Anna met Lawrence Addleman while he was working for Olin Realing and they married on September 13, 1934. She had been a long time resident of the Big Goose community.
Spring of 1935, the depression was very bad in Sheridan. Anna and Larry left for Davenport, Iowa, where he went to work driving a delivery truck. He later worked various jobs in Davenport, Moline and Rock Island, Illinois.
During WW II, Larry worked at the US government arsenal in Rock Island making ammunition. In 1943, because of his father’s ill health, he went before a review board to be released to return to Sheridan. He went into the garage business with his brother in law and later he bought a trucking business from Bunny Tschirgi.
Big Horn Coal Company opened their first mine in 1946 and Larry went to work for them for 23 years. Summer when the mine work was slow, he worked in construction as a heavy equipment operator.
Larry leased the old N.U. Bar in Ranchester in 1953 and ran it until 1957. He worked as a heavy equipment operator for the City of Sheridan until poor health forced him to retire in 1974.
Larry and Anna had three children: Barbara born 4-19-1938, Gary born 8-7-1943 and Kenneth born 9-16-1948.
Anna met Lawrence Addleman while he was working for Olin Realing and they married on September 13, 1934. She had been a long time resident of the Big Goose community.
Spring of 1935, the depression was very bad in Sheridan. Anna and Larry left for Davenport, Iowa, where he went to work driving a delivery truck. He later worked various jobs in Davenport, Moline and Rock Island, Illinois.
During WW II, Larry worked at the US government arsenal in Rock Island making ammunition. In 1943, because of his father’s ill health, he went before a review board to be released to return to Sheridan. He went into the garage business with his brother in law and later he bought a trucking business from Bunny Tschirgi.
Big Horn Coal Company opened their first mine in 1946 and Larry went to work for them for 23 years. Summer when the mine work was slow, he worked in construction as a heavy equipment operator.
Larry leased the old N.U. Bar in Ranchester in 1953 and ran it until 1957. He worked as a heavy equipment operator for the City of Sheridan until poor health forced him to retire in 1974.
Larry and Anna had three children: Barbara born 4-19-1938, Gary born 8-7-1943 and Kenneth born 9-16-1948.
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