Barrasso, Lummis Bill Honoring Wyoming’s Dessie A. Bebout Passes U.S. Senate

A bill honoring the life and legacy of former Shoshoni Postmaster Dessie A. Bebout passed the United States Senate unanimously this week. The legislation, introduced by U.S. Senators John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and Tom Carper (D-Del.), honors Dessie Bebout by naming the local post office in Shoshoni, Wyoming after her. Bebout passed away last year at the age of 102. Bebout, a World War II veteran, began her honored career with the U.S. Postal Service in 1962. She became Postmaster for Shoshoni and served her Wyoming for 13 years with distinction.

In addition to her career in the U.S. Postal Service, Bebout served as a Fremont County Election Judge, in the Shoshoni Chamber of Commerce, Shoshoni PTA, Wyoming Women’s Commission, the Veterans of Foreign Wars Women’s Auxiliary and on the Riverton Hospital Board among many other organizations. As a result of her military and civic service, she was awarded the Wyoming Women of Distinction award from the Wyoming Council for Women’s Issues. She also received the Medal of Honor from the Daughters of the American Revolution.