In Memory
- Birth
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Denver, City and County of Denver, Colorado, USA
- Death
- 13 Jul 1997 (aged 73)
Wheat Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
- Burial
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Wheat Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
- Plot
- Blk 4, Lot 160, Unit b,Section 2
William Vern Rouch was born in Denver, Colorado, on August 2, 1923, to Clarence Vern Rouch (1891-1956) and Ethel Othilia Johnson (1899-1926).
His mother passed away when he was three years old. His father, Clarence, worked as a Freight Trucker, Yard Clerk, Brakeman and eventually a Conductor on the train runs from McCook, Nebraska, to Denver, Co.
As such, Bill often lived with relatives, either in McCook, or in Denver. He is found listed in several censuses with extended Rouch family relatives.
He was educated in McCook, Nebraska. An avid fan of football, he played well, was Captain of his high school football team, and taught his sons and grandsons strategies of the game. During WWII, he joined the Navy, serving off the coast of Japan on the Mine Sweeping Crew of the USS YMS 290. On May 18, 1946, he married A. Lorraine Gerlach, in a candlelight wedding ceremony at Epiphany Lutheran Church in Denver, Co. She fell for the "cute guy in the Navy uniform" who was visiting relatives near to where she lived at the time. Bill nicknamed her "Larry" and she continued to go by "Larry" until she passed away in January of 2013.
Bill worked for Public Service Company of Colorado during his career, first as a Lineman, trouble shooter, and then as a Dispatcher for the company. He loved fishing, playing solitaire, walking, working crossword puzzles, being with buddies at the Winchell's Donut shop near his home in Wheat Ridge, Co. and camping near Taylor Reservoir in Colorado. He was father to three sons, two of them, twins, a daughter and had 10 grandchildren. He passed away as a result of lung cancer.
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