Lynn Nystrom

A funeral service will be conducted on Monday, May 10, 2010, at 10:00 a.m. at the Schrader Funeral Home with Father Thomas Cronkleton, Jr. officiating. Visitation: Monday, May 10th from 8:30 a.m. until service time. Lynn Nystrom passed away on May 5, 2010, at the Cheyenne Regional Medical Center at the age of 69 years old. Lynn was born on February 13, 1941, in Rock Rapids, Iowa, to his parents, Merle and Viola Nystrom (Nordmann). On December 12, 1969, he married his wife Mary F. Nystrom (Brandolino). Lynn had two children from a previous marriage, Todd Nystrom and his wife Joann of Glenwood Springs, Colorado, and Scott Nystrom and his wife Lise of La Mesa, California. He had 6 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren. Lynn is survived by his wife Mary; mother-in-law Frances Brandolino; his sons and their families; Lynn’s aunts, Harriet Stansberry and Margaret Nordmann; and numerous cousins and in-laws by marriage. He was preceded in death by his parents; his father- in-law, Joseph Brandolino; and his uncles, Harold and Edward Nordmann. During Lynn’s life he was a Navy veteran (radar tech) during the Vietnam War, policeman at San Diego CA, policeman at Albert Lea MN, Special Agent for the Rock Island Railroad in Chicago IL 1968-1977, and a switchman/brakeman, fireman, and engineer for the Union Pacific Railroad; and during the years of 1989 to 2010, he was a fireman/engineer on the Union Pacific’s prestigious Steam Locomotive Crew. For all who knew Lynn he was beloved by all as a friend to the railroad and railfan community. Expressions of sympathy in Lynn’s memory are welcomed with the organizations in which Lynn was an integral member: The Union Pacific Historical Society, P.O. Box 4006, Cheyenne, WY 82003-4006, The Laramie County Historical Society, P.O. Box 1043, Cheyenne, WY 82003-1043, The Sherman Hill Model Railroad Club, 836 Custer, Cheyenne, WY 82009, The Cheyenne Christmas Parade Committee, P.O. Box 1462, Cheyenne WY 82003-1462, The Scottish Society of Southeast Wyoming.