William McIntyre

Funeral services for Bill McIntyre, 77 year old Kaycee resident who passed away Thursday at the Billings Clinic in Billings, Montana will be held Saturday, December 18^th at 2:00 p.m. at the Harold Jarrard Park Building in Kaycee, Wyoming with Reverend Danny Davis officiating.  Visitation will be held at the Harness Funeral Home Chapel on Friday from 1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.  and Saturday at the HJP from noon until 1:30 p.m. Interment will be in the Kaycee Cemetery with graveside services to follow the funeral.  Donations in Bill’s memory may be made to the Hoof Prints of the Past Museum in care of the Harness Funeral Home at 351 N. Adams in Buffalo. Online condolences may be made at www.harnessfuneralhome.com

William David McIntyre was born on June 18, 1944 in Evansville, Indiana to Thorpe and Julia McIntyre.  His early childhood in Saint Francisville, Illinois was spent playing in and around the Wabash River.  Bill attended schools in Illinois and Missouri.  He graduated from Northwest High School in House Springs, Missouri with the class of 1962.  After high school Bill moved to Evansville, Indiana where he went to work at Kent Plastics for eight years.  He went out to Wyoming hunting with his dad a couple times and decided that Wyoming was where he wanted to live.  In 1972 he moved to Casper and went to work in the Uranium Fields as a logger.  He later worked for Amoco in the Salt Creek Oilfield as a pumper.  He was married on February 23, 1974 in Casper to Dixie Bowdish and they made their home in Casper. While living in Casper they bought a ranch with Dixie’s parents East of Kaycee where they spent most of their time and where they raised their three sons.  Bill retired from the oilfields in 2009 and in December of 2012 they sold the ranch and moved into Kaycee where they lived until his death.

Bill enjoyed taking trips with his family, backpacking with his sons, fishing and reading.  He was a volunteer and board member at the Hoofprints of the Past Museum; a board member at the Johnson County Library; a volunteer KATS Bus Driver in Kaycee and an active member of the Democratic Party.  Bill loved his family and enjoyed doing things for others.  He will be greatly missed.  He is survived by his wife Dixie McIntyre of Kaycee; two sons, Bill and Travis McIntyre both of Kaycee; one brother Dan McIntyre of New Haven, Missouri and one granddaughter Haley.  He was preceded in death by his parents, one son Kyle McIntyre and two brothers, Jim and Wilson McIntyre.