Jeanne Sissman

Jeanne Sissman died at Central Wyoming Hospice Home on November 28, 2016 at the age of 90. Jeanne was born in Salt Lake City on March 1, 1926 to Grace (Jones) Bauman and George Bauman. Jeanne and her brother Reed lived there until the family moved to Denver, CO. It was in Denver that Jeanne met her husband-to-be in junior high school. Clyde Sissman knew Jeanne was the one he would marry the day he rode her home on his bicycle handlebars. She was not of the same mind initially. It took him a few years to convince her, but convince her he did. Jeanne left her studies at the University of Denver to marry Clyde in August of 1946. A few years later, they moved to Casper, which became their permanent home. Jeanne was active in social clubs and service organizations, including Ladies of the Petroleum Club, Alumnae Club of Pi Beta Phi, PEO, and the Hospital Auxiliary to name a few. Jeanne was a president of the Casper Service League. She volunteered at the Glass House, delivered meals for Meals on Wheels, and was a charter member of the Shepherd of the Hills Presbyterian Church. Jeanne and Clyde loved traveling. The family always took summer vacations; the most memorable were the jeeping trips to the old mining ghost towns high in the Colorado Mountains. Jeanne loved digging in the town dumps for old glass bottles. It was Jeanne's better instincts that probably saved the family from tragedy when she told Clyde and the kids to put the sticks of crystallized dynamite back in the old mine shaft where they'd found them. Once their children were out of the house, Jeanne and Clyde traveled the world. Along their travels they amassed a collection of Chinese art. When Clyde died in 1989, Jeanne continued her travels with her female friends and enjoyed spending time at her condo in Jackson Hole. Jeanne expressed herself through oil painting, ceramic painting and stained glass. Her artistic pursues set an example for her children Rob and Terri who each chose a creative path. Her children remember her as a loving, supportive, involved mother and good friend who could always make them laugh. In fact, she retained her quick wit throughout the last year and a half of her life, living in nursing homes and hospice. Jeanne truly enjoyed life. No matter what life threw at her she had a positive outlook. Jeanne Sissman is survived by her brother Reed Bauman of Newport Beach, CA, her sons Scott Sissman of Casper, WY and Rob Sissman of Santa Fe, NM, her daughter Terri Sissman of Arcadia, CA, grandson Matt Sissman of Casper, granddaughters Ellen Bechtel of Lander, WY and Katherine Patterson of Leawood, KS, and five great grandchildren. No memorial services are planned at this time. Jeanne received such loving care at hospice that the family requests memorials in Jeanne's name be made to Central Wyoming Hospice and Transitions.