Vernon "Bruce" Hattan

Graveside services for VERNON “BRUCE” HATTAN, 78, will be held November 3, 2021 at 2pm at the Hillcrest Cemetery in Lingle with Pastor Rick Carroll officiating, and cremation has taken place. Bruce, loving brother, husband, father and grandfather was called home to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ at his home on Wednesday, October 27, 2021, after a short fight with Congestive Heart Failure. Bruce was born the last of three children February 26, 1943 in Torrington, Wyoming to Lyman Lee and Virginia Cochran Hattan Anderson. Bruce was an adventurous and hard-working boy, working on the family farm, and was always finding ways to get his bigger brother Jerry into trouble. He was raised on his family’s farm in Veteran. He attended school and participated in cross country and basketball for Veteran High School and graduated in 1961. He then met his future wife Davone Houver, and the two later married on November 12, 1967, Bruce and his wife Davone were just 15 days away from celebrating their 54th wedding anniversary. Together they had a son Travis in 1970, Bruce was a very good father, and always willing to lend his son some life advice, or the occasional swift talking. But Bruce’s real soft side came out when he became a grandfather for the first time in 2002 and then again in 2005. His grandchildren were the real light of his world, and he was the best grandfather that he could have possibly been for them. He often took his grandson Hunter fishing and hunting, the two of them also spent time doing yard work, and keeping the Hattan vehicles clean! He enjoyed spending time with his granddaughter Ashlee when she came to visit at the house. Bruce was a very family-oriented person, and would have done anything for them. He also was a very good and loving friend to many, and a very well-known and respected man in Goshen County. He worked for the Wyoming Department of Agriculture and after retirement he was often seen working at the Goshen County Weed and Pest for the last 20 years of his life. Bruce will leave behind a great legacy for his family to follow. He will be sorely missed by his family, and all of this friends. As you begin your next journey to Heaven, we will watch for you in the stars and listen for your voice in the winds. God’s speed. Bruce is survived by his wife Davone of Torrington; brother Jerry (Donna) Hattan of Torrington; son Travis (Samantha) Hattan of Lingle; grandchildren Hunter and Ashlee Hattan; nieces Jennifer Stevens, Amanda (Chris) Barber, Dawn Hattan, Tracy (Chris) DeLancy, Tracy (Kevin) Starr; nephews Marty (Amber)Taylor, Barry (Melissa) Armstrong; cousins Bob (Julie) Oaks of Yoder, Jack (Dorothy) Oaks of Riverton, Roger (Tami) Brown, Tracy (Coleen) Brown, Steve (Janice) Brown all of Lingle; and brother-in-law Ron (Judy) Houver of Clemmons, North Carolina. He was preceded in death by his parents; paternal and maternal grandparents; and a sister Naomi (Hattan) Taylor.

Vernon "Bruce" Hattan

February 26, 1943 - October 27, 2021