Anna Barbara Kukes

Other Events:

• Race: White
• Name: Anna Goodman
• Name: Anna Goodman
• Name: Anna Kukes
• Reference Number: 10617
• Birth: 9 Dec 1898, Kukkus, Samara, Russia
• Birth: Abt 1899, Russia
• Birth: Abt 1899, Russia
• Arrival: 1899; Age: 0
• Arrival: 1902
• Arrival: 1902; Age: 4
• Residence: 1910, Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, USA
• Residence: 1930, Billings, Yellowstone, Montana, USA; Age: 31; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
• Residence: 1935, Yellowstone, Montana, USA
• Residence: 1940, Big Horn, Sheridan, Wyoming, USA; Age: 41; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
• Residence: 1940, Big Horn, Sheridan, Wyoming, USA; Age: 41; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife

Notes:

Tannya Goodman: I notice you have Gramma listed as Anna Margaret. I see that on the crossing manifest there were two Annas listed under Conrad. One was Anna Margaret age 14 and Anna age 3. Gramma always said she was two when she came to America. She was born in 1898, they crossed in 1902 so she must be the 3 year old. MY FAMILY, all through the years, aunts, my mom, etc. were told Gramma had no middle name. In fact, she told us that if she had ever had a middle name she would choose Barbara. My Aunt Sadie when they did her obit had the B. added and then notated Barbara on some of the documents. [Families make Genealogy hard].

NOW I'm wondering if the Anna Margaret is Katharina Margaret. Age would be right. She was Conrad's daughter as well per this posting on Kukes Family from Kukuus, Russia Facebook page. Posted by Wladimir Kukus: "Lesley Yates your grandfather, Henry, had another 3 sisters called: 1. Emma Kukus 1886, 2. Katharina Margaret 1887, 3. Elisabeth Kukus born 1892 - died 1895." Posted: October 20, 2013 at 5:43am. Note: Waldimir lives in Germany. I know Emma married a Becker. My Grandmother always mentioned a sister dying before she was born. This fits in time frame. And age is right on Katherina Margaret for the Anna Margaret - 14 years old in crossing manifest.

Story:
Anna (Kukes) Goodman [Adam]

Taped by her granddaughter, Tannya, and typed exactly as she told the story.

My forefathers - you see when Catherine the Great got married, she married a Russian Czar and she promised him she'd take a few of her families over there, you know, settle them there. Where my folks were settled, they used their name for their little town, so it was Kukkes - Kukes we spell it over here. 2-1/2 years old when we come over to the United States.

Married in 1918. It was April Fool's Day. We went to the Courthouse, got married by the Justice of the Peace.

Dances in the kitchen or the bunkerhouse or any place. We didn't have any barn, you know, and things like that.

In '39, the spring of '39, we moved over from Billings to Wyoming. Moved out to Big Horn.

In Portland, Oregon, George had the real small pox. We was under quarantine then. I don't know long. Grampa and Henry Kerbel had to room out. They couldn't come in, you know. We had a sign up. So we had their clothes ready and hand them out to them and they had to find a place to stay.

Side note: Gramma loved to dance. She was popular and it used to make Grampa jealous. They ended up marrying on April 1st because her father wad moving the family to Washington the next day and she wanted to stay with Grampa.


Buried:
Sheridan Municipal Cemetery

Anna married Adam {Gutmann} Goodman on 1 Apr 1918 in Billings, Yellowstone, Montana, USA. Adam (son of Johannes (John) Friedrich Gutmann and Katherine Hartung) was born on 19 Jan 1898 in Brunnethal, Samara, Russia; died on 5 Jun 1972 in Arizona, USA; was buried in Jun 1972 in Sheridan, Sheridan, Wyoming, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Race: White
• Name: Sadie Wegner
• Reference Number: 11798
• Birth: Abt 1919, Montana, USA
• Birth: Abt 1919, Montana, USA
• Residence: 1930, Billings, Yellowstone, Montana, USA; Age: 11; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter
• Residence: 1935, Yellowstone, Montana, USA
• Residence: 1940, Mountain Home, Musselshell, Montana, USA; Age: 21; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife

Notes:

Notes by Tannya Goodman:
Sadie was first married to Wilhelm Wegner, Jr. He was called Bill. They divorced. She was then married to Agnus (Red) Robertson. They divorced. She was with a companion for several years after that till he went into Vet's home at Buffalo. His name was Carl Bergset. She had no children, just 27 nieces and nephews.

Aunt Sadie wrote this poem for all her family and friends to be passed along at the time of her death.

FOR MY FAMILY
Do not weep for me, all you who have loved me
do not bind me with the bonds of your love;
do not build a prison of walls all around me
denying the view of the heavens above.
But grant me the ecstasy of soaring flight
the freedom to fly where the great eagle soars;
and grant me vision of my gift of sight
to follow the gull to my own waiting shores.
To be free as the wind in the mountain's great canyons
kissing the snows and the meadows of spring;
to sing with the lark after each April shower.
Bursting with love for Creation that sings;
But look for me when the first crocus is blooming
hear me when sighing up high in the trees;
and know that I love you the more for the leaving
to drift on the wind with the last autumn leaves;
And look for me when all Creation is greening
look for me where the wood violet grows;
and know in your hearts that I'll always be with you
keep in your hearts the Great Secret that knows.
Sadie Robertson
Nov 4, 1984
Updated:
7/10/2010

Notes by Tannya Goodman
http://thesheridanpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/20140201FULL.pdf
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(The following is a news article interview with my Aunt Sadie. I have made notations in [ ]s of clarification of some of the story from family members at the end of the article.)

