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04/04/2016 - Dewey L. Ellsworth
Visitation services for Dewey L. Ellsworth, age 83, of Lusk, WY will be at 12:00 PM on Monday, April 4, 2016 with services to follow at 1:00 PM at Pier Funeral Home in Lusk, WY with Pastor David Shaner officiating.
Burial will be 11:00 AM on Tuesday, April 5, 2016 at the Crawford, NE Cemetery.
A memorial has been established for the Lusk Senior Center.
Dewey passed away on Thursday, March 31, 2016 at the Niobrara Health and Life Center. Dewey was born July 21, 1932 in Crawford, NE to Wilbur and Mary (Reynoldson) Ellsworth. As a young boy, he helped his parents on the family farm and went to a country school in Belmont, NE.
At the age of 19, he married Eva Cunningham and to this union, three daughters were born. They later divorced and Dewey and his children moved south of Crawford where he helped his mom and dad farm.
In 1964, Dewey and his children moved to Lusk, and he lived there until his passing. He worked in the oil fields as a roughneck and later became a driller. In the late 70s, he built and opened the Six Arrow Truck Stop, Café and Bar (now known as the 3 Sisters) in Manville. In the late 80s, he bought and ran the Silver Dollar Bar in Lusk. In the mid 90s, he built Dewey’s Place in Moorcroft.
In 1996, he met the love of his life, Mary Rose Freeman. They lived and worked her ranch north of Lusk and were able to do some traveling. They moved into Lusk in 2013 when Mary’s health was failing.
Dewey made his way through life tempered by hard work as a farmer, rancher, roughneck, and restaurant and bar owner. While he had the hard edge of a man seasoned by unforgiving land and vocation, he cared for those close to him with unflinching loyalty. He wore his imperfections openly, thus teaching those around him the value of authenticity. Dewey was Dewey, and anybody who ever met him could say they met the real Dewey. His exit was fitting, he had a tangle with one of his bulls and passed due to complications from the encounter.
He is survived by daughters Linda (Chuck) Schoenewald of Moorcroft, WY, Susan (Marc) Millard of Moorcroft, WY, and Connie Wennblom of Gillette, WY; grandchildren Daryl Schoenewald of Lusk, WY and Dewey Schoenewald of Moorcroft, WY; great-grandchildren Cole and Taylor Schoenewald of Moorcroft, WY; niece Norma Jean Williams of Lyman, WY; great-nephews Shane (Debbie) McKenna of Holladay, UT, David (Cindy) Bolen of Buffalo, NY, Chad (Kim) Bolen of Nibley, UT, and Ray (Jessica) Binkerd of McMinnville, OR; great-niece Michele (Damain) Smith of Providence, UT; and many great-great nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, sister Margaret Lyburg, infant sister Bonnie Ellsworth, and long-time partner Mary Rose Freeman.
Pier Funeral Home of Lusk, WY is in charge of the arrangements for Dewey L. Ellsworth.
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