Edwin 'Dick' Lyon

March 15, 1923 - October 14, 2014

Funeral services for EDWIN "DICK" LYON, 91, will be held at 11am Tuesday, October 21, 2014 at the Colyer Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Ted Williams officiating. Cremation will take place following the service. Burial will be on Wednesday October 22, 2014 at 11am at Valley View Cemetery with military honors. Dick died October 14, 2014 at Community Hospital in Torrington. Donations to the donor’s choice would be appreciated. The casket will be open briefly following the service. Arrangements are by the Colyer Funeral Home and friends may send condolences to the family at www.colyerfuneralhome.com. Dick was born March 15, 1923 in Casper, Wyoming the son of Edwin and Lillian (Campbell) Lyon. He grew up and received his education in Casper graduating Natrona County High School in 1941. After serving in the US Army he returned to Wyoming and ranched at the Miles Ranch at Alcova, Wyoming. He married Bertha George McGrough on March 28, 1949 in Casper. They moved to Greeley, Colorado where he farmed and ranched for five years for Shane’ Dairy and then bought the dairy. In 1955 they moved to Torrington, Wyoming where he owned and operated a dairy until 1989 when he retired. During his retirement he worked for the local school district. Dick enjoyed fishing, working, travel to Hawaii and Europe, yard work, church, and his family. He was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church where he served as an elder, and was a member of the Mountain Empire Dairyman’s Association where he served for seventeen years as their secretary/treasurer. Dick is survived by his wife Bert of Torrington, Wyoming; a daughter Lori Lyon of Waverly, Nebraska; a son Gary Lyon of Cheyenne, Wyoming; three grandchildren; and five great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; three brothers Robert, Jim and Neil; a son Loni Lyon; and a grandson Jerod Lyon.