Laramie native Jason Avery Sheen remembered in local obituary

Jason Avery Sheen’s life never left Laramie. The obituary posted for the 56-year-old says he was born there on Dec. 20, 1969, and lived in the city for his entire life before dying on May 12, 2026, surrounded by the love of his family.

That detail gives the notice unusual local weight in Albany County, where names, neighborhoods and family ties often stretch across generations. Sheen’s obituary identifies his parents as Ronnie Dean Sheen and Charlene Diane Rasmussen, placing him squarely in the family network that anchored his life in Laramie. For neighbors who knew the Sheen name through school circles, work, church, or longtime friendships, the notice does more than mark a death: it fixes a familiar local family in the public record.

Montgomery-Stryker Funeral Home published the obituary on May 20, 2026, and it also appeared in local obituary listings. The notice presents Sheen as someone who built his life around hard work, loyalty, adventure, and the people he loved most, language that points to a personal legacy rooted in relationships rather than in public office or formal accolades.

Laramie’s scale helps explain why such notices carry extra resonance. The city is the county seat of Albany County and had 31,407 residents in the 2020 census, a size small enough that many readers will recognize the family name or know someone connected to the same social circles. The city also carries a long civic memory, founded in 1868 with the arrival of the Union Pacific Railroad and later known as the home of the University of Wyoming.

For Laramie, Sheen’s obituary reads as a hometown record of belonging. It marks a man born and raised in the city, tied to his parents and family, and remembered in the same place where he spent his life.