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Willadell Story Ihrke
Resident of Gunnison County, Colorado.
Willametta "Billie" Miller
Willametta "Billie" Miller was born in Idaho Spring, CO. She married Frank Miller on July 2, 1919, in Lafayette, CO. They had three children.
Willard "Bill" Young
He was born to John and Emily Young and grew up in Hotchkiss, Colorado. He had what his sister Helen Johnson called a delicate chest and very poor vision. He served as the primary target of his father’s frustration and anger. He completed eighth grade and then entered the workforce as a housekeeper to John the Belgian, a local farmer. He worked for the United States Postal Service (sorting the mail) and also for the Frisco Railroad as an express messenger. He was denied entry into the armed forces during WWII on the grounds of his poor vision. When the family lived in Hotchkiss, they switched between the Methodist and the Baptist churches on different Sundays but they did attend every Sunday. He got married and moved to Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Willard Foster
A farmer from Nebraska who lived near the town of Mesa, Colorado. He raised bees and had an apple orchard.

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