Pauline “Polly” CAYWOOD Kuzara d2003 SHS1930

Pauline “Polly” Kuzara, 91, died Thursday, Feb. 6, 2003, at her home in Sheridan. Funeral services are 10 a.m. Tuesday at Kane Funeral Home with the Rev. Douglas Goodwin officiating. Interment will be in the Elks Cemetery. Mrs. Kuzara was born Dec. 8, 1911, in Sheridan to John and Nora Caywood. She graduated from Sheridan High School in 1930 and from the University of Wyoming in 1934 with a bachelor of arts degree in physical education. She was a member of the Chi Omega and Phi Gamma Nu sororities and frequently visited the university and her sororities during homecoming activities. She married Stanley Kuzara June 8, 1935, in Golden, Colo. They lived in Sheridan, Casper, Cheyenne, Roswell, N.M., Denver, Colorado Springs, Colo., and Pueblo, Colo., before returning to Sheridan in 1949. She assisted her husband in many endeavors including the real estate and insurance business, the International Association of Turtles and the Wyomo Oil Co. She was an active member for years in the Does and PERLS organizations. She and her husband traveled abroad several times and in the United States while attending real estate and Elks conventions and other activities. She was preceded in death by her husband in January 2000. Survivors include her daughter, Janet Kilpatrick, of Sedona, Ariz.; sons Rick of Sheridan and Robert of Bellevue, Neb.; nine grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Memorials are suggested to the Elks Cemetery Fund in care of Delphine Toner, First Interstate Bank, Box 2007, Sheridan, WY 82801.