Bill was born in Rifle, Colorado, to Mike and Helen Brennan and was the sixth of eight children. He attended Rifle High School and was drafted into the U.S. Navy in December 1943, during his senior year of high school.
Obituaries
Obituary: Hilda Simmons
Hilda Mae (Murray) Simmons, 90, passed away on Sunday, May 18, 2014, of natural causes at the Colorado State Veterans Nursing Home in Rifle, Colorado.
Memorial Service: Richard J. Collins Sr.
Please join the Collins family and say goodbye to Richard J. Collins Sr. on May 28, 2014. There will be a service at 10:30 a.m. at the Freeman E. Fairfield Center, 200 E. Main, with a ceremony at Highland Cemetery to follow.
Obituary: Gordon Byers
Gordon Frederick Byers, 73, passed away on Friday, May 16, 2014, at his home in Rangely, Colorado, surrounded by his family. Gordon was born on Aug. 12, 1940, in Fruita, Colorado, to Frederick and Minta White Byers.
Obituary: Joseph Urban
Joseph Albert Urban, age 65, passed away Friday, May 9, 2014, at his home in Mack, Colorado, after a courageous battle with COPD.
Obituary: Gail Chiyoko Yoshida Caldwell
Gail Chiyoko Yoshida Caldwell May 27, 1929 ~ April 21, 2014 Gail Chiyoko Yoshida Caldwell, 84, passed away Monday, April 21, 2014, at the Walbridge Wing in Meeker, Colo. She was the second daughter born to to Hamakichi and Hana Yoshida in Fujisawa Takazagun, Japan. Chiyoko married the love of[Read More…]
Obituary: Billy Don ‘Bill’ Harp
Billy Don ‘Bill’ Harp Nov. 10, 1936 ~ April 23, 2014 Billy Don “Bill” Harp, 77, of Meeker, Colo., passed away at the Grand Junction VA Medical Center on April 23, 2014. He was born November 10, 1936 in Rifle, Colo., to Harry and Florence Parker Harp. He was the[Read More…]
Obituary: Gail Caldwell
Gail Chiyoko Yoshida Caldwell, 84, passed away Monday, April 21, 2014, at the Walbridge Wing in Meeker, Colo. She was the second daughter born to to Hamakichi and Hana Yoshida in Fujisawa Takazagun, Japan.
Obituary: Thomas Jefferson Fritzlan
Thomas Jefferson Fritzlan passed peacefully on Saturday, April 5, 2014, at the Colorado State Veterans Home in Rifle, Colo. He was 86.
Death Notice: Dick Green
William Richard “Dick” Green, 88, of Montrose died Jan. 7, 2014, at San Juan Living Center in Montrose, Colo. A memorial service with military honors will be held on Thursday, April 24, 2014, at 1 p.m. at the Veterans Memorial Park cemetery of Western Colorado in Grand Junction, Colo. Arrangements[Read More…]
Obituary: Nina Mintz
Nina Lucille (Lasley) Mintz was born Nov. 23, 1914, near Chanute, Kan., to Lee and Louise (Lefever) Lasley. She left this earth for her heavenly home March 29, 2014, from the ranch at Meeker.
Obituary: Odessa G. Balloga
Odessa G. Balloga was born May 11, 1923, in Galena, Kan., to May (Greenwood) and William Cox. She died March 30, 2014, at the age of 90.