SHERIDAN PRESS ARTICLE
Saturday, February 1, 2014
By Lois Bell
Sheridan Senior Center

PIONEER DAUGHTERS SHARE POETRY, ART

UNDER PHOTO: Jean Harm, left, illustrated the cover to a book of poetry written by 95-year-old Sadie Robertson. Robertson had approached Harm to design the cover of her latest book of her poetry she had printed in October 2013. The illustration and poems draw on the women’s connection to the outdoors. Both Harm and Robertson are descendents of pioneers who settled in Sheridan County in the later part of the 19th century.

SHERIDAN - She was in her 50s when the poetic muse touched her. Now 95 years old, Sadie Robertson continues to see the world through the eyes of a poet. She published her fourth book of poems in October 2013.

“I write from what I’ve seen and from what I think I’ve learned from what I’ve seen,” Robertson said.

Her inspiration draws often from her experiencing the outdoors. Her Volga German ancestors from Russia connected to the earth when they began farming in Sheridan county in the later part of the 19th century.

“My grandfather, John Goodman, farmed in the area south of Sheridan College,” Robertson said.

Grandfather John may have been Robertson’s inspiration for her poem she titled “The Poet.”
“His gnarled old hands long to hold a
pen to move over a smooth, white paper;
but farming is all he has ever known;”

Robertson’s father also was connected to the outdoors. He worked on ranches and farms in the countryside surrounding Billings. After the Great Depression and the Billings flood of 1937, her father moved back to Sheridan County where he had grown up. He worked on several farms and eventually bought the Pony Track Ranch on Lower Prairie Dog Creek. The place became known as the Goodman ranch and he operated it under his own brand.

Robertson, then Sadie Goodman, had already married a Montana cowboy and stayed in the Billings area. She divorced and moved to Sheridan. Later she met and married Angus Robertson, an immigrant from Canada who led exploration crews looking for oil in the area. His career kept the Robertsons on the move and again connected to the outdoors. It was while they were living in Casper when Sadie began writing her first poems.

“My first collection was called “A Far-Away Country of Apples.” It’s in the Library of Congress. Tom Mercer illustrated the cover and encouraged me to publish it for sale,” Robertson said.

She did but did not like the experience of selling her poetry. “I don’t feel right selling my poetry, they are the deepest part of me. I only want to share them with people who know me or who I would like to know me,” she said.

Robertson wrote and printed her latest collection of poems in October 2013 in her book titled “Under a Western Sky” to share with those people.
She approached one of those special people, Jean Harm, to illustrate the cover.

Harm and Robertson share a common bond as descendents of pioneer families to Sheridan County. Harm, born Jean Wilkes, is the daughter of Sheridan pioneers. Her lineage is rooted with great-great grandparents who settled in the 1880s in the Parkman Five Mile Flats area.

Harm, who was kitchen manager of the dining room at Heritage Towers where Robertson lunched, would illustrate the daily menus. Robertson enjoyed Harm’s drawings.

“It was always a delightful little menu board. I always liked to see what (Jean) had done,” Robertson said.

“She (Robertson) told me she was doing one last book and wanted something on the cover that depicted Wyoming skies,” Harm said. “I told her I would do it for the fun of it.”

Harm, like Robertson, drew her inspiration from the outdoors. She went to her
family cabin in the Bighorns to draw in her sketch book. She drew three illustrations in color pencil before settling on the one she felt was the right one for Sadie’s very last book.

Robertson printed 35 copies of her new book locally. She did not sell “Under A Western Sky” reserving it to give as a gift to friends. Robertson retains a passion for the printed word.

“There’s nothing like holding a book in your hand,” Robertson said.
“Of the gifts offered here
if there is one that touches
a special moment in your lives,
then this effort has been successful.”
- Preface to “A Far-Away Country of Apples"

***************
NOTE: Lucille is Pauline's daughter - Pauline is the youngest daughter of John Goodman. Norma was married to Robert - Sadie's brother. My Dad was a brother to Sadie as well and George is another brother to Sadie. Hank was a son of John Goodman and half-brother to Sadie's dad, Adam.

[Aunt Sadie was only 94 years old not 95 as stated in the article. She was born in 1919.]

[I spoke with Aunt Norma, Lucille, and Mom - as well as - my memories from Dad. Uncle Hank {Sadie's uncle - John's son} farmed beets where the Sheridan College Ag Center is now. Per Lucille: she remembers visiting Uncle Hank when they lived on the road they now call the Woodland Park Road. Uncle George {Sadie's brother} rented the little house that sat across the road from where the college is now - (still there - very run down) with Aunt Guyla and daughter, Pat. I remember my Dad telling about that lone tree out front of the house. How a bunch of cattle gathered around that tree during a lightening storm. Lightening struck the tree and killed about 30 head. Lucille said that Grampa John Goodman and his wife, Anna, lived with her mom and dad (Shorty and Pauline Schuman) but they lived south of the "Y" out by where the big brown barn is - where the Powder Horn is now. That was the first year they were married. Shorty worked for the railroad and Aunt Pauline {Sadie's dad's sister} at the laundry in Sheridan.]

