Frances Jean Vavra

Frances Jean (Herman) Vavra, 87, of Cheyenne, died on Friday, Sept. 6, 2013 at the Davis Hospice Center.

She was born on Jan. 1, 1926, in Pine Bluffs, and graduated from Pine Bluffs High School in 1944.

Mrs. Vavra had worked as a homemaker, bookkeeper, grocery clerk, senior companion, and greeter at the Pine Bluffs Visitor Center. She was a member of the Ladies of the Moose and Pine Bluffs Baptist Church.

She is survived by a son, James “Jim” Vavra of Tucson, Ariz.; two daughters, Judy Porter of Cheyenne, and Jean Bonesteel of Bridgeport, Neb.; a brother, Emil Herman of Pine Bluffs; three sist...