By Associated Press - Thursday, October 24, 2019

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) - Barb Watters, a former mayor of Casper and advocate for the city’s Jewish community, has died. She was 56.

The Casper Star-Tribune reports that Watters died Thursday after battling cancer. The city manager’s office announced her death in a memo to city workers.

Watters served as mayor from 2003-2004 and was a city councilwoman from 2000-2004.

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She previously served nine years on the Casper police force and was an advocate for the Jewish community.

She founded Congregation Kol Ha’am in Casper in 2007.

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Information from: Casper (Wyo.) Star-Tribune, http://www.trib.com

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