[Aunt Norma said in reference to the article Grampa Adam Goodman did not work for others here. He leased the Irwin place then Minnie Martin's place. Both out by Big Horn.]

[Aunt Norma said Uncle Bob remembered his Grampa as always on the screened in porch laying down with a fly swatter in his hand and that he didn't have much to do with the kids. My Dad remembers an old man at Aunt Pauline's but he didn't know he was his Grampa. (My dad was about three at the time.)]

[Aunt Pauline was in the hospital having Lucille in 1934 when Grampa John Goodman died. My dad was 3 years old, Uncle Bob 5 years old.]

[Sadie was married to Bill Wegner the Montana Cowboy in the story.]

{Side Note}
[I don't know if my Dad, Kenneth, remembers his maternal grandparents (Kukes). He was very young (just turned 4) when Gramma Goodman took him on the train to Washington when her dad died. At that time, the trains were only for service men and their families. In order to get back for her father's funeral, one of the service men offered to claim she was his mother to be able to ride the train to get back to the state of Washington. Gramma Goodman told me that Dad cried all the time because he was homesick, so she cut her trip short.]

NOTE:
Sadie wrote: "When I was younger I did quite a lot of publishing in magazines and quarterlies, and two booklets are registered with the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. and these two are also in the Wyoming Room of our local library, the Wyoming Room being where articles and books of historical interest to the area are located."

Side note: She told me that when she was married to Agnus and living in Casper, she had an article published in the Denver Post - it was her first published article. When she was about ten, she entered a writing contest in Billings, Montana, and won. The prize was a baby doll. She was so mad. She hated dolls. She had, at that time, six younger brothers and sisters she helped to take care of. Her dad went out and bought her a gift (I cannot remember what now).

Obituary:
Note:
There was none. I wrote this in her guest book page:
"Wanted to record this information here as there is to be no obituary or funeral. Sadie (Goodman) Robertson was born on December 17, 1919, in Billings, Montana, to Adam and Anna (Kukes) Goodman. The oldest of 8 children. She was preceded in death by her parents and her siblings: George, Louis (Stub), Howard (Swede), Virgil (Son), Virginia (Sis), Robert (Bob), and Kenneth (Babe). She is survived by numerous nieces and nephews, 3 sister-in-laws: Jeanne, Norma (Bob), and Ardell, and several cousins. Sadie passed away on August 17, 2014. She will be missed."

Sadie married Wilhelm {Bill} Wegner, Jr on 23 Jan 1938 in Billings, Yellowstone, Montana, USA. Wilhelm (son of Wilhelm Wegner, Sr and Dorothy Smith) was born about 1915 in Montana, USA; died on 3 Dec 1982. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Agnus [Red] Robertson. Agnus was born about 1919. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Race: Caucasian
• Race: White
• Name: George Goodman
• Reference Number: 11799
• Residence: Sheridan, Sheridan, Wyoming, USA
• Birth: Abt 1920, Montana, USA
• Residence: 1930, Billings, Yellowstone, Montana, USA; Age: 10; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
• _MILT: 26 Dec 1941; US Army during World War II

Notes:

Died:
Age: 58

George married Guyla M. Schollmeyer on 29 Jan 1946 in Hardin, Big Horn, Montana, USA. Guyla (daughter of Henry Schollmeyer and Irva Leota Crawford) was born on 25 Sep 1927 in Lynch, Boyd, Nebraska, USA; died on 7 Mar 1998 in Encampment, Carbon, Wyoming, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Race: White
• Name: Louis Goodman
• Name: Louis L Goodman
• Name: Louis L. Goodman
• Reference Number: 11800
• Birth: Abt 1922, Washington, USA
• Residence: 1930, Billings, Yellowstone, Montana, USA; Age: 8; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
• Residence: 1935, Yellowstone, Montana, USA
• Residence: 1940, Big Horn, Sheridan, Wyoming, USA; Age: 18; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
• Residence: 1940, Big Horn, Sheridan, Wyoming, USA; Age: 18; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
• _MILT: Between 23 Jan 1943 and 2 Nov 1945; US Army during World War II

Notes:

Died:
Age at Death: 67

Louis married Mary Ellen (Doll) Williams on 11 May 1946 in Hardin, Big Horn, Montana, USA. Mary (daughter of Clyde Williams and Christina Hunter Hotchkiss) was born on 23 Jul 1928 in Dietz, Sheridan, Wyoming, USA; died on 8 Jun 2006 in Sheridan, Sheridan, Wyoming, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Race: White
• Name: Howard Goodman
• Name: Howard Goodman
• Name: Howard W. Goodman
• Reference Number: 11801
• Birth: 22 Dec 1923
• Birth: Abt 1924, Oregon, USA
• Birth: Abt 1924, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA
• Residence: 1930, Billings, Yellowstone, Montana, USA; Age: 6; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
• Residence: 1935, Yellowstone, Montana, USA
• Residence: 1940, Big Horn, Sheridan, Wyoming, USA; Age: 16; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
• Residence: 1940, Big Horn, Sheridan, Wyoming, USA; Age: 16; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
• _MILT: 20 Oct 1945; US Army during World War II
• Death: Abt 2006, Casper, Natrona, Wyoming, USA

Notes:

http://rapidcityjournal.com/news/local/obituaries/obituaries-for-nov/article_382aedf6-d0cb-5ad8-96ce-c00f96019924.html

Howard Willard 'Swede' Goodman

CASPER, Wyo. - Howard Willard "Swede" Goodman, 82, Casper, died Friday, Nov. 10, 2006, at Wyoming Medical Center in Casper.

