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- Roger Cotten
- 2012 Cattlemen's Days Parade Marshall, served as Cattlemen's Days Secretary for 25 years, worked at Gunnison Bank and Trust for 52 years, (source - 2012 Cattlemen's Days Brochure) Cattlemen's Days Association Secretary in 1982 (From Cattlemen's Days 1982 Souvenir Program)
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- Roger Dayton Williams
- He was born in Washburn, Wisconsin to Halley Williams and Eleanore Edwards (Rocheforte) Williams. The family moved to the Denver, Colorado area soon after he was born. The 1950 US Census shows the family living in Denver, with Halley Williams working as a male hospital nurse. Roger attended Douglas County Junior High School and Douglas County High School in Castle Rock, graduating in 1967. He enlisted in the United States Marines on September 26, 1967, following in the footsteps of his older brother, whom he idolized. He attended basic training at Camp Pendleton in California and Artillery Ordinance in Quantico, Virginia. He served from 1967 until 1971, including a four month tour of duty in Vietnam during the Vietnam War (July 1969 to December 1969). During his tour, he served as a gun mechanic in a machinist unit, District Support Unit I, at Fire Base in An Hoa, Quang Tri Province. He reinlisted in 1974 and served until 1976. He achieved the rank of Sergeant E5 and received a meritorious unit citation. After his service, he worked as a Federal Correctional Officer, as a security guard, and as a horseshoer on a ranch near Grand Junction, Colorado. He used the GI Bill to attend agricultural courses. He married Naomi Irene Zyla of Colorado on July 13, 1980. They had two children, but soon divorced. He married Karen Sue Clay on May 11, 1985. She preceded him in death. He died at the age of 73 or 74 and is buried in Grand Junction’s Veterans Memorial Cemetery. *Photograph from the Douglas County High School 1964 yearbook.
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- Roger Henderson
- Roger was a realtor and insurance agent and served as a member of the Education Committee of the Glenwood Springs Chamber of Commerce which helped developed Colorado Mountain College.