David Vaughn Ludeman
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
CASPER -- A funeral service for David Vaughn Ludeman, 47, will be held Thursday, Sept. 13, 2007, at 2 p.m., in Newcomer Family Funeral Home, followed by burial in Oregon Trail State Veterans Cemetery with full military honors
Visitation will be Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m., at the funeral home.
He died Sept. 7, 2007, at his home in Edgerton after a seven-year battle with cancer.
He was born April 24, 1960 in Burbank, Calif., and attended public schools in the greater L.A. area.
He began piano lessons at an early age, was active in junior high and high school bands and lettered in gymnastics, graduating from Grover Cleveland High School in 1978.
He entered the U.S. Army right after high school, serving for a time in Germany and receiving an accreditation for the Dept. of the Navy Chief of Naval Technical Training Service Schools, School of Music. He was honorably discharged June 11, 1984.
He then lived in the Seattle/Tacoma area, working at several different jobs and attending Eugene Bible College, graduating in 1993.
In 1994, he accepted the pastorate at the Open Bible Church in Edgerton and later became the pastor at First Baptist Church in Edgerton, where he served until he resigned due to illness.
He had a great love for the State of Wyoming and the people, particularly those in the Edgerton/Midwest area. Music was a big part of his life. He occasionally played 2nd trombone with the Wyoming Symphony, played with the Casper College Band and was a part of Leo's Trio Plus One for a while. He was also an avid chess player and loved hiking. He enjoyed his dogs and cat, petunias, Chinese food and discussing theology.
On October 28, 2006, he married Diana Church.
Survivors include his wife, Diana, of Edgerton; parents, Roger and Dianne Ludeman of Port Angeles, Wash.; sister, Karen Cosimo and her husband of Preble N.Y.; and several aunts, uncles, cousins.
He was preceded in death by his grandparents.
Memorials may be made to a charity of the donor's choice.
Newcomer Family Funeral Home in charge of arrangements