CODY, Wyo. - Polly Frost, 80, passed away Monday evening, Aug. 24, 1998, at home with her family in Cody, after a long and well-fought battle against breast cancer. Polly is well-known regionally as an artist, winning many awards, and for her many years of active participation and support of the arts community in Cody and in Wyoming. She was named Grand Wyoming Artist for the year 1996.
Polly was born to Forest and Fannie Maxwell on Christmas day, 1917, in Dallas. Her father, an architect and fine home builder, moved the family (Polly and her five brothers and sisters) to the west Texas city of San Angelo, where she graduated from San Angelo High School in 1935.
She worked her way through the San Angelo Business College, becoming a skilled stenographer and bookkeeper. In the early years of World War II, she married Lt. William Schellhas, of La Crosse, Wis., who was killed in action during the war. Following his death, she was able to realize a lifelong dream when she was accepted into and attended the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, a commercial art school, from 1945 to 1947. There she met her future husband, fellow art student, Jess Frost of Cody, a veteran of the 602 Field Artillery Battalion in WWII and member of a pioneer Cody family. Following a summer's study with Henry Hensche at the Cape School of Art in Provincetown, Mass., they were married on Feb. 1, 1948, at the First Presbyterian Church in San Angelo before returning to live in Cody.
Polly first assisted Jess with the publishing of The Cody Times newspaper, in partnership with his cousin, Jack Richard. After Jess purchased the Cody Taxidermy Shop from his uncle, Will Richard, Polly handled the books, payroll, billing and other duties for the business, which Jess operated for 22 years. Together they designed and built their beautiful home on the hill overlooking Cody - and with the best view of Heart Mountain in town. Polly worked for a number of years for Provident Federal Savings and Loan Association of Casper, helping to open the Cody branch office. Many local people will recall the charcoal sketches she would do of each young child who opened up a first savings account there. These were then published in ads in the Cody Enterprise.
Throughout her busy life and working career, Polly pursued her love of art, studying with portrait artist Adolf Spohr and noted illustrator Robert Meyers in Cody, as well as taking advantage of innumerable workshop artists through the Cody Country Art League and a regular life-sketch class which met for years.
Following her retirement in the 1970s, Polly revived her artistic avocation which had been limited by her work and family responsibilities. Polly and Jess formed the Frost Art Studio partnership and enjoyed many years of productive artwork together. Although primarily a portrait artist, Polly chose models and still life subjects in keeping with western themes, working in watercolor, oil, colored pencil/charcoal and, most expertly, in pastel. She was featured in one-woman shows, participated in competitive shows and won many awards with her paintings in a variety of media. Her miniature work became well-known and competitive within the miniature art field. She was a past president of the Wyoming Artists Association, a charter member of the Cody Country Art League serving as its president in 1978, and was accepted in 1978 as a member of the Women Artists of the American West.
In the early 1980s, she developed an interest in genealogy and researched both her own and Jess' family trees back to their arrival in America. She was a member of both The Clan Campbell Society and The Clan Maxwell Society, and held memberships in the Park County and Wyoming State Historical Societies and the Park County Genealogy Society. She was recently able to complete the research and gain acceptance for the descendants of James Maxwell into the "Texas First Families" from The Texas State Genealogical Society. She generously shared her research and findings with all branches of the family, preparing entire albums of documentation, family photographs, letters and many precious items for her children, nieces, nephews, etc. She also held memberships in the Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary and was a lifetime patron of the Buffalo Bill Historical Center.
Pauline M. Frost is survived by her son, Mack H. Frost of Cody; daughter and son-in law, Janet and Larry Bucknell of Scottsdale, Ariz.; granddaughter, Amy Frost Bucknell; sisters, Elnor Norwood of Placerville, Calif., and BeeJay Zans of Castle Rock, Colo.; brother, Ted Maxwell of Mineral Wells, Texas; and many nephews and nieces. She was preceded in death this summer by her husband of 50 years, Jess W. Frost, and by her parents, her older brother, George Maxwell, and younger sister, Mary Winnie Lombardo.
Visitation will be from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 28, at Ballard's Funeral Home. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, at Ballard's Funeral Home in Cody, with burial to follow at Riverside cemetery. Family and friends are invited to gather for refreshments at the Cody Country Art League following burial.
