Helen Landers

Helen (Ferguson) Landers, 98, went to be with her Lord on April 21,2020, at the Jaw Bone Gulch Ranch. She was born January 15,1922, to William W. and Maude Ferguson. She was in the third generation of a pioneer ranching family. A pioneer woman at heart, she was raised on the ranch established by her grandparents in 1878, and she spent the most of her life working on the ranch beside her husband and brother and raising her family .Following graduation from High School and Teacher Normal Training at Burns, Wyoming in 1944, she taught in several one room schools in western Laramie County including the Happy Jack School which now sits in Holiday Park

She met her husband Pete Landers, an Oklahoma cowboy at a country dance. They married on Oct 27,1944, and celebrated 50 years together. Helen was a school board trustee for the rural schools in at area for many years. She was long time 4-H Leader with the Crow Creek 4-H club, an active member of the WCTU, and the Laramie County Retired teachers.

She was a woman of Christian faith, a strong believer in prayer and a charter member of the Happy Jack Country Church.

Helen was very proud of her pioneer heritage and loved history, especially the early years of Wyoming. She leaves a legacy of volumes of Pete and her family histories and extensive research she did on the history of the early years of western Laramie County.

She is survived by daughter, Pat Hamil; sons, Monty Landers (Sandy), and Guy Landers (Kathy); grandchildren, Jamie Study (JR), Cody Hamil, Randi Landers, Shannon landers, Char Madden (Jason), Pak Landers (Megan) and Coke Landers (Molly), Lydia Harless (Brad), and Katie Landers Nimitz (Ben); twenty-one great grandchildren; five great-great grandchildren and her nephews and nieces, her sister and and brother-in-law, Jean Kitchaco and Virgil Landers.

Her husband; parents; and siblings, Carmen Christensen, Mary Devine, Sydney Cook and Bill Ferguson and son-in-law Jim Hamil proceeded in death.

Private family graveside services will be held. A celebration of her life will be held at a later date.

Besides her family, Helen touched the lives and was a great influence on many others, including some that consider her their second “Mom”. She will greatly missed by all who knew her.

Memorials in her memory may be made to Happy Jack County Church, 1055 Happy Jack Rd., Cheyenne, WY 82009