SHERIDAN -- Funeral services for Mary E. Sweem, 69, will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, July 27, 2006, at Champion Ferries Funeral Home with Father Ronald Stolcis officiating. Interment will be in the Sheridan Municipal Cemetery with military honors by the Wyoming National Guard and the American Legion Post No. 7.

She died July 20, 2006, at her residence.

She was born Oct. 26, 1936, in Kleenburn to George and Lena (Legerski) Jensik Sr. She grew up and attended Monarch School and graduated from Sheridan High School in 1954.

She enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in January 1955 and was honorably discharged in December 1956.

She married Bill Jennings Sweem on Nov. 12, 1959, in Sheridan. She was primarily a homemaker but also worked at Woolworth's, Boyd's Super Market and Kmart in Sheridan at various times.

She was a member of Holy Name Catholic Church and the American Legion. She enjoyed reading, working jigsaw puzzles, playing Bingo around Sheridan, going to Deadwood with her friends and especially loved gardening and her Dachsunds.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband and one sister.

Survivors include one son, Bill M. Sweem of Sheridan; one brother, George Jensik Jr., of Sheridan; three sisters, Wilma Meryhew of Sheridan, Betty Bell of Bonners Ferry, Idaho and Margaret Boaz of Portland, Ore., and two grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to the Sheridan Animal Shelter, 84 E. Ridge Rd., Sheridan, 82801.

Arrangements are with Champion Ferries Funeral Home.

Casper Star-Tribune - July 26, 2006