Obituary:
CASPER -- Services for Gary Joe Hemmer, 53, will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at Oregon Trail Veterans Cemetery with the Rev. Leonard Robinson of the United Veterans Council officiating.
He died June 22, 1998, at the Veteran's Administration Medical Center in Denver.
He was born in St. Joseph, Mo., on Oct. 25, 1944, and was raised in Westminster, Colo.
He married Marjorie Sparks on Jan. 17, 1986, in Coos Bay, Ore., and their combined families were blessed with seven children.
He served his country faithfully for 30 years and retired in 1993 as a Master Chief Petty Officer from the United States Navy.
He was a life member of the VFW (Adak, Alaska chapter) and the Hunting and Fishing Association. He was also a member of Pathfinder Boat Club and the Fleet Reserve Association.
Survivors include his wife of Casper and their seven children, Brenda Smith, Portland, Ore.; Deanne Morgan, Grants Pass, Ore.; Kenneth Fryman Jr., Cheyenne; David Fryman, Marysville, Wash., Jason Fryman, Auburn, Wash.; his father, Joe Hemmer of Modesto, Calif., and one brother, Mitchell Hemmer, also of Modesto.
He is also survived by nine grandchildren, the 10th will arrive in December; three daughters-in-law, one son-in-law, two future daughters-in-law, several brothers and sisters-in-law, nieces, nephews, cousins, aunts, uncles and friends.
He was preceded in death by his beloved mother, Freida Louise Hemmer.