Otis Thompson Gillespie
Posted: 17 Aug 2004 Edited: 8 Feb 2006
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Otis Thompson Gillespie died July 31, 2004 at his home on the Blue Sky Ranch in Penrose, CO. He was born Dec 25, 1907 in Albany, MO to James Albert and Minnie Esther (Simmons) Gillespie. He married May Carter on Sept 2, 1930 in Colorado Springs, CO.
As a 5-year-old, he traveled with his parents from his birthplace in Gentry County, Mo., to a homestead on the prairie of Morgan County. The six-week trek from November into December of 1913 was made in a mule-drawn covered wagon, sometimes part of a wagon train, sometimes solitary travel.
He made much of the trip riding the coupling pole of the wagon, scampering alongside his father.
He attended the Antelope Springs one-room-school in Morgan County for six years.
The family relocated to Old Colorado City in 1920 and then to Beaver Park in 1925 to run a hay farm and raise seed crops. Mr. Gillespie graduated from Penrose High School in 1926.
Following high school, he, along with a life-long friend, the late Gerry Moore of Penrose, worked the wheat harvest in Kansas and toiled in the Texas oil fields. He then returned to Penrose and settled into his life-long avocation as a rancher/farmer. He began work at Ideal's cement plant in Portland in March 1937 and retired in December 1969.
He was preceded in death by his wife; an infant son Kirk; his parents; 2 brothers Marion and Forrest and 1 sister Adeline Cunningham.
He is survived by: his daughter Patricia Anda; 2 granddaughters, 1 grandson, 3 ggranddaughters, 1 ggrandson; sister Martha Irvine.
Cremation through Charles Anthony's Royal Gorge Crematory in Florence, CO. Partial scattering of remains at Blue Sky Ranch. Beaver Park Cemetery in Penrose, CO.
Posted: 17 Aug 2004 Edited: 8 Feb 2006
http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.gillespie/1341/mb.ashx
Otis Thompson Gillespie died July 31, 2004 at his home on the Blue Sky Ranch in Penrose, CO. He was born Dec 25, 1907 in Albany, MO to James Albert and Minnie Esther (Simmons) Gillespie. He married May Carter on Sept 2, 1930 in Colorado Springs, CO.
As a 5-year-old, he traveled with his parents from his birthplace in Gentry County, Mo., to a homestead on the prairie of Morgan County. The six-week trek from November into December of 1913 was made in a mule-drawn covered wagon, sometimes part of a wagon train, sometimes solitary travel.
He made much of the trip riding the coupling pole of the wagon, scampering alongside his father.
He attended the Antelope Springs one-room-school in Morgan County for six years.
The family relocated to Old Colorado City in 1920 and then to Beaver Park in 1925 to run a hay farm and raise seed crops. Mr. Gillespie graduated from Penrose High School in 1926.
Following high school, he, along with a life-long friend, the late Gerry Moore of Penrose, worked the wheat harvest in Kansas and toiled in the Texas oil fields. He then returned to Penrose and settled into his life-long avocation as a rancher/farmer. He began work at Ideal's cement plant in Portland in March 1937 and retired in December 1969.
He was preceded in death by his wife; an infant son Kirk; his parents; 2 brothers Marion and Forrest and 1 sister Adeline Cunningham.
He is survived by: his daughter Patricia Anda; 2 granddaughters, 1 grandson, 3 ggranddaughters, 1 ggrandson; sister Martha Irvine.
Cremation through Charles Anthony's Royal Gorge Crematory in Florence, CO. Partial scattering of remains at Blue Sky Ranch. Beaver Park Cemetery in Penrose, CO.
Otis Thompson Gillespie
Posted: 17 Aug 2004 Edited: 8 Feb 2006
http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.gillespie/1341/mb.ashx
Otis Thompson Gillespie died July 31, 2004 at his home on the Blue Sky Ranch in Penrose, CO. He was born Dec 25, 1907 in Albany, MO to James Albert and Minnie Esther (Simmons) Gillespie. He married May Carter on Sept 2, 1930 in Colorado Springs, CO.
As a 5-year-old, he traveled with his parents from his birthplace in Gentry County, Mo., to a homestead on the prairie of Morgan County. The six-week trek from November into December of 1913 was made in a mule-drawn covered wagon, sometimes part of a wagon train, sometimes solitary travel.
He made much of the trip riding the coupling pole of the wagon, scampering alongside his father.
He attended the Antelope Springs one-room-school in Morgan County for six years.
The family relocated to Old Colorado City in 1920 and then to Beaver Park in 1925 to run a hay farm and raise seed crops. Mr. Gillespie graduated from Penrose High School in 1926.
Following high school, he, along with a life-long friend, the late Gerry Moore of Penrose, worked the wheat harvest in Kansas and toiled in the Texas oil fields. He then returned to Penrose and settled into his life-long avocation as a rancher/farmer. He began work at Ideal's cement plant in Portland in March 1937 and retired in December 1969.
He was preceded in death by his wife; an infant son Kirk; his parents; 2 brothers Marion and Forrest and 1 sister Adeline Cunningham.
He is survived by: his daughter Patricia Anda; 2 granddaughters, 1 grandson, 3 ggranddaughters, 1 ggrandson; sister Martha Irvine.
Cremation through Charles Anthony's Royal Gorge Crematory in Florence, CO. Partial scattering of remains at Blue Sky Ranch. Beaver Park Cemetery in Penrose, CO.
Posted: 17 Aug 2004 Edited: 8 Feb 2006
http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.gillespie/1341/mb.ashx
Otis Thompson Gillespie died July 31, 2004 at his home on the Blue Sky Ranch in Penrose, CO. He was born Dec 25, 1907 in Albany, MO to James Albert and Minnie Esther (Simmons) Gillespie. He married May Carter on Sept 2, 1930 in Colorado Springs, CO.
As a 5-year-old, he traveled with his parents from his birthplace in Gentry County, Mo., to a homestead on the prairie of Morgan County. The six-week trek from November into December of 1913 was made in a mule-drawn covered wagon, sometimes part of a wagon train, sometimes solitary travel.
He made much of the trip riding the coupling pole of the wagon, scampering alongside his father.
He attended the Antelope Springs one-room-school in Morgan County for six years.
The family relocated to Old Colorado City in 1920 and then to Beaver Park in 1925 to run a hay farm and raise seed crops. Mr. Gillespie graduated from Penrose High School in 1926.
Following high school, he, along with a life-long friend, the late Gerry Moore of Penrose, worked the wheat harvest in Kansas and toiled in the Texas oil fields. He then returned to Penrose and settled into his life-long avocation as a rancher/farmer. He began work at Ideal's cement plant in Portland in March 1937 and retired in December 1969.
He was preceded in death by his wife; an infant son Kirk; his parents; 2 brothers Marion and Forrest and 1 sister Adeline Cunningham.
He is survived by: his daughter Patricia Anda; 2 granddaughters, 1 grandson, 3 ggranddaughters, 1 ggrandson; sister Martha Irvine.
Cremation through Charles Anthony's Royal Gorge Crematory in Florence, CO. Partial scattering of remains at Blue Sky Ranch. Beaver Park Cemetery in Penrose, CO.
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