Camillia Olson is glad to be home. After decades of being away from Wyoming, the 77-year-old moved back to her hometown of Pinedale in March. It’s a special place to her in many ways.
It’s where she grew up in a family deeply rooted in the ranching community — a place filled with fond memories and close friendships.
It’s also the place where she feels closest to her older sister, who disappeared on their grandfather’s ranch 62 years ago.
Lynn Dianne Olson, known as Dianne to those who knew her, was 16 when she vanished from the GP Bar guest ranch about 50 miles northwest of Pinedale.
She and her twin brother, Mike, had come from Utah to spend the summer working on the ranch. She had only been there for about a month when she disappeared on June 28, 1963.
Mike was the last person to see her walking over a footbridge at Green River Lakes on the ranch property.
Despite massive searches on foot, horseback, helicopters and by divers in the lake, Dianne was never found.
Now home more than six decades later, Camillia, who is the last living member of her immediate family, holds out hope that it’s never too late to find her sister’s remains.
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