TORRINGTON, WYOMING...........Memorial services for BURL YATES JR 82, will be held at 10am Saturday, June 19, 2010 at the Colyer Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Curtis Hill officiating. Burial will follow in the Valley View Cemetery. Burl died June 15, 2010 at Davis Hospice Center in Cheyenne, Wyoming and cremation has taken place. Memorials may be made to South Goshen Presbyterian Church or the American Cancer Society. Arrangements are under the direction of the Colyer Funeral Home and friends may send condolences to the family at www.colyerfuneralhome.com. Burl was born September 5, 1927 in Auburn, Nebraska the son of Burl and Elizabeth (Boellstorff) Yates Sr. The family moved to the Huntley, Wyoming area in 1939 and he received his education there graduating Huntley High School in 1944. He served in the U.S. Army in 1945 and 1946. Upon his discharge he returned to the Huntley area to farm with his father. He married Beverly Werger on May 18, 1948 in Hallam, Nebraska. He farmed in partnership with his son from 1979 to 2008. They moved to Lingle, Wyoming in 1984 and lived there until he retired in 2008 and moved to Torrington, Wyoming. Burl enjoyed gambling especially playing the slot machines. He was a past member of the Moose Lodge. Burl is survived by his wife Beverly of Torrington, Wyoming; two daughters Barbara (Gary) Lebsack of Newcastle, Wyoming and Carol (John) Wright of Cheyenne, Wyoming; a son Jim Yates of Huntley, Wyoming; a sister Donna Miller of Kerrville, Texas; and three grandchildren, Nicole Lebsack, Shain Wright, and Craig Wright. He was preceded in death by his parents; and two granddaughters.