John C. Eklund, Sr.

John C. Eklund, Sr.

John C. Eklund, Sr., 90, of Albin, Wyoming, passed away early Monday morning, November 11, 2013, at the Cheyenne Healthcare Center.

Mr. Eklund was born December 29, 1922, in Pine Bluffs, Wyoming, a son of the late John L. and Doris I. (Ames) Eklund.

John graduated from Albin High School in 1941 and began his collegiate studies at the University of Wyoming before enlisting in the United States Army during World War II. Following his honorable discharge, he returned to the University of Wyoming where he met Mildred Kuncheff and they were married in 1948. He graduated in 1949...