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Martha Rouse Schalk was born on November 4, 1923, in Casper, Wyoming. She was raised in Casper and at age 5 moved to Evanston, Illinois, where she graduated from Evanston Township High School in 1941. She attended Monticello College in Illinois and graduated from the University of Colorado in Boulder in 1945 with a degree in journalism. She worked in journalism until her marriage to John E. Schalk on April 17, 1948 in Casper. Wyoming. After her marriage she lived with her husband in Wyoming, Texas and Okalahoma before settling in Denver, Colorado in 1951. In 1953, she and her husband started Arapahoe Drilling Company, an oil and gas firm that worked throughout the Rocky Mountain Region and is still active in the Four Corners Area. They moved to Albuquerque in 1972. Following her husband's passing in 1981 she remained the primary owner of the company and guided it during the years that followed. She is survived by her daughters, Claudia Short and Karen Schalk of Albuquerque; son Steve Schalk, of Saratoga, Wyoming; grandchildren John Schalk of San Diego, California, Joey Schalk of Austin, Texas, Katherine Short, Sarah Short, Brian Davis, Natalie Johnston and Blythe Johnston of Albuquerque, New Mexico. In lieu of flowers donations may be made in Martha's memory to the John E. Schalk BIC Account at Colorado State University, CSURF, 1101 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO 80523. Memorial Services will be held at French Wyoming Chapel on Tuesday, June 2, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. Please visit our online guestbook for Martha at RememberTheirStory.com French 7121 Wyoming Blvd. NE (505) 823-9400
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