Leonard P. (Scoop) Mcguire Jr.

Scoop was born in Bassett, Nebraska September 13,1935. Scoop passed away at Davis
Hospice in Cheyenne, Wyoming on February 4, 2022.

Scoop graduated from Wheatland High School in 1954 and attended Auctioneering School,
which was his beloved second job. He married Selma Montgomery and together they had three
children. He went to work for the Wyoming Highway Department, supervising the construction of
new bridges and highways while also running a hog farm with his father. He served as President
of the Wyoming Public Employees Association. He served 12 years in the Army
National Guard. After his 35-year career with the Highway Department, he retired to several
part-time occupations working as a Chuckwagon Cook on an Oregon Trail reenactment, driving
school bus and driving a beet truck. Scoop loved his Irish heritage and was the life of the party. He enjoyed camping, fishing, boating, the “goose-hunt”, woodworking and was an avid reader up until his move to hospice.

Scoop is survived by his wife, Pat McGuire; her children, Garry Freel, Barry Freel and Sandra
(Mike) Preble, his daughters from his first wife: Selma, Dawn (Burce) Bristow, Donnette (Kris)
Kahle, Deirdre (Jeff) Pilch; and his second wife, Jane’s children: Carrie (J.R.) Grant, Gary
(Yvonne) Bohl, Jane Bohl; and his grandchildren, Jackie Cisco, Amanda (Josh) Martin, Michael
Eckstrom, Eddie Bohl and CJ Bohl; and eight great grandchildren.

Scoop was preceded in death by his parents, Leonard “Pete” McGuire, Sr., and Zelma McGuire;
Sister, Carol Jean Reed; and his second wife, Jane McGuire.
The family will be holding a private Wake at a later date. In lieu of flowers please donate to Goshen County Task Force.