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a. Note:   3 Road G., Palisade, died Saturday at his home. He was 66. Mr. Milholland was an automatic transmission mechanic until 1955. Later, he worked as a youth orientation counselor for the Job Corps in Collbran for 10 years. He was born Jan 13, 1923 to Herbert R. and Nina B. Skinner Milholland in Molina, where he spent his childhood. He graduated from high school in Collbran. He served with the U.S. Navy during World War II. He married Edith L. Campbell on Jan 8, 1976 at Grand Junction. She survives. Mr. Milholland lived in Denver for 14 years and Collbran for 10 years before moving to the Palisade area. He was a member of the Plateau Valley Assembly of God and served as past president of Collbran Lions Club. He enjoyed ranching and riding horses. Other survivors include three daughters, Sharon Ruth Olson of Clifton, Donna Rae of Grand Junction and Jonnie P. Ray of Phonenix. three strepdaughters, Janice Tune of Durango, Mary Watson of Spring Hill, FL and Ruth A. Fletcher of Gunnison; two step sons, Frank Daley of Craig and George Daley of Durango; three brother, Herbert of Clifton, Gordon "Doc" of Molina, and Stewart of DeBeque; two sisters, Frances Bucher of Molina and Helen Chapman of Collbran and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. His parents are deceased. A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Plateau Valley Assembly of God with the Rev. Gary Everett officiating. Cremation has taken place. Memorial contributions may be made to the St. Mary's Hospice Program, 2635 N. Seventh St., Grand Junction. Callahan-Edfast Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. From the "Colorado Rehabilitation Newsletter, Department of Rehabilitation" Vol 1, April, 1961, No. 1. Case of the Month.Howard Milholland, totally blind since a mine explosion in 1955, has been selected as the "Case of the Month" for April because of his unusual and pioneering achievement as a highly skilled automatic transmission repairman. Howard is so adept at his trade that observers frequently will not believe that he is blind. Mr J. O. Scott, Howard's employer, states that on different occasions observers have waved one of their hands in front of Howard's face to make sure he could not see. Mr. Scott states further that Howard has mastered all of the modern automatic transmissions to the point that if three different types are completely disassembled and mixed together, Howard can separate the parts and assemble the three transmissions without any difficulty. Prior to the mine explosion in 1955, Howard was an underground miner and had served in the Army during World War II. After the accident, Howard was trained as an auto mechanic and in machine shop work by the Department of Rehabilitation. His basic auto mechanic training was taken at Kansas City, Missouri, since this school is the nearest school to Colorado which will accept blind students. Howard also received machine shop instruction at Emily Giffith Opportunity School and On-the -Job Training under his present employer. Total expenses to date by the Department of Rehabilitation are $1467.00. Howard is now employed full time in his trade. In recognition of Mr. Scott's willingness to train and employ Howard in a field hitherto unknown to employ blind technicians, Mr. Scott was recently presented the annual A. B. Hirschfeld Award for 1960 by Governor Steve McNichols. Mr. Scott was selected for this award by the Awards Committee of the Division of Services for the Blind.
Note:   Obituary of John H. Milholland, Jan 13, 1923 - Nov 11, 1989. John Howard Milholland of 371


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