LANDER – Gale Gilbert Beers, 85, of Cody, died July 4, 2025, after an extended illness.
Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, July 11, 2025, at First Presbyterian Church in Cody. Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 12, at Mount Hope Cemetery in Lander.
Beers was born April 15, 1940, in Torrington.
Beers graduated from Torrington High School in 1959. Nicknamed “The Hoss,” the all-state fullback and track man was recruited by the Wyoming Cowboys football team, and legendary Coach Bob Devaney sat in the Beers’ living room and signed the Torrington star. Instead, he went to work on ranches. In 1961, he took a job working on cousin Louie Scheer’s ranch west of Lander on Squaw Creek (1961-62), and Lander’s where he met his future wife, Christine Jeanette Hornecker. The couple was married September 2, 1962. On June 20, 1965, the couple welcomed their son, Cody Marshall, in Torrington. The couple’s daughter, Tina Renee’, was born October 27, 1968.
Beers retired from the Wyoming Department of Transportation in Cody with 37 1/2 years of public service on December 20, 2002.
Beers is survived by his wife of 61 years, Christine J. Beers, of Cody; a son, Cody (Robyn) of Riverton; a daughter, Tina Hardesty (Todd) of Cody; a granddaughter, Kayla (Brady Rivenes), of Gillette; three grandsons, Kyle (Savannah) of Torrington, Brady (Citlalli) of Cheyenne, and Baylor (Hally) of Riverton; two great grandsons (Harlan and Nolan); three sisters, Crystal Chamberlain of West Des Moines, Iowa, Sharon Hixon of Chappell, Neb., and Judith (Jerry) Toole of San Angelo, Texas; one brother, Allen Beers of Edina, Minn.; two brothers-in-law, John L. Hornecker of Casper and Jerry Heckart of Lander; and numerous cousins, nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, Kelvie and Ella Beers; his sister, Shirley Heckart; and his father-in-law and mother-in-law, Albert and Betty Hornecker.
Memorials may be made to Wyoming American Legion Baseball c/o State Commissioner Jack Simms, P.O. Box 50807, Casper, Wyoming 82605.
On-line obituaries are available and condolences for the family may be made at: thedavisfuneralhome.com
