Jack Mitchell

April 18, 1945 - August 27, 2014

Memorial services for JACK RAY MITCHELL, 69, will be held at 1pm Saturday, August 30, 2014 at Saint Rose Catholic Church with Father Ray Moss officiating. Burial of the cremains will follow in the Valley View Cemetery. Jack died August 27, 2014 at Regional West Medical Center in Scottsbluff, Nebraska and cremation has taken place. Arrangements are under the direction of the Colyer Funeral Home and friends may send condolences to the family at www.colyerfuneralhome.com. Jack was born April 18, 1945 in Torrington, Wyoming the son of Lawrence and Margret (Bowman) Mitchell. He grew up and received his education in Torrington graduating high school there in 1963. He then served in the US Army. He returned to Wyoming and attended college at the University of Wyoming where he earned a BA in Electrical Engineering. While in college he married Terry Abernethy on December 31, 1968 in Torrington. After college they moved to San Diego, California where he worked as a civilian engineer for the Navy. They moved back to Torrington and he opened Mitchell Electric which he ran until 1988. During that time he served a term as Torrington’s Mayor and as a volunteer fire fighter. They moved to Mitchell, Nebraska and he started working to Roosevelt Public Power District. He moved to Scottsbluff, Nebraska in 1996 and in 2008 he retired. Jack thoroughly enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren and was rarely seen without at least one of them with him. Jack is survived by four sons Chris (Sara) Mitchell and Brady (Stacy) Mitchell of Gering, Nebraska, Shane (Michelle) Mitchell of Omaha, Nebraska, and Brian (Rani) Mitchell of Rapid City, South Dakota; a sister Sandra Wells of Torrington, Wyoming; a brother Mike (Vicki) Mitchell of Sidney, Nebraska; a brother-in-law Ty (Ginny) Abernethy of Mitchell, Nebraska; thirteen grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.