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Howard William Thurston

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Birth Date: July 17, 1915
Death Date: June 10, 2007
Age at Death: 91
Sex: M

Marriages

June Henry - January 11, 1949

Married in Grand County

Burial Details

Cemetery Name: Sheephorn Cemetery
Mortuary Name: Foran-Schoenfeld Mortuary

Obituaries

Vail Daily - June 2007

Howard William Thurston, 91, of Bond, died June 10 at Vail Valley Medical Center.
He was born July 27, 1915, in Salina, Kan., to Phillip Sheridan and Bertha Kate (Clarkson) Thurston. He married Dorothy June Henry on Jan. 11, 1949, in Grand County.
When Thurston first arrived in Grand County, he worked on many area ranches and was later employed in the construction industry with Peter Kiewitt & Sons. He was a 50-year member of the No. 9 Construction Union.
Thurston is survived by his wife, June; two children, Robert P. Thurston (Hildegard) of Colorado Springs and Dorothy A. Arnold (Ronnie) of Independence, Texas; a brother, Harley Thurston; a sister; Beulah Hoteling; five half-sisters, Patty Wright, Bernitha Letch (Albert), Rita Peterman (Ron), Gladys Brockway (John), and Alda Lawrence; a half-brother, Jim Netherland; grandsons Kurtis Arnold (Donna) of Reno, Nev., and Shane Thurston, of Colorado Springs; granddaughter Kristy Vellagas (Joseph) of Murrieta Calif.; and great-grandchildren Stormy Gage, Sadie, Fisher, Matteson Ann and Lucas.
A memorial graveside service with interment will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Sheephorn Cemetery.
Funeral services are entrusted to the care and direction of Foran-Schoenfeld Mortuary, 204 Byers Ave., Hot Sulphur Springs, CO 80451, 970-725-3313.

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