Warren E. Wittstruck, known as “Bud”, was an artist who took pride in carving stone, creating everything from Wyoming scenes to simple flowers in a time when headstones and monuments were crafted completely by hand.

“Dad was no hall of fame artist,” his son Warren Wittstruck Jr. said. “He just loved to create what people shared from their hearts in memories of their departed ones.”

Bud worked for Wyoming Monument in Cheyenne during the 1950s and 1960s as the designer on staff.

He was responsible for creating the graphics and would see the process completely through to the end, which included placing the headstones on the graves or the monuments at the historical sites.

“Dad loved his work and was an artist that could draw well and please the customers that were in mourning,” Wittstruck

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