Gage McCaslin

TORRINGTON, WY....Funeral services for GAGE W. McCASLIN, 80, will be held at the East Gate Baptist Church on Wednesday, January 16, 2008, at 10am with Pastor Tim Sparks officiating. Burial with Military Honors will take place on Thursday January 17, 2008, at Callaway, Nebraska at the Rose Hill Cemetery at 3pm. Visitation will be from 3-7pm on Tuesday January 15, at the Colyer Funeral Home Chapel. Gage died at Community Hospital on January 12, 2008. Memorials can be made to the East Gate Baptist Church. Arrangements are under the direction of the Colyer Funeral Home and friends are invited to send condolences to the family at www.colyerfuneralhome.com. He was born Gage W. McCaslin, the son of George Garfield and Nettie (Jensen) McCaslin on May 9, 1927 in Custer County Nebraska. Gage was active in the armed services from 1950-1953 and spent most of it in Germany. Upon returning to the states he met and married Jan Baker at Redfern Table, Nebraska on April 11, 1954. Gage put his hands to many careers in his lifetime and mastered most of them. He was fiercely loyal, proud, and stubborn. He was also quick to laugh, always looking for the humor in life, and enjoyed a good joke. If the joke was at his expense, so much the better. He made friends everywhere he went because of his outgoing nature and sense of humor, and because he was a person upon whom you could rely. If you needed help, you need only ask. As often as not, it wasn't necessary to do so. Gage would step up to help someone just because he saw a need. Gage came to church-going late in life, but he was a person who intuitively understood Christ's call to love all people. Gage loved woodworking and pinochle. He made his first RV out of a school bus and affectionately called it the 'Old Blue Goose'. He was a life member of the VFW and DAV. He will remain an enduring example to his family and friends, and he will be sorely missed. He is survived by his loving wife, Jan McCaslin of Torrington, brothers Dorwin 'Mac' and his wife Mary Ann of Torrington, and Rob Roy McCaslin of Klamath Falls, OR., daughter Vicki J. and her husband Wayne Lawson of Cheyenne, WY., three sons, Ricki R. and his wife Judy McCaslin of North Platte, Micki L and his wife Janell of Salt Lake City, UT., Nicki G and his wife Carol of Hartsville, TN., nine grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, one brother John Garfield McCaslin, and one sister Hope Arlene Barrett.

Gage McCaslin

May 9, 1927 - January 12, 2008