They moved to Gunnison , Colorado in fall of 1965 and went into a family
shoe
business, and then later into backpacking, mountaineering, cross country
skiing
and army surplus, with Carroll's Sporting Goods. Since 1988 Don
has been in
the Real Estate business. Don loved the outdoors-climbing, skiing,
fishing,
camping, packtrips, and hunting.
Don had two sons Todd and Torrey. Don was active with Boy
Scouts of America,
Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors Gunnison, Downtown Business
Association,
Castle Mountain Road and Recreation Association, Toastmasters, City
of Gunnison Planning
Commission and Western State College Mountain Search and Rescue Team.
Provided by
Robert Duncan '55
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Donald Clifford CARROLL 1936 - 2001 SHS 1955
OBITUARIES - THE SHERIDAN PRESS - December 6, 2001
Sheridan native Donald Clifford Carroll, 64, died Thursday, Nov. 22, 2001, in Gunnison, Colo.
A celebration of his life was Nov. 26 at the Gunnison Community Church.
Mr. Carroll was born Dec. 7, 1936, to Clifford and Genet Carroll of
Sheridan.
He was a graduate of Sheridan High School and Colorado State University,
where he was a member of Sigma Chi Fraternity and the college ski team.
He married Janet Lee Holcomb of Sheridan Jan. 19, 1963.
They moved to Gunnison in 1965, where they owned and operated Carroll's Sporting Goods. He had been in real estate since 1988.
Survivors include his wife of Gunnison; two sons, Todd of Crested Butte, Colo., and Torrey of Reno, Nev.; his mother; a brother, Robert B. Carroll of Sheridan; a sister, Francey Osgard of Yorba Linda, Calif.; and three grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to Western State College Mountain Search and Rescue
Team in Gunnison, or to Hospice.