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Jewel Tomanek
Dec 23, 2019
Jewel LaRue Tomanek, 91, died holding her daughter, Patty’s hands at Davis Hospice Center, Cheyenne on December 23, 2019. Jewel (Jones) Tomanek was born on Good Friday, April 6, 1928 to Jesper and Nora Jones in Eaton, Colorado. Jesper always planted his potato crop on Good Friday. But when Jewel decided to come into the world on this particular Friday,...
Eugene Painter
Dec 23, 2019
Eugene "Gene" Painter, 86, passed away In Cheyenne on December 23, 2019. He was born November 6, 1933 in Somerset, Pennsylvania to Harry and Elsie Shaffer Painter. He served in the Air Force and met his wife Ana while stationed in Panama. They retired in Wyoming. He loved Wyoming, hunting, fishing, archery, westerns and his model trains. He was preceded...
Richard "Tony" Estrada
Dec 22, 2019
Richard “Tony” Estrada, 61, of Cheyenne, passed away on December 22, 2019 at the Medical Center of the Rockies. Tony was born on March 12, 1958 in San Antonio, Texas at the Brook Army Base. He loved the outdoors, camping, hunting, fishing, kayaking and donating his time at the Otto Road Shooting Range. He is survived by his son, Dakota...
Walker Gunn, Jr.
Dec 22, 2019
Walker Gunn, Jr., 83, of Cheyenne, passed away Dec. 22, 2019 at his home surrounded by his 2 sons. Walker was born May 21, 1936, in Shannon, Mississippi. Son of Walker and Henryetta Gunn. Walker retired as Kitchen Foreman from the Veterans Administration after 37 years. Walker will be dearly missed, as he was known and loved, as well as,...
James S Clark
Dec 19, 2019
James Clark 80, a Cheyenne Resident passed away December 19th in Cheyenne. He was born January 30th, 1939 in Boulder, Colorado. He owned his own business, The Barn Builder. He was a long time volunteer for the 4-H and Laramie County Fair Horse show. He was survived by his daughter Linda Cathcart, 2 brothers Mike Clark of Cheyenne and Pat...
Betty Jane Sullivan
Dec 18, 2019
Betty Jane Sullivan was born April 21, 1931 to Elmer and Roxie Castleberry in Baldwin, Mississippi. Betty was the youngest of 6 children, born with her twin brother Billy Wayne, and sister to Paul Milton, Marion Kelly, Hollis Richard and Marvin Hubert. She grew up and graduated from Baldwin high school. She attended secretarial school in Memphis, Tennessee, rooming with...
Carolyn H. Horst
Dec 18, 2019
Carolyn H. Horst, 97, passed away December 18, 2019 at her home in Cheyenne. She was born Iris Carolyn Hall to Avery E and Edna J (Hegwood) Hall on December 22, 1921 in a sod shack on a homestead in White Owl, SD. She was known to her friends as Kay or Sandy. She graduated from Natrona County High School...
Preeya Thomas
Dec 18, 2019
Preeya Thomas, age 75, passed away with her daughters by her side, on December 18. Preeya was born on September 9, 1944, in Thailand. She met and married her husband of 44 years until he passed away in May 2018. Preeya retired from Laramie County Community College as a custodian after 20-plus years. She lived in Cheyenne since 1974, and...
Ronald Keith Rimby
Dec 18, 2019
Ron Rimby was a simple man with a simple life. He was born on January 5, 1946 in Lewistown, MT and died peacefully at home on December 18, 2019 in Cheyenne, WY. He loved God, his family, the outdoors and quiet. He was a pastor, carpenter, cowboy, army veteran, pilot, athlete, mentor, and friend. He is preceded in death by...
Evangeline "Angie" Zimmerman
Dec 16, 2019
Evangeline “Angie” Zimmerman, 84, of Cheyenne, died on December 16, 2019 in Cheyenne. She was born on November 29, 1935 in Emmons County, North Dakota. Private family burial has taken place at Cheyenne Memorial Gardens.
Donald Gaines Bondurant
Dec 15, 2019
Donald Gaines Bondurant, 92, longtime Cheyenne resident, passed away Dec. 15 in Cheyenne. He was born Nov. 29, 1927, in Fort Lyon, Colo., the son of Alpheus J. and Margaret R. Bondurant. He served in the U.S. Coast Guard Reserves and an English and drama teacher at East High from 1955-90. He was involved in the Cheyenne Little Theatre for...
Donna R. Ayers
Dec 15, 2019
Donna R Ayers, 78, passed away December 15, 2019 at Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland, Colorado. She was born November 11, 1941, to Russell A. & Dorothy Rose, in Sidney, Nebraska, and raised in Cheyenne. Donna graduated from Cheyenne High School in 1960 and was employed in banking until her retirement. She is survived by her husband of...
Roberta Mae Gillespie
Dec 14, 2019
Roberta Mae Gillespie (Wiese) of Cheyenne, WY passed away peacefully on Saturday, December 14, 2019. She was born on the family farm on February 21, 1931 to August and Anna Wiese in Pine Bluffs, WY. She later attended Golden Prairie Elementary School, Pine Bluffs Jr. High, and was a 1949 graduate of Pine Bluffs High School. After graduation Roberta moved...
Frank Emil Morrow
Dec 13, 2019
Frank Emil Morrow, 90, of Cheyenne, passed away early Friday morning, December 13, 2019, in Cheyenne, after a long struggle to overcome many health challenges that snuck up on him in the last year. Frank was born January 4, 1929. He lived his entire life in Cheyenne, excluding one year spent in Honolulu, Hawaii, from 1969 to 1970, with his...
Ashlee Michelle Russell
Dec 13, 2019
Ashlee Michelle Russell, loving wife of Christopher Lee Russell and mother of Kaylee Michelle and Roman Boyd Russell went to heaven on December 13, 2019. Ashlee was a loving wife, mother and an unbelievably strong woman. She was known for her elaborate cakes and having fabulous family get- togethers. Ashlee was a Pharmacy Technician for the Veteran Affairs. Chris and...
Robert P. Rainbow
Dec 12, 2019
Robert Paul Rainbow, 71, of Cheyenne, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Thursday, December 12, 2019. He was born on October 10th, 1948 in Denver, Colorado to Paul W. Rainbow and Lois I. Ochs. Robert retired as a school teacher after teaching for more than forty years. He was extremely passionate about watching his students learn and...
Keith James Bellis
Dec 12, 2019
Keith James Bellis, 59, of Cheyenne, died on December 12, 2019 in Cheyenne. He was born on November 5, 1960 in Cheyenne. Keith was the former owner of Eileen’s Colossal Cookies in Cheyenne. He is survived by two children, Erin Sutter (Jeff) and David Bellis (Wendy), both of Cheyenne; his mother, Melita Bellis of Cheyenne; sister, Linda Thyarks (Barney) of...
James Le Roy "Jim" Eagan
Dec 11, 2019
James Le Roy "Jim" Eagan, 75, of Cheyenne, died on Wednesday, December 11, 2019 in Cheyenne. He was born on February 13, 1944 in Salem, Illinois and worked as a crane operator for the UPRR. He is survived by his significant other of 48 years, Bessie Fozzard; two children, Tara Charlton and James Eagan, both of Texas; brother, Garrel Eagan...
John D. Easter
Dec 10, 2019
John Easter, 89, beloved dad and papa, of Cheyenne, passed away Tuesday, December 10th at the Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland, Colorado. John was born on August 21, 1930 and raised in Cheyenne, graduating from Cheyenne High School in 1948. After graduation, he enlisted in the Wyoming Army Air Corp during the Korean Conflict and went on to...
