Charlotte Viline Kraft

Charlotte Viline Kraft left this world on Jan. 14, 2015. She passed peacefully at the age of 89 in the comfort of her beloved family home on Beaver Creek, surrounded by her family. Funeral services will be held Thursday, Jan. 22 at 11 a.m. at the Presbyterian Church in Encampment.

Charlotte was born in Riverton, Wyo. on Aug. 31, 1925 to Carl and Clara Murray. She spent her early childhood there before returning to her family home in Encampment in 1936. It was in Encampment that she met her late husband, Jerome "Slim" Kraft. They were married on Oct. 30, 1942.

On their ranch at Beaver Creek, Ch...