James Charron

TORRINGTON, WYOMING...........A Funeral Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated for JAMES L. CHARRON, 78, at 10:00a.m. Monday, January 28, 2008 at St. Rose Catholic Church with The Reverend Father Kevin Koch and Bishop Joseph Charron as co-officiants. Burial with Military Honors will follow in the Valley View Cemetery. James died at his home on January 24, 2008. A Rosary/Wake service will be held on Sunday, January 27, 2008 at 7:00p.m. at the church. A memorial has been established to the Prairie Haven Hospice. Visitation will be on Sunday from 3:00p.m. to 6:00p.m. at the funeral home. The casket will be open at the rosary but 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. James was born July 8, 1929 in Crystal Falls, Michigan the son of Wilfred and Dorothy (Bowden) Charron. The family moved from Crystal Falls to Zell, South Dakota when Jim was five years old. They moved to Seneca, South Dakota in 1939. Jim graduated from the Faulkton, South Dakota High School in 1947. He went into the grocery business with his brother John for three years. He married Marlyce Sisson February 13, 1950 in Redfield. South Dakota and then entered the U.S. Air Force where he served in the state of Washington. Upon his return from the military he owned and operated several grocery stores over the years as well as other businesses. From 1975 to 1985 he worked for Safeway Stores. He retired in 1985 in Denver, Colorado. They moved to Redfield in 1990 and in 1997 they moved to Torrington. James was a member of Saint Rose Catholic Church, the Knights of Columbus in Torrington, and the American Legion in Redfield, South Dakota. James is survived by his wife Marlyce of Torrington; three sons, Jim Charron of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Joe Charron and his wife Donna of Torrington, and Jeff Charron and his wife Cindy of Casper, Wyoming; two daughters, Pam Lewis and her husband Tim of Tulsa, and Paula LeBlanc and her husband Dan of Castle Rock, Colorado; three brothers, John Charron of Sturgis, South Dakota, Bill Charron of St. Paul, Minnesota, and Bishop Joseph L. Charron of Des Moines, Iowa; two sisters, Jeanne Berg of Billings, Montana, and Mary Bowar of Huron, South Dakota; eleven grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; four great grandchildren; and two step-great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; one brother Alfred Charron; one sister Rachel Wherry; and one infant grandson.