People

: Lora Elizabeth (Sleeper) Collier; She was born to John Frank Sleeper and Louise Amelia (Sieber) Sleeper in the Glade Park area of Mesa County, Colorado. Her father was a cattle rancher and surveyor. Her mother was a homemaker. Her ancestors were Glade Park pioneers on both sides of the family. Her father’s family owned the 2-V Ranch with the Elas, and her mother’s family, the Siebers, owned the S-Cross Cattle Company. She went to Grand Junction High School. She married John Jay Collier, a fellow Grand Junction High School graduate and rancher, on May 29, 1935, when she was 20. The 1940 US Census shows them living in Grand Junction, where he worked as a public school teacher and she was a homemaker. The 1950 US Census shows them living in Ypsilanti, Michigan, where John worked as the district representative for a recreational equipment firm.

: Lora Starkey; Lora was born in Clinton, Missouri and she moved to Lafayette, CO at age seven to a home on East Emma St. Lora married Lewis Starkey of Erie in 1934. Together, they ran Starkey Plumbing and Heating.

: Loran Glenn Stukey; Referred to, in error, as Glen Stuco in photo caption in the article "John Fetcher: an inspiration for our time."

: Loren Dwight West; He was born in Iowa to John O. West and Julia Ann (Fry) West. His parents were farmers. The 1900 US Census shows the family living in Polk, Iowa, when Loren was seventeen. They moved to Palisade, Colorado in 1906, where they farmed fruit. He married Eva Margaret Nessler in Glenwood Springs on September 14, 1913. She was also from a Palisade fruit farming family. They moved for a time to Castleford, Idaho, and the 1920 US Census shows them running a stock farm there. They returned to Palisade in 1927 and once again farmed fruit.

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