Cristina Lee Chesnut

life story

Cristina was and exceptionally loving wife,mother, grandmother, aunt and friend.

She was the very definition of altruism and compassion.

A little about Cristina

Cristina was born in Topeka Kansas in July of 1952 to her parents Robert J and Gloria J Byrne.

She was an Airforce brat. The family settled in Cheyenne WY in 1964. She had three siblings. Jeffery Byrne (Deceased) , Timothy Byrne and Kate Bailey.

Cristina had a wide variety of work experience , mostly in the medical field.

She was a home health aide and scheduler early in her career before moving on to becoming a certified medical coder which she worked very hard at for many years. After moving back to Laramie in 2007 she went back to her love of caring for the elderly which she dearly loved.

She retired in 2018 , to work with one of her greatest passions gardening and caring for her two dogs Murphy and Obee .

Cristina is survived by her husband Mike, her daughter Vanessa Atkinson of Loveland Co , grandson Dustin Atkinson also of Loveland as well as her siblings Timothy Byrne of Maricopa AZ, Kate Bailey of Voorheesville NY.

memorial service

Funeral/Cremation Provider: Montgomery-Stryker Funeral Home