He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps from 1944 to 1946.

Survivors include his wife, Norma Jean Goodman, Casper; five children, Steven Goodman, Fargo, N.D., and Cary Goodman, Ardith "Sis" Vicklun, Susan Weakly and Carol Goodman, all of Rapid City; three stepchildren, Walt Goodman, Emigrant, Mont., Marilyn Winner, Big Horn, and Kathleen Taylor, Casper; three siblings, Sadie Robertson, Robert Goodman and Kenneth Goodman, all of Sheridan; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday, Nov. 20, at Oregon Trail State Veterans Cemetery in Evansville, Wyo.

Bustard's Funeral Home of Casper is in charge of arrangements.

Death:
Age: 82

Died:
Age at Death: 82

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Howard married Norma Jean Deines on 27 Oct 1979 in Casper, Natrona, Wyoming, USA. Norma (daughter of Henry Deines and Mary Hofferber) was born on 23 Apr 1931 in Billings, Yellowstone, Montana, USA; died on 17 Jan 2010 in Sheridan, Sheridan, Wyoming, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Race: White
• Name: Virgil Goodman
• Name: Virgil V Goodman
• Name: Virgil V. Goodman
• Reference Number: 11802
• Birth: Abt 1925, Montana, USA
• Residence: 1930, Billings, Yellowstone, Montana, USA; Age: 5; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
• Residence: 1935, Yellowstone, Montana, USA
• Residence: 1940, Big Horn, Sheridan, Wyoming, USA; Age: 15; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
• Residence: 1940, Big Horn, Sheridan, Wyoming, USA; Age: 15; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
• _MILT: 19 Nov 1945; US Army

Notes:

Died:
Age at Death: 69

Virgil married Imogene Twitchell on 22 Apr 1950 in Lander, Fremont, Wyoming, USA. Imogene was born on 22 Aug 1933 in Green River, Sweetwater, Wyoming, USA; died on 7 Dec 1991. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Race: White
• Name: Virginia Bury
• Name: Virginia Goodman
• Name: Virginia R Goodman
• Reference Number: 11803
• Birth: Abt 1927, Montana, USA
• Birth: Abt 1928, Montana, USA
• Residence: 1930, Billings, Yellowstone, Montana, USA; Age: 2; Age: 2 4/12; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter
• Residence: 1935, Yellowstone, Montana, USA
• Residence: 1940, Big Horn, Sheridan, Wyoming, USA; Age: 13; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter
• Residence: 1940, Big Horn, Sheridan, Wyoming, USA; Age: 13; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter
• Death: 9 Jul 2003, Sheridan, Sheridan, Wyoming, USA

Notes:

Note from Tannya Goodman-
She died in Bethel, Kitsap, Washington, United States
Aunt Sis died in Washington where she had gone to live with her daughter and near her son when she found out she had terminal cancer.


Death:
residence at death. Died in Bethel, Kitsap, Washington, USA

Virginia married Joseph P Bury, Jr on 6 Apr 1946 in Hardin, Big Horn, Montana, USA. Joseph (son of Joseph Bury, Sr and Mary Agnes Unknown) was born on 7 May 1923 in Monarch Coal Camp, Sheridan, Wyoming, USA; died on 15 Feb 1994 in Sheridan, Sheridan, Wyoming, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Virginia married George N Klepinger on 30 Jun 1943 in Hardin, Big Horn, Montana, USA. George (son of John W. Klepinger and Remethy Hush) was born in 1925 in Emerson, Mills, Iowa, USA; died on 19 Dec 2008. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Race: White
• Name: Robert {Bob} Goodman
• Reference Number: 11804
• Residence: Sheridan, Sheridan, Wyoming, USA
• Birth: Abt 1929, Montana, USA
• Residence: 1930, Billings, Yellowstone, Montana, USA; Age: 1; Age: 1 9/12; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
• Residence: 1935, Yellowstone, Montana, USA
• Residence: 1940, Big Horn, Sheridan, Wyoming, USA; Age: 11; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
• Residence: 1940, Big Horn, Sheridan, Wyoming, USA; Age: 11; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
• Death: 28 Feb 2010

Notes:

http://billingsgazette.com/lifestyles/announcements/obituaries/robert-goodman/article_452eb434-2b1a-11df-ba2d-001cc4c03286.html

March 09, 2010 12:00 am
SHERIDAN, Wyo. - Robert Goodman, 81, of Sheridan, passed away Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010, in Mesa, Ariz.

Robert was born Oct. 11, 1928, in Billings, to Adam and Anna (Kukes) Goodman. When Robert was 9, the family moved to Big Horn, Wyo., where he attended school. In 1949, Adam and Anna purchased the Pony Track Ranch on Lower Prairie Dog Road and the family moved there. Robert lived and worked on the ranch until 1958.

