TORRINGTON, WYOMING...........Memorial services for JOHN ROBERT ALDEN 24, will be held at 1pm Monday, January 18, 2010 at Our Savior Lutheran Church with Pastor Marvin Temme officiating. Burial will take place at a later date. John died from injuries received in an car accident January 3, 2010 near Laramie, Wyoming. Cremation has taken place. Memorials may be made to the John Alden Memorial in care of Pinnacle Bank, 2000 Main Street Torrington, Wyoming 82240. Arrangements are under the direction of the Colyer Funeral Home and friends may send condolences to the family at www.colyerfuneralhome.com. The family may also be contacted directly at307-322-9187 or at ealden@wyoming.com Cards may be sent to P.O. Box 605,Wheatland, WY 82201. John was born February 19, 1985 in Laramie, Wyoming the son of Eric and Deborah (Kroenlein) Alden. He was raised in Wheatland and Torrington, Wyoming. He attended Colorado Rocky Mountain School and graduated from Chugwater High School in Chugwater, Wyoming. He attended Carroll College in Helena, Montana and was presently attending school at the University of Wyoming. He had worked various times at the Wyoming Territorial Prison Historical Site in Laramie, Wyoming. John enjoyed hockey and other outdoor activities, and especially loved animals and children. He was an Eagle Scout and had earned the Wyoming Congressional Award. John is survived by his parents Eric and Deb Alden of Torrington and Wheatland, Wyoming; grandparents John and Ann Alden of Delmar, New York; aunts and uncles, Kathy and Tom Davis of Torrington, Carol and Bruce Fincham of Mariposa, California, John and Beth Alden of Ann Arbor, Michigan, Andrew and Fleur Alden of Oakland, California, Stephen and Carol Alden of Lyme, New Hampshire, and Lawrence and Penny Alden of Altamont, New York; many cousins; his dear friend and soulmate Amber McKee of Torrington and Laramie, Wyoming; and his lifelong friend Jeff Clark of Cheyenne, Wyoming. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents Robert and Betty Kroenlein; uncle L. Robert Kroenlein; and aunt Rebecca Kroenlein.
