Funeral for Adeline Freeman Johnson

The following email was sent by Charlotte Freeman, daughter-in-law of Adeline. She gave permission for cokeville.blogspot.com to post the email, along with an addition of the viewing times in Montpelier.

Dear Ones,

I am sad to write and announce the passing of Norman's mother, Adeline Freeman-Johnson on Wednesday, March 17th at the Bear Lake Skilled Nursing Center in Montpelier, ID.

Viewing will Sunday, March 21, from 6-8 pm at Matthews Mortuary and in Cokeville at the LDS Church a viewing will be Monday, March 22nd from 10am-11:45am in the Cokeville LDS Relief Society Room. The funeral will commence at 12 noon. Immediately following the funeral service, internment will take place at the Cokeville cemetery. Lunch will be served at the church for friends, family and those from out of town. Please advise me if you will, so that I can tell the Relief Society President how many to prepare lunch for.

Matthews Mortuary is caring for mom.

Norman is doing very well at this time. Mom had been 'shutting down' for the past week. She was in no pain and was kept completely comfortable. Her passing is not so sad for us, knowing how many loved ones were waiting to welcome her. I will miss my visits to her; but have many pleasant memories of these past 6 years together.

If you have any questions, my number is 801-510-5100 (C) or 307-279-3306 (home).

Love to all,

Charlotte PS Forgive me if I duplicated your name...it was not on purpose...

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Adeline's Obituary can be read at the Kemmerer Gazette online by clicking here.

Haunted Halloween

From Fiona and her Haunted House on All Hallow's EVE and Mrs. Charlotte Freeman...

























































To the Cokeville Elementary School, PTO, and especially Mrs. Warner and the 6th grade class... for putting on the Halloween Carnival




























To the wonderful folks who provided treats to little creatures, other-worldly beings, and such scuttering through the streets of Cokeville on Halloween Night...















The Cokeville Blog sends A BIG THANK YOU!! for keeping Halloween a fun and safe time for our CHILDREN!!

Minerva Teichert Invitational Art Show 4th Year

August 15 & 16 was the 4th Annual Minerva Teichert Invitational Art Sale and Show in Cokeville, Wyoming. Thank you to Charles Dayton for putting this wonderful show together. Thank you to Charlotte Freeman and the other ladies for their decorating. Thank you to the Pope Family for the excellent chuck wagon dinner. Thanks to all who came and enjoyed the two day event.

THANK YOU ARTISTS!! (I will post full names later...)

We had several special guests in town for the event:
Peter Fisher from Sunset Magazine - it was a pleasure to have you!
Erin Kinney - Wyoming State Library Digital Informational Specialist
Lesley Boughton - Wyoming State Librarian
Dave and Heidi Decker - Our most "returning" guests from out of town for the art show!!

Minerva Teichert Invitational Art Show

The word "Invitational" may be throwing off some people. The invitational refers to the artists, not to the people that can attend! This great show, now in it's 4th year, starts tomorrow with Julie Rogers speaking at the LDS church at 10am about Minerva Teichert. The Show opens at Pine Creek at 1 with artists and their works on display. There is a dutch oven dinner, very reasonably priced, at 6pm. Original Art, and some prints, are for sale as well. At 8pm is a free date night with a movie, National Treasure 2, also at Pine Creek - but you'll want to bring coats and blankets - it will be outside and IT WILL BE COLD!

There was an article in the Kemmerer Gazette this week about Charles Dayton, our own resident Western Artist, which also gave a brief history on how the Minerva Teichert Invitational Art Show came to be.

Many thanks to: Charles Dayton and the Cokeville Arts Council (I don't know all the names!) for their preparation for this event. Char Freeman worked her tail end off today: she spent all morning decorating Pine Creek (others too, please supply me the names!), to arrive to eat lunch with the State Librarians at noon, to attend the presentation at 1pm, to attend training from 7-9pm, to play hostess to several out of town visitors that night!
Jill Dayton for preparing a meal for artists arriving early, some local artists...our own LuAnn Anderson, Dennis Nate, and Ken Cook) and some guests at the Cotton Wood Ranch tonight (this was invitation only, the show didn't officially start yet)

Wyoming State LIbrary Project Presentation

The Wyoming State Librarian, Lesley Boughton, and Wyoming Digital Information Specialist, Erin Kinney, arrived in Cokeville today in time to join in for lunch at the Senior Citizen's Center. (Yes, they reserved meals at least a day in advance). They were able to enjoy a delicious lunch prepared by Shirley Toomer and Rose Harmon! Thanks ladies!

