife Mary of Cheyenne, Wyoming; a sister Nancy Dunlap and her husband Ed of Franklin, Pennsylvania; two grandsons, Wesley Rosengreen and his wife Andrea of Cheyenne, and Shirl Rosengreen of Hawaii; and a granddaughter Melissa Rosengreen of Cheyenne. He was preceded in death by his parents.

William Rosengreen

April 18, 1936 - April 9, 2008