We end of the year
on a sad note. Rod's poetry enlivened almost every Cowboy Poetry
Gathering in Elko. He served on the WAC artist roster for many years.
Recluse, Wyoming, won't ever be the same. R.I.P., Rod.
Rod McQueary
July
16, 1951–December 29, 2012
Beloved
husband of Sue Wallis; treasured father of Porter, Cecile, Ian, and
Justine McQueary, stepfather of Isaac Wallis, Megan Kruse, and Rys
Martin; Boppa of Ezra, Cora, and Maddox Kruse; son of Eloise, and
brother of Lyle and Neil McQueary; who has touched the lives of so
many, many family, friends, compadres, and like-minded souls who
appreciated his articulate wit…has followed his father Howard over
that Last Great Divide. He was the epitome of kind.
A
memorial service will be held at the Western Folklife Center in Elko,
Nevada at 10 am on Wednesday, January 2nd. Instead of
flowers, please send generous contributions to the Western Folklife
Center for the support of the Cowboy Poetry Gathering, the center of
the art and the culture that Rod defined his life by, and the
gathering place of his far flung friends. 501 Railroad Street, Elko,
Nevada, 89801.
If
you can make it to Elko on Wednesday, please come ready to share
stories, songs, poems, and especially jokes. After a short service in
the G Bar Three, we will have a potluck dinner in the Pioneer Saloon,
please bring something to share. Rod’s daughter Ceci is putting
together pictures and videos…if you have images of Rod that we can
include please send them to cecilem@cashmanpro.com.
Family
and friends will gather again on the full moon of July in Ruby
Valley, Nevada and Bitter Creek, Wyoming to scatter his ashes over
the mountains and ranches that he rode for the majority of his life.
Please
feel free to forward and post, call each other and hold each other
close…he loved you all so much…
