Owen Earl McCollam
1917 - 1999 (82 years)-
Name Owen Earl McCollam Born 1 Aug 1917 Arapahoe, Furnas County, Nebraska 
[1, 2, 3] Gender Male Died 22 Dec 1999 Culbertson, Hitchcock County, Nebraska [2, 3] Buried Culbertson Cemetery, Culbertson, Hitchcock County, Nebraska [2, 3] - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157144963/owen-earl-mccollam
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Person ID I1721 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 Wilma Arlene Breinig, b. 7 Mar 1924, Arapahoe, Furnas County, Nebraska , d. 19 Sep 2002, Harvard, Clay County, Nebraska (Age 78 years) Married 8 Nov 1940 Divorced Bef 1949 Last Modified 25 Feb 2022 Family ID F720 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Zila Viola Williams, b. 27 Jun 1927, Hitchcock County, Nebraska , d. 23 Jun 2020, McCook, Red Willow County, Nebraska (Age 92 years) Married 13 Jan 1949 Wray, Yuma County, Colorado [3, 4] Last Modified 25 Feb 2022 Family ID F721 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 1 Aug 1917 - Arapahoe, Furnas County, Nebraska 
Married - 13 Jan 1949 - Wray, Yuma County, Colorado 
Died - 22 Dec 1999 - Culbertson, Hitchcock County, Nebraska 
Buried - - Culbertson Cemetery, Culbertson, Hitchcock County, Nebraska = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - CULBERTSON -- Owen McCollam died Wednesday, December 22, 1999 at his home in Culbertson. He was born August 1, 1917 on a farm northwest of Arapahoe to William and Eliza Jane (Hill) McCollam. He graduated from Arapahoe High School in 1936.
On July 10, 1942 he entered the U.S. Army, serving with the Air Force Ordinance repairing bombers behind the lines during World War II. He received an honorable discharge on October 20, 1945.
On January 13, 1949 he married Zila Williams at Wray, Colorado. They farmed in the Benkelman area for ten years. They moved to a farm northwest of Culbertson and later to McCook where they lived for 26 years. In 1996 they returned to their farm near Culbertson.
[2, 3] - He was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Fern Petsch, Mabel Randolph; and three brothers, Clifford, Donald, and Wayne McCollam.
Survivors include his wife, Zila of Culbertson; son, Doran and wife, Cindy McCollam of Culbertson; three daughters, Kyla Mae McCollam of Carmel, California; Vickie Black of Washington state; Rae Walker of Gibbon; one brother, Orville McCollam of Commerce City, Colorado; three sisters, Faye Sukan of Ridgefield, Washington; Velma Prideaux of Woodburn, Oregon; Beth Moon of Queens City, Missouri; eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Services will be Friday, 10 a.m. at Culbertson United Methodist Church with Rev. Don Morton officiating. Burial with military honors provided by Moorhous-Steffen-Propp VFW No. 6219 Color Guard will be at the Culbertson Cemetery.
Carpenter-Breland Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Source: The McCook Daily Gazette, December 23, 1999
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- CULBERTSON -- Owen McCollam died Wednesday, December 22, 1999 at his home in Culbertson. He was born August 1, 1917 on a farm northwest of Arapahoe to William and Eliza Jane (Hill) McCollam. He graduated from Arapahoe High School in 1936.
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