Wyoma “Dolly” Huey

Wyoma “Dolly” Huey, 93, died December 8, in Amarillo.

Graveside Services were held at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, December 14, in Lusk Cemetery in Lusk, Wyoming. Texas Arrangements were under Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon. Wyoming Arrangements were under Pier Funeral Home of Lusk, Wyoming.

Wyoma was born at the homestead of her parents – Emma Charlotte Damme and Roy Leslie Rogers of Prairie Center Community, south of Van Tassel, Wyoming. When she was two years old the family moved to Lusk where they lived for five years and then moved to a ranch south of Lusk, where she lived till graduating from Lusk High School.

She was also a graduate of Parks Business College of Denver, Colorado.

Wyoma was baptized as an infant and confirmed at Saint Paul’s Lutheran Church in Lusk at the age of 14, and remained a faithful member until her death. She was also an active member of Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Ridgecrest, CA, from 1980 – 2009.
Wyoma was married to Archie Huey on March 31, 1935, in Hot Springs, South Dakota, and they had two children, Robert J. and William R. Huey.

Wyoma and her late husband built the Trail Motel in Lusk in 1954 and operated it until 1965. They also had a small ranch in the Manville area. She was active in her church, taught in Sunday School and was a member of the Lutheran Women’s League. She was a member of the American Legion Auxillary, Daughters of the American Revolution, Farm Bureau, Stock Growers Association, and was one of the organizers of the Niobrara County Hospital Auxillary of Lusk and was its first president.

She is preceded in death by her parents and her husband.

Survivors include her sons – Bob and wife Kathy of Ridgecrest, CA, and Bill and his wife Ann of Clarendon, TX; Grandchildren (Rob and Bonnie Huey of Ft. Collins, CO; Jenelle and Bart Spedden of Superior, CO; Aaron and Kristin Huey of Seattle, Washington; Jennifer and Scott Cooper of Angleton, TX, and Jim Huey of Amarillo, TX;); Great Grand Children (Orion, Nolan and Phoebe Huey; Ryan and Emily Cooper and Hawkeye Huey); Sister Minnie McCleerey of Manville, WY; Nieces (Nancy Fitzwater, Shelley and Brian Bruch); Nephews (Bill McCleerey, Raymond Fitzwater); and many grand nieces and nephews.