Walter Wagner

TORRINGTON, WY.... Grave side services with Military Rites for WALTER W. WAGNER, 87, will be held at 11:00am on Thursday, March 22, 2007 at the Valley View Cemetery in Torrington with Reverend David Lee officiating. Walter died on March 18, 2007 at the Mountain Towers Health Care Center in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Visitation hours will be held at the Colyer Funeral Home on Wednesday, March 21, 2007 from 1pm to 5pm. Those who wish may direct memorial contributions in Walter's memory to the First Wyoming United Presbyterian Church. Arrangements are under the direction of the Colyer Funeral Home and friends are invited to send condolences to the family at www.colyerfuneralhome.com He was born on January 24, 1920 in Cody, Wyoming the son of William Henry and Mary (Harding) Wagner. He moved to Lingle, Wyoming with his family while at an early age and grew up there. While attending school at Lingle, Walter helped out his father with farming. He married Racheal Hauf on March 14, 1941 in Harrisburg, Nebraska and then farmed in the Yoder, Wyoming area before being drafted into the US Army in 1945. After his discharge, Walter returned to the Goshen County area where he resumed farming until 1954 when the couple moved in to Torrington and Walter worked for Jones Drilling and Barney McCone's Conoco Station. He later worked for CCI Concrete Company for a short time before retiring. He then did seasonal farming with his granddaughter. Walter entered the Goshen Care Center in Torrington before moving to Cheyenne, Wyoming in August of 2006. Walter loved gardening, taking care of his lawn, and growing roses. He enjoyed visiting with his neighbors and he was a member of the American Legion Travis Snow Post #5, and the Torrington VFW. He is survived by his wife Racheal of Cheyenne; his daughter Bonnie Loveland and her husband Vernon of Tucson, Arizona; two granddaughters, Robyn Jarvis and her husband Jeff and Tanya Loveland all of Tuscon; two great granddaughters, Haley (Dusty) Oliver of Lodi, New York; and Cora Franks of Lingle, Wyoming; two great grandsons, Graham Franks of Rawlins, Wyoming; and Matthew Franks of Lingle, Wyoming; two brothers Sam (Marlene) Wagner of Lingle; Bill (Diane) Wagner of Portland, Oregon; and one sister Ethel Smith of Ft. Worth, Texas. He was preceded in death by his parents, one brother and two sisters.

Walter Wagner

January 24, 1920 - March 18, 2007