Claire Spence

March 30, 1917 - February 17, 2018

Heaven gained a precious angel on February 17, 2018 as 100 year old CLAIRE SPENCE went home to be with her Lord. Claire passed away at the Goshen Care Center where she had been a resident for four years. Funeral services will be held at 2pm Thursday, February 22, 2018 at the Colyer Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Kate Morrison officiating. Burial will follow in the Valley View Cemetery. Memorials may be given to Waggin’ Tails Animal Shelter or the First Wyoming United Presbyterian Church. Arrangements are by the Colyer Funeral Home and condolences may be sent to www.colyerfuneralhome.com. Claire was a loving wife, wonderful mother and precious grandmother. She was born March 30, 1917 in Kansas City, Missouri. In June 1933 she and Leslie Spence were married in Valentine, Nebraska on the ranch. They were proud parents to four sons, all of whom served in the US Military. Survived by her loving son, Dale Spence and wife Janet of Denver, Colorado; six grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren; and cherished friends Larry and Kathy Foltz and family. She was preceded in death by her husband Les and sons James, William and Robert. Claire was faithful member of the First Wyoming United Presbyterian Church and Jay-Em Garden Club. She was an excellent cook and enjoyed her eleven years at the Petsch Ranch cookhouse. As a talented seamstress she enjoyed all types of sewing. She did alterations until she was in her nineties. He beautiful handmade quilts won many ribbons. She was a gardener and proud homemaker, Claire always had coffee and homemade cookies for any visitor. She journaled faithfully every day recording weather, visitors, sewing projects and her daily walks– in one year she logged seven hundred miles walking at the school track. Hers was a life well lived and we will miss her, for now.