Sue Archibald

Funeral services for Sue Archibald, 78 year old Buffalo resident who passed away Saturday evening following a short illness, will be held Saturday, February 19^th at 10:00 a.m. at the Harness Funeral Home Chapel in Buffalo, Wyoming with Pastor Paul Gilbert officiating.  A private family interment will be held in the Mt. Pisgah Cemetery in Gillette at a later date. Donations in Sue’s memory may be made to the Bread of Life Food Pantry in care of the Harness Funeral Home at 351 N. Adams in Buffalo. Online condolences may be made at www.harnessfuneralhome.com

Paula Sue Archibald was born on May 3, 1943 in Newcastle, Wyoming to Paul and Frances Gaskill.  She grew up and went to school in Newcastle.  She was saved at Vacation Bible School when she was eleven and graduated from Newcastle High School with the class of 1961. After high school she attended Chadron State College where she received a B.S. in Education in three years. She was married on August 16, 1964 on the family ranch in Newcastle to Charles H. Archibald and they made their home on the Pine Tree Ranch in Campbell County, Wyoming and Sue taught at Alcott Country School for one year. She spent the next several years starting and raising her family and went back to teaching in 1983 at the Cottonwood Elementary School in Wright, Wyoming. Sue continued teaching in Wright until she retired in 2000.  In 2001 Charles and Sue moved to Buffalo where they continued living until her death.

Sue was a member of the Buffalo Homemaker’s Club and was a volunteer for CASA.  Her passion was helping children and spending time with her family. She is survived by two sons, Scott Archibald of Buffalo and Kirk Archibald and his wife Kylee of Bozeman, Montana; one daughter Kathy Strange and her husband Michael of American Fork, Utah; three sisters, Erma Turner of Gillette, Mary Jane Nettles of Ashville, North Carolina and Patti Allguer and her husband Nick of Wright, Wyoming; six grandchildren, Courtney, Christian, Maxwell, Douglas, Payton and Maddie and one great-granddaughter Tegan.  She was preceded in death by her parents, one sister Joyce Kruse and one son William Archibald.