Ives, Dale Lee

1925 - 1995  (69 years)

• Name	Ives, Dale Lee
  Birth	6 Dec 1925	Telluride, San Miguel County, Colorado   [1]
  	He was born December 6, 1925, at the Tomboy Mine on Imogene Pass above Telluride, Co.
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	IVES.D001
  Death	25 Jul 1995	Groundhog Reservoir, Dolores County, Colorado   [1]
  Burial	Fairview Cemetery, Yellow Jacket, Montezuma County, Colorado   [1]
  		Headstone, Ives, Dale L. and Lois I.
  Person ID	I31168	Carl Wayne Gray Research | Payne - Williams George William Payne and Susan A. Williams Descendants
  Last Modified	18 Feb 2021

  
  

  Father	Ives, Emory Grant Sr.,   b. 4 Sep 1898, Chenango County, New York d. 17 Jul 1942, Yellow Jacket, Montezuma County, Colorado (Age 43 years)
  Mother	Payne, Nell Irene,   b. 28 Apr 1902, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois d. 7 Oct 1982, Cortez, Montezuma County, Colorado (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F13071	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Colwell, Lois Irene,   b. 5 Jan 1927, Iola, Allen County, Kansas d. 20 Feb 2000, Yellow Jacket, Montezuma County, Colorado (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	15 Feb 1946
  Age at Marriage	He : 20 years and 2 months - She : 19 years and 1 month.
  Family ID	F13074	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 6 Dec 1925 - Telluride, San Miguel County, Colorado Death - 25 Jul 1995 - Groundhog Reservoir, Dolores County, Colorado Burial - - Fairview Cemetery, Yellow Jacket, Montezuma County, Colorado  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  ..He attended Four Corners School, walking every day to school through the deep snow in winter. As a youngman he worked at Eastland, Ut. cutting posts, sometimes 100 a day, building fence and helping farm. later he worked around the Yellow Jacket area in the fall loading sacked beans from the thresher and hauling them to the warehouse where the sacks were opened the beans recleaned and resacked. He also worked in the warehouse at Yellow Jacket. ..He married Lois Irene Colwell on February 15, 1946, and started dryland farming. Raising beans and wheat for many years before going into growing alfalfa hay. Dale loved to grow pinto beans and was very successful at it. He worked with his hands and was a good mechanic doing most of his own repair work. In between his farming duties he worked on diesel pumps for the local International Harvester dealer, covering the territory from Durango to Monticello. ..With the help of his brothers, Dale built his own home. He loved to hunt, fish, snowmobile and tease people. He always had a practical joke to play on some unsuspecting victim. He could always tell a hunting or fishing story and was always looking forward to the next hunting season. Dale loved little children and they loved him. ..Dale served on the television board of directors, the telephone company board of directors, and the fire department board of directors. ..After retirement, Dale and Lois had a cabin built at Groundhog and loved the many hours spent there with snowmobiling friends and others. ..Dale was a very respected man in his farming community and his special ways will be missed by all.

  
  

• Sources

  [S9455] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Ives, Dale L. and Lois I., (http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=41494024), none. (Reliability: 2).