Water Harold Hurt
Marriages
Susan Starbuck
Lea Neu - 1986
Obituaries
Eagle Valley Enterprise - September 18, 1997
Walter Harold Hurt was born June 28, 1942 in Eagle, Colorado to Myrtle (Panting) and Ormand Hurt of Burns, Colorado. He died Sept. 3, 1997 at the age of 55 at his home in Silt. Attending elementary school in Catamount and Burns, he later attended Eagle County High School in Gypsum. He was very active in 4-H with mostly beef and leather craft during there years. After graduating high school Walter joined the Marine Corps. Upon being injured in Hawaii he received a military disability and honorable discharge. After returning from teh marines he ranched in McCoy running cattle on King Mountain and Sunnyside. He was then an oil field pusher for a tim. Walt was the State Brand Inspector in Rio Blanco County including the Rifle Sale Yard. Walter married Susan Starbuck and two children were born. They were divorced and he later married Lea Neu in 1986 of which they divorced. Walt had a number of outdoor hobbies, favorite ones being camping, fishing, and hunting with his son Ty. He became in ill in 1989 with leukemia, receiving a bone marrow transplant from his sister, Nettie. This prolonged his life and retired in Silt, Colorado. He was preceded in death by his parents, O.L. hurt of Silt, and Myrtle Hut of Gypsum. He is survived by a daughter, Jana Horvath of Alamagordo, N.M.; a ton Ty Hurt of Rifle, Colorado; a sister, Nettie Reynolds of Gypsum; two brothers, Orville Hurt of Merced, CA and George Decker of Grand Junction.
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 6A - September 6, 1997
