Maynard Yost honored at Capitol

The House held a memorial on Feb. 20 for former state representative and senator Maynard Yost, R-Sterling, who died Dec. 1, 2019, at the age of 83.

Seventeen members of Yost’s family were in the Colorado Capitol for the memorial, which was read in both the House and Senate.

Yost served in the House in the 1977-1978 sessions and in the state Senate from 1979-1982. He chaired the Senate Agriculture, Natural Resources and Energy Committee in the 1981 and 1982 sessions.

Senate Joint Memorial 2, offered by Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg, R-Sterling, and Rep. Rod Pelton, R-Cheyenne Wells, noted that Yost, who was born in Haxtun, enlisted in the U.S. Navy, serving on a submarine as a communications electrician. He later ran a cattle trucking business with his father and other family members and served as mayor of Crook.

Pelton told the House that Yost was a respected businessman. “He served this country and state in a meaningful and practical way.”

Sonnenberg has known the Yost family for years and told the House that his son once worked for the Yost trucking business. Sonnenberg also sang at the wedding of Yost’s son, Dennis.

“He was a true servant. He came from the agricultural background where he made sure everyone else was taken care of first,” Sonnenberg said.

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