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Article: Billy A. Bivens 1940-2007
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- Wyoming Tribune-Eagle
- Article date:
- September 12, 2007
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Billy Alvin Bivens, 66, of Cheyenne died Sept. 8 at the Veterans
Affairs Hospital in Cheyenne after losing a very long, courageous
battle against cancer.
Bill was born Nov. 3, 1940, in Sedgewick, Colo. He was the fifth
of six children of Edward Glen Dale Bivens and Hilda (Laaker) Bivens.
After the untimely death of his father, the family moved to Sidney,
Neb. As Bill grew up, he spent his summers working on the farms of
many extended family members around the Sidney area.
After graduation from Sidney High School, Bill enlisted in the
United States Marine Corps. Although he served in the Marines between
the Korean and Vietnam Wars, Bill spent his military time in Japan,
Korea, Vietnam and ...