Memorials can be made in memory of Polly the artist to the Cody Country Art League. Those who wish to make a medical memorial may do so to a breast cancer charity or to Spirit Mountain Hospice in Cody.
Polly was born to Forest and Fannie Maxwell on Christmas day, 1917, in Dallas. Her father, an architect and fine home builder, moved the family (Polly and her five brothers and sisters) to the west Texas city of San Angelo, where she graduated from San Angelo High School in 1935.
She worked her way through the San Angelo Business College, becoming a skilled stenographer and bookkeeper. In the early years of World War II, she married Lt. William Schellhas, of La Crosse, Wis., who was killed in action during the war. Following his death, she was able to realize a lifelong dream when she was accepted into and attended the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, a commercial art school, from 1945 to 1947. There she met her future husband, fellow art student, Jess Frost of Cody, a veteran of the 602 Field Artillery Battalion in WWII and member of a pioneer Cody family. Following a summer's study with Henry Hensche at the Cape School of Art in Provincetown, Mass., they were married on Feb. 1, 1948, at the First Presbyterian Church in San Angelo before returning to live in Cody.
Polly first assisted Jess with the publishing of The Cody Times newspaper, in partnership with his cousin, Jack Richard. After Jess purchased the Cody Taxidermy Shop from his uncle, Will Richard, Polly handled the books, payroll, billing and other duties for the business, which Jess operated for 22 years. Together they designed and built their beautiful home on the hill overlooking Cody - and with the best view of Heart Mountain in town. Polly worked for a number of years for Provident Federal Savings and Loan Association of Casper, helping to open the Cody branch office. Many local people will recall the charcoal sketches she would do of each young child who opened up a first savings account there. These were then published in ads in the Cody Enterprise.
Throughout her busy life and working career, Polly pursued her love of art, studying with portrait artist Adolf Spohr and noted illustrator Robert Meyers in Cody, as well as taking advantage of innumerable workshop artists through the Cody Country Art League and a regular life-sketch class which met for years.
Following her retirement in the 1970s, Polly revived her artistic avocation which had been limited by her work and family responsibilities. Polly and Jess formed the Frost Art Studio partnership and enjoyed many years of productive artwork together. Although primarily a portrait artist, Polly chose models and still life subjects in keeping with western themes, working in watercolor, oil, colored pencil/charcoal and, most expertly, in pastel. She was featured in one-woman shows, participated in competitive shows and won many awards with her paintings in a variety of media. Her miniature work became well-known and competitive within the miniature art field. She was a past president of the Wyoming Artists Association, a charter member of the Cody Country Art League serving as its president in 1978, and was accepted in 1978 as a member of the Women Artists of the American West.
In the early 1980s, she developed an interest in genealogy and researched both her own and Jess' family trees back to their arrival in America. She was a member of both The Clan Campbell Society and The Clan Maxwell Society, and held memberships in the Park County and Wyoming State Historical Societies and the Park County Genealogy Society. She was recently able to complete the research and gain acceptance for the descendants of James Maxwell into the "Texas First Families" from The Texas State Genealogical Society. She generously shared her research and findings with all branches of the family, preparing entire albums of documentation, family photographs, letters and many precious items for her children, nieces, nephews, etc. She also held memberships in the Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary and was a lifetime patron of the Buffalo Bill Historical Center.
Pauline M. Frost is survived by her son, Mack H. Frost of Cody; daughter and son-in law, Janet and Larry Bucknell of Scottsdale, Ariz.; granddaughter, Amy Frost Bucknell; sisters, Elnor Norwood of Placerville, Calif., and BeeJay Zans of Castle Rock, Colo.; brother, Ted Maxwell of Mineral Wells, Texas; and many nephews and nieces. She was preceded in death this summer by her husband of 50 years, Jess W. Frost, and by her parents, her older brother, George Maxwell, and younger sister, Mary Winnie Lombardo.
Visitation will be from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 28, at Ballard's Funeral Home. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, at Ballard's Funeral Home in Cody, with burial to follow at Riverside cemetery. Family and friends are invited to gather for refreshments at the Cody Country Art League following burial.
Memorials can be made in memory of Polly the artist to the Cody Country Art League. Those who wish to make a medical memorial may do so to a breast cancer charity or to Spirit Mountain Hospice in Cody.
