Clarence Willam Tietmeyer

Clarence William Tietmeyer, 95, went to the Lord on Sunday, September 20, 2015 in Greeley Colorado in the presence of his loving family. Funeral Services with honors will take place at Wiederspahn-Radomsky Chapel on Friday the 25th at 10am. Interment will immediately follow at Pine Bluffs Cemetery in Pine Bluffs, Wyoming. Memorials can be made to Redeemer Lutheran Church in Cheyenne, Wyoming and online tributes can be made to the family at www.wrcfuneral.com . He was born on August 5, 1920 in Beaver Crossing, Nebraska to Herman and Caroline Wenz-Tietmeyer. Clarence was baptized into the Lutheran faith and was a devout Christian his entire life. He was member of Redeemer Lutheran Church in Cheyenne, Wyoming. From 1944 - 1945 Clarence was enlisted in the Army Air Corp becoming part of the 490th Bomb Group of the 8th Air Force during World War II. Clarence was a ball turret gunner flying 35 missions from England to Germany. In 1946 while awaiting official discharge from the Army Air Corp, Clarence ventured to outskirts of Palmer, Alaska where he purchased a Matanuska Valley Colony pioneer cabin, a remnant of the 1935 Roosevelt’s New Deal resettlement plan, and moved it into Palmer, Alaska. The cabin is a designated historical building as of this date. He returned to his York, Nebraska home in 1946 and worked on the family farm. In 1947 Clarence and his brother Walter Tietmeyer created the original Dogpatch, a gas station and tourist stop at the Bagnell Dam in Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri. Clarence sold his share and obtained his commercial pilot’s license. He met his wife, Vonda Jean Jeffries and was married in December 1953 moving to York, Nebraska where he started Agriculture Flying Service which he retired from in 1977. In 1954 they made their home farming and ranching east of Hereford. Clarence was a positive force for change in his community. He helped to build the first Hereford telephone line which was sold to Grover and eventually Wiggins. He served as President of Re-2 School Board and Colorado Aerial Applicators as well as helped to manage the organization of Upper Crow Creek Basin. Clarence is survived by his wife, Jean of 60 years and by three children; Dan Tietmeyer and Jane of Yuma, Colorado, Scott and Paula Tietmeyer of Hereford and Donna and Tom Erlewine of Thornton, Colorado; and Sister-In Law Mildred Tietmeyer of York Nebraska. He has 5 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren. Clarence was preceded in death by 5 brothers and two sisters.