Larry Joseph Renner, 79, died on October 22, 2020, at his home in Lane County, Kansas. He was born on November 21, 1940, at Burlington, Colorado, the second child of Floyd & Elnora (Moos) Renner. Larry attended Smokey Angle Country School.
After the family home burned down
at Firstview the family moved to Cheyenne Wells where Larry finished
the 8th grade at Scared Heart Catholic School. At the age of 14, he went
to work full time. He spent the next few yeas working for local
farmers and ranchers, breaking ad trading horses, riding saddle broncs
at amateur and RCA rodeos and competing in wild horse races. In 1960
Larry and his Brother David, friends Nick and Adrian Mousel rode
horseback from Cheyenne Wells, Colorado to Cheyenne, Wyoming, to enter
the Wild Horse Race at Cheyenne Frontier Days. Larry wrote a book about
their adventures titled “90 Days In The Saddle”. Larry volunteered for
the draft into the United States Army and did his basic training in San
Antonio, Texas. He served as a Medic while stationed in Berlin,
Germany. After his discharge he returned to Cortez, Colorado to work
for Lynn Winbourn training horses at Wagon wheel Stables.
He married Shirley Lynn Winbourn on December 5, 1965 at Aztec, New
Mexico. To this union 8 children were born, Sandy, infant twins Michael
& Michelene, infant twins Joseph Lee & Joseph Dee, Ira, Stella
and Molly. The family lived on their place north of Kit Carson,
Colorado raising cattle and horses until 1980 when Larry took a job at
the UU Bar Ranch in Cimarron, New Mexico. The family returned to
Cheyenne Wells in 1981 where Larry tended cattle for various cattlemen
and ranchers in Eastern Colorado and Western Kansas. In his later years
he moved to Jiggs, Nevada to work on the Triangle L/Rother Ranch with
his son Ira. He loved his years working there and loved the mountains
of Nevada.
He is survived by Shirley Renner, his Children- Sandy (Leon Scheck)
Renner of Dighton, Kansas, Ira (Monti) Renner of Jiggs, Nevada, Stella
(Lee) Worley of Cheyenne Wells, Colorado and Molly (Jason) Lamb of
Russell Springs, Kansas, 12 Grandchildren- Samantha Reinhart, Dillon,
Ethan, Dawson, Evan, Savannah and Serenity Worley, Emily Kemp, Peggy
Kern, Zeke Renner and Maddie and Macey Lamb, 9 Great-Grandchildren-
Cooper, Aubree, Corbin, Suzana, Briana, Olivia, Weston, Austin & Jax
his Siblings- Murry (Carol) Renner, Rose Galli, Antionette (John)
Eastlake, Roger (Hope) Renner and Sister-In-Laws- Virginia Renner and
Fern Renner
He is preceded in death by his Parents= Floyd and Elnora Renner,
In-Laws- Lynn and Dora (Huddleston) Winbourn, 4 Infant Children-
Michael, Michelene, Joseph Lee & Joseph Dee, 2 Brothers- Jim Renner
and David Renner, Niece- Katrina Galli, Nephew- Kit Eastlake and
Brother-In-Laws Paul Galli. Chip Winbourn and Ted Winbourn and
Sister-In-Law- Shelly Renner.
Funeral Service will be at 11:00 AM MST Friday at the Fairgrounds
Community Building in Cheyenne Wells, Colorado with Pastor Jim Brown
officiating. Interment will be in Jiggs, Nevada. Memorials are
suggested to Working Ranch Cowboys Foundation in care of Boomhower
Funeral Home. Condolences may be posted at www.garnandfuneralhomes.com