Neva Hittle

September 21, 1922 - January 23, 2015

Funeral services for NEVA D. HITTLE, 92, will be held at 10am Wednesday, January 28, 2015 at the Berean Bible Church with Pastor John Wilhelm officiating. Burial will follow in the Valley View Cemetery. Neva died on January 23, 2015 at the Goshen Care Center. Memorials may be made to Gideon’s or the donor’s choice. Visitation will be Tuesday from 3pm to 5pm 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. Neva was born September 21, 1922 near Harrisburg, Nebraska the daughter of William and Ina (Richards) Mathews. Her family moved to Torrington, Wyoming when she was eleven and she grew up and received her education here. She married Herbert Lee Jones and they had two children and were later divorced. On August 2, 1966 in Torrington she married Al Hittle. She was a bus driver for the Goshen County School District for thirteen years retiring in 1990. Al died in 1983. Neva was a member of the Berean Bible Church where she was a Bible Study teacher and taught Sunday School for thirty-five years. She was also a member of the VFW Post 2918 of Torrington. She enjoyed bowling and made "Ugly Quilts" which were sleeping bags for the homeless. She took some business classes at Eastern Wyoming College when it was still on East A Street. Neva is survived by a daughter Cathy Rorabaugh of Evansville, Wyoming; a step-son Rod Hittle and his wife Sandy of Kansas City, Missouri; a daughter-in-law Barb Jones of Torrington, Wyoming; a brother Leland Mathews of Torrington; a sister-in-law Ruth Mathews of Thermopolis, Wyoming; four grandchildren; and one great grandchild. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Al; her former husband Herbert Jones; a son Terry Jones; a granddaughter Teresa Rorabaugh; three brothers Thelbert Mathews, Marvin Mathews, and Melvin Mathews; a sister Pauline Samson; and two brothers at birth.