CODY, Wyo. - Polly Frost, 80, passed away Monday evening, Aug. 24, 1998, at home with her family in Cody, after a long and well-fought battle against breast cancer. Polly is well-known regionally as an artist, winning many awards, and for her many years of active participation and support of the arts community in Cody and in Wyoming. She was named Grand Wyoming Artist for the year 1996.
Polly was born to Forest and Fannie Maxwell on Christmas day, 1917, in Dallas. Her father, an architect and fine home builder, moved the family (Polly and her five brothers and sisters) to the west Texas city of San Angelo, where she graduated from San Angelo High School in 1935.
She worked her way through the San Angelo Business College, becoming a skilled stenographer and bookkeeper. In the early years of World War II, she married Lt. William Schellhas, of La Crosse, Wis., who was killed in action during the war. Following his death, she was able to realize a lifelong dream when she was accepted into and attended the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, a commercial art school, from 1945 to 1947. There she met her future husband, fellow art student, Jess Frost of Cody, a veteran of the 602 Field Artillery Battalion in WWII and member of a pioneer Cody family. Following a summer's study with Henry Hensche at the Cape School of Art in Provincetown, Mass., they were married on Feb. 1, 1948, at the First Presbyterian Church in San Angelo before returning to live in Cody.
Polly first assisted Jess with the publishing of The Cody Times newspaper, in partnership with his cousin, Jack Richard. After Jess purchased the Cody Taxidermy Shop from his uncle, Will Richard, Polly handled the books, payroll, billing and other duties for the business, which Jess operated for 22 years. Together they designed and built their beautiful home on the hill overlooking Cody - and with the best view of Heart Mountain in town. Polly worked for a number of years for Provident Federal Savings and Loan Association of Casper, helping to open the Cody branch office. Many local people will recall the charcoal sketches she would do of each young child who opened up a first savings account there. These were then published in ads in the Cody Enterprise.
Throughout her busy life and working career, Polly pursued her love of art, studying with portrait artist Adolf Spohr and noted illustrator Robert Meyers in Cody, as well as taking advantage of innumerable workshop artists through the Cody Country Art League and a regular life-sketch class which met for years.
Following her retirement in the 1970s, Polly revived her artistic avocation which had been limited by her work and family responsibilities. Polly and Jess formed the Frost Art Studio partnership and enjoyed many years of productive artwork together. Although primarily a portrait artist, Polly chose models and still life subjects in keeping with western themes, working in watercolor, oil, colored pencil/charcoal and, most expertly, in pastel. She was featured in one-woman shows, participated in competitive shows and won many awards with her paintings in a variety of media. Her miniature work became well-known and competitive within the miniature art field. She was a past president of the Wyoming Artists Association, a charter member of the Cody Country Art League serving as its president in 1978, and was accepted in 1978 as a member of the Women Artists of the American West.
In the early 1980s, she developed an interest in genealogy and researched both her own and Jess' family trees back to their arrival in America. She was a member of both The Clan Campbell Society and The Clan Maxwell Society, and held memberships in the Park County and Wyoming State Historical Societies and the Park County Genealogy Society. She was recently able to complete the research and gain acceptance for the descendants of James Maxwell into the "Texas First Families" from The Texas State Genealogical Society. She generously shared her research and findings with all branches of the family, preparing entire albums of documentation, family photographs, letters and many precious items for her children, nieces, nephews, etc. She also held memberships in the Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary and was a lifetime patron of the Buffalo Bill Historical Center.
Pauline M. Frost is survived by her son, Mack H. Frost of Cody; daughter and son-in law, Janet and Larry Bucknell of Scottsdale, Ariz.; granddaughter, Amy Frost Bucknell; sisters, Elnor Norwood of Placerville, Calif., and BeeJay Zans of Castle Rock, Colo.; brother, Ted Maxwell of Mineral Wells, Texas; and many nephews and nieces. She was preceded in death this summer by her husband of 50 years, Jess W. Frost, and by her parents, her older brother, George Maxwell, and younger sister, Mary Winnie Lombardo.
Visitation will be from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 28, at Ballard's Funeral Home. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, at Ballard's Funeral Home in Cody, with burial to follow at Riverside cemetery. Family and friends are invited to gather for refreshments at the Cody Country Art League following burial.