On Sept. 23, 1950, Robert married Norma Louise Neff. They would have celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in September. Robert and Norma had four children.

In 1959, Robert and Norma purchased the Skelly Gas Station on North Main Street. They operated the gas station until 1972, when they sold it to Robert’s brother Louis. Robert and Norma then purchased the Mobile Home Estates Park and operated it until 1994. He also owned and operated Bob’s Mobile Wash. Robert was also a fuel hauler for Maverick Country Stores for 10 years. Robert retired in 2002, and he and Norma began traveling. They had spent the last eight winters in Arizona.

Robert enjoyed snowmobiling in the Big Horns - he was the first president of the Big Horn Mountain Snomads - and water skiing at Lake DeSmet. He enjoyed time with his family. He was a member of the Sheridan Elk’s Lodge.

He is survived by his wife and four children, Jim, Denver; Russell, Sheridan; Ruth Grevesen (Steve), Greeley, Colo.; and Cindy Pilch (Tom), Sheridan. Also five grandchildren, Richelle Grevesen-O’Neil (Patrick), Plano, Texas; Matt Goodman, Forest Grove, Ore.; Kristina Goodman, Sheridan; Emily Pilch, Billings; and Hilary Pilch, Laramie, Wyo. And a great-granddaughter, Aubrey Goodman, Sheridan. He is also survived by one sister, Sadie Robertson, Sheridan; and several nieces and nephews.

He is preceded in death by his parents; five brothers, George, Louis, Howard, Virgil and Kenneth; one sister, Virginia Bury; and one grandson, Jason Obert.

Cremation has taken place. A celebration of life is planned at a later date. Memorials may be made to the donor’s choice.

Notes from Tanny Goodman:
(The following is a news article interview with my Aunt Sadie. I have made notations in [ ]s of clarification of some of the story from family members at the end of the article.)


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SHERIDAN PRESS ARTICLE
Saturday, February 1, 2014
By Lois Bell
Sheridan Senior Center

PIONEER DAUGHTERS SHARE POETRY, ART

UNDER PHOTO: Jean Harm, left, illustrated the cover to a book of poetry written by 95-year-old Sadie Robertson. Robertson had approached Harm to design the cover of her latest book of her poetry she had printed in October 2013. The illustration and poems draw on the women’s connection to the outdoors. Both Harm and Robertson are descendents of pioneers who settled in Sheridan County in the later part of the 19th century.

SHERIDAN - She was in her 50s when the poetic muse touched her. Now 95 years old, Sadie Robertson continues to see the world through the eyes of a poet. She published her fourth book of poems in October 2013.

“I write from what I’ve seen and from what I think I’ve learned from what I’ve seen,” Robertson said.

Her inspiration draws often from her experiencing the outdoors. Her Volga German ancestors from Russia connected to the earth when they began farming in Sheridan county in the later part of the 19th century.

“My grandfather, John Goodman, farmed in the area south of Sheridan College,” Robertson said.

Grandfather John may have been Robertson’s inspiration for her poem she titled “The Poet.”
“His gnarled old hands long to hold a
pen to move over a smooth, white paper;
but farming is all he has ever known;”

Robertson’s father also was connected to the outdoors. He worked on ranches and farms in the countryside surround- ing Billings. After the Great Depression and the Billings flood of 1937, her father moved back to Sheridan County where he had grown up. He worked on several farms and eventually bought the Pony Track Ranch on Lower Prairie Dog Creek. The place became known as the Goodman ranch and he operated it under his own brand.

Robertson, then Sadie Goodman, had already married a Montana cowboy and stayed in the Billings area. She divorced and moved to Sheridan. Later she met and married Angus Robertson, an immi- grant from Canada who led exploration crews looking for oil in the area. His career kept the Robertsons on the move and again connected to the outdoors. It was while they were living in Casper when Sadie began writing her first poems.

“My first collection was called “A Far- Away Country of Apples.” It’s in the Library of Congress. Tom Mercer illustrated the cover and encouraged me to publish it for sale,” Robertson said.

She did but did not like the experience of selling her poetry. “I don’t feel right selling my poetry, they are the deepest part of me. I only want to share them with people who know me or who I would like to know me,” she said.

Robertson wrote and printed her latest collection of poems in October 2013 in her book titled “Under a Western Sky” to share with those people.
She approached one of those special people, Jean Harm, to illustrate the cover.

Harm and Robertson share a common bond as descendents of pioneer families to Sheridan County. Harm, born Jean Wilkes, is the daughter of Sheridan pioneers. Her lineage is rooted with great- great grandparents who settled in the 1880s in the Parkman Five Mile Flats area.

Harm, who was kitchen manager of the dining room at Heritage Towers where Robertson lunched, would illustrate the daily menus. Robertson enjoyed Harm’s drawings.

“It was always a delightful little menu board. I always liked to see what (Jean) had done,” Robertson said.

“She (Robertson) told me she was doing one last book and wanted something on the cover that depicted Wyoming skies,” Harm said. “I told her I would do it for the fun of it.”

Harm, like Robertson, drew her inspiration from the outdoors. She went to her
family cabin in the Bighorns to draw in her sketch book. She drew three illustrations in color pencil before settling on the one she felt was the right one for Sadie’s very last book.

