Harold Brown Summons
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Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 5B - November 11, 2010
Harold was living in Thornton, Colorado with his only child,
Wayne Summons, up to the time of his passing. Harold had been a
long-time resident of Grand Junction, living on Mayfair Drive with
his wife Ruth from 1985 to 2005 (at which time he moved to his
son's home). Ruth preceded Harold in death in 2004. He is survived
by his son and his two grandsons, Elliot Summons and Phillip
Summons, both of Denver. He was preceded in death by all his sisters
(3) and by all his brothers (4). His father, William Robert Summons,
passed away when Harold was only four years old, in 1918.
His mother, who remarried, Daisy Agnes Erickson (maiden name,
Sumner), passed away in 1946.
Harold's adolescent and early teen years were spent in southeastern
North Dakota on the family farm near Gwinner, and then he
worked on ranches and in gold mines in Montana during the 1930's -
and he always sent money home to his mother during those dark
Depression years, even when his own earnings were light and lean.
Harold enlisted in the Army in the spring of 1941 as war clouds
gathered in Europe and Asia. Harold served with distinction as his
Company's First Sergeant in the invasions of Kwajalein and Eniwetok,
in the Marshall Islands of the South Pacific in February, 1944,
and in the invasions of Guam, Saipan and Tinian, in the Mariana Islands,
in June and July, 1944 - being wounded with shrapnel on
Saipan. He was serving on the island of Tinian on August 6, 1945
when the Enola Gay B-29 bomber took off from that island for the
first atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan.
Harold transferred to the Air Force in 1947 and immediately participated
in the first Cold War confrontation with the Soviet Communists,
in the Berlin Airlift, while being stationed in England.
During the Korean War, Harold served at radar installations near
Fairbanks, Alaska. He was stationed at various times in Florida,
Mississippi, Maryland, Wyoming, and Missouri. In 1963, after 21
years in military service he retired to Colorado from Sheppard Air
Force Base near Wichita Falls, Texas with the rank of Master Sergeant.
By any reckoning, he was truly a member in good standing of
America's "Greatest Generation".
Harold was a machinist and gun smith, having great mastery of all
things mechanical, and was well known and admired throughout
Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and other states by those who regularly
attended gun shows.
Harold had been in declining health for several months prior to his
passing. He will be profoundly missed by his family and his many
friends. He was a man of vigor, kindness, boundless charity, sincerity,
good-natured humor, devotion to family and country, high principles,
traditional American values, and most assuredly, love. He
found enjoyment in many things, particularly just watching little
children play and discovering the wonder of their young lives. To
his son, "He was my rock of ages; he was my granite foundation. He
was my devoted, wise and all-loving good shepherd - the one who
insisted on always being there for me, no matter what. A world
without this wondrous man is a far, far emptier one - not just for me,
but for all who knew him. I love you, dad. I look to the smiling,
beaming moment when our spirits reunite in the presence of the
Lord."
The funeral will be at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, November 13th, at the
Horan & McConaty Family Chapel, 3101 South Wadsworth Blvd.,
Denver, CO 80227. He will later be interred in a private ceremony
with full military honors at Fort Logan National Cemetery, in Denver,
rejoining his loving wife, Ruth.
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 5B - November 9, 2010
Harold was living in Thornton, Colorado with his only child,
Wayne Summons, up to the time of his passing. Harold had been a
long-time resident of Grand Junction, living on Mayfair Drive with
his wife Ruth from 1985 to 2005 (at which time he moved to his
son's home). Ruth preceded Harold in death in 2004. He is survived
by his son and his two grandsons, Elliot Summons and Phillip
Summons, both of Denver. He was preceded in death by all his sisters
(3) and by all his brothers (4). His father, William Robert Summons,
passed away when Harold was only four years old, in 1918.
His mother, who remarried, Daisy Agnes Erickson (maiden name,
Sumner), passed away in 1946.
Harold's adolescent and early teen years were spent in southeastern
North Dakota on the family farm near Gwinner, and then he
worked on ranches and in gold mines in Montana during the 1930's -
and he always sent money home to his mother during those dark
Depression years, even when his own earnings were light and lean.
