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William Albert "Bob" Schreiner

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Birth Date: March 1, 1924
Death Date: July 19, 2010
Age at Death: 86

Marriages

Betty Trumbo - March 30, 1947

Burial Details

Cemetery Name: Resthaven Memorial Gardens
Cemetery Location: Loveland, Colorado

Obituaries

Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 8B - July 21, 2010

William “Bill” Schreiner
May 1, 1924 – July 19, 2010
William "Bill" Albert Schreiner
passed away peacefully at Family
Health West in Fruita, Colorado
on July 19, 2010. He was 86 years
old.
Bill was born May 1, 1924 to
Fred and Amelia Schreiner in Fort
Morgan, Colorado. He was the
youngest of ten children. He spent
his childhood in Fort Morgan and
graduated from Fort Morgan High School in May, 1942. He was
drafted into the military the day after his high school graduation and
spent the next four years in the South Pacific fighting for his country.
He served in many campaigns as a platoon leader including
those on New Guinea, Guam and the Mariana Islands, the Philippines
and Okinawa. He was part of the Allied Occupation of Japan
after the surrender. He was a decorated combat veteran and was
awarded the Bronze Star for valor and the Purple Heart for wounds
received in combat. The trauma he endured during the war had a
lasting effect on Bill but he was always proud of his service to his
country and never missed an opportunity to pay tribute to those who
serve our country.
Bill married his high school sweetheart, Betty Trumbo, on March
30, 1947 in Fort Morgan. Together they had five sons. He was always
proud of his boys and never missed an opportunity to show
them off to relatives and friends. After Betty died of cancer Bill
continued to work full time and raise the younger boys on his own.
All of his boys have grown to be responsible and dependable men
that any father would be proud of.
Bill was a construction dam and bridge superintendent during his
working career. He worked on many projects in Western Colorado
including the Vega Dam and Water Diversion Project, Lemon Dam
near Durango, and many of the bridges and interchanges that were
part of the development of I-70 in Western Colorado and Eastern
Utah. Later in his career, Bill was a General Superintendent for
Hensel Phelps Construction Company; he supervised many impressive
projects including Kodak of Colorado, Martin Marietta Plant in
Boulder, Atlanta MARTA, and many additions and remodels to
Stapleton International Airport in Denver.
Bill was preceded in death by his parents; all of his nine brothers
and sisters; his wife, Betty and an infant daughter. He is survived by
his sons, Bill (Jessica) of Lebanon, Ohio; Larry (Susan) of La Jara,
Colorado; Merlin (Sherry) of Grand Junction, Colorado; Calvin
(Lora) of Berthoud, Colorado, and Gary of Lynwood, Washington;
six grandchildren, and three great grandchildren.
Services will be held in Loveland, Colorado at Resthaven Memorial
Gardens at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, July 24, 2010.
The family would like to thank Family Health West and Hospice &
Palliative Care of Western Colorado for the loving and endless care
given to Bill during his decline in health. The people at these two
organizations are a true blessing to those of us living in Western
Colorado.

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