Joan E. Milnes

August 19, 1921 - May 21, 2016

Funeral services for JOAN E. MILNES, 94, will be held at 2pm Friday, May 27, 2016 at the Guernsey Presbyterian Church with Reverend Vickie Kintzel officiating. Burial will follow in the Prairie Rest Cemetery. Joan died May 21, 2016 at the Goshen Healthcare Community. Memorials may be given to the Guernsey Senior Center, Guernsey Rescue Squad, the Guernsey Presbyterian Church or the Alzheimer Unit at Goshen Healthcare Community. The casket will be open one hour 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. Joan was born August 19, 1921 in Homer, Nebraska the daughter of Ray and Eunice (Sater) Brown. Her family moved to the Red Cloud are near Jay Em, Wyoming and she received her education there. She married Orval Milnes on August 20, 1936. They moved to Torrington, Wyoming and then to Cheyenne, Wyoming for a short time before moving to the Sunrise/Hartville, Wyoming area. They later moved to Guernsey, Wyoming where she worked at the Guernsey Community Federal Credit Union as the manager and bookkeeper. Joan enjoyed painting, gardening, flowers and Bible studies. She was a member of the Guernsey Presbyterian Church, Women’s Group, and was a fifty year member of the order of Eastern Star where she was a Past Worthy Matron and served as Grand Officer, Grand Chaplain and was involved in Job’s Daughters. She was also involved in Girl Scouts and served as a camp counselor. Joan is survived by two daughters Trellas Gotcher of Garland, Texas and Annette Schmidt of Laramie, Wyoming; three sisters Josephine Haynes, Audrey Brown and Karen Ross all of Guernsey, Wyoming; two brothers James Brown of Torrington, Wyoming and Ray Brown of Lusk, Wyoming; fifteen grandchildren; twenty-nine great grandchildren; and twelve great-great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; her spouse; a daughter Alberta Valdez; a brother Lucene (Bud) Brown; two granddaughters Athol (Amy) Gotcher-Frahm and Jeriann Villabos; a grandson Henry E. Gotcher; and a great granddaughter Maxine Valdez.