Upstairs, the chamber room was filling up quickly by 12:45. more chairs were added along the wall by 1:00 and it was standing room only after that. Karla Toomer welcomed everyone on behalf of the Cokeville Miracle Foundation. Charlotte Freeman welcomed everyone on behalf of the Cokeville Historical Society. It was mentioned that there had never been such great attendance at a Cokeville Historical Society meeting before!

The presentation really explained what the Wyoming State Library was trying to do. They have many old Wyoming newspapers indexed. They are currently search-able by any term. However, when browsing, not everything has a title, a page number, or a volume number. Also, there are some errors, articles listed that should just be included as part of a page, not singled out. They had many interesting stories. It ended at 12:55.

People were thanked for coming. Mrs. Boughton explained that Cokeville was receiving much of the training money and no more is currently available but she encouraged those still interested that hadn't received a training slot to tell Mrs. Kinney of their interest and she would keep a list.

All those that had been fortunate enough to register on-line for one of the training slots before they filled were asked to stay and pick up their training ticket. Anyone who had been told they were on a waiting or substitute list were told they could stay until the end to see if anyone had changed their minds. A few people stuck it out until everyone had picked up their training times and some got in on a training session. Not everyone in attendance was able to but hopefully they will in the future. WSL said they have lots of work to do!

A Personal Note From Karla regarding WSL - PART 2 of 4

this post is part 2 of 4...

The answer I received was "yes", this opportunity is for many that meet certain requirements and have skills necessary for this type of job. Of course with Wyoming dollars, preference is for Wyoming residents.

Being an officer of the Cokeville Historical Society and knowing that the Wyoming State Library would come to Cokeville at the request of the Cokeville Historical Society, I approached the president, Charlotte Freeman, about the idea and she was excited to host the event. I have recently been elected to be the new chairman of the Cokeville Miracle Foundation and one of our mission statements is to help improve the lives of citizen's of Cokeville. This job certainly fit that! Together, Charlotte and I, after talking to our respective boards, decided the Cokeville Historical Society and the Cokeville Miracle Foundation could co-sponsor this event and highlight our wonderful little community by showing our visitors a good time! We would take them to the Minerva Teichert Invitational Art Show and really let them know how glad we are they came to our town.

The Wyoming State Librarian has been just great to work with. She has answered all our questions and been very gracious in following the time schedule we've outlined for her. I can't wait to meet her in person. (I consciously do not post her name, she doesn't need all of us calling her!)

Old School Bell Returns

Principal Keith Harris and Cokeville Historical Society President Charlotte Freeman jointly accepted a bell donated from Ron and Lori Ann Hoffman of Bennington, Utah via their aunt and uncle Roger and Janene Pugmire of St. Charles, Idaho. The bell had been on the family farm for fifty years. The school will display the bell and the historical society will ensure the bell remains in Cokeville! Thank you for the fun gift!

You can read an (edited!) article on the bell's return in the June 19, 2008 Kemmerer Gazette.

Look for article in entirety in the near future on this site.

Save Your Gas, Celebrate the 4th at Home

With gas prices rising daily, travel is becoming more expensive, and we all need to plan carefully. This year, why not save that gas money and celebrate the 4th of July at home? A community event is being planned for the 4th of July! Charlotte Freeman has coordinated the Activities Committees from both LDS wards along with representatives from the three other religious groups in Cokeville to plan a pot luck dinner and games at the park. Everyone in our community and their visitors are invited!

Tenatively, the schedule will include dinner at 6:00pm followed by games from 7:00 to 9:00. We will then have some time to clean up and head to the elementry for the fireworks put on by our police department. Dinner will be a 'Bring your own meat' event (Grills will be provided), with potluck salads, chips and desserts. Water will be provided or you may bring your own drink. Just remember, it is a family event, so no alcoholic beverages please. Games will be for everyone and will possibly include sack races, three legged races, arm wrestling, tug-o-war, watermelon eating contests and much more. There may even be volleyball and softball games going on. Please contact Debbie Cook (279-3110) if you would be willing to help with the games. Watch for flyers with more information and sign up sheets for the dinner.

Also, don't forget to support our fire department at the annual 4th of July Breakfast.