In Memory Of
Youlen P. Colling
1924
2015
Youlen P. Colling
September 7, 1924 — December 31, 2015
Youlen P. Colling, 91, of Cheyenne, died Thursday, December 31, 2015 at Cheyenne Regional Medical Center.
She was born September 7, 1924 in Devils Lake, North Dakota, a daughter to Charlie and Avis (Swanson) Barkus. Youlen attended schools in Jamestown, North Dakota. She attended Jamestown College and later College in Minnesota. She lived in various locations before settling in Cheyenne in 1970. Youlen worked for Fowlers, Inc. for 20 years before retiring.
She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church. She was a volunteer for the public library in Cheyenne and she enjoyed playing bridge, playing the piano, doing needlepoint and was an avid reader.
Survivors include two sons, Grant Colling of Fergus Falls, Minnesota; Bruce Colling of Cheyenne; a daughter, Leslie Levengood of Kansas City, Missouri; seven grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and a sister, Joyce Hodges of Norwood, Colorado.
She was preceded in death by her parents; a son, Terry Colling; and a sister Patricia Stoe.
Life Commemoration Services will be held on Wednesday, January 6, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. at Wiederspahn-Radomsky Chapel.
Contributions may be made to either the Public Library, the Animal Shelter or Meals on Wheels.
She was born September 7, 1924 in Devils Lake, North Dakota, a daughter to Charlie and Avis (Swanson) Barkus. Youlen attended schools in Jamestown, North Dakota. She attended Jamestown College and later College in Minnesota. She lived in various locations before settling in Cheyenne in 1970. Youlen worked for Fowlers, Inc. for 20 years before retiring.
She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church. She was a volunteer for the public library in Cheyenne and she enjoyed playing bridge, playing the piano, doing needlepoint and was an avid reader.
Survivors include two sons, Grant Colling of Fergus Falls, Minnesota; Bruce Colling of Cheyenne; a daughter, Leslie Levengood of Kansas City, Missouri; seven grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and a sister, Joyce Hodges of Norwood, Colorado.
She was preceded in death by her parents; a son, Terry Colling; and a sister Patricia Stoe.
Life Commemoration Services will be held on Wednesday, January 6, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. at Wiederspahn-Radomsky Chapel.
Contributions may be made to either the Public Library, the Animal Shelter or Meals on Wheels.
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