"ELLIS G PATCH
Ellis George Patch, 93, died Tuesday at his ranch south of Buffalo, where he had resided since 1941.
Born Nov. 21, 1898 in Custer Co, NE. to Murray W. and Sarah (Smith) Patch, he moved to Johnson County as a child and attended Buffalo schools.
He homesteaded on Muddy Creek in 1920 and worked for the U.S. Forest Service and a sawmill. He also built roads in the Big Horn Mountains, constructed reservoirs, was foremen for the Civilian Conservation Corps in the Bighorn National Forest and served as an agricultural census-taker.
He married Nellie Cook in 1936 in Deadwood, S.D. and they moved of Buffalo Anchor Lodge #7 AF&AM and served many years as president of Muddy Creek Stockgrowers Grazing Association. He was also a 4-H leader and school board member.
Two brothers and three sisters preceded him in death. Survivors include his wife; five daughters, Saralee Haskins of Natick, MA, Shirley Jacob of Casper, Sally Sack of Framingham, MA, Sherrie Patch of Rawlins, and Kathleen McPhee of Buffalo; a sister, Charlotte Graves of Kaycee; 11 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Services are 2 p.m. Saturday at Adams Funeral Home, Buffalo, with burial there in Willow Grove Cemetery. Memorials may benefit Shriner's Crippled Children's Hospital in care of the funeral home, which gave no cause of death."
Married Nellie Lucille Cook - 10 Oct 1936 Deadwood, Lawrence, South Dakota
"ELLIS G PATCH
Ellis George Patch, 93, died Tuesday at his ranch south of Buffalo, where he had resided since 1941.
Born Nov. 21, 1898 in Custer Co, NE. to Murray W. and Sarah (Smith) Patch, he moved to Johnson County as a child and attended Buffalo schools.
He homesteaded on Muddy Creek in 1920 and worked for the U.S. Forest Service and a sawmill. He also built roads in the Big Horn Mountains, constructed reservoirs, was foremen for the Civilian Conservation Corps in the Bighorn National Forest and served as an agricultural census-taker.
He married Nellie Cook in 1936 in Deadwood, S.D. and they moved of Buffalo Anchor Lodge #7 AF&AM and served many years as president of Muddy Creek Stockgrowers Grazing Association. He was also a 4-H leader and school board member.
Two brothers and three sisters preceded him in death. Survivors include his wife; five daughters, Saralee Haskins of Natick, MA, Shirley Jacob of Casper, Sally Sack of Framingham, MA, Sherrie Patch of Rawlins, and Kathleen McPhee of Buffalo; a sister, Charlotte Graves of Kaycee; 11 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Services are 2 p.m. Saturday at Adams Funeral Home, Buffalo, with burial there in Willow Grove Cemetery. Memorials may benefit Shriner's Crippled Children's Hospital in care of the funeral home, which gave no cause of death."
Married Nellie Lucille Cook - 10 Oct 1936 Deadwood, Lawrence, South Dakota
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