LaVoine Collicott will be 92 on Friday

LaVoine T. Collicott will be celebrating his 92nd birthday on Friday, December 1, 2006.

He was a Haigler resident until January, 2006, when he and his wife Opal (Myer) moved to Hillcrest Care Center in Wray, Colorado. Opal died in March, and though each day is fragile for LaVoine; he is still holding his own.

He would enjoy hearing and/or seeing from any of you. Address is 360 Canyon Ridge Road, Wray, CO 80758.

LaVoine was born in a sod house in 1914 on a small acreage homesteaded by his parents, Charlie and Glena Collicott, just across the Kansas-Nebraska line. A few months later his parents moved into Haigler, where he grew to manhood and received his education in the Haigler Public Schools.

He worked on the Ned Tecker Ranch, was employed by Burlington Northern Railroad, worked for W.H. Brown farm at Sanborn, and then worked for Dundy County, maintaining roads for 24 years. In 1971, LaVoine was named by the Commissioners as the Highway Superintendent of Dundy County.

He and Opal were married for 65 years and had 3 daughters and one son. Their son, Gail, was killed 5 years ago in an auto accident near Laird, CO. The daughters have all returned to Haigler: LaNeta Carlock, Myrna Mulligan, and Galena Webster. His daughters visit him daily at the care center.

-- Submitted by LaNeta Carlock