Wilda Vance

LAGRANGE, WY... . . . . . .Funeral services for WILDA MARIE VANCE, 66, will be held at 2:00p.m. Friday, June 15, 2007 at the LaGrange Bible Church with Pastor Don Mathis officiating. Burial will follow in the LaGrange Cemetery. Wilda received her angel wings when she died June 10, 2007 at the United Medical Center in Cheyenne, Wyoming. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to either the American Diabetes Association or to the Cheyenne Regional Medical Center. Visitation will be at the Colyer Funeral Home on Thursday from 10:00a.m. till 7:00p.m. and the casket will be open prior to the service at the church. Arrangements are under the direction of the Colyer Funeral Home and friends may send condolences to the family at www.colyerfuneralhome.com. Wilda was born August 24, 1940 in Cheyenne the daughter of John and Marie (McCompsey) Brown. She was raised in Hawk Springs, Wyoming and it wasthere she met and later married Bill E. Vance. They were married in Gering, Nebraska on July 25, 1955. Together they raised their three children in various Wyoming, Colorado, and Nebraska communities before semi-retirement from the family farm south of Lyman, Nebraska. When residing in Torrington she enjoyed her employment at Torrington OfficeProducts and KGOS radio station. She and Bill returned to the family farm in the late 1970's. Wilda was in many activities that involved giving and teaching others. She taught 4-H knitting and crocheting. She was also instrumental in establishing the Goshen County Quilters. Many quilting organizations throughout Wyoming and Nebraska continue because of her influence. She was also Grand and Worthy Grand Matron of Eastern Star in Torrington, Noble Grand in Rebecca's and supported Job's Daughters Bethel #40 in Lyman. Wilda is survived by her husband Bill of Cheyenne; two sons, John Vance and his wife Tina of Gering, Nebraska, and Bill Vance and his wife Brenda of Laramie, Wyoming; a daughter Deirdre Mowrey of Phoenix, Arizona; eight grand children and nine great grandchildren to whom she was known as 'GiGi'; two brothers, Murray Brown and his wife Lois of Kewaunee, Wisconsin and Tom J. Hall and his wife Arlene of Aurora, Colorado. She was preceded in death by her parents; a step-father, Ross H. Davis; and her grandparents.

Wilda Vance

August 24, 1940 - June 10, 2007