Harold enlisted in the Army in the spring of 1941 as war clouds
gathered in Europe and Asia. Harold served with distinction as his
Company's First Sergeant in the invasions of Kwajalein and Eniwetok,
in the Marshall Islands of the South Pacific in February, 1944,
and in the invasions of Guam, Saipan and Tinian, in the Mariana Islands,
in June and July, 1944 - being wounded with shrapnel on
Saipan. He was serving on the island of Tinian on August 6, 1945
when the Enola Gay B-29 bomber took off from that island for the
first atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan.
Harold transferred to the Air Force in 1947 and immediately participated
in the first Cold War confrontation with the Soviet Communists,
in the Berlin Airlift, while being stationed in England.
During the Korean War, Harold served at radar installations near
Fairbanks, Alaska. He was stationed at various times in Florida,
Mississippi, Maryland, Wyoming, and Missouri. In 1963, after 21
years in military service he retired to Colorado from Sheppard Air
Force Base near Wichita Falls, Texas with the rank of Master Sergeant.
By any reckoning, he was truly a member in good standing of
America's "Greatest Generation".
Harold was a machinist and gun smith, having great mastery of all
things mechanical, and was well known and admired throughout
Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and other states by those who regularly
attended gun shows.
Harold had been in declining health for several months prior to his
passing. He will be profoundly missed by his family and his many
friends. He was a man of vigor, kindness, boundless charity, sincerity,
good-natured humor, devotion to family and country, high principles,
traditional American values, and most assuredly, love. He
found enjoyment in many things, particularly just watching little
children play and discovering the wonder of their young lives. To
his son, "He was my rock of ages; he was my granite foundation. He
was my devoted, wise and all-loving good shepherd - the one who
insisted on always being there for me, no matter what. A world
without this wondrous man is a far, far emptier one - not just for me,
but for all who knew him. I love you, dad. I look to the smiling,
beaming moment when our spirits reunite in the presence of the
Lord."
The funeral will be at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, November 13th, at the
Horan & McConaty Family Chapel, 3101 South Wadsworth Blvd.,
Denver, CO 80227. He will later be interred in a private ceremony
with full military honors at Fort Logan National Cemetery, in Denver,
rejoining his loving wife, Ruth.
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 8A - November 10, 2010
Harold was living in Thornton, Colorado with his only child,
Wayne Summons, up to the time of his passing. Harold had been a
long-time resident of Grand Junction, living on Mayfair Drive with
his wife Ruth from 1985 to 2005 (at which time he moved to his
son's home). Ruth preceded Harold in death in 2004. He is survived
by his son and his two grandsons, Elliot Summons and Phillip
Summons, both of Denver. He was preceded in death by all his sisters
(3) and by all his brothers (4). His father, William Robert Summons,
passed away when Harold was only four years old, in 1918.
His mother, who remarried, Daisy Agnes Erickson (maiden name,
Sumner), passed away in 1946.
Harold's adolescent and early teen years were spent in southeastern
North Dakota on the family farm near Gwinner, and then he
worked on ranches and in gold mines in Montana during the 1930's -
and he always sent money home to his mother during those dark
Depression years, even when his own earnings were light and lean.
Harold enlisted in the Army in the spring of 1941 as war clouds
gathered in Europe and Asia. Harold served with distinction as his
Company's First Sergeant in the invasions of Kwajalein and Eniwetok,
in the Marshall Islands of the South Pacific in February, 1944,
and in the invasions of Guam, Saipan and Tinian, in the Mariana Islands,
in June and July, 1944 - being wounded with shrapnel on
Saipan. He was serving on the island of Tinian on August 6, 1945
when the Enola Gay B-29 bomber took off from that island for the
first atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan.
Harold transferred to the Air Force in 1947 and immediately participated
in the first Cold War confrontation with the Soviet Communists,
in the Berlin Airlift, while being stationed in England.
During the Korean War, Harold served at radar installations near
Fairbanks, Alaska. He was stationed at various times in Florida,
Mississippi, Maryland, Wyoming, and Missouri. In 1963, after 21
years in military service he retired to Colorado from Sheppard Air
Force Base near Wichita Falls, Texas with the rank of Master Sergeant.
By any reckoning, he was truly a member in good standing of
America's "Greatest Generation".
