Charles "Bud" Stagemeyer, 87, Sundance, WY, died Tuesday, September 6, 2016 at Crook County Long Term Care Center in Sundance.

Graveside services will be at 2:00 PM on Friday, September 9, 2016 at Green Mountain Cemetery in Sundance. A memorial has been established to benefit the Old Stoney Restoration Fund.

Charles "Bud" was born November 22, 1928 to Charles and Dorothy (Linton) Stagemeyer in Brule, Wisconsin. He attended school in Sundance through the 8th grade and then went out to work as a ranch hand and also a seasonal employee of the USDA until he was called to service in the Army October, 1950. He serviced our country in the Korean War through January, 1953, at which time he was wounded in action and awarded a purple heart.

Charles married Florence Davis on March 2, 1955 in Belle Fourche, SD. They moved to Sundance where they raised their family of five children. He was a seasonal and then permanent employee of the US Forest Service with the Bearlodge District retiring in 1983 after 33 years working a job he loved. He loved spending time with his family, hunting, trapping, wandering around in the hills, and out on the piece of property he owned south of Sundance. He also spent time working and restoring his 1924 Model T Ford and a 1949 Willy Jeep.

Charles is survived by his five children, Bonnie (Shane) Barney, Sheridan, Loretta (Charles) Durfee, Audrey (Marvin) Finn, Roy (Linda) Stagemeyer, Karen (Keith) Bennett, all of Sundance; 14 grandchildren; 14 great – grandchildren; brother, Ronnie (Virginia) Stagemeyer, Sheridan WY; and sister, Delores Hunt of Kennewick WA. He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Florence; two brothers, Ted and Walter and an infant sister, Marjorie.

Arrangements are under the care of Fidler-Roberts and Isburg Funeral Chapel of Sundance.