John Egland Obituary

ON JANUARY 17, 2015, JOHN (JACK) BERNARD EGLAND, SR. OF CAHONE, COLORADO DIED AT HANOVER HOSPITAL, HANOVER KANSAS. HE WAS BORN AUGUST 7, 1926 AT YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO, