Peggy A. Hershley is listed in the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System as an unclaimed person associated with Cheyenne, Wyoming. The NamUs unclaimed case entry identifies her by name within the system’s Unclaimed Persons database, indicating that officials opened a file intended to help locate next of kin or otherwise arrange for proper final disposition.
Independent public records indicate that Peggy Ann Baker Hershley was born on November 18, 1947, and died on November 21, 2024, in Laramie County, Wyoming. She is memorialized as interred at Cheyenne National Cemetery. The memorial also notes familial connections, including parents Fred J. Baker and Donna Belle Carpenter Baker and spouse Alan Leroy “Butch” Hershley.
Within Laramie County, the Coroner’s Office is the authority responsible for decedent investigations and for making next-of-kin notifications; it also explains how members of the public or involved parties can request case documents such as verdicts and dockets. These office descriptions and records-request procedures provide the local framework within which an unclaimed person case for a Cheyenne decedent like Hershley would be managed.
NamUs functions as a centralized, national repository that supports coroners, medical examiners, and law enforcement in resolving missing, unidentified, and unclaimed person cases. Its unclaimed person listings are designed to gather and share key identifying details to aid in locating relatives or otherwise resolving a decedent’s status, complementing the efforts of local agencies in jurisdictions such as Laramie County.
Date Found: 11/20/2024
