Joe Evans Sturdivant

March 29, 1942 - April 18, 2014

JOE EVANS STURDIVANT Guernsey, Wyoming – Joe Evans Sturdivant, 72,died Friday, April 18, 2014 at Cheyenne Regional Medical Center in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Memorial services will be held at 10am Thursday, April 24, 2014 at the Faith Baptist Church in Guernsey with Pastor Jason Miller officiating. Burial will follow in the Wheatland Cemetery. Cremation has taken place. Arrangements are under the direction of Colyer Funeral Home and friends are invited to send condolences to the family at www.colyerfuneralhome.com Joe was born on March 29, 1942 in Torrington, Wyoming the son of Charles and Violet Sturdivant. Joe was raised in the Sunrise-Hartville, Wyoming area with four brothers and two sisters. He married Ilene Patterson in Gering, Nebraska in December of 1963. Joe enjoyed traveling and in his younger years his work as a mechanic in the oil fields took him all over the states. Joe and his wife settled in Guernsey where they raised their family. Joe worked for several years at Watson Motors and then at Anderson Oil. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, wood working, and sight seeing. He loved gambling in Deadwood. He always had a smile on his face and a laugh to share with others. Joe is survived by his son, Ardie (Kathi) Sturdivant of Phoenix, Arizona; two daughters, Sabrina (Matt) Martin of Guernsey, Wyoming and Joleen (Craig) Winter of Gillette, Wyoming; two brothers,Norman Sturdivant of Guernsey, Wyoming and Bruce Sturdivant of Hartville, Wyoming; and a sister Linda Dunn of Ft. Laramie, Wyoming; 8 grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by his parents, his wife, Ilene; sister, Korin Fronapfel, two brothers, Lorin and Ardie Sturdivant.