Darleen Bess Maxwell

August 20, 1925 - March 11, 2016

Funeral services for Darleen Bess Maxwell, 90, will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, March 18, 2016 at North Hills Baptist Church in Lingle, Wyoming with Pastor David Anderson officiating. Burial will follow in the Valley View Cemetery in Torrington, Wyoming. Darleen died March 11, 2016 at her home. Memorials may be given to the North Hills Baptist Church. Visitation will be Thursday from 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the funeral home and the casket will be closed at the service. Arrangements are under the direction of the Colyer Funeral Home and friends may send condolences to the family at www.colyerfuneralhome.com. Darleen was born Aug. 20, 1925 in Friend, Nebraska the daughter of Ben and Bessie (Radford) Dillin. She grew up and received her education in Nebraska graduating from Friend High School. She then attended one year at the University of Nebraska before starting work at a bank in Friend. She married Blaine Ronne and they were later divorced. They moved to Torrington, Wyoming after living several years in Oshkosh, Nebraska. In Torrington she worked at the First National Bank and later at Evergreen Court where she retired. She married Bob Maxwell and he died in 1997. Darleen enjoyed cooking, entertaining, gardening and doing yard work. She was a member of the North Hills Baptist Church. Darleen is survived by two sons David William Ronne and his wife Debora of Dacula, Georgia and Steven Michael Ronne of Cody, Wyoming; a sister Eva Lou Dillin of Maple Grove, Minnesota; five grandchildren Chelsea Bess (Aaron) Steinberg, Darcy Jo Ronne, Caitlin BriAnne Ronne, Taylor Benjamin Ronne, and Morgan LeighAnn Ronne; and three great grandchildren Adalyn Grace Wilson, Kaden James Steinberg and Callum Jacob Steinberg. She was preceded in death by her parents; and her husband Bob Maxwell.