Mary Teresa Carlson

July 15, 1947 - January 11, 2016

Funeral services for MARY TERESA CARLSON, 68, will be held at 10am on Friday, January 15, 2016 at the United Methodist Church with Reverend Brian Kroeger officiating. Burial will follow in the Valley View Cemetery. Teresa died January 11, 2016 at Community Hospital. Memorials may be made to the United Methodist Church. Visitation will be Thursday from 3pm to 5pm 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. Teresa was born July 15, 1947 in Andalusia, Alabama the daughter of James Robert and Boncile (Odom) Taylor. She grew up and received her early education in Florence, Alabama and graduated high school in Andalusia. She attended four years of college in Florence graduating there with a BA in Education. She taught school in Ocean City, Florida and that is where she met Dale Carlson who was at the military base there. They were married June 11, 1977 in Ft. Walton Beach, Florida and then moved to Torrington, Wyoming where Dale was from. She taught in the Goshen County Unified School District for several years, mostly third grade. She took early retirement. Teresa was a member of the United Methodist Church in Torrington. Teresa is survived by her husband Dale of Torrington, Wyoming; two sons Ryan Carlson and Michael Carlson both of Laramie, Wyoming; a granddaughter Maddilynn Carlson of Casper, Wyoming; and a brother Robert Taylor and his wife Pat of Loxley, Alabama. She was preceded in death by her parents; and one sister Virginia Ann Prestwood.