Alvin Wiederspahn

A ‘49 blizzard baby, Alvin L. was born January 18 in Cheyenne, Wyo. to J. Arling and Edvina Wiederspahn. He graduated from Cheyenne Central High School, from the University of Wyoming with a B.S. in zoology and from the University of Denver College of Law.
He began the practice of law with longtime Cheyenne attorney George Guy, and later practiced with Art Kline, two distinguished mentors.
He was first elected to the Wyoming legislature in 1978, serving 10 years in the Wyoming House and Senate.
During his legislative service he met and married fellow Laramie County legislator, Cynthia M. Lummis. Al and Cynthia welcomed their only child, Annaliese, in 1985.
In addition to his law practice, Al never met an old building he didn’t want to fix up. That included, but was not limited to, the Grier building and the Plains Hotel in Cheyenne, Wyo.
Alvin was an avid reader whose curiosity about the world drove him to pursue myriad interests. He served on the board of advisors to the National Trust for Historic Preservation and as the first Chairman of the Cheyenne Downtown Development Authority. He was a former president of the Laramie County ARC and a COMEA shelter board member.
Alvin believed in the potential of all young people, leading him to volunteer as Laramie County’s Juvenile Drug Court judge and with Youth Alternatives.
A dedicated conservationist and fly-fisherman, Al was a former Chairman of the Wyoming Stock Growers Land Trust, an organization that he remained very involved in up to his death.
Alvin was a devout Christian and a longtime elder at Trinity Lutheran Church in Cheyenne.
Alvin was preceded in death by his father, J. Arling Wiederspahn, and his mother, Edvina Wiederspahn. He is survived by his wife, Cynthia Lummis, his daughter, Annaliese Wiederspahn, and his sister, Janet Haught, all of Cheyenne, Wyo.
Private family interment will be in Beth El Cemetery.
Services will be Thursday, 11:00 a.m., at Trinity Lutheran Church.
Donations in memoriam can be made to the Laramie County Community College Foundation, Wiederspahn Scholarship at 1400 E. College Drive, Cheyenne, WY 82007.
Friends who wish may sign his online guestbook at wrcfuneral.com.