Jack and Margaret Bertolas
Page by Sunshine Solaas with contributions from Bob Leathers
Jack Bertolas (Image from Sunshine Solaas)
Peter Bertolas kneeling. Jack's brother. (Image from Sunshine Solaas)
Kids kneeling are: T’lysa Solaas, Allison Hammond, Charlee Solaas and Anthony Solaas.(Image from Sunshine Solaas)
Kid bending down is putting a nickel on his headstone that says, “spend it wisely” as he always answered the phone saying, “it’s your nickel, spend it wisely”. (Image from Sunshine Solaas)
Kid bending down is putting a nickel on his headstone that says, “spend it wisely” as he always answered the phone saying, “it’s your nickel, spend it wisely”. (Image from Sunshine Solaas)
Bertolas, Jack L.
Cemetery: Carbon
Born: March 20, 1944
Died: November 18, 2017
Age: 73
Note: Jack L. Bertolas, age 73, passed away after a brief illness on Nov. 18, 2017, in Hanna, Wyoming, surrounded by his loving Wyoming family. Jack was born March 20, 1944, in Virginia, Minnesota to Jack and Betty (Gilness) Bertolas. He graduated from Roosevelt High School in 1962, then attended a technical college for heavy equipment in Staples, MN. He found work with Kiewit Corporation, and at their request, he moved to Wyoming in 1972 to work in the coal mines.
Jack was born 100 years after his time. He was an old Western cowboy at heart and lived a wild and interesting life with no regrets. For 45 years he spent his time herding sheep and cows, riding horses and fishing and hunting in the mountains near Hanna and Medicine Bow. He had a great affection for animals and was recognized by many as someone you could always count on for a helping hand. His boots will be impossible to fill. He lived hard but lived a life he loved.
Jack was preceded in death by his parents, his first wife, Margaret (Landmark) in 1974 and his second wife, Bev (Solaas), in 2006.
He is survived by his brothers: Peter (Mary Lee) of Virginia, MN; Tom (Odette) of Las Cruces, NM; Randy (Maureen) of Wayne, NE; his children: Tracy (Harold) Newbrough of Rawlins, WY; Jerry (Yvonne) Solaas of Paonia, CO; Chris (Monica) Solaas of Rock Springs, WY; David (Aaron) Solaas of Rock Springs, WY; Jesse (Sunshine) Solaas of Hanna, WY, as well as many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
There will be a memorial held Jan. 13, 2018 in Hanna, WY with a celebration of his life to follow in the mountains in the summer of 2018. (SweetwaterNow, Dec. 4, 2017)
Cemetery: Carbon
Born: March 20, 1944
Died: November 18, 2017
Age: 73
Note: Jack L. Bertolas, age 73, passed away after a brief illness on Nov. 18, 2017, in Hanna, Wyoming, surrounded by his loving Wyoming family. Jack was born March 20, 1944, in Virginia, Minnesota to Jack and Betty (Gilness) Bertolas. He graduated from Roosevelt High School in 1962, then attended a technical college for heavy equipment in Staples, MN. He found work with Kiewit Corporation, and at their request, he moved to Wyoming in 1972 to work in the coal mines.
Jack was born 100 years after his time. He was an old Western cowboy at heart and lived a wild and interesting life with no regrets. For 45 years he spent his time herding sheep and cows, riding horses and fishing and hunting in the mountains near Hanna and Medicine Bow. He had a great affection for animals and was recognized by many as someone you could always count on for a helping hand. His boots will be impossible to fill. He lived hard but lived a life he loved.
Jack was preceded in death by his parents, his first wife, Margaret (Landmark) in 1974 and his second wife, Bev (Solaas), in 2006.
He is survived by his brothers: Peter (Mary Lee) of Virginia, MN; Tom (Odette) of Las Cruces, NM; Randy (Maureen) of Wayne, NE; his children: Tracy (Harold) Newbrough of Rawlins, WY; Jerry (Yvonne) Solaas of Paonia, CO; Chris (Monica) Solaas of Rock Springs, WY; David (Aaron) Solaas of Rock Springs, WY; Jesse (Sunshine) Solaas of Hanna, WY, as well as many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
There will be a memorial held Jan. 13, 2018 in Hanna, WY with a celebration of his life to follow in the mountains in the summer of 2018. (SweetwaterNow, Dec. 4, 2017)
(Image by Bob Leathers for the Hanna Basin Museum Website)
Bertolas, Margaret
Cemetery: Carbon
Born: March 18, 1945
Died: August 1, 1974
Age: 29
Note: Margaret Y. Landmark was born in Minnesota. She married Jack L. Bertolas. Margaret died at age 29 from a horse riding accident. She was buried in the Carbon, Carbon County, Wyoming Cemetery. (Ancestry) (Sunshine Solaas)
Cemetery: Carbon
Born: March 18, 1945
Died: August 1, 1974
Age: 29
Note: Margaret Y. Landmark was born in Minnesota. She married Jack L. Bertolas. Margaret died at age 29 from a horse riding accident. She was buried in the Carbon, Carbon County, Wyoming Cemetery. (Ancestry) (Sunshine Solaas)
(Image by Bob Leathers for the Hanna Basin Museum Website)