Jesse Ernest Loyd

esse Ernest Loyd passed away at Cheyenne Regional Medical Center in Cheyenne, Wyoming on Feb. 11, 2014. Ernie was born on April 30, 1923 to Jesse and Selma (Patterson) Loyd near Parker, Colo. He graduated from Parker High School in 1941 and after service in the Marines, returned home to continue his career in farming and marry his beloved wife of 68 years, Evelyn Flierl.

A native of Parker, Ernie moved to the Hereford, Colo., area in 1972 to expand the farming operation with his sons and daughter. Ernie loved the farm life, his dairy cows, growing crops and building and fixing everything. He s...