Lyla Trafelet

Lyla Trafelet Lyla passed away Friday, January 02, 2015 from complications due to Alzheimer's disease.  Lyla Verle Henrie was born on December 26, 1938 in Winton, Wyoming to Clarence & Alice Henrie.  Lyla was raised in the Big Hole Valley where she attended elementary school and graduated from Beaverhead County High School in 1957.  After graduating she married her true love Albert Trafelet, Jr.  They made their home in Dillon.  They had a wonderful life and enjoyed camping, four wheeling and snowmobiling.  Together they raised four children; Fred, Rich, Ray and Reba.   Lyla worked as a police dispatcher for the Dillon Police Department for several years while raising her four children.  After the kids left she worked at Roberts Foods and Parkview Acres as a cook.  Retirement was not part of Lyla's vocabulary as she volunteered at the Old Depot Theatre for 9 years where she later became manager and discovered her love of Cowboy Poetry.  Lyla and Albert helped put on several Cowboy Poetry Gatherings during her tenure at the Depot.  Lyla made jean quilts to give to the Cowboy Poets, who came from across the country and Canada, to recite their poems. Lyla loved being a Grandma and couldn't wait to cuddle her babies, making quilts and afghans for each of her grandchildren.  She enjoyed quilting and making photo albums as wedding and baby gifts.  She was an amazing cook and made the best fried chicken, potato salad and cinnamon rolls. She was preceded in death by her parents, Clarence and Alice, and her brother Warren. She is survived by Albert, her husband of 57 years, and their four children Fred, Rich and Ray Trafelet and Reba Hoff (Rusty), as well as her grandchildren, Kisha Miner, Jeff Trafelet, RaeAnna and Karisa Kading, Quinton, Kyndall and Torrey Hoff, sisters Laverne Jackson, Betty Johnson and Sara Binam (the Henrie girls), great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be Tuesday, January 6 at 10:00 am at the LDS church with a viewing Monday, January 5 from 6:00-8:00 pm at Brundage Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's foundation.