David Whitfield

TORRINGTON, WYOMING...........A Funeral Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated for DAVID L. WHITFIELD, 80, at 2pm Monday, September 8, 2008 at St. Rose Catholic Church with The Reverend Michael Carr officiating. Cremation has taken place and burial of the cremains will follow the service in Valley View Cemetery with military honors. Dave died at Goshen Care Center September 3, 2008. Memorials may be made to the Waggin’ Tails Animal Shelter. Arrangements are under the direction of the Colyer Funeral Home and friends may send condolences to the family at www.colyerfuneralhome.com. Dave was born August 15, 1928 in Sunrise, Wyoming the son of William and Hazel (Pipher) Whitfield. He worked thirty-five years as a bank employee, thirty-two years in Wyoming. He started his career in 1952 at the old Farmer’s National Bank that had been moved to Torrington, Wyoming from Jay Em, Wyoming. He tended relatives graves in Hartville, Guernsey, and Torrington, Wyoming each year since his father’s death. He enjoyed the outdoors and was happiest working in his yard. He loved the seasons in Wyoming especially spring and fall and fly fishing from his canoe. He was proud of his heritage and the fact that his grandfather had came from England and worked the old Sunrise mine. Dave married Beva Jean Miller on November 12, 1950 in Torrington. He enjoyed building and construction and worked with his father Shorty building for several years. One of his best times was when he and his sons, Mark and Scott built and A-frame cabin in Harris Park at Laramie Peak. He was little Rachel’s babysitter the first two years of her life and enjoyed their bonding. Dave always had a dog as his friend. In his later years he enjoyed visits from little Rachel and of all things they would set and play draw poker. It was a joke which one cheated the most. He also enjoyed listening to Wyoming football games on the radio. Dave was a member of the Knights of Columbus at St. Rose and the American Legion. Dave is survived by two sons, Mark Whitfield and his wife Amy of Delta, Utah, and Scott Whitfield and his wife Cassandra of Cheyenne, Wyoming; two sisters, Phyllis Miller of North Carolina, and Mildred Ellen of Montana; a brother Darwin Miller and his wife Pepper of Torrington, Wyoming; a sister-in-law, Barbara Spurgin and her husband Tom of Belton, Missouri; a brother-in-law’s wife Nancy Miller of Tucson, Arizona; and a granddaughter, Rachel Whitfield of Laramie, Wyoming. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife; two infant sons, David L. Jr. and Kent; brother John Henry Whitfield; sister Georgia Ann Whitfield; his mother-in-law; his stepmother; and two brothers-in-law Bruce and Wayne.

David Whitfield

August 15, 1928 - September 3, 2008