Michael LeMarr

Michael Charles James LeMarr
Michael Charles James “Mike” LeMarr, 64, died in Imperial, Neb. at his home on
December 13, 2016. He was a Navy veteran of the Vietnam War.
Mike was born November 11, 1952 in Colorado Springs, Colo. to Raymond Lee LeMarr
and Shirley Mae Pickett. Mike was the third child of eight; Danny Ray, Billie JoAnn,
Mike, Raymond Lee Jr, JoAnn Marie, Patricia Mae, Mark Brandon and Brain Keith. He
grew up in Colorado Springs and the Denver area.
Mike was a Colorado State Wrestling Campion in high school. He had a full ride
scholarship to Iowa State for wrestling but, at the age of 17, he decided instead to sign
up for the Navy. He served from March 11, 1971 to July 20, 1973. Mike attended special
training in Chicago and then went to his first tour in Vietnam on a mine sweeper ship.
He was barely 18.
On July 4, 1974, Mike married Sally Jo Clasby in Cripple Creek, Colorado. They had
five children, Jason Glenn, Shanille Marie, Clayton James, Faith Ann and Travis Ray. In
the summer of 1976, the family move to Gillette, Wyoming. Mike worked for Green
Electric on the construction of the Cordero Coal Mine, and almost every other mine in
the Gillette area as they were constructed. As the kids were growing up, Mike spent
many weekends with them camping and fishing.
Mike also worked for the City of Gillette as a lineman/electrician. He helped build and
design the county’s new jail control panels, water treatment plant and dog pound. Mike
then went back to Colorado for a year, after losing a friend in a work accident. Coming
back to Wyoming, he worked for Brown Electric/ Mid-Mountain Electric on the
construction of the gas plant by Kemmerer. He worked for years with R & G Electric in
Gillette.
Mike lived the last 15 years in Imperial, Neb. His time was spent with his best friend
Judy Morris. They traveled to Yellowstone and the Black Hills. Judy and Mike would
spend time fishing and enjoyed traveling to different zoos from Omaha to the Cheyenne
Mountain in Colorado Springs.
Mike was preceded in death by his parents, sister Billie JoAnn, brother Mark Brandon,
and nephew Jeremy Moran.
Mike is survived by his best friend Judy Morris, his son Jason, daughter Shanille (Bob)
Burke, son Clayton (Amy), daughter Faith, son Travis (Susan), brothers Danny, Ray,
and Brian, sisters JoAnn, and Patty, 12 grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
A military service will be held at Fort McPherson National Cemetery in Maxwell, NB
January 10, 2017, at 1:00 pm Central time.