Nana Hetrick

TORRINGTON, WY . . . Funeral services for NANA EVELYN HETRICK, 93, will be held at 10:30am on Friday, February 16, 2007 at the Colyer Funeral Home Chapel with Hospital Chaplain Ken Beauchene officiating. Burial will follow in the Valley View Cemetery. Nana died on February 9, 2007 at Shepherd of the Valley Care Center in Casper, Wyoming. The casket will be closed. Arrangements are under the direction of the Colyer Funeral Home and friends are invited to send condolences to the family at www.colyerfunaerlhome.com Nana was born on May 2, 1913 on a ranch near Himes, Wyoming the daughter of Nathan and Mary (Salkeld) Paddock. Nana was the only girl in the family, and she learned from an early age to shoot, ride horses, mend fences, and tend to livestock right alongside her five brothers. She grew up and received her early education at Himes, and then attended high school at Basin, Wyoming and Lovell, Wyoming; graduating from Lovell High School in 1932. On March 24, 1934, she married Irvin Hetrick and the couple lived in Lovell, Wyoming for a brief period before making their home in Billings, Montana where they owned property and several business interests. The couple had no children of their own; however, they 'borrowed' Nana's brothers children and enjoyed them immensely. When the couple retired they moved to Arizona but found they yearned for the Rocky Mountain West. So after a brief five years in Maricopa County, they bought a home in Torrington, Wyoming. Irvin died in 1996 and Nana remained in Torrington until 1999 when she moved to Douglas, Wyoming; but with failing health, a move to Casper with a more skilled nursing facility was required. Over the years, Nana enjoyed her dog, Goldie, the cat, Snow Fluff, and even her pet skunk, Suzie. But most of all, Nana loved her family of nieces and nephews. She is survived by two brothers, Ted Paddock of Cody, Wyoming, and Nathan Paddock, Jr of Omaha, Nebraska; four nieces, and one nephew. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, five of her seven brothers, Addison in infancy, Rollin as a young child, and Otis, Lyman, and Eldon; and three nieces and one nephew.

Nana Hetrick

May 2, 1913 - February 9, 2007