Carl Wesley "Sonny" Purdin

Carl Wesley "Sonny" Purdin, 87, passed away Saturday, March 28, 2020 at Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County. He was a life-long resident of Wyoming.

Mr. Purdin was born on March 11, 1933 in Saratoga, Wyoming; the son of Carl LeRoy Purdin and Elizabeth Jessie Casto.

He attended schools in Rawlins and Saratoga, Wyoming, and was a 1951 graduate of Platte Valley High School in Saratoga.

Mr. Purdin married Patsy Cudney on June 21, 1972 in Riverside, Wyoming.

He served in the United States Army from 1952 to 1955.

Carl worked as a Car & Derrick Foreman for Union Pacific Railroad for 40 years until...