Floyd William Bartling, one-time president of the Wyoming state senate, Commander of the American Legion Department of Wyoming and the founder of Boys State, ended his battles this week when he died of cancer in the Cheyenne Veterans Administration hospital. Bartling, who was 87, was intensely devoted to his country and to young people. He was born in Posey, Illinois, one of three sons of Henry and Elizabeth Bartling, but he became a westerner early in his life when the family moved to Montana to try its luck at homesteading. His public service to his country began in December 1917 when Floyd enlisted in the Army Air Corps at Musselshell, Montana. After seeing action in the Chateu Thierry-Argonne Forest campaign with the American Expeditionary Forces he was mustered out of service as a non-commissioner officer with an honorable discharge in 1918. After returning from the war, Floyd went back to Illinois to study linotype at the Merganthaler School in Chicago. After graduation, he returned to Musselshell, the home of his future bride. Floyd and Leona Bartling came to Douglas on Sept. 3, 1922, after first stopping in Glenrock to be married. Here Floyd worked as a typesetter and machinist for the Douglas Enterprise. He left the newspaper business two years later for a position with Spears Lumber Company. He retired from the lumber business in 1962. In addition to his wife, Leona, he is survived by a son, Everett Lee Moffett, daughter-in-law, Ginger Moffett, both of Salem, Oregon; sister-in-law Hazel S. Bowers of Wickenburg, Ariz. and two granddaughter, Marilee Moffett of Salem and Ginnie Lee North of Stoneham, Mass. He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers and a nephew. (Information was obtained from his obituary in the Douglas Budget June 21, 1984 by Betty Alberts, FAG Member #47293729.)

Floyd William Bartling, one-time president of the Wyoming state senate, Commander of the American Legion Department of Wyoming and the founder of Boys State, ended his battles this week when he died of cancer in the Cheyenne Veterans Administration hospital. Bartling, who was 87, was intensely devoted to his country and to young people. He was born in Posey, Illinois, one of three sons of Henry and Elizabeth Bartling, but he became a westerner early in his life when the family moved to Montana to try its luck at homesteading. His public service to his country began in December 1917 when Floyd enlisted in the Army Air Corps at Musselshell, Montana. After seeing action in the Chateu Thierry-Argonne Forest campaign with the American Expeditionary Forces he was mustered out of service as a non-commissioner officer with an honorable discharge in 1918. After returning from the war, Floyd went back to Illinois to study linotype at the Merganthaler School in Chicago. After graduation, he returned to Musselshell, the home of his future bride. Floyd and Leona Bartling came to Douglas on Sept. 3, 1922, after first stopping in Glenrock to be married. Here Floyd worked as a typesetter and machinist for the Douglas Enterprise. He left the newspaper business two years later for a position with Spears Lumber Company. He retired from the lumber business in 1962. In addition to his wife, Leona, he is survived by a son, Everett Lee Moffett, daughter-in-law, Ginger Moffett, both of Salem, Oregon; sister-in-law Hazel S. Bowers of Wickenburg, Ariz. and two granddaughter, Marilee Moffett of Salem and Ginnie Lee North of Stoneham, Mass. He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers and a nephew. (Information was obtained from his obituary in the Douglas Budget June 21, 1984 by Betty Alberts, FAG Member #47293729.)