Bonnie (LaVon) Patterson

May 6, 1931 - August 19, 2016

Funeral services for LAVON “BONNIE” L. PATTERSON, 85, will be held at 2pm Thursday, August 25, 2016 at the Frontier School of the Bible with Pastor Bill Marietta officiating. Burial will follow in the LaGrange Cemetery. Bonnie died August 19, 2016 at Cheyenne Regional Medical Center in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Memorials may be made to the LaGrange Bible Church, the Frontier School of the Bible, or the LaGrange Rescue Unit. Visitation will be Wednesday at the funeral home from 5pm to 8pm and the casket will be open prior to the service at the school. Arrangements are under the direction of the Colyer Funeral Home and friends may send condolences to the family at www.colyerfuneralhome.com. Bonnie was born May 6, 1931 in Casper, Wyoming the daughter of James and Nellie (Hodges) Ward. She married Normel “Pat” Patterson on April 29, 1950 in Yuma, Arizona. They traveled a lot and lived in thirty-six different states plus Canada and Mexico. They came to LaGrange, Wyoming in 1973. She drove school bus for the Goshen County School District for thirty-five years before retiring. Bonnie taught 4-H, loved to sew, entertain, look at family pictures, do yard work and grow flowers. She was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary, the LaGrange Bible Church and the LaGrange Homemakers. Bonnie is survived by three daughters Mary Jane (Ralph) Prahl of Cheyenne, Wyoming, Patsy (Dennis) Boehler of Goshen, Indiana, and Jacqueline (Kim) Martin of Ewa Beach, Hawaii; a son Buddy (Karen) Patterson of Cheyenne; a brother Dale Ward of Cheyenne; a sister Mabel Smith of Moroni, Utah; nine grandchildren; and ten great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Pat; and three brothers James Ward, Bill Ward and Bob Ward.