Harold was a machinist and gun smith, having great mastery of all
things mechanical, and was well known and admired throughout
Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and other states by those who regularly
attended gun shows.
Harold had been in declining health for several months prior to his
passing. He will be profoundly missed by his family and his many
friends. He was a man of vigor, kindness, boundless charity, sincerity,
good-natured humor, devotion to family and country, high principles,
traditional American values, and most assuredly, love. He
found enjoyment in many things, particularly just watching little
children play and discovering the wonder of their young lives. To
his son, "He was my rock of ages; he was my granite foundation. He
was my devoted, wise and all-loving good shepherd - the one who
insisted on always being there for me, no matter what. A world
without this wondrous man is a far, far emptier one - not just for me,
but for all who knew him. I love you, dad. I look to the smiling,
beaming moment when our spirits reunite in the presence of the
Lord."
The funeral will be at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, November 13th, at the
Horan & McConaty Family Chapel, 3101 South Wadsworth Blvd.,
Denver, CO 80227. He will later be interred in a private ceremony
with full military honors at Fort Logan National Cemetery, in Denver,
rejoining his loving wife, Ruth.
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 5B - November 12, 2010
Harold was living in Thornton, Colorado with his only child,
Wayne Summons, up to the time of his passing. Harold had been a
long-time resident of Grand Junction, living on Mayfair Drive with
his wife Ruth from 1985 to 2005 (at which time he moved to his
son's home). Ruth preceded Harold in death in 2004. He is survived
by his son and his two grandsons, Elliot Summons and Phillip
Summons, both of Denver. He was preceded in death by all his sisters
(3) and by all his brothers (4). His father, William Robert Summons,
passed away when Harold was only four years old, in 1918.
His mother, who remarried, Daisy Agnes Erickson (maiden name,
Sumner), passed away in 1946.
Harold's adolescent and early teen years were spent in southeastern
North Dakota on the family farm near Gwinner, and then he
worked on ranches and in gold mines in Montana during the 1930's -
and he always sent money home to his mother during those dark
Depression years, even when his own earnings were light and lean.
Harold enlisted in the Army in the spring of 1941 as war clouds
gathered in Europe and Asia. Harold served with distinction as his
Company's First Sergeant in the invasions of Kwajalein and Eniwetok,
in the Marshall Islands of the South Pacific in February, 1944,
and in the invasions of Guam, Saipan and Tinian, in the Mariana Islands,
in June and July, 1944 - being wounded with shrapnel on
Saipan. He was serving on the island of Tinian on August 6, 1945
when the Enola Gay B-29 bomber took off from that island for the
first atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan.
Harold transferred to the Air Force in 1947 and immediately participated
in the first Cold War confrontation with the Soviet Communists,
in the Berlin Airlift, while being stationed in England.
During the Korean War, Harold served at radar installations near
Fairbanks, Alaska. He was stationed at various times in Florida,
Mississippi, Maryland, Wyoming, and Missouri. In 1963, after 21
years in military service he retired to Colorado from Sheppard Air
Force Base near Wichita Falls, Texas with the rank of Master Sergeant.
By any reckoning, he was truly a member in good standing of
America's "Greatest Generation".
Harold was a machinist and gun smith, having great mastery of all
things mechanical, and was well known and admired throughout
Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and other states by those who regularly
attended gun shows.
Harold had been in declining health for several months prior to his
passing. He will be profoundly missed by his family and his many
friends. He was a man of vigor, kindness, boundless charity, sincerity,
good-natured humor, devotion to family and country, high principles,
traditional American values, and most assuredly, love. He
found enjoyment in many things, particularly just watching little
children play and discovering the wonder of their young lives. To
his son, "He was my rock of ages; he was my granite foundation. He
was my devoted, wise and all-loving good shepherd - the one who
insisted on always being there for me, no matter what. A world
without this wondrous man is a far, far emptier one - not just for me,
but for all who knew him. I love you, dad. I look to the smiling,
beaming moment when our spirits reunite in the presence of the
Lord."
The funeral will be at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, November 13th, at the
Horan & McConaty Family Chapel, 3101 South Wadsworth Blvd.,
Denver, CO 80227. He will later be interred in a private ceremony
with full military honors at Fort Logan National Cemetery, in Denver,
rejoining his loving wife, Ruth.
