Melinda Glover

Funeral services for Melinda Dawn (Berg) Glover will be at 10 a.m. Friday at First Assembly of God Church in Gillette with the Rev. Dan Holden officiating.

Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Walker Funeral Home in Gillette.

Mrs. Glover, 50, died Monday, July 23, 2012, at home of an extended illness.

She was born March 30, 1962, the daughter of Walter A. and Viola Berg in Mitchell, S.D.

She attended school in Reliance, S.D., graduating in 1980 from Presho, S.D. She continued her education pursuing a law degree at the University of Wyoming.

She married and moved to Gillette to start her family. She had four daughters. They later divorced.

She found her soul mate Lance Glover. They were married Nov. 13, 1999. She spent her remaining days loving him with everything she had. The couple raised five children together and saw them all graduate.

Her passion was collecting “Wizard of Oz” and “I Love Lucy” memorabilia. She also had a strong partaking to reading novel stories. She loved spending quality time and holidays with family and friends and always looked forward to meeting new people. She enjoyed taking her yearly trip to Sturgis, S.D., with their friends. She cherished and loved her grandchildren dearly and her pets almost as much.

Mrs. Glover is survived by her husband, Lance Glover of Gillette; daughters, Desiree, Chantell, Daysha, all of Gillette; stepsons, Robert and Kyle Glover of Gillette; sisters, Melaine Berg of Gillette and Lori Frye of Oklahoma City, Okla.; brother, Gerald Berg of Reliance, S.D.; and six grandchildren.

She was preceded in her death by her parents, Walter and Viola Berg; two brothers, Maynard and Calvin Berg; one sister, Diane Hrabe; and one daughter, Desa Kay Moore.

A memorial is being established in her name to help with the medical expenses of a local family who has a loved one suffering from the same type of lung disease.

Memorials and condolences may be sent in her name to Walker Funeral Home 410 Medical Arts Court, Gillette, WY 82716. Condolences also may be sent via the website tribute center www. walkerfuneralgillette.com or attached to the obituary on the News Record’s website at www.gillettenewsrecord.com.