- Date Of Birth: March 18, 1921
- Date Of Death: January 3, 2022
- State: Colorado
Oscar D. McCollum, Jr., aged 100 years, passed away peacefully on January 3rd, 2022, in Lakewood, Colorado.
Oscar was born March 18th, 1921, in Kansas City, Missouri and grew up in a family of six children, first in the city and later on a farm between Lee’s Summit and Blue Springs.
Oscar married Lois Ann Hill November 19, 1955 after meeting her at the CIA and they had 59 wonderful years together. Their life included many adventures, including living four years on the Pacific Island of Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands, spending summers in a rustic log cabin in Marble, Colorado, and traveling extensively.
After retiring they lived first in Marble where Oscar served as Mayor, and then moved to Glenwood Springs.
During his long and successful life, Oscar held a strong Christian faith, was an avid historian, a genealogical researcher, and was always the optimist who had a positive influence on everyone he met. He was an engaging storyteller who no doubt now is entertaining all the family and friends who passed before him.
Lois Ann preceded Oscar in death in 2015. He is survived by his sons Duncan (Sally) and Peter (Masumi), grandchildren Ian McCollum, Amy Martell, Aileen McCollum, and Colleen McCollum, great-grandson Owen Martell, and many nieces and nephews and their families.
