Notes for: Karen Kay Bodine
From Ronny Bodine:
Obituary, The Sheridan Press (Sheridan, Wy.) of 8 Nov 2005.
Sheridan native Karen Kay Schmill, 54, of Casper died Saturday, Nov. 5, 2005, at Central Wyoming Hospice after a four-year struggle with ovarian cancer. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Thursday at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Casper with the Rev. Katherine Robinson officiating. Cremation will take place. Arrangements are with Bustard's Funeral Directors of Casper. Mrs. Schmill was born Nov. 30, 1950, in Sheridan to Harry and Dorothy Bodine. She attended Sheridan public schools, Sheridan High School and Chadron (Neb.) State College, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration. She became one of the first women hired at the management level by Wyoming National Bank. She lived and worked in Gillette before moving to Casper, where she worked as an office manager for Centrilift. She married John Glenn Schmill in July 1986 in Casper. They divorced. She appeared in several Stage III Community Theatre productions. She enjoyed organizing neighborhood activities and parties. She served as a Girl Scout leader and was a room mother at Verda James Elementary School. She became a Master Gardener. When her acquired a dog, she became secretary of the Sheltie Club. She attended her daughters' school activities and dog shows. She was a member of St. Mark's Episcopal Church, where she taught Sunday school, and also belonged to the Altar Guild and assisted with Vacation Bible School. She completed a four-year study program, Education for the Ministry. When Meadow Wind Assisted Living opened, she became the activity director. She enjoyed holiday get-togethers, shopping trips to Denver and San Francisco, beach walks in Hawaii and Mexico, camping reunions in the Big Horns, and motor tours with her daughters. She was preceded in death by her father and a brother, Ronald. Survivors include two daughters, Brooke Anne and Allison Rose Schmill, both of Casper; her mother of Gillette; and two sisters, her twin Karol Anne Tinken of Gillette and Bethel Bodine of El Cerrito, Calif. Memorials may be made to Central Wyoming Hospice, 319 S. Wilson St., Casper, WY 82601.