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Lynn Entwisle of Cody, Wyoming, passed away peacefully at Spirit Mountain Hospice on Sunday, Nov. 10, 2024, with her husband, Ken Markert, and her two children, Laurel and Neil Markert, at her side. She was 62 years old.
Lynn was born in Prince George’s County, Maryland, to Willard and Elaine Entwisle, joining her older brother, Mark. She grew up in the house her father and grandfather built on the Forestville land her family had owned for generations. She graduated from Suitland High School and went on to Virginia Tech, where she earned a forestry degree. It was there that she met Ken in 1983. Four years later, they were married in Berryville, Virginia, and made their first home together there.
After moving to Cody in 1996, Lynn began a long career at Park County Library. She started as a volunteer in 1998 and became a paid employee in 2000, a role she held until 2022. During her time there, she cataloged thousands of audiovisual materials, keeping the collection meticulously organized. She also cataloged paperbacks, developing a keen sense of which donations would be most popular.
Lynn loved nature. She worked many different jobs, including as a Forest Service interpretive ranger in New Mexico and Pennsylvania, as a forester in Idaho and Virginia, and as a firefighter for the National Park Service in California. In New York, she worked at a residential care center and as a curator and archivist at the Delaware County Historical Association in Delhi, New York.
Lynn kept busy with family life and always found time to volunteer and be active. Her volunteer positions included two years at the Park County Public Library in Cody, as well as service at Eastside Elementary School, the Park County Animal Shelter and Cody Cupboard.
Her children and pets were the highlights of her life. She often shared funny anecdotes about them with her coworkers and would joke that pet hair was a condiment at her house. “You get what you get, and you don’t throw a fit” was a wise saying she borrowed from her children’s day care providers and surrogate grandparents, Bonnie and Bob Goodyear. She decorated her desk space with artwork by her two children, now adults — one completing physician training and the other beginning law school. While she never bragged about their accomplishments, she was deeply proud of them.
Lynn was exceptionally creative. Each Christmas, she made unique, carefully crafted cards to send to family and friends. Her Christmas letters delighted and entertained their recipients. She enjoyed music, playing oboe in high school and piano. While she despised Bob Dylan, she loved Béla Fleck. Naturally, she also enjoyed reading; her favorite authors included Richard Russo, Martha Grimes and Edward Abbey.
Her interests were varied and included gardening and watching anime films. Lynn had a fascination with Japanese culture and even took Japanese lessons, often sharing the intricacies of both spoken and written Japanese with her family and friends. Two years ago, she and Ken fulfilled a dream by touring Japan through Northwest College.
Over the past 13 months, as illness cast its shadow over her life, Lynn continued to savor life’s simple pleasures at the family home of the past 27 years on Davidson Avenue. Her husband, Ken, was tireless and valiant as her caregiver. She was deeply grateful for the compassionate care she received from the medical providers in Cody and at UC Health Anschutz Campus in Aurora, Colorado.
Those who knew her will miss her kind, gentle spirit, radiant smile, and hazel-blue eyes. She was a natural beauty, both inside and out.
A celebration of Lynn’s life will be held on Friday, Nov. 29, 2024, from 4-6 p.m. at the Cody United Methodist Church on Beck Avenue. The family encourages memorial donations to the Park County Animal Shelter or Cody Cupboard.
Listen how the birds sing in the evening
What do they say to you, my love?
Are they rejoicing or are they grieving?
What do they say to you, my love?
They tell me that life is sweet enough
To cheer us on our way
Just enough for today
