Ed Long
Burial Details
Obituaries
Eagle Valley Enterprise page 1 - November 4, 1954
ED LONG DIED SATURDAY.
Ed LONG, popular Eagle resident died in Veterans Hospital Saturday evening, of a heart ailment, which he had suffered for several years.
Mr. LONG, who was born in Gypsum, March 2, 1898, had lived his entire life in Gypsum and Eagle, and it was during service in the Army during World War II that he developed the heart trouble that led to his medical discharge at Camp Carson in April, 1943.
During his younger years, Mr. LONG farmed in the Gypsum and Brush Creek valleys and for a number of years was head irrigator for the C. F. LLOYD Red Mountain Ranch east of Eagle and for several years was employed in the Empire Zinc Company mill at Gilman.
For a time he was marshal of the town of Eagle, until his heart condition forced him to retire from any type of exertion.
He never married, and maintained his own home in west Eagle. His chief sources of enjoyment were visiting with his numerous friends and jeep trips into the mountains surrounding his home town.
He had spent several weeks in the Veterans Hospital during the last two years. His most recent illness kept him confined to the Grand Junction VA hospital fo ten days prior to his death. He seemingly was recuperating satisfactorily when a sudden collapse, which took his life, occurred late Saturday afternoon, Oct. 30.
He was the son of B. F. LONG and Carrie Van Horn LONG, prominent Eagle county couple, who preceded him in death. He is survived by one sister, Mamie RULE, Eagle; and two brothers, Bill of Denver and Roy of Eagle.
Funeral services were held at the Methodist Church in Eagle Wednesday afternoon by Rev. Byron HASSTEDT and a miitary service was held at the graveside in Gypsum by American Legion Post 150. Bowman Funeral Home directed burial.
