Nancy Brumbaugh

Nancy Jean Brumbaugh passed away peacefully on Monday, September 28, 2026, at
10:55 a.m., surrounded by family and her devoted husband of 58 years. She spent thedays preceding in the company of family and friends. A private family celebration of lifewill be held in honor of Nancy’s life and legacy.Born on April 1, 1950, in Anita, Iowa, Nancy was the eldest of three children born toCharles and Betty Wall, followed by her late brother, Kenneth, and her sister, Deborah.The Wall family soon settled in Cheyenne, Wyoming, the city Nancy and her familywould call home for most of her life. Nancy graduated from Burns High School shortlybefore marrying her lifelong partner, Robert “Bob” Brumbaugh, on June 1, 1968.Bob and Nancy’s story began on a blind date arranged by Bob’s sister and Nancy’sfriend, Ann Klapal, at the Bowl-O-Rama while Bob was home on leave from the Navy.Finding little interest in bowling, Bob and Nancy snuck away to play pinball and get toknow one another instead. For both, it was love at first sight. Just a few weeks aftertheir first date, Bob proposed near the water towers of Cheyenne while they listened tomusic and looked out over the city. Nancy immediately said yes, beginning a lifelongpartnership and a marriage that would span nearly six decades. Throughout their lifetogether, Nancy stood firmly by Bob, supporting his ideas, his adventures and his(occasional) mistakes.After spending their early married years in San Diego, Bob and Nancy returned toCheyenne and welcomed two children, Sharon and Ron, born just 364 days apart andknown affectionately to their parents as Peezo and Horton. Their family life was forgedthrough Navy assignments, several moves, new jobs and countless adventures.Throughout those years, Nancy held many jobs, including working as a nurse’s aide atDePaul Hospital while pregnant with Sharon and spending nearly 18 years at Unicover,where she worked in several roles. Nancy’s family knew her as deeply loving, fiercelyloyal, steadfastly devoted, staunchly protective and endlessly fun. She consistently putthe needs and happiness of those around her ahead of her own and never wantedanyone to feel left out, overlooked or forgotten. Her generous spirit extended to eventhe smallest things; she treasured every gift and every thoughtful gesture, not simply forwhat they were, but for the person behind them.Nancy loved many things throughout her life: adopting and spoiling her many dogs andcats; telling stories in a way that made you feel like you lived them with her; fawningover cars of every shape, size and age; traveling to spend time with family; sharing thechocolates from her chocolate jar with grandchildren; celebrating Halloween by makingcostumes for her family and enthusiastically embracing the “trick” in “trick-or-treat”; andsimply visiting, or “chewing the fat,” with friends and loved ones. More than anything,though, Nancy cherished her family: her husband, children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, parents, sisters, the in-laws who she embraced wholly as her own andher entire extended family.Nancy was preceded in death by her parents, Charles and Betty Wall; her brother,Kenneth Wall; her son-in-law, Erik J. Emerson; her parents-in-law, Harold G. and EmmaBrumbaugh; her sister-in-law, Janet Brumbaugh, her brother-in-law, Harold J.Brumbaugh; her nephew, Micheal Brumbaugh; and numerous beloved aunts, uncles,cousins and pets.Nancy is survived by her husband, Robert Brumbaugh; their two children: SharonEmerson (Erik) and Ronald Brumbaugh (Alison); seven grandchildren: Brittaney Stewart(Rachel and Sean), Mathieu Emerson (Katelyn), Kaitlyn Emerson (Daniel), MadisonPadilla (Mathew), Erik Emerson (Danae), Robert M. Brumbaugh (Margaritta), andAmanda Morales (Mark); 13 great-grandchildren: Lavender, Brooks, Aspen, Carter-Marie, Guinivere, Jackson, Charlotte, Tazin, Winter, Odin, Parker, Melany, and Willow,who is due in November; her sisters: Deborah Wall and Phyllis Stimpert; and her lovableyellow Lab, Daisy.While Nancy’s final years were shaped by dementia, she never lost the core of who shewas. She remained kind, loyal, generous, affectionate and loving until the very end.Nancy and her boisterous spirit will be sorely missed by all who knew and loved her.In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Nancy’s memory to Davis Hospice Centerof Cheyenne or The Center for Dementia Research.