Robertson printed 35 copies of her new book locally. She did not sell “Under A Western Sky” reserving it to give as a gift to friends. Robertson retains a passion for the printed word.

“There’s nothing like holding a book in your hand,” Robertson said.
“Of the gifts offered here
if there is one that touches
a special moment in your lives,
then this effort has been successful.”
- Preface to “A Far-Away Country of Apples"

********************
NOTE: Lucille is Pauline's daughter - Pauline is the youngest daughter of John Goodman. Norma was married to Robert - Sadie's brother. My Dad was a brother to Sadie. George is another brother to Sadie. Hank was a son of John Goodman and half-brother to Sadie's dad, Adam.

[Aunt Sadie was only 94 years old. Born in 1919.]

[I spoke with Aunt Norma, Lucille, and Mom - as well as - my memories from Dad. Uncle Hank {Sadie's uncle - John's son} farmed beets where the Sheridan College Ag Center is now. Per Lucille: she remembers visiting Uncle Hank when they lived on the road they now call the Woodland Park Road. Uncle George {Sadie's brother} rented the little house that sat across the road from where the college is now - (just recently the barn last building there was torn down - see photo) with Aunt Guyla and daughter, Pat. I remember my Dad telling about that lone tree out front of the house. How a bunch of cattle gathered around that tree during a lightening storm. Lightening struck the tree and killed about 30 head. Lucille said that Grampa John Goodman and his wife, Anna, lived with her mom and dad (Shorty and Pauline Schuman) but they lived south of the "Y" out by where the big brown barn is - the Powder Horn is now. That was the first year they were married. Shorty (Phil Schuman) worked for the railroad and Aunt Pauline {Sadie's dad's sister} at the laundry in Sheridan.]

[Aunt Norma said in reference to the article Grampa Adam Goodman did not work for others here. He leased the Irwin place then Minnie Martin's place. Both out by Big Horn.]

[Aunt Norma said Uncle Bob remembered his Grampa as always on the screened in porch laying down with a fly swatter in his hand and that he didn't have much to do with the kids. My Dad remembers an old man at Aunt Pauline's but he didn't know he was his Grampa. (My dad was about three at the time.)]

[Aunt Pauline was in the hospital having Lucille in 1934 when Grampa John Goodman died. My dad was 3 years old, Uncle Bob 5 years old, Sadie was 15 years old.]

[Sadie was married to Bill Wegner the Montana Cowboy in the story.]

{Side Note}
[I don't know if my Dad, Kenneth, remembers his maternal grandparents (Kukes). He was very young (just turned 4) when Gramma Goodman took him on the train to Washington when her dad died. At that time, the trains were only for service men and their families. In order to get back for her father's funeral, one of the service men offered to claim she was his mother to be able to ride the train to get back to state of Washington. Gramma Goodman told me that Dad cried all the time because he was homesick, so she cut her trip short.]


Death:
Age: 81

Robert married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Race: White
• Name: Kenneth Goodman
• Reference Number: 11805
• Birth: Abt 1931, Montana, USA
• Residence: 1935, Yellowstone, Montana, USA
• Residence: 1940, Big Horn, Sheridan, Wyoming, USA; Age: 9; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
• _MILT: Between 2 Oct 1951 and 1 Oct 1953; US Marines during Korean War

Notes:

http://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/obituaries/kenneth-goodman/article_e29b0b76-7c1b-5bdb-a495-cf0e0b6ff918.html

Kenneth Goodman Obituary

August 22, 2007 12:00 am
SHERIDAN - Visitation for Kenneth Goodman, 76, will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 23, 2007, at Champion Ferries Funeral Home.

He died Aug. 19, 2007, at Sheridan Manor.

He was born Jan. 28, 1931, in Billings, Mont., to Adam and Anna (Kukes) Goodman.

He moved with his family to the Sheridan area when he was 2 and the family farmed at Big Horn and Ucross.

He married Jeanne McKinney on Sept. 15, 1951, in Sheridan.

He joined the Marines in October 1951 and served in Korea. He was honorably discharged in 1953 with the rank of corporal.

He returned to Sheridan and farmed on Lower Prairie Dog for eight years and then went to work for Germaine's for 15 years. He went to work at the Sheridan VA Center, retiring as a pipefitter in 1992. He then became a ditch-rider for Gerdle Ditch, retiring in 2002.

He enjoyed hunting and fishing, watching his grandchildren play sports and time spent with his family.

Survivors include three sons, Casey Goodman and his wife of Sheridan, Karl Goodman of Story and Willis Goodman of Caledonia, Mich.; one daughter, Tannya Goodman of Sheridan; one brother, Robert Goodman of Sheridan; one sister, Sadie Robinson (should be Robertson) of Sheridan; three grandchildren, one great-grandchild and numerous nieces and nephews.

Arrangements are with Champion Ferries Funeral Home.

Additional info from Tannya Goodman:

NOTE: My brother submitted obituary.

Dad was only on Lower Prairie Dog for 4 years after service.
Also you will note between Robert's (my dad's brother's) obituary and your residence information, my Dad was older than two when they moved here.

Before he worked for Germain's, he worked at Hammer's Chevrolet garage and Northern Seed Company fir several years.

