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2023/01/13 - Kaycee, Wyoming, AEB

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Funeral services for Juan Maya 71 year old longtime Kaycee resident who passed away Friday at his home in Kaycee will be held Friday, January 20th at 2:00 p.m. at the Harold Jarrard Park Building in Kaycee with Pastor Steve Adams officiating. Visitation will be at the Harness Funeral Home Chapel on Thursday from 1:00 pm until 9:00 pm and at the Harold Jarrard Park on Friday from 11:00 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. Interment will be in the Kaycee Cemetery with graveside services to immediately follow the funeral. There will be a reception and celebration of Juan’s life at the Jarrard Park Building following the graveside. Donations may be made in Juan’s memory to the Johnson County Predator Board at 211 Upper French Creek Road, Buffalo, Wyoming 82834. Online condolences may be made at www.harnessfuneralhome.com

Juan Antonio Maya Juancorena was born on May 26, 1951 to the house of Urtistibil in Sunbilla, Navarra Spain to Benito and Joaquina Maya. He went to school in Sunbilla and as a young boy he milked cows and herded pigs in the Pyrenees mountains and worked on the family farm.

On December 22, 1968 at the age of 17 Juan came to America and landed in Billings, Montana in a raging blizzard. Juan settled in Buffalo where he worked as a sheep herder for Mike and Pierre Iriberry. He worked for Domingo Martirena and later for Charles Lawrence. It was at the Lawrence ranch where he started learning English from a hippie employee. Juan was on his way to California to work at a dairy and stopped at the 41 Ranch to spend a few days with Jean Cinquambre. It was there at a Christmas party that he met Linda Leath. Juan and Linda were married on May 28, 1971 in Boulder, Colorado. They had to go to Colorado because in Wyoming young couples under 21 had to have parental permission to marry. Juan contacted his mother and she said no! The couple continued working for the Nimick’s on the 41 until 1972 when they moved to Tensleep and worked for Everett Wyman. In 1977 they moved back to Johnson County where they worked on various ranches. After the blizzard of 1983-84 they moved to Kaycee where they leased the Indart Ranch with his sister and brother. In 1999 they moved back to Tensleep where they managed the Lazy Big Horn Ranch. In 2009 they moved back to Kaycee to help with their grandson. They continued living in Kaycee until the time of his death.

Juan was a member of the Sunbilla Dance Troupe in Sunbilla, Spain. His passion was his family and working with his sheep and Border Collie dogs. The joy of his life was his grandkids. In Sunbilla he was known as a very handsome, hardworking and a bit mischievous young man.

He is survived by his wife Linda Maya of Kaycee; one daughter, Tanya Kier and her husband Steve of Aurora, Nebraska; one son Benito Maya and his wife Cassie of Kaycee; one brother Silverio Maya and his partner Joyce of Kaycee; four sisters, Rosita Ibarra of Buffalo, and Ines Mari, Avelina, and Narcisa all of Spain; seven grandchildren, one great-grandson and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers, Silvestre, Juan Tomas and Alejo, and one nephew Juaquin Maya.

Goian Bego (GB) - May Rest in Peace