You`re Invited! - Rocky Mountain Forest Service Association

You’re Invited!
The Rocky Mountain Forest Service Association – the Rocky Mountaineers – invites you to participate in
the annual Memorial Grove honor ceremony and field day event scheduled for Saturday, May 2, 2015
from 8:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. at the Monument Fire Center in Monument, Colorado.
This year’s memorial will include placing the newest plaque and planting a tree in memory of Region 2
employees who passed away during 2014. The early part of the day will be devoted to improving and
maintaining the site and all are welcome to help. The memorial will begin at 11:00 a.m., and participants
should plan on arriving by 10:30 a.m. A chili lunch will be shared with family members, retirees, and
fellow employees after the ceremony and tree planting. Feel free to bring a desert or salad to share.
Over 1,100 deceased Region 2 employees have been honored at Memorial Grove since the site was
established in 1920. A unique and special tradition, past participants have found the honor ceremony to
be a great way to show respect for those who dedicated their lives to public service in the Rocky
Mountain Region of the Forest Service.
More information, including a list of past honorees, can be found on the Rocky Mountaineers’ website at
www.rockymountaineers.us under “In Memory”. You can also read more about the Memorial Grove
and last year’s honor ceremony in the Spring 2014 edition of The Rendezvous, the Rocky Mountaineers’
quarterly newsletter.
A current list of 2014 honorees is included below. If you have additional names to add, or any questions
about the event, please contact either Dana Coelho, R2 Liaison to the Rocky Mountain Forest Service
Association, at 303-275-5231 or the Pikes Peak Ranger District at 719-636-1602.
2014 Memorial Grove Honorees:
Betty Grace Alexander
Harriette Lucille Allen
Julie M. Bagan
Herman Edward (Herm) Ball
David L. (Dave) Branham
Raymond Roy (Ray) Busby
Jacqueline Helen (Jackie) Cables
Pete Chidsey
John Charles Englebert
David Lee Girty
David V. (Dave) Grove
JoAnn F. Hagan
John Patrick (Pat) Halligan
Leslie E. (Jock) Hendry
James Everett Jacobson
Lloyd McNeil
Norbert V. (Ski) Milanowski
David L. Miller
David W. (Dave) Molinaro
Jack H. Ott
Edgar H. (Ed) Palpant
Carolyn J. Peterson
Robert M. (Bob) Rankin
Gary E. Rorvig
Charles D. Swisher
Stanley F. (Stan) Versaw
San Juan N.F.
Bighorn N.F.
Pike-San Isabel N.F.
San Juan, Black Hills, and Pike N.F. and R.O.
White River N.F. and Regional Office Geometronics
Regional Office, Administrative Mgmt./Communications
Pike-San Isabel N.F. and Region 3
Bighorn, Black Hills, and Arapaho-Roosevelt N.F.
Arapaho-Roosevelt N.F.
Medicine Bow-Routt N.F.
Pike-San Isabel N.F., Cimarron and Comanche N.G.
Regional Office
Regional Office, White River N.F.
White River, Harney, Black Hills, Pike, and Roosevelt N.F., R.O.
Black Hills and Grand Mesa N.F.
San Juan N.F.
San Juan, Bighorn, Routt, and GMUG N.F., SPF R.O.
Arapaho-Roosevelt N.F.
San Juan and Pike N.F., Regional Office
Black Hills and San Juan N.F.
Pike N.F. and Monument Tree Nursery
Regional Office, Manpower, JCCC, YCC Programs
Arapaho-Roosevelt, Pike, and White River N.F.
Medicine Bow, Bighorn, San Juan, and White River N.F.
Bessey Nursery
Pike-San Isabel N.F.
Not Forgotten List to be recognized in 2015
William C. (Bill) Hurd (2003)
Arvo Esaias Kujala (2012)
Susan T. Maholland (2012)
Leon O. Nelson (1995)
Aubrey L. (Bud) Roach (2013)
Roosevelt N.F.
San Juan and Black Hills N.F.
Regional Office Lands
Frying Pan and Sopris R.D., White River N.F.
San Juan N.F., Delores R.D. Engineering