Cheryl Lynn McCoul, 51, of Buffalo, died Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009, at the University of Utah Medical Center in Salt Lake City.

Visitation is 1-10 p.m. Monday at Adams Funeral Home Chapel in Buffalo. Funeral services are 10 a.m. Tuesday at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Buffalo with Pastor Kirk Peters officiating. Graveside services will follow in Willow Grove Cemetery.

Born Jan. 21, 1957, to Kenneth and Donna Morse at the U.S. Naval Hospital in Portsmouth, Va., she moved with her family to Sheridan, where she graduated from Sheridan High School in 1975.

She earned an associate degree in welding from Sheridan College, then a Bachelor of Science degree from Montana State University in Billings in 2000.

She worked as a welder for several years, herded sheep in the Big Horns for 10 summers, and ran a dairy farm in Wisconsin for a few years. She was a welding professor at Central Wyoming College for five years.

In July 2003, she married Alex McCoul in Buffalo, where they made their home. She was a homemaker while teaching at Central Wyoming College.

She loved the outdoors, Wyoming’s mountains, and was known as an expert horse and dog trainer. She realized her dream of building a home in the Big Horn Mountains, which she enjoyed with her husband and family.

She was preceded in death by her father.

Survivors include her husband; three sons, Tony Mitchell of Tennessee, Carsie Mitchell of Phoenix, and Dean Mitchell of Riverton; one daughter, Jessie Romney of Florida; her mother, Donna Dexter, and her stepfather, Charles, of Sheridan; two brothers, Kevin Morse of Cheyenne and Ken Morse of Casper; two sisters, Diane Morse of Buffalo and Debbie Daily of Colstrip, Mont.; seven grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

Memorials may benefit Ride for Him Ministries in care of Adams Funeral Home, 351 N. Adams, Buffalo, WY 82834.

The Sheridan Press - January 23, 2009.