Dale Hohnstein

July 24, 2016 - October 20, 2016

Funeral services for DALE HOHNSTEIN, 88, will be held at 10am Tuesday, October 25, 2016 at the United Methodist Church in Torrington with Reverend Jeff Wayland officiating. Dale died October 20, 2016 at Community Hospital. In lieu of flowers memorials may be given to the Methodist Church Endowment Fund. Visitation will be Monday at the funeral home from 3pm to 5pm 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. Dale was born July 24, 1928 at Hastings, Nebraska to William and Ella (Yost) Hohnstein. He grew up in the Harvard community where he attended Harvard Public School and graduated in 1946. He then attended Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln where he received his B.A. Degree in 1950. In 1962 he received his Masters Degree in School Administration from the University of Northern Colorado. He did additional study at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln and Indiana University at Bloomington, Indiana. He served in the US Army Signal Corp from 1951 to 1053 and was honorably discharged on April 4, 1957. Upon separation from the service he was employed as a switchman for the Lincoln Telephone Company at their Lincoln office. In 1955 he moved to Gering, Nebraska where he was a Social Studies teacher at Gering High School. Dale married Margaret Elizabeth Ohlsen, October 4, 1958 at Ogallala, Nebraska and to this marriage were born two sons, Marlan Dale and Brant William. During Dale’s years in the field of education he served as Superintendent of Schools at Carr, Colorado, Bushnell, Paxton, and Brady, Nebraska. In 1978 the family moved to Torrington, Wyoming where he worked at Old Fort Laramie, the United Telephone Company and the Goshen County Sheriff’s Office. He retired in 1993. During his retirement years he worked with the Community Hospital Life Line project for seven years. Dale is a member of the Travis Snow Post #5 of the American Legion, Torrington Masonic Lodge #29, a 32nd Degree Mason, Eastern Star and a past member of the Torrington Lion’s Club. He was Master of Torrington Lodge in 1995-1996. He served as Marshal of the Grand Lodge of Wyoming A.F. and A. M. During the years of 2000-2001. He was Worthy Patron of Torrington Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star two different years. He served on the Board of Directors for the Golden Homes and Golden Manor. He was instrumental in forming the Torrington Corral of Westerners (a western history group). He was a member of the United Methodist Church and served as Head Usher for five years. Survivors include his wife Margaret of Torrington; sons and daughters-in-law Marlan and Diane Hohnstein of Lincoln, Nebraska and Brant and Mary Hohnstein of Broomfield, Colorado; grandchildren Ryan, Evan and wife Taylor, and Amanda Hohnstein of Lincoln, and step-grandchildren Tyler and Mitchell Bengford of Broomfield; and a great grandchildren Bennett Hohnstein. He was preceded in death by his parents Bill and Ella Hohnstein; his grandparents Louie and Margaretha Hohnstein and Henry and Christina Yost all four being born in Norka, Russia before coming to America.