Jim Kyle [1918-2001]

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June 17, 1918 - 2001

An officer in the U.S. Army during World War II. After the war, he worked for Independent Lumber managing lumberyards around the Western Slope. Wherever he and his wife Evelyn moved they established and acted in community theaters. They established community theaters in Cortez and Meeker, and started Telluride Arts, now known as the Telluride Council for the Arts. He and Evelyn were recognized by the governor of Colorado as significant contributors to the arts. He was also a volunteer interviewer for the Mesa County Oral History Project.

After years of relocation, he went into the construction business for himself in Cortez, Colorado. At that time, the family also had a summer house in Telluride. After selling his business, he became the Cortez Chamber of Commerce manager. When that was cut to part time, he resigned, and the family moved to Telluride for six months. He then applied for the position of Mesa County Land Use Coordinator. He received the position and the family moved back to Grand Junction. He worked for the county for four years and then became a fee collector on the Colorado National Monument.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/217574538/james-page-kyle
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