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: Orlo David "O.D." Williams; He was born in New York to Rachel (Hotaling) Williams and David Williams. His father was a farmer and his mother a homemaker. He grew up in Guthrie Center, Iowa. He attended High Park College and later worked in a bank in Guthrie Center. He married Edna Bonebreak in 1905. They moved to Grand Junction, Colorado at the behest of the Guthrie Center bank’s owner, who wanted him to look after people from Guthrie Center who had moved to the Western Slope. They bought a home at 1148 Ouray Avenue, which was the house located farthest east in the city at that point. He purchased the Independent Abstract Company, which he ran for many years until his son took over the company in 1936. He was a charter member of the Grand Junction Lions Club and its one-time president. With his good friend Bert Benge, he was instrumental in organizing the Grand Junction Lions Club Carnival. He served on the board of trustees of the Methodist Church. He also served as a board member for the YMCA and the Chamber of Commerce. He was the part owner of COPECO after its sale by the Craven family and William Moyer. He moved to California in 1947 and moved back to Grand Junction in 1953. He did some umpiring for the Grand Junction General Electric Company’s baseball games. He also did fund drives for Goodwill and Salvation Army in California. He was a charter member of the Forum Club. He was a member of the board of directors for the Citizens Finance company.

: Orpha Shugar Hall; Early newcomer to Mesa County. As a child, she came to Grand Junction in a covered wagon and camped for a year there. Her family also lived for a time in Unaweep Canyon. She lived with her husband, James Edward Hall, in Whitewater, Colorado for many years.

: Orson Adams; Orson Adams was a Utah rancher in the early 1880's, and an early resident of Grand Junction. He was the head cashier at the Mesa County State Bank, and eventually became the bank president. He was instrumental in establishing the Interurban line from Grand Junction to Fruita. He was convicted of embezzlement in [1913?] and sentenced to prison. D.A. Brockett. Wicked Western Slope: Mayhem, Mischief & Murder in Colorado. Charleston: The History Press, 2012.

: 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.

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