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Graveside services for Wanda Lohse, 89-year-old Buffalo resident who passed away early Monday morning at the Amie Holt Care Center in Buffalo, will be held Friday, January 10, at 2.:00 p.m. in Willow Grove Cemetery in Buffalo with Father Jim Heiser officiating.  Donations in Wanda’s memory may be made to the Bread of Life Food Pantry at 178 S. Main in Buffalo or the St. Francis Animal Shelter at 109 Flat Iron Drive in Buffalo, Wyoming 82834.  Online condolences may be made at www.harnessfuneralhome.com.

Wanda Ann Lohse was born on November 30, 1935, in Buffalo, Wyoming to Russell and Edith Streeter.  She grew up and was educated in Johnson County and Washington State, and graduated from Johnson County High School with the class of 1953.  She was married to Alvin Lohse on June 16, 1955, in Buffalo, and they made their home on the family ranch in Sussex, Wyoming, where their two sons were born and raised.  Wanda took up knitting and sewing when the children were young, keeping her family in shirts and sweaters.  She later made down filled vests and coats.  In 1969 Wanda and Alvin moved west of Casper where Alvin managed a ranch for Van Irvine.  Wanda was in charge of keeping the branding, docking and shipping crews fed.  In 1979, they moved back to Johnson County and managed ranches.

Wanda and Alvin loved traveling and spent winters in Parker, Arizona and later in Wickenburg, Arizona.  During this time Wanda enjoyed working at the Edgerton Library and after retiring in Buffalo she worked in the Jim Gatchell Museum for many years. The Lohse family would like to recognize and thank the Amie Holt Care Center staff for the wonderful care Wanda received while with them. She is survived by her husband of 70 years in June, Alvin Lohse; two sons, Tim Lohse and his wife Caryn and Tom Lohse and his wife Nikki all of Buffalo; two sisters-in-law, Vivian Streeter of Tucson, Arizona and Dana Lohse of Buffalo; two grandchildren Liz Lohse of Lincoln, Nebraska and Catie Hall and her husband John of Buffalo; two great-grandchildren, Heston Hall of Buffalo and Ivy Plummer of Lincoln, Nebraska.  She was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, Jim and David Streeter, her stepfather Arthur Skaar, one brother-in-law Glen Lohse, one sister-in-law Celia Streeter and one niece and two nephews.

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