Memorials, 062021 WYBJ, Vol. 44 No. 3. 56
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Shirley Kingston
Shirley Kingston, nee Shirley Ann Greenlee, died on November 5, 2020, at the Ivinson Memorial Hospital, just 16 days shy of her 93rd birthday. She was pre-deceased by her husband of almost 55 years, Newton Edward Kingston, a professor of Microbiology at the University of Wyoming, by her brother James Greenlee of Michigan, and by her daughter-in-law, Mary Kingston and granddaughter, Hope Kingston, and brother-in-law Charles Adams of Illinois. She is survived by her children, John Clayton Kingston and his wife, Andrea Cole, of Massachusetts,Timothy Charles Kingston of Wyoming, and Emily Kingston Slichter, and her husband Mark, of California, her sister-in-law Joan Adams of Illinois, three granddaughters and spouses, Erin Slichter of California, Angela Connelly and her husband Jason of Colorado, Anna Prall and her husband Daniel, of Wyoming, four great grand children, Natalie, Lily and Landon Connelly and Jolie Prall, nieces Lynnette Adams of Illinois, Nora Greenlee Hartwig and her husband Karl, Susanne Greenlee Hoyer and her husband, Geoff, and grand nephew Alexander, all of Michigan, and nephew, Chris Greenlee and his wife Anne, and grand niece, Emma, of Washington State.
Ms. Greenlee was born in Sioux City, Iowa on November 21, 1927, the daughter of Charles Henry Greenlee and his wife, Margaret Clayton Greenlee. She grew up in Detroit, Michigan and went to Wayne University, where she was resident advisor in her dorm. While at Wayne, she met, and later married, Newton Edward Kingston on March 27, 1952. Once married, they lived in Canada and Mexico as well as various U.S. states before moving to Wyoming in 1968, where they settled. Once in Wyoming, Mrs. Kingston first worked as a social worker, before earning a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Wyoming School of Law in 1974. Her class included only seven women in a class of 125 students. She thereafter worked at the Wyoming Attorney General's Office in Cheyenne as an Assistant Attorney General handling civil matters. After her retirement from that position, she continued to provide legal advice and services to people in Laramie, including wills and trusts to senior citizens at the Ivinson Mansion that houses the Senior Center. She was also on the Board of the La Raza Radio Station and the Downtown Clinic, and was head the Wyoming chapter of the ACLU for some time.
She contributed greatly to her community and was considered a woman of intelligence and conviction, who acted with integrity and compassion for those not as fortunate as others.
She will be sorely missed by all who were assisted by, and knew and loved her.
A service in Memory, and to Celebrate the life, of Shirley Kingston, will be held on Sunday, August 15th, 2021, at 12:30 p.m. at the Alice Hardie Stevenson Center behind the Ivinson Mansion/ Laramie Plains Museum located at 603 Ivinson Avenue, Laramie, Wyoming. If you are planning to attend, please contact Emily Kingston Slichter, Shirley's daughter, either by email (ekingston94401@ icloud.com) or telephone (650-515-8025) so the family knows how much food and drinks are needed to accommodate everyone who comes.
In lieu of gifts, please contact the family for a list of charitable organizations with whom Shirley worked.
W.J. "Jack" Nicholas
Jack Nicholas' last request was for the list of phone numbers of his 5 children and 19 grandchildren. He painstakingly set out to call each one. He wanted to tell them one more time how much he loved them and how proud he was of them. If his 24 young great grandchildren had their own phones, he would have called them too. Although he fought leaving his family, neighbors, and the state he so dearly loved, Jack told Kim, a wonderful nurse at the Lander hospital, that he was ready to go with a smile on his face. Jack's family deeply thanks Kim and all the healthcare workers at the Lander Clinic and the Lander Hospital for helping the family and Jack as he reached the end of his life. It was a life well lived.
Jack was born in Gillette, Wyoming in 1927 to Thomas Arthur and Mary Margaret Nicholas. He spent much of his time on the family ranch north of Gillette until his family moved to Casper. When he reached his teens, Jack yearned for adventure. He ran away at 13. When caught, he ran away again. On one escapade, Jack endeavored to sneak out of Casper on an eastbound coal train. Unbeknownst to him, the train headed north! Jack's father located him in Buffalo, covered in coal cinders, and dragged him home by the ear. At 16, Jack clandestinely joined the Army. His parents foiled his attempt by refusing to sign a waiver required for anyone under 17. Undeterred, Jack graduated Natrona County High School and joined the Army on his 17th birthday.
Jack served his country proudly during World War II. When the war ended, he was stationed in Kansas and studied pre- veter- i nary medicine at the University of...
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