Memorials can be made in memory of Polly the artist to the Cody Country Art League. Those who wish to make a medical memorial may do so to a breast cancer charity or to Spirit Mountain Hospice in Cody.
Polly was born to Forest and Fannie Maxwell on Christmas day, 1917, in Dallas. Her father, an architect and fine home builder, moved the family (Polly and her five brothers and sisters) to the west Texas city of San Angelo, where she graduated from San Angelo High School in 1935.
She worked her way through the San Angelo Business College, becoming a skilled stenographer and bookkeeper. In the early years of World War II, she married Lt. William Schellhas, of La Crosse, Wis., who was killed in action during the war. Following his death, she was able to realize a lifelong dream when she was accepted into and attended the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, a commercial art school, from 1945 to 1947. There she met her future husband, fellow art student, Jess Frost of Cody, a veteran of the 602 Field Artillery Battalion in WWII and member of a pioneer Cody family. Following a summer's study with Henry Hensche at the Cape School of Art in Provincetown, Mass., they were married on Feb. 1, 1948, at the First Presbyterian Church in San Angelo before returning to live in Cody.
Polly first assisted Jess with the publishing of The Cody Times newspaper, in partnership with his cousin, Jack Richard. After Jess purchased the Cody Taxidermy Shop from his uncle, Will Richard, Polly handled the books, payroll, billing and other duties for the business, which Jess operated for 22 years. Together they designed and built their beautiful home on the hill overlooking Cody - and with the best view of Heart Mountain in town. Polly worked for a number of years for Provident Federal Savings and Loan Association of Casper, helping to open the Cody branch office. Many local people will recall the charcoal sketches she would do of each young child who opened up a first savings account there. These were then published in ads in the Cody Enterprise.
Throughout her busy life and working career, Polly pursued her love of art, studying with portrait artist Adolf Spohr and noted illustrator Robert Meyers in Cody, as well as taking advantage of innumerable workshop artists through the Cody Country Art League and a regular life-sketch class which met for years.
Following her retirement in the 1970s, Polly revived her artistic avocation which had been limited by her work and family responsibilities. Polly and Jess formed the Frost Art Studio partnership and enjoyed many years of productive artwork together. Although primarily a portrait artist, Polly chose models and still life subjects in keeping with western themes, working in watercolor, oil, colored pencil/charcoal and, most expertly, in pastel. She was featured in one-woman shows, participated in competitive shows and won many awards with her paintings in a variety of media. Her miniature work became well-known and competitive within the miniature art field. She was a past president of the Wyoming Artists Association, a charter member of the Cody Country Art League serving as its president in 1978, and was accepted in 1978 as a member of the Women Artists of the American West.
In the early 1980s, she developed an interest in genealogy and researched both her own and Jess' family trees back to their arrival in America. She was a member of both The Clan Campbell Society and The Clan Maxwell Society, and held memberships in the Park County and Wyoming State Historical Societies and the Park County Genealogy Society. She was recently able to complete the research and gain acceptance for the descendants of James Maxwell into the "Texas First Families" from The Texas State Genealogical Society. She generously shared her research and findings with all branches of the family, preparing entire albums of documentation, family photographs, letters and many precious items for her children, nieces, nephews, etc. She also held memberships in the Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary and was a lifetime patron of the Buffalo Bill Historical Center.
Pauline M. Frost is survived by her son, Mack H. Frost of Cody; daughter and son-in law, Janet and Larry Bucknell of Scottsdale, Ariz.; granddaughter, Amy Frost Bucknell; sisters, Elnor Norwood of Placerville, Calif., and BeeJay Zans of Castle Rock, Colo.; brother, Ted Maxwell of Mineral Wells, Texas; and many nephews and nieces. She was preceded in death this summer by her husband of 50 years, Jess W. Frost, and by her parents, her older brother, George Maxwell, and younger sister, Mary Winnie Lombardo.
Visitation will be from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 28, at Ballard's Funeral Home. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, at Ballard's Funeral Home in Cody, with burial to follow at Riverside cemetery. Family and friends are invited to gather for refreshments at the Cody Country Art League following burial.
Memorials can be made in memory of Polly the artist to the Cody Country Art League. Those who wish to make a medical memorial may do so to a breast cancer charity or to Spirit Mountain Hospice in Cody.
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