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Orval John Dryer

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Orval John Dryer

Birth
O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, USA
Death
16 May 1970 (aged 85)
Casper, Natrona County, Wyoming, USA
Burial
Manville, Niobrara County, Wyoming, USA Add to Map
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The Lusk Herald May 1970

Orval Dryer, 85, Dies Saturday; Services Tuesday

Orval John Dryer, 85, of Manville, died Saturday, May 16 at the Casper Hospital. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. from the Peet Chapel in Lusk. The Rev. Dallas Swisher of Casper officiated. Burial was in the Manville Cemetery.

Mrs. Dale M. Bardo, organist, accompanied Mrs. Berry Lee Rumney, soloist, as she sang "In the Garden" and "What A Friend We Have in Jesus".


Casket bearers were William Dryer, Robert Dryer, Edward Dryer, David Dryer, Richard Ladwig and Clarence Pinkerton.
Honorary bearers were Sam Thomas, Earl Hales, Albert DeGering, Ray DeGering, Zeb Ward, Bill Poff, Arthur Thompson and Roy ZumBrunnen.

He was born in Holt County Neb., October 9, 1884, to William and Libbie Dryer. He came to the Manville, Territory of Wyoming, with his father, mother, three brothers and one sister in a covered wagon drawn by one horse and one oxen in
July 1886. During the service it was pointed out that he lived in the era "from the ox cart to the rocket."
His parents ran a boarding car for the railroad, and they built the first house in Manville. He attended school in makeshift pioneer quarters at Manville.

He was a ranch hand for awhile at the first "77" Ranch, then owned by Richards and Comstock. Later he operated a livery barn with his brother Frank in Manville. He worked with the U.S. Biological Survey from about 1910-15 when they cleared the grey wolves and the prairie dogs out of the area from Yellowstone Park to Rapid City, S.D.

June 25, 1913, he married Bertha May Eutsler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Eutsler in Manville. They were the parents of five sons. They maintained a home in the area of the corner of South Dakota, Nebraska and Wyoming, where they were active in the ranching business until 1951. They turned the ranch over to their son, Frank, and moved to Manville where they have lived since.

His parents, four brothers and one sister died previously.
Survivors include his widow Bertha; and five sons, William R., Casper, Donald C., Tacoma, Wash., Orville A., Casper, Frank W. Wolfe Creek, Mont., James H. of Casper; twenty grandchildren; and ten great-grandchildren.
The Lusk Herald May 1970

Orval Dryer, 85, Dies Saturday; Services Tuesday

Orval John Dryer, 85, of Manville, died Saturday, May 16 at the Casper Hospital. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. from the Peet Chapel in Lusk. The Rev. Dallas Swisher of Casper officiated. Burial was in the Manville Cemetery.

Mrs. Dale M. Bardo, organist, accompanied Mrs. Berry Lee Rumney, soloist, as she sang "In the Garden" and "What A Friend We Have in Jesus".


Casket bearers were William Dryer, Robert Dryer, Edward Dryer, David Dryer, Richard Ladwig and Clarence Pinkerton.
Honorary bearers were Sam Thomas, Earl Hales, Albert DeGering, Ray DeGering, Zeb Ward, Bill Poff, Arthur Thompson and Roy ZumBrunnen.

He was born in Holt County Neb., October 9, 1884, to William and Libbie Dryer. He came to the Manville, Territory of Wyoming, with his father, mother, three brothers and one sister in a covered wagon drawn by one horse and one oxen in
July 1886. During the service it was pointed out that he lived in the era "from the ox cart to the rocket."
His parents ran a boarding car for the railroad, and they built the first house in Manville. He attended school in makeshift pioneer quarters at Manville.

He was a ranch hand for awhile at the first "77" Ranch, then owned by Richards and Comstock. Later he operated a livery barn with his brother Frank in Manville. He worked with the U.S. Biological Survey from about 1910-15 when they cleared the grey wolves and the prairie dogs out of the area from Yellowstone Park to Rapid City, S.D.

June 25, 1913, he married Bertha May Eutsler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Eutsler in Manville. They were the parents of five sons. They maintained a home in the area of the corner of South Dakota, Nebraska and Wyoming, where they were active in the ranching business until 1951. They turned the ranch over to their son, Frank, and moved to Manville where they have lived since.

His parents, four brothers and one sister died previously.
Survivors include his widow Bertha; and five sons, William R., Casper, Donald C., Tacoma, Wash., Orville A., Casper, Frank W. Wolfe Creek, Mont., James H. of Casper; twenty grandchildren; and ten great-grandchildren.


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