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Harriet Alta Trosper Willard

17 Mar 1910 – 4 Mar 1981

Birth17 Mar 1910
Death4 Mar 1981
CemeteryAspen Hill Cemetery
Jackson , Teton County , Wyoming , USA
Added byAnonymous on 15 Jun 2025
FaGhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/197944347

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Jackson Hole News Wednesday, March 11, 1981 Page 23 Services held for Harriet Coday, 70 Funeral services for Harriet Coday were held Saturday, March 7, at St. John's Episcopal Church. Burial followed at Aspen Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Coday died March 4 at St. John's Hospital after a long illness. Mrs. Coday was 70 at the time of her death. The following eulogy was read at Mrs. Coday's funeral. Harriet A. Coday was born Harriet Alta Trosper on March 17, 1910, in Lander, Wyoming, the only child of Alta and Harry Trosper. She grew up on a farm near Crawford, Nebraska, attending local public and parochial schools and Chadron State Teachers College. Harriet married Loren L. "Red" Willard in 1930, a bond of lasting love and joy that helped them through the hardships of the Depression years during which they had two children, Butch and *. They lived in various towns in western Nebraska, operated their own small business in Henry, Nebraska, and Red worked at a variety of jobs, becoming a master mechanic in the process, as Harriet provided the nucleus that held the family together. In 1941 they decided to move from Torrington, Wyoming, to Jackson Hole, which became their permanent home. Harriet and Red were successful in business, first as owners of the Chat and Chew and later the Studebaker dealership, with Harriet contributing a business sense and drive that complemented Red's skills and salesmanship. During those years they had another son, Mickey, who died at birth in 1943, raised Butch and *, became surrogate parents to Houston Simpson, and worked hard and played hard. They were an active, gregarious couple who gave joy to many of us many times. Red died suddenly in 1961 and Harriet subsequently married Otto Nelson and then Max Coday, a friend of the family for many years, who preceded her in death in 1975. Harriet lived a full and active life. To her, adversity was a challenge and she knew how to cope. She could be frugal when necessary and she was a provider; for herself, her family and others. She shared herself in many ways with many people through her great sense of humor, her social activities and her handicrafts. A member of the B.P.O.E. Does and an Eastern Star. Harriet also loved to camp and fish. Her favorite days were spent on Jackson Lake or casting a fly on the Snake River, usually catching the biggest fish and always enjoying God's creation. She lived the last few years of her life in extreme pain but she never forgot how to love and to live. Beside her surviving children, Butch Willard and * of Jackson, and eight grandchildren, Harriet will be fondly remembered and deeply missed by a host of friends.

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