Donald Ivan McCollam
1907 - 1981 (74 years)-
Name Donald Ivan McCollam Born 11 Jan 1907 Gosper County, Nebraska 
[1, 2, 3] Gender Male Census 1940 Calvert, Dundy County, Nebraska Died 18 Dec 1981 Benkelman, Dundy County, Nebraska [2, 3] Buried Rose Hill Cemetery, Stratton, Hitchcock County, Nebraska [2, 3] Person ID I1717 McKeown Last Modified 23 Jul 2023
Father William McCollam, b. 17 Jan 1871, Des Moines County, Iowa , d. 1933, Gosper County, Nebraska (Age 61 years) Mother Eliza Jane Hill, b. 7 Feb 1878, Bates County, Missouri , d. 9 Nov 1946, Arapahoe, Furnas County, Nebraska (Age 68 years) Married 4 Apr 1906 Beaver City, Furnas County, Nebraska [4] Family ID F700 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Vada Petsch, b. 31 Mar 1912, Wauneta, Chase County, Nebraska , d. 17 Oct 1961, Stratton, Hitchcock County, Nebraska (Age 49 years) Married 1930 Chase County, Nebraska Children + 1. Denelda Vada McCollam, b. 25 Aug 1932, Wauneta, Chase County, Nebraska , d. 25 Jun 2003, Kearney, Buffalo County, Nebraska (Age 70 years)2. Joyce Elaine McCollam, b. 7 Aug 1935, Wauneta, Chase County, Nebraska , d. Nov 1983 (Age 48 years)3. Katherine McCollam, b. 4 Apr 1944, d. 12 Nov 1991 (Age 47 years) Last Modified 25 Feb 2022 Family ID F733 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Clara Marquissee, b. 29 Aug 1908, Nebraska , d. Jan 1995, McCook, Red Willow County, Nebraska (Age 86 years) Married 3 Sep 1966 Scottsbluff, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska [3] Last Modified 24 Feb 2022 Family ID F717 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 11 Jan 1907 - Gosper County, Nebraska 
Married - 1930 - Chase County, Nebraska 
Census - 1940 - Calvert, Dundy County, Nebraska 
Married - 3 Sep 1966 - Scottsbluff, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska 
Died - 18 Dec 1981 - Benkelman, Dundy County, Nebraska 
Buried - - Rose Hill Cemetery, Stratton, Hitchcock County, Nebraska = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - TRENTON -- Donald I. McCollam, age 74, died Friday night at the Dundy County Hospital in Benkelman.
Mr. McCollam was born January 11, 1907 in Gosper County to the late William and Liza McCollam. He grew up near Arapahoe and was married August 14, 1930 to Vada Petsch at Wauneta. They moved to Trenton in 1945, and she preceded him in death October 17, 1961.
He was married September 3, 1966 at Scottsbluff to Clara Evans. They returned to Trenton where he was employed at the Hitchcock County Courthouse for 17 years, retiring in 1980. Mr. McCollam was a member of the McCook Elks Lodge and McCook Eagles Club.
Survivors include his wife, Clara of Trenton; five daughters, Mrs. Fritz (Denelda) Hamill of Holcomb, Kansas; Mrs. Bill (Joyce) Shank of Denver, Colorado; Katherine Brannan of Thornton, Colorado; Mrs. Raymond (Carolyn) Lopez of Fort Sumner, New Mexico; and Sonjia McCollam of Artesia, New Mexico; two step-children, David Evans of McCook and Mrs. Bill (Myrna) Clifford of Hayes Center; 23 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren; four brothers, Owen of McCook; Orville of Fort Lupton, Colorado; Wayne of Knoxville, Iowa; and Clifford of Oakland, California; and four sisters, Mabel Randolph of Stratton; Beth Moon of Des Moines, Iowa; Faye Sukan of Tigard, Washington; and Velma Prideaux of Woodriver, Oregon.
Services will be Monday at 2:30 p.m. in the United Methodist Church of Trenton with the Rev. Richard Atherton and the Rev. W.W. DeBolt officiating. Interment will be in the Rose Hill Cemetery of Stratton under the direction of the Herrmann Funeral Home of Trenton.
Source: The McCook Daily Gazette, December 19, 1981
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- TRENTON -- Donald I. McCollam, age 74, died Friday night at the Dundy County Hospital in Benkelman.
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