03/26/2019 - Sheila Myers Ray

A celebration of life for Sheila Myers Ray and her brother Ted Myers will be held in Chadron, NE at the Olde Main Street Inn in July 2019.

Donations may be made to an animal charity of the donor’s choice.

Sheila peacefully passed away at Vibra Hospital in Thornton, CO from complications after heart bypass surgery. She was born in Deadwood, SD on September 3, 1951 to James Bowman Myers and Maxine (Chase) Myers joining her brothers, Tim and Ted Myers.

Sheila grew up and attended school in Deadwood and Highmore, SD and finished in Chadron, NE. She lived in California and Germany before returning to Chadron where she was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary.

Sheila and Jim Ray were married on October 2, 1993 at Roughlock Falls in South Dakota, and they lived and worked on the family farm west of Hemingford, NE. Sheila loved to garden and was an avid rock hunter. Many of her birthdays were celebrated at the Crawford Labor Day Rock Show. She loved her many cats as well as the skunk and raccoon that she and the cats mingled with freely.

Sheila is survived by husband Jim; brother James (Linda) Myers; brother-in-law Tom (Melianda) Ray; sister-in-law Nancy Ray; nephews Paul Ray and his son Ezra, Matt (Amy) Honstein, and Mike (Mary) Honstein; aunt Dorothy Ray; and numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins including Marta (Simon) Hardy of York, England, Quin Myers, Dean Myers and Carol Scott. Sheila also left many very good friends in the Chadron area.

She was preceded in death by her parents, brother Ted Myers, and stepfather Gene Sutfin.