Maureen Humphrys

Maureen Humphrys, longtime resident of Sheridan, died on September 25, 2026. Born on July 21, 1945, in San Diego, California, she moved in 1946 with her parents, Bill and Agnes, and older sister, Barbara, to Sheridan, Bill and Agnes’s home before World War II.

She attended Holy Name School, Sheridan High School, Sheridan College, and the University of Wyoming. Her first job was manager of the Sheridan Inn, where she organized a memorable reception celebrating her marriage to Tom Stout in 1974. She began her long and ascending career with the Veteran’s Administration in 1976, starting as administrative assistant at Fort McKenzie.

 After her marriage ended in 1980, she moved to Washington, DC, in 1982 to work in the VA human resources offices there. In 1988, she became a liaison between headquarters and VA hospitals in Texas and Oklahoma, transferring in 1991 to the VA hospital in San Antonio. After being selected for the VA’s management program for hospital administrators, she served at the VA hospitals in Asheville, North Carolina (where she completed her bachelor’s degree at the University of North Carolina), and Palo Alto, California, where she became assistant director. In 1997, she returned to Sheridan to accept the job as Director of the VA Hospital at Fort McKenzie. She became involved in civic affairs, including serving on the board of the Whitney Foundation. After the deaths of her stepfather Gerry Gwinn and mother, she added a new wing to the family’s house in the High School Hill neighborhood. When she retired from the VA in 2005, that became her final residence. Maureen had many loves and interests, none stronger than golf. As a nine-year-old, she joined her mother on the Sheridan Country Club course and never stopped playing, wherever she lived and traveled, until Parkinson’s Disease dictated otherwise. Maureen won club and city championships and countless other amateur tournaments. In 1998 alone, she won five amateur tournaments for Wyoming women. Her prowess on the links led to her selection in 2012 to the Wyoming State Golf Hall of Fame. Maureen was also an expert cook, wonderful hostess, and a prolific creator of quilts. In her residence at Fort McKenzie, constructed for the commander of the fort back in its days as an Army outpost, she threw memorable dinner parties, none more lavish than her 1999 New Year’s Eve fest ushering in the new millennium. She also enjoyed gardening, producing many vegetables which she turned into delicious fare for herself and her guests.

 Maureen leaves her sister, Barbara, and her brother-in-law, Tom Wiener, of Washington, DC; cousins residing in Sheridan and Arizona; friends everywhere; a special group of caregivers who helped her through her battle with Parkinson’s Disease; and her devoted Peetie. All of them will miss her spirit and talent and generosity. Donations in her memory may be made to The Parkinson’s Foundation or Wyoming PBS. A memorial service will be held in the future.

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