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John E. “Jack” Pridgeon of Beulah, Wyoming, lost his battle with Alzheimer’s, the evening of March 5, 2021, at his home in Red Canyon surrounded by his family.

Jack Pridgeon was born on May 16, 1933, in Newcastle, Wyoming, to Henry I. “Hank” and Maxine E. (Foltz) Pridgeon. 

He lived in Newcastle, Sundance and finally in Upton, Wyoming. He graduated from Upton High School in the class of 1951.

He married Clarice B. (Thompson) Pridgeon, on August 11, 1949, in Buffalo, Wyoming. To this union six children were born.

Jack was a member of the Wyoming National Guard. He was a Boy Scout...