He also loved to read.

Sadie's last name is Robertson not Robinson.

Taped by her granddaughter, Tannya, and typed exactly as she told the story.

My forefathers - you see when Catherine the Great got married, she married a Russian Czar and she promised him she'd take a few of her families over there, you know, settle them there. Where my folks were settled, they used their name for their little town, so it was Kukkes - Kukes we spell it over here. 2-1/2 years old when we come over to the United States.

Married in 1918. It was April Fool's Day. We went to the Courthouse, got married by the Justice of the Peace.

Dances in the kitchen or the bunkerhouse or any place. We didn't have any barn, you know, and things like that.

In '39, the spring of '39, we moved over from Billings to Wyoming. Moved out to Big Horn.

In Portland, Oregon, George had the real small pox. We was under quarantine then. I don't know long. Grampa and Henry Kerbel had to room out. They couldn't come in, you know. We had a sign up. So we had their clothes ready and hand them out to them and they had to find a place to stay.

Side note: Gramma loved to dance. She was popular and it used to make Grampa jealous. They ended up marrying on April 1st because her father was moving the family to Washington the next day and she wanted to stay with Grampa.

Kenneth married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Race: White
• Reference Number: 11883
• Residence: Lubbock, Lubbock, Texas, USA

Notes:

Died:
Age: 29

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Race: White
• Reference Number: 11886

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 11910

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 11811
• _FUN: 24 Dec 2014, Sheridan, Wyoming, USA

Notes:

Obituary from Sheridan Media and Sheridan Press
Sheridan, Sheridan County, Sheridan, Wyoming
Russell Goodman
Russell Allen Goodman, 60, passed away on Wednesday, December 17, 2014. He was born on November 20, 1954 at Sheridan Memorial Hospital to Robert and Norma Louise (Neff) Goodman. He graduated from Sheridan High School in 1973. He married Lanna Reinschmidt on March 12, 1983 and they later divorced. He worked at various jobs including construction, Wyoming Sawmills, and was still currently employed with Cloud Peak Energy since 1979.
Russell was an avid outdoorsman. He loved to ride motorcycles, dirtbiking, four wheeling and especially loved riding in the mountains.
Russell was preceded in death by his father, stepson (Jason Obert), grandparents and several aunts and uncles. He is survived by his mother, from Sheridan, Dr. Matt Goodman, Boston, MA., daughter Kristina Colleen Goodman and granddaughter Aubrey Jade Goodman, Sheridan. Siblings include Jim Goodman, Aurora, CO., Ruth Grevesen (Steve) Greeley, CO., and Cindy Pilch (Tom) Sheridan, WY. His special friend was Terry Jurosek of Gillette, WY.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions be made to the donor's choice.
A Celebration of Life will be at 10:00 am on Wednesday, December 24, 2014 at Kane Funeral Home with Pastor Scott Lee officiating. A reception will follow in the Kane Reception Hall.
Online condolences may be written at www.kanefuneral.com.
Kane Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements.

Notes from Tannya Goodman:
Russell Allen Goodman, son of Robert and Norma (Neff) Goodman; grandson of Adam and Anna (Kukes) Goodman; great-grandson of Conrad and Marie Susanna (Schmidt) Kukes passed away on December 17, 2014, in Sheridan, Sheridan County, Wyoming. He was born on November 20, 1954, in Sheridan, Sheridan County, Wyoming.
His great-grandparents, grandparents, father, and step-son: Jason Obert preceded him in death. He is survived by his mother of Sheridan, Wyoming; older brother, James Dennis Goodman of Aurora, Colorado. Two younger sisters: Ruth Ann (Goodman) and Steve Greveson of Greeley, Colorado; and Cindy Lou (Goodman) and Tom Pilch of Sheridan, Wyoming. Son, Dr. Matt Allen Goodman of Boston, MA; daughter, Kristina Colleen Goodman of Sheridan, Wyoming. His granddaughter, Aubrey Jade Goodman [Kristina's daughter]. Three nieces: Richelle Ann (Greveson) and Patrick O'Neil of McKinney, Texas; Hilary Ann Pilch of Casper, Wyoming; and Emily Pilch of Gillette, Wyoming.
A little more about Russell. He married Lanna Reinschmidt on March 12, 1983, in Sheridan, Sheridan County, Wyoming, and they later divorced, in Sheridan. (She is Jason Obert's mom.). Russell was an avid outdoorsman. He loved to ride motorcycles, dirtbiking, four wheeling and especially loved riding in the mountains. He worked at various jobs including construction, Wyoming Sawmills, and was still currently employed with Cloud Peak Energy (Spring Creek Coal) since 1979. His special friend was Terry Jurosek. She is from Gillette, Campbell County, Wyoming. He loved his kids and granddaughter so much. Russell had just recently visited Matt in Boston with his brother, Jim and their mom. The day of his passing he had attended his granddaughter, Aubrey's kindergarten Christmas program. Aubrey will miss her "Poppy".
Russell had many nicknames from family and friends: "Itch", "Shorty", "Russ", "Rusty". He was very well liked. To sum up this information, two of his friends (Tim and Amy Githens) wrote: "Rusty was such a wonderful friend. He touched so many lives and was adored by those who knew him. He will be greatly missed...."
A Celebration of Life was at 10:00 am on Wednesday, December 24, 2014, at Kane Funeral Home in Sheridan, Wyoming, with Pastor Scott Lee officiating. A reception followed in the Kane Reception Hall.
Itch from me to you: I know your dad, Jason, and my dad were there to meet you. I can just see all of you standing around sharing stories and roaring with laughter. I was remembering all the good times we had growing up of hide and seek, going to the A&W, fishing, snowmobiling, going to Yellowstone, the laughter and yes shared heartaches. Will miss getting to send you photos of my two grandsons on your cell. Just know: "Goodbyes are not forever. Goodbyes are not the end. They simply mean I'll miss you, Until we meet again." God be with him. All my love, hugs -Tannya
Note: Richelle with an i is spelled correctly.

Russell married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Ciji P. Goodman
• Name: Ciji Pearl Roxanne Goodman
• Reference Number: 11896
• Birth: Abt 1983
• Death: 13 Nov 1996

Notes:

Per Tannya Goodman, Cijipearl is the correct spelling or her name.

Death:
Age at Death: 13

Died:
Age: 13

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 11982

Notes:

DENNY FERNANDO STEELE OBITUARY

Denny Fernando Steele, Sr. was born on January 18, 1977 in Rapid City, SD to Carol Jean Goodman and Vincent Gary Steele, Sr. Denny passed away on March 30, 2016 near Murdo, SD.

Denny is survived by his father, Vincent Steele, Sr. of Rapid City, SD; mother, Carol Goodman of Rapid City, SD; brothers, Leslie Steele of Sioux Falls, SD, Vincent Steele, Jr., Luke Steele, and Nico Steele all of Rapid City, SD; sisters, Sioux Ann Steele-Sahadi of Glendale, AZ, Cecily Steele and Randi Steele both of Rapid City, SD; children, Cyrus Gilbert-Steele, Carlena Gilbert-Steele, Chloe Gilbert-Steele, and Cassius Gilbert-Steele and their mother, Kerry Gilbert all of Rapid City, SD; granddaughter, Forever Gilbert-Steele; daughter, Lakia Rosales and her mother, Anna Rosales of Rapid City, SD, and sons Daniel Steele and Denny Steele, Jr. and their mother, Michelle Mesteth of Wood, SD; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Wake Services: One night wake service starting at 4:00 PM, Wednesday, April 6, 2016 at the Mother Butler Center in Rapid City, SD

Funeral Services: 10:00 AM, Thursday, April 7, 2016 at the Mother Butler Center in Rapid City, SD

Officiating: Pastor Larry Salway

Traditional Lakota Services: Mr. Rudy Escamilla

Burial Services: Mountain View Cemetery, Rapid City, SD

Arrangements entrusted with Sioux Funeral Home of Pine Ridge, SD
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Name released of victim in one-vehicle accident near Murdo
March 31, 2016
A Rapid City man has been identified as the person who died in a one-vehicle crash that occurred early Wednesday morning south of Murdo, S.D.

Denny Steele, 39, was driving a 2001 Chevy Tahoe south on U.S. Highway 83 when he lost control. The vehicle went into the ditch and eventually rolled.

Steele was ejected and later pronounced dead at the scene. He was not wearing a seatbelt and was the only occupant in the vehicle.

South Dakota’s Highway Patrol is investigating the crash. Other agencies at the scene were the Jones County Sheriff’s Office and Murdo Police Department.

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 11845

Notes:

Casper Star Tribune http://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/obituaries/jamie-fancher/article_f712094b-de07-5196-95a0-4d5ca0b1851c.html

GILLETTE - Funeral services for Jamie Fancher, 30, will be held at 2 p.m., today, Sept. 7, 2007 at the Family Life Church with Pastor Martin Crump officiating. Burial will follow in Mt. Pisgah Cemetery.

She died Sept. 3, 2007 at her home of natural causes.

She was born on Dec. 17, 1976 in Sheridan, the daughter of Roger Goodman and Helen Beach. She was a 1995 graduate of Arvada-Clearmont High School. She was the loving mother of Ian and Lane.

She married the love of her life Andy Fancher on May 1, 2004 and made their home in Gillette.

She was employed by Blue Ribbon Mortgage for 4-1/2 years as a loan processor. She always believed in bettering herself as she was in the process of completing her business degree at Gillette College.

She enjoyed dirt biking and camping with her family and watching her boys play sports. She enjoyed playing volleyball and was an avid runner. She recently completed her first half-marathon in the Spearfish Canyon with a time of 1:57.07. She was a very outgoing person and a source of inspiration to others.

Survivors include her loving husband, two sons, Ian and Lane Voiles, all of Gillette; mother, Helen Beach of Tucson, Ariz.; father, Roger Goodman of Coal Strip, Mont.; three sisters and two brothers, Jason Goodman, Kim Kretschman, Kelli O'Loughlin, Josh Goodman and LeeAnn Goodman; grandmother, Betty Beach of Sheridan; three nephews and two nieces.

In lieu of flowers, an account has been established at First Interstate Bank, send attention to the Jamie Fancher Memorial Fund. Memorials and condolences may be sent in her name in care of Stevenson-Wilson Funeral Home, 210 W. 5th Street, Gillette, 82716.

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jamie married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 12030

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]