Kenneth “Ken” Asay, 93, passed away on Saturday, November 23, 2024, at Westward Heights Care Center in Lander, Wyoming.
Funeral services will be held at 9:00 a.m. on Monday, December 2, 2024, at Davis Funeral Home, with military graveside rites to follow at Mountain View Cemetery. A viewing will be held one hour prior to the service.
Kenneth David Asay was born on April 5, 1931, in Lovell, Wyoming, to John H. and Evelyn M. (O’Donnell) Asay. He received his education in Lovell before enlisting in the United States Navy, where he served from 1948 to 1952. Ken was baptized into the Catholic faith and served as an altar boy during his youth.
On September 24, 1952, Ken married Shirley F. Traweek in Billings, Montana. The couple made their home in Pavillion, Wyoming, where they lived from 1967 until 2024.
Ken worked in the insurance and oil industries before discovering his true passion with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department. He worked as a Game Warden for two years, then spent three years as an Assistant Unit Manager in the Yellowtail Habitat. He later served as a Unit Manager, overseeing one-third of the state of Wyoming for 20 years, retiring in 1987. Following retirement, Ken volunteered and served on the CWC Rodeo Board and the Save Ocean Lake Project.
Ken had a deep love for the outdoors. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, and studying wildlife and land management. His family fondly remembers him referring to Canadian geese as his “babies.” He also loved spending time at the family cabin in the Big Horns.
Ken is survived by his son, David R. Asay; daughters, Jacquelyn R. Asay and Linda K. (Tim) Asay-Glenn; sister, Carole Ann (Chuck) Meyer; 8 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and 6 great-great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Shirley Asay; parents, John and Evelyn Asay; grandsons, Craig A. Asay, Nathan Lacey, and Joseph Lahnert; brothers, John “Jack,” George “Tom,” Jerome “Jerry,” Ronald, and William Asay; and sisters, Margaret Madsen, Catherine Elizabeth “Betty” Wallace Dickemper, Evelyn Stassinos, and Rosemary Asay.
Online condolences may be made at the Davis Funeral Home website: theDavisFuneralHome.com
Services are under the direction of Davis Funeral Home, Monument and Crematory.