Laura May McGrew was born October 16, 1921 in Dixon Wyoming to a homesteading family in Carbon County. She was one of seven children born to Bertha and Joseph Wenger. She passed to the next “Great Adventure” March 30, 2020 at the Laramie Care Center after 3 years of excellent care. Laura attended rural schools in Carbon County, public schools in Rawlins and high school in Laramie, graduating from Laramie High School. She assisted the war effort during WWII editing airplane drawings in San Diego. Laura attained a Masters in Geology at the University of Wyoming and worked for the United States Geological Survey. She married Paul McGrew in 1952. They purchased a ranch near Laramie in 1958 and it was always a welcoming haven to her many nieces, nephews, family and friends. Her hobbies included fishing, hunting, pottery, shuffleboard, crochet, cross stich, reading, cross word puzzles, and tinkering around at her ranch. Laura loved her horses and cats. She was a member of the Albany County Farm Bureau, Harmony area for many years and helped with Albany County 4-H Shooting Sports scoring targets for several years. She was a loving, giving wife, aunt, step-mom and friend. Laura was predeceased by her parents, Bertha and Joseph, husband Paul, brothers Welton, Byron, Walter, sisters Elizabeth and Bertha, and 3 nephews and 2 nieces. She is survived by her sister Martha Bartlett of Rawlins, stepdaughter Lynn Bain and stepsons Steve McGrew and Stan McGrew, all of Washington. Also surviving are many nieces and nephews including nieces Fran Perue of Pullman Washington, Nancy (Roy) Kern and Phyllis (Tom) Ranz of Laramie, Linda (Garry) Engstrom of Bairoil, nephews Jess (Deb) Bartlett of Bairoil and Gary (Lori) Bartlett of Evanston. She is also survived by numerous great nephews and great nieces including Daniel McDonald of San Jose California, Crystal Kern Gill and Patty Ranz Literati of Laramie and Autumn Kern Worrell of Avondale Colorado.
Services will be held this summer. In lieu of flowers you can make a donation to a charity of your choice.
Such a beautiful person in this life. And gone to grace her heavenly home . A land eternal with no death sickness or sorrow. Sorrow and sadness for those she leaves behind, but she'll be waiting to greet you when it's your time to cross over to heaven's shores.
Although it has been years since I had seen Laura or her niece Phyllis Ranz, I often thought of her as I drove past Laura’s old place near Harmony. My sincere condolences to all the family
Although I did not know her well, she was my Mother's roommate at the Laramie care center. When I visited my Mom I would visit with Laura. She always had a smile and took my hand. She always looked her best and wore the cutiest sweaters. God Bless her.
A wonderful woman who lived a long life and cared for all!! How blessed you all are to have known her, been loved by her and had all this time with her!!