William James Malone
Marriages
Peggy Frances Cirignano
Obituaries
The Daily Sentinel page 6C - October 8, 2023
William James
Malone, born at home in
a Massachusetts Blizzard,
January 19, 1934. His Father
Joe was a well known
bartender and his mother
Mary was a waitress. He
and his brothers Joe and
Johnny proudly served in
the Marines during the
Korean War. After his military service Billy attended
Fort Lewis College, in Durango where he fell in love with
Colorado. After he met his wife, Peggy (Frances Cirignano)
they moved to the Carbondale area where Billy worked as a
civil engineer on the Ruedi Dam in Basalt. The young family of 6 eventually moved to Castle Rock Colorado where
they spent 20 years raising Quarter Horses, dogs, a few
goats, a cow or two, an occasional pig and four kids. At the
end of the ‘90’s Billy and Peggy relocated to Fruita where
they lived happily until the day he died.
Billy passed on Sept. 29, with hisloving wife beside him.
He is survived by his sons: Sean, Brian, and Danny, and
daughter Beth. His grandchildren: Mark, Joseph, Jessica,
Caitlin, Charissa, and Wyatt Malone and many friends far
and wide. A service for Bill will be held Monday, October
16, 2023, rosary beginning at 12:00 pm, followed by a memorial mass at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, in Fruita.
Graveside service at New Elmwood Cemetery with military honors begging at 3:00 pm. Please join the family in
a celebration of Bill’s life from 3:30 to 6:00 pm, at Copper
Club Brewing Company, 153 N. Mulberry St., Fruita, CO.
In lieu of flowers please consider donating to Hope West
Hospice of Grand Junction, Colorado. We could not have
done the past month without their care and support. Many
thanks from the family, as he will be forever missed.
As Billy would say, “A toast to those who wish us well,
and those who don’t can go to hell.”
