SONJA COLLAMER

Sonja Collamer, longtime Saratoga resident and community leader, died Sunday in Laramie. She was 86.

Born in Rapid City, SD, her family moved to Denver after WWII. She graduated from Denver West High School and went on to earn a BS degree in bacteriology from Colorado State University. After graduation, she and her husband, John Collamer of Hanna, moved to Chicago to fulfill his military service as a veterinarian.

Returning to Wyoming in 1963, they partnered in operating the Saratoga Veterinary Clinic for many decades, treating both large and small animals and serving hundreds of families in t...