Archie W. Lindsey

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(July 30, 2004)

Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Aug. 9 at Mt. Pisgah Cemetery in Gillette for Archie W. Lindsey, 93, who died Friday, July 30 at Powell Valley Care Center.

He was born May 29, 1911, in Red Cloud, Nebr., to Ben D. and Laura (Kincaid) Lindsey. He was the oldest of four brothers. The family moved to Wyoming and settled in Gillette in 1917.

He graduated from Campbell County High School with the Class of 1929 and attended the University of Wyoming. He served with the U.S. Army in the Asian Pacific Theater in World War II. After the war, he and his wife, Edna, owned Lindsey Food Market in Gillette.

He retired to Washington, Utah and Story, Wyo., in 1975.

Survivors include his daughter, Fran Wolfe (Wally) of Powell; his stepson, Chris Geis (Bev) of Washington, Utah; his brother, Jim Lindsey of Buffalo; two grandchildren and four nieces.

He was preceded in death by his wife of 26 years, Edna; his second wife, Edith, to whom he was married for 36 years; a stepson, Michael P. Geis; and two brothers, Kenneth and Duane.

Arrangements were by Miratsky-Easton Funeral Home.

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