People

: Orus Bonham Trumbo; Dalton Trumbo’s father. He was born to James and Sarah Trumbo in Indiana, a farmer and a homemaker. He went to a normal school and a “top school.” According to local historian David Sundal, he was an intelligent man who had trouble making money. US Census records show him living in Montrose, Colorado and working as a farm laborer by 1900. By 1910 he was married to Maud Tillery and living in Grand Junction with their four-year-old son Dalton. The family lived first at 502 White Avenue and later at 1124 Gunnison Avenue. In Grand Junction, he worked for a collection agency, as a constable, and then as a shoe clerk at Benge’s for a short while. He was let go from Benge’s and had a tough time finding another job. He moved to Los Angeles and went into a decline, eventually succumbing to pernicious anemia at age 51. According to Sundal, Orus and his wife were active in local organizations, and took leadership roles in those groups.

: Orville Alternbern; He was born in Illinois and moved with his family to the Roan Creek area of Garfield County when he was sixteen. They settled on a ranch.

: Orville Ezra Jaynes; Mesa County assessor and banker. He also worked on Cross Orchards fruit farm, where he made wooden apple boxes. Uncle of Velma E. (Borschell) Budin. Brother of Edith Jaynes and son of Ezra Jaynes.

: Orvy E. Shewalter; O.E. Shewalter was born March 15, 1874 and died on March 24, 1962.

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