Kenneth A. Shupp

May 20, 1920 - April 19, 2016

Funeral services for Kenneth A. Shupp, 95, will be held at 2 p.m., Monday, April 25, 2016 at the First Wyoming United Presbyterian Church with Reverend Vickie Kintzel officiating. Burial will follow in the Valley View Cemetery. Ken died April 19, 2016 at Community Hospital in Torrington. Memorials may be given to the First Wyoming United Presbyterian Church. Visitation will be Monday from 10 a.m. to noon at the funeral home and the casket will be open 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. Ken was born May 20, 1920 in Steamboat Springs, Colorado the son of Allen and Bessie (Noyce) Shupp. When he was five his family moved to LaGrand, Oregon for a short time and then to Wheatland, Wyoming where he received his education. He served in the US Coast Guard during WWII. Upon his discharge he returned to Wheatland where he married Hilda Bohl on Dec. 10, 1944. They moved to Cheyenne, Wyoming and then to Laramie, Wyoming before moving to Torrington. He worked as a meat cutter for Roy’s Cold Storage for seventeen years before retiring in 1984. Ken enjoyed singing in the church choir, hunting, fishing, gun collecting, and gardening. He was a member of the First Wyoming United Presbyterian Church, the VFW, and the IOOF. Ken is survived by two sons James Shupp and Charles Shupp both of Torrington; and two grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife Hilda; a son Donald Shupp; a sister Myrna Sleeger; and two brothers Ralph Shupp and Franklin Shupp.