Scottsbluff Star Hearld Scottsbluff, NE 21 Mar 2007 TORRINGTON, Wyo. - Walter W. Wagner, 87, died Sunday, March 18, 2007, at the Mountain Towers Health Care Center in Cheyenne, Wyo. Graveside services with Military Rites will be held at 11 a.m., Thursday, March 22, at the Valley View Cemetery in Torrington with Reverend David Lee officiating. Visitation hours will be held at the Colyer Funeral Home Wednesday, March 21, from 1 to 5 p.m. Those who wish may direct memorial contributions in Walter's memory to the First Wyoming United Presbyterian 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 Walter was born Jan. 24, 1920, in Cody, Wyo. the son of William Henry and Mary (Harding) Wagner. He moved to Lingle, Wyo. with his family while at an early age and grew up there. While attending school at Lingle, Walter helped out his father with farming. He married Racheal Hauf March 14, 1941, in Harrisburg, Neb. and then farmed in the Yoder, Wyo. area before being drafted into the US Army in 1945. After his discharge, Walter returned to the Goshen County area where he resumed farming until 1954 when the couple moved in to Torrington and Walter worked for Jones Drilling and Barney McCone's Conoco Station. He later worked for CCI Concrete Company for a short time before retiring. He then did seasonal farming with his granddaughter. Walter entered the Goshen Care Center in Torrington before moving to Cheyenne, Wyo. in August of 2006. Walter loved gardening, taking care of his lawn, and growing roses. He enjoyed visiting with his neighbors and he was a member of the American Legion Travis Snow Post #5, and the Torrington VFW. Survivors include his wife Racheal of Cheyenne; daughter, Bonnie Loveland and her husband Vernon of Tucson, Ariz.; granddaughters, Robyn Jarvis and her husband Jeff and Tanya Loveland all of Tuscon; great-granddaughters, Haley (Dusty) Oliver of Lodi, N.Y., and Cora Franks of Lingle, Wyo.; great-grandsons, Graham Franks of Rawlins, Wyo., and Matthew Franks of Lingle, Wyo.; brothers, Sam (Marlene) Wagner of Lingle, and Bill (Diane) Wagner of Portland, Ore., and sister, Ethel Smith of Ft. Worth, Texas. Preceding him in death were his parents, one brother and two sisters.