Charles Samuel (Sam) Killham was also known as Charles Samuel "Sam" Killham. He was a Fork Lift Operator in City and County of Denver.
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Charles Samuel Killham
Birth: 21 Dec 1906 in Nance County, Nebraska
Death: 12 Apr 1989 in Wyoming, United States
Parents:
George Henry Killham, 1855 - 1937
Mary Ellen Mock, 1873 - 1965
Marriage: 21 Dec 1935 to Bernice Marie Harley, Chambers, Cheyenne, NE, USA
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Name: Charles S. Killham
SSN: 520-05-1853
Born: 21 Dec 1906
Died: 12 Apr 1989
State (Year) SSN issued: Wyoming (Before 1951)
Charles Samuel "Sam" Killham was born and raised in Genoa, Nebraska on a farm. Farmed until 1936.
Charles went to a country school and his class was essentially all cousins. Charles said they were not the most well-behaved; they gave the teacher more than a little trouble with their antics.
Charles and his cousins set off some fireworks in a barn, caught the barn on fire, and blamed it on the cinders from a steam engine that was passing by the area.
Charles raised Hampshire pigs as a boy and entered then in the Nebraska fair and won several ribbons.
In the early years of marriage, Charles and Bernice lived in Evansville, Wyoming, where Charles worked for the Texaco Oil Refinery and later for the Union Pacific Railroad Coal Mine in Superior, Wyoming. He was seriously injured in a mining accident in 1944, and the doctors feared that he might not ever be able to walk again. But with the help of God and a great deal of determination and hard work, he was able to regain the use of his legs and finally walk without even using a cane.
In 1947, Charles and his family moved to Canon City, Colorado, and he operated his own service station for many years before moving to Longmont, Colorado, and then to Denver, Colorado, where he was employed by the City and County of Denver. Upon retirement in 1974, Charles and Bernice moved to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to be near their children and grandchildren. Charles remained active and enjoyed working outside in his yard and garden as well as working part-time for the Cedar Rapids Country Club.
Charles was a quiet, gentle man and was well-liked by everyone with whom he came in contact. He was a loving and devoted husband, father, and grandfather and was a friend to everyone. He was always the first one there to help whenever anyone needed it.
Employment
1936-1942 Texaco Oil Refinery, Casper, Wyoming
1942-1944 Coal miner for Union Pacific Railroad, Superior, Wyoming
1944-1946 Recuperating from mining accident
1947-1957 Owned and operated Standard service gas station, Canon City, Colorado
1957-1958 Pontiac Garage, Longmont, Colorado
1958-1974 Fork Lift operator for City and County of Denver, Denver, Colorado
1974 Retired
1978-death Cedar Rapids Country Club, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Charles was a faithful member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Marion, Iowa since 1974. Formerly a member of Mt. Zion Lutheran Church, Denver, Colorado from 1959-1974; Messiah Lutheran Church, Longmont, Colorado 1958-1959; St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Canon City, Colorado 1947-1958; Lutheran Church, Rock Springs, Wyoming 1942-1947; Lutheran Church, Casper, Wyoming 1938-1042.
Baptized and confirmed - Trinity Lutheran Church, Casper, Wyoming
Funeral Services
Prayer Service
Friends may call Fri, 14 April 1989 from 5-7:30 PM in Baxter-Martinson Funeral Chapel, Marion, Iowa, where a prayer service held at 7 PM by Rev. Thomas Hedtke of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Marion, Iowa.
Funeral and Burial
11 AM Monday, 17 April 1989
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Chambers, Nebraska
Rev. David Loeschke officiating.