Travis Sims

April 23, 1990 - June 14, 2010

TORRINGTON, WYOMING...........Funeral services for TRAVIS ALEN SIMS 20, will be held at 2pm Saturday, June 19, 2010 at EWC Fine Arts Auditorium with Pastor Jason Gantz officiating. Burial will follow in the Valley View Cemetery. Travis died at Children’s Hospital in Aurora, Colorado on June 14, 2010 after a four year battle with leukemia. In lieu of flowers a memorial has been established to Jason’s Friends. Visitation will be Friday from 3pm to 7pm and the casket will be closed at the service. Arrangements are under the direction of the Colyer Funeral Home and friends may send condolences to the family at www.colyerfuneralhome.com. Travis was born April 23, 1990 in Torrington, Wyoming the son of Mark and Nyana (Andrew) Sims. He grew up and received his early education in Lake Havasu City, Arizona. The family moved back to Torrington when he was in the eighth grade. He graduated Torrington High School. Prior to his illness in high school he was involved in football, basketball, and track. He worked after school for Gear Up at Eastern Wyoming College and helped with the Youth Group at Bethel Baptist Church. He was student manager and helped out the tennis team at school. He was a member of the National Honor Society and was an avid Denver Broncos fan. Travis is survived by his parents Mark and Nyana Sims and a sister Amber Sims all of Torrington, Wyoming; paternal grandparents Richard and Judy Sims of Lingle, Wyoming; maternal grandmother Susan Foltz of Torrington; maternal great grandmother Jean Martindale of Morrill, Nebraska and numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandfather.