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(March 4, 1968 – July 29, 2014)
Former Greybull resident, Amy Sue Coguill Love, 46, of Gillette died Tuesday, July 29, 2014, at the River Stone Hospice Home in Billings.
Amy was born March 4, 1968, in Powell to Robert and Sue Coguill. She was raised in Greybull, where she attended school K-12. She played high school volleyball for the Greybull Lady Buffs and was a member of the cheerleading squad. She then attended Northwest College in Powell for one year as an art major.
Amy was an accomplished artist receiving many awards and she also loved music. In 1985 she was crowned the Days of ’49 rodeo queen. She loved her horse and barrel racing. In June 1988 she had a daughter, Sara Zimmerschied, and in April 1990 she had a son, Trenton Love.
Amy made a career for 19 years in the coal mining industry where she operated heavy equipment, worked with safety, and was a rescue team member for 13 years. Amy loved being on the rescue team where she could help others in need. She was known by many people around her as “Mamma Love” because of her love, compassion and motherly ways with everyone around her.
Amy was also a member of the Black Thunder Mine’s competition team where she competed and helped her team to win several awards over the years. Amy was awarded the Travis Roy Spirit Award in 2008 at the International Mine Competition which is a sportsmanship award voted on by all the teams competing.
Amy became a trainer for the mine’s competition team and loved sharing her knowledge and helping all the members of the team better themselves. Amy traveled with the competition team in the states and in Canada.
Amy was a very loving person, and there were no strangers in her life.
Amy is survived by her daughter Sara; son Trenton; the love of her life, Randy Roby; her mother Sue; her brothers, Scott (Ronda) and Roger (Sina); sister-in-law D’Lynn (Buck); her nieces, Jill, Olivia, Ashley; her nephew Lyle; and many aunts, uncles, cousins; and a multitude of friends.
She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Ted and Alleen Wamhoff and Thornton and Mickey Coguill; her father Bob Coguill; her uncles, Gary Wamhoff, Ray Coguill and Bob Good; and her aunt Connie Wamhoff.
A viewing will take place from 1-5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 3, at Atwood Funeral Chapel in Greybull and from noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 5, at the Zion Lutheran Church in Emblem.
Funeral services will be held at the Zion Lutheran Church in Emblem on Tuesday, Aug. 5, at 1 p.m. with Rev. Jais Tinglund as officiant. Burial will follow at the Emblem Cemetery in Emblem.
A fellowship for family and friends will follow the burial at the Elks BPOE Lodge #1431 in Greybull. There will be a memorial service held in Gillette at a later date.
Memorials will be accepted at Big Horn Federal Savings Bank, P.O. Box 471, Greybull, WY 82426 and all branches of the First Interstate Bank, 2201 South Douglas Highway, Gillette, WY 82716 under the Amy Love Benefit.
Atwood Family Funeral Directors Inc. assisted the family with arrangements.
