Funeral services for former Sheridan resident Valerie Symons Pohlhammer, 60, of San Antonio were Tuesday at Funeral Caring USA Funeral Home of San Antonio.

Mrs. Pohlhammer died Saturday, Feb. 10, 2007, in San Antonio after a long battle with multiple sclerosis.

Local arrangements were with Kane Funeral Home.

She was born June 16, 1946, to Floyd and Fay (Jackson) Elmgren. Her father died in 1952.

Mrs. Pohlhammer attended schools in Laramie and Sheridan and was a 1964 graduate of Sheridan High School. She also attended Hastings (Neb.) College.

She married Jim Pohlhammer on Oct. 19, 1965.

She graduated from Emporia (Kan.) State University in 1979 with a Bachelor of Science degree in education.

She played the piano and organ.

She was preceded in death by her husband in 2005.

Survivors include three daughters, Wendy Moreland and Kirsten Hale, both of San Antonio, and Deedee Schirmer of Laurel, Ind.; her parents, Fay and Edgar Symons of Sheridan; three brothers, Carl of Washington, Curt of Sheridan and Robert of Cheyenne; a sister, Gail of Milwaukee; and eight grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to the Multiple Sclerosis Society.

The Sheridan Press - February 15, 2007