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Husman, Daryle
Private family services and interment for Daryle Husman, 77-year-old Buffalo, Wyo., resident, who passed away early Monday morning, Dec. 7, 2009, quietly at his home surrounded by his family will be held this coming summer. It was Daryle's explicit wish that no formal funeral be held. Donations in his memory may be made to Heifer International, in care of the Adams Funeral Home, 351 N. Adams, Buffalo, WY 82834. Heifer International is an organization that provides impoverished families and communities all over the world with animals and education to improve their lives and achieve self-sufficiency.
Daryle Olen Husman was born on Nov. 27, 1932, in Hardin, Mont., to Albert and Hazel Turner Husman. He spent the first years of his life with his parents at the Boulder Dam construction site. When he was 8 years old he moved with his family to the Panama Canal Zone during the construction of the canal. Daryle returned with his family to Sheridan where he graduated from Sheridan High School in 1951. After high school he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corp and served during the Korean conflict. After his military service, he returned to Wyoming and attended both the University of Wyoming and the University of Colorado in Boulder. He was married on May 27, 1961, in Sheridan to Earleen (Lee) Ingalls and they made their home in Sheridan, where Daryle worked for Husman Brothers.
In 1969, he took a job with Cedar Rapids Inc. and they moved to Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He spent his entire working life in engineering and construction. Daryle was promoted to international sales rep and traveled all over the world, including Argentina, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Libya and Korea, providing developing areas the equipment they needed to develop. Daryle retired in 1999, and in 2005, he and his wife moved to Buffalo, where they lived until the time of his death.
Daryle is survived by his wife Earleen (Lee) Husman of Buffalo; two daughters, Dr. Jenefer Husman and Dr. Sarah Brem, both of Fountain Hills, Ariz.; one son, Christopher Olen Husman of Buffalo; one brother, John Husman and his wife, Cheryl of Boise, Idaho; and numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
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