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Kathleen Bishop
Mass of Christian Burial for Kathleen Bishop, a 90-year-old Buffalo resident who passed away Friday at the Amie Holt Care Center in Buffalo, will be celebrated Friday, July 14th at 10:00 a.m. from St. John the Baptist Church in Buffalo with Father Pete Johnson as celebrant. A Vigil Service will be held Thursday a 5:00 at the Harness Funeral Home Chapel in Buffalo with Father Phil Wagner officiating. Visitation will be held at the Harness Funeral Home Chapel on Thursday from 1:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. A private family interment will be held in the Sheridan Municipal Cemetery in Sheridan, Wyoming at a later date. Donations in Kathleen’s memory may be made to the Amie Holt Care Center at 497 W. Lott in Buffalo, Wyoming 82834. Online condolences may be made at www.harnessfuneralhome.com.
Kathleen Beatty Bishop was born on May 9, 1933, in Sheridan, Wyoming to Harry and Hazel O’Connor. Her parents met in Big Horn, Wyoming where her mother was an elementary school teacher and her father worked for Mr. Bradford Brinton on his ranch. Harry and Hazel made their home in Big Horn. The family rented different ranches which necessitated the children attending different rural schools in Banner, Kearney, and Meeteetse, Wyoming. In 1947 while working on the ranch in Meeteetse her father was struck and killed by lightning. The family then returned to Big Horn. It was then that Kathleen attended the Ursuline Academy in Great Falls, Montana. In 1951 she graduated from Central Catholic High School in Great Falls. She then attended Sheridan College where she graduated with a degree in Elementary Education in 1953. Kathleen taught at Woodland Park School in Sheridan and in Dayton, Wyoming. In 1954 she met B. Frank Roberts of Sheridan. They were married at Holy Name Catholic Church in Sheridan on July 9, 1955. Three children were born to this union, John, Mary, and Susan. The family moved to Gillette, Wyoming in 1985. Frank died of cancer in 1996 and Kathleen met and married Clarence Bishop on November 14, 1998, at St. Matthews Catholic Church in Gillette, Wyoming. Kathleen and Clarence moved to Buffalo in 1999. Where they continued to live until her death.
Kathleen was active in the Catholic Church. She belonged to Homemakers Clubs in each county where they lived and received the Queley Award for fifty years of membership and served in many offices. She loved to dance, especially the Waltz with Clarence and Polkas and Square Dance. Kathleen loved the Big Horn Mountains. Her first trip up Red Grade was at three weeks old in a laundry basket as her dad wanted to go fishing. She enjoyed her flowers, local Wyoming History, visiting with friends, sewing, and quilting. She is survived by her husband Clarence Bishop of Buffalo; one son John A Roberts of Sheridan; two daughters Mary Roberts of Cheyenne, Wyoming, and Susan Roberts of Sheridan, Wyoming; one brother James O’Connor and his wife Jane of Worland, Wyoming; one step-son Charles Bishop and his wife Nancy of Colorado Springs, Colorado; one step-daughter Christine Bevis and her husband Rodney of Lakeland, Florida; and two granddaughters, Abbey George of Laramie, Wyoming and Maijaliisa Peterson of Sheridan, Wyoming; two special cousins Walter Smith and his wife Janet of Idalia, Colorado and Stephen Edwards and his wife Kay of Sheridan and several cousins scattered across the U.S. She was preceded in death by her parents and her first husband.
