Harmon Keyes, Jr. M.D.

Dr. Harmon E. Keyes, Jr., 91, of Cheyenne, Wyoming passed away on February 11, 2019. He was born September 8, 1927 in Globe, Arizona. Per his request, cremation has taken place under the care of Schrader, Aragon and Jacoby Funeral Home with a Celebration of Life Rendezvous scheduled for a later date in the Wind River Mountain Range. After high school he enlisted in the United States Army as a demolition specialist in September 1945 and was honorably discharged in July 1948. He received his Doctor of Medicine from the University of Tennessee in 1957 graduating Alpha Omega Alpha. He loved the cowboy lifestyle and left Arizona to become a "Country Doctor" practicing medicine in Riverton, Torrington, and Sundance where he opened the Crook County Hospital in 1975. He especially enjoyed hiking, fishing, and chasing antelope. Among many other accomplishments he received his commercial pilot license in 1971 and ascended Devil's Tower at the age of 65. He is survived by his wife, Vivian; brother, David of Tempe, AZ; sons, Eric of Cheyenne and Blain of Phoenix, AZ; step-son, David Morris of Palm Springs, CA; daughters, Debbie of Ft. Myers, FL, Connie Cornella of Sundance, and Dorothy Orsburn of St. George, UT; 13 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by Erika Keyes, mother of Eric, Debbie, Connie, and Dorothy; Audrie Keyes, mother of David and Blain; and his parents, Harmon E. and Alice Keyes from Phoenix, AZ.