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TORRINGTON, WYOMING.............Memorial services for DONALD 'DEAN' CLUTTER, 80, will be held at 10:30a.m. Wednesday, November 1, 2006 at the Colyer Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Tom Kittleman officiating. Private family burial of the cremains will take place at a later dater. Dean died October 27, 2006 at Regional West Medical Center in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions to the American Cancer Society would be appreciated. Arrangements are under the direction of the Colyer Funeral Home and friends may send condolences to the family at www.colyerfuneralhome.com Dean was born February 18, 1926 in Parnell, Missouri the son of Dillard and Minnie (Barber) Clutter. He grew up and received his early education there and moved with his family to Torrington in the early 1940's. He married Jean Hiatt on April 28, 1945 and they were later divorced. He worked as a mechanic most of his life, first with Alice Chalmers for thirteen years, then with Peter Kewitt Road Construction for several years, and then with the Holly Sugar Corporation until 1981 when he retired. Dean married Gwen Jones Zimmerer on March 27, 1971 in Torrington. He drove school bus for two years for the Goshen County School District and then drove bus and worked security for Eastern Wyoming College until 1988 when he again retired. Dean was President of the Union at Holly Sugar for several years. He was a forty year member of the Torrington Volunteer Fire Department. He loved elk hunting, anything mechanical, and horses and mules. He was a member of the Goshen County Wagon Train Group and did the Cheyenne to Deadwood Trail over several years. He backpacked by horseback to the Yellowstone area several years, backpacked down the Grand Canyon twice, and backpacked in the Big Bend area of Texas. Dean is survived by his wife Gwen of Torrington, two sons and their wives, Monty and Janice Clutter of Douglas, Wyoming and Joe and Henrietta Clutter of Torrington; two daughters and their husbands, Lola and Leroy Sowards of Longmont, Colorado, and Elaine and Tod Rush of Torrington; three step-sons and their wives, Bruce and Lori Zimmerer and Donald and Tammy Zimmerer all of Lyman, Nebraska and David and Nancy Zimmerer of Lingle, Wyoming; one step-daughter and her husband, Janet and Jack Reisig of Lander, Wyoming; twenty-eight grandchildren; and thirty-six great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers, George, Bob and Jerry; and one daughter, Paula Matthews.

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February 18, 1926 - October 27, 2006