People

: Thomas F. Callahan; He was born in Pennsylvania to Irish immigrants. He married Josephine “Josie” Hurley in El Paso County, Colorado on August 31, 1895. The 1900 and 1910 US Censuses show them living in Teller County, where he worked first as an engineer, and later as a plumber with his own business. They moved to Grand Junction in 1910. With Ray Younker, he purchased the Griffins and Stowe Mortuary sometime between 1910 and 1914. The mortuary’s name was changed to Younker and Callahan. After Callahan bought out his partner in 1914, the name became Callahan’s and remained so until 1974. Callahan retired in 1944, but his son Bill continued in the business. According to Bill, Callahan was one of the first people in Colorado to own an automotive hearse.

: Thomas Gene "Tommy" Litton; He was born in Grand Junction, Colorado to John Howard Litton and Jennie P. Litton. He grew up on a farm in Pomona and attended Grand Junction High School, where he belonged to several clubs and served in student government. He was drafted by the US Army in 1942, and was listed as working for the J.W. Milne Transfer company at that time. He later purchased Milne Transfer, and renamed it first Litton's Warheouse, and then Litton's Moving and Storage. The 1977 US City Directory for Grand Junction states that his company was the local agent for the Mayflower Transit Company. He also bought the Gateway-Uravan Stage Line and Star Postal Route from Dorothy Tindall in 1964. He married Aileen Marie Krebbs in Denver on June 18, 1945. They had two children. She passed away in 2008, preceding him in death by two years. He is buried in Grand Junction's Veterans cemetery.

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