Gene Santillanes

August 30, 1941 - October 25, 2015

Funeral Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated for GENE SANTILLANES, 74, at 1:30pm Friday, October 30, 2015 at St. Rose Catholic Church with Father Andrew Duncan officiating. Burial will follow in the Fort Laramie Cemetery in Fort Laramie, Wyoming. Gene died October 25, 2015 at the Platte County Memorial Hospital in Wheatland, Wyoming. Memorials may be directed to St. Rose Catholic Church. Visitation will be Thursday from 3pm to 5pm 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. Gene was born August 30, 1941 in San Geronimo, New Mexico the son of Abel and Alice (Encinias) Santillanes. The family moved to Yoder, Wyoming when he was three years old and then moved to Torrington, Wyoming where he graduated Torrington High School in 1962. He married Joyce Diane Oliver on May 8, 1964. Gene is survived by his wife Joyce of Guernsey, Wyoming; a son Kent Santillanes of Loveland, Colorado; three sisters Dora Santillanes of Greeley, Colorado, Elma (Tony) Servantez of Torrington, and Elsie (Tony) Gonzales of Cheyenne, Wyoming; two brothers Abel (Bonnie) Santillanes of Douglas, Wyoming and Jerry (Peggy) Santillanes of Rock Springs, Wyoming; three grandchildren Nate (Morgan) Santillanes of Denver, Colorado, Lindsey Santillanes of Loveland and Leah Santillanes of Broomfield, Colorado; and one great grandchild Kennidy Santillanes of Loveland. He was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters Rebecca (Becky) Baros and Connie Vargas.