Carolyn Jean Balzan

Funeral services for Carolyn Jean Balzan, age 75, will be held on September 29, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. at the Colyer Funeral Home in Torrington, Wyoming. Pursuant to her wishes, Carolyn was cremated. Carolyn passed away on September 7, 2018 at Banner Health Community Hospital in Torrington, Wyoming. Carolyn Jean Balzan was born in Hartville, Wyoming on September 4, 1943 to Lucian Balzan and Rose (Carollo) Balzan. She graduated from Sunrise High School in 1961 and attended DoSam University School of Cosmetology in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. Making friends wherever she lived, Carolyn called Sunrise/Hartville, WY, Pine Bluffs, WY, McCook, NE, Cheyenne, WY, Douglas, WY, Mesa, AZ, Sidney, NE, Chadron, NE and finally, Torrington, WY home. Carolyn loved football season and spent Saturdays and Sundays watching her favorite teams - the Wyoming Cowboys, Nebraska Cornhuskers and the Denver Broncos on TV. Carolyn was very talented, ambitious and a hard worker. She will be remembered for always being a kind, compassionate, and a giving person. Carolyn loved people, especially her family and her many friends. She loved to cook, serve what she cooked, and was notorious for waiting on everyone. One of her many prides were the State Fair floats that she designed (and many times won) for the Irwin Towers elderly housing center in Douglas. She loved to decorate and there wasn’t a room or wall that was safe from her touch. Carolyn will be missed by everyone whose life she touched. Carolyn is survived by her daughter, Joani (Jim) Martinosky of Paxton, Nebraska, grandchildren, Hillary Henecke Martinosky of Kansas City, Kansas, Riley (Khara) Martinosky of Paxton, Nebraska, Brekkan Martinosky of Lincoln, Nebraska, sister, Lena (Huey) Dawson of Wheatland, Wyoming, twin sister, Marilyn Tinsley of Hermosa, South Dakota, and sister, Lou (Tom) Alcorn of Hay Springs, Nebraska and numerous cousins, nephews, nieces, and friends. Carolyn was preceded in death by her parents, Lucian and Rose Balzan and her nephew, Brigadier General Thomas Leroy Tinsley. Memorials can be made in Carolyn’s name to the Torrington Ambulance Service or to the donor’s choice, in care of her family. Colyer Funeral Home in Torrington is in charge of arrangements.

Carolyn Jean Balzan

September 4, 1943 - September 7, 2018