People

: Harold LeRoy "Lee" Gardner; He was born to Clarence Clifford Gardner and Francis (Hagen) Gardner in Pine River, Minnesota. His father was a handyman and his mother a homemaker. He graduated in 1958 from Pine River High School, where he was involved in the Vocational Training Club, the Lettermen club, and played football, baseball, and basketball. He then attended the National School of Meat Cutting in Toledo, Ohio in 1960, the Oak Hills Bible Institute from 1970-71, and the Millar College of the Bible in Saskatchewan, Canada from 1975-77. He married Sharon Lee Obrien on November 4, 1961. They moved to Loma, Colorado in August 1979, when Harold was appointed pastor of the Loma Community Church, a position that he held at least until 1982. According to his obituary in the Grand Rapids Herald Review (May 31, 2013), Gardner ministered at five churches in the Western United States from 1979 to approximately 1999. He also worked as a meet cutter and a trucker. He then joined the Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry, traveling and preaching. *Photograph from the 1958 Pine River High School yearbook (Minnesota)

: Harold Linke; Harold Linke is an artist featured in 2015-2016 ArtaRound Town and who had artwork displayed in the Art on the Corner (AOTC) exhibit in Downtown Grand Junction.

: Harold Moss; He was employed by the FBI from 1942 to 1966, and was in charge of the Western Colorado Region upon his resignation. He served as a Mesa County District Court Judge from 1966 to 1983, and then as the Senior Judge for the State of Colorado until 1995. He was also chairman of the Museums of Western Colorado’s Board of Trustees. Information for this description was taken from a Daily Sentinel obituary published August 30, 2016.

: Harold Pabst; He was a Colorado rancher who purchased the Rader Flying Service in 1950. The service was based in Glenwood Springs. After becoming the company's owner, Pabst purchased the rival Valley Air Service of Grand Junction, and then sent his pilot Clyde Davis to open a branch of Rader in Grand Junction. He also gave Davis an owning share of the company. Pabst and Davis formed Monarch Aviation in 1952 (not to be confused with Monarch Airlines, which became Frontier). The company grew during the uranium boom, and was still in operation in 1981. It was one of the largest air companies in Grand Junction for many years.

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