Rouse Wellington Anderson, Obituary, Northern Wyoming Daily News, Worland, Wyoming
Rouse Wellington Anderson, 80, died in Ten Sleep March 8, of an apparent heart attack.
     He was born Nov. 17, 1892 in LaBelle, Mo., the son of Albert and Hettie Anderson.  He married Lulu (Zula) Arnold June 4, 1925 in Ten Sleep.
Anderson grew up in Ewing, Mo., and attended Kirksville College before going to work as a teacher for six years.  After a brief visit in Wyoming while a rifle instructor in the Army in World War I, he returned following his discharge and went to work as a bookkeeper for Shaw-Quinn Construction on the old Highway 16 through Ten Sleep Canyon, and for the Ten Sleep Mercantile before entering into the ranching business with the purchase of the Woods and Fiscus ranches.  He retired in 1958 to serve as Ten Sleep postmaster, and retired from that last June.
     He was a member of the Baptist Church and a charter member of Masonic Lodge No. 46 of Ten Sleep.  He served as a member of the school board for 16 years and was on the Soil Conservation Board.
     Survivors include the widow; three sons, Robert of Torrington and Gene and James of Ten Sleep; two daughters, Mrs. Keith (Shirley) Thurman of Lander and Mrs. James (Sally) Martin of Seward, Alaska; and 13 grandchildren.
     Funeral services will be Monday at 2 p.m. in the Ten Sleep Methodist Church with Rev. Billy Bowden officiating.  Burial will be at the Ten Sleep Cemetery with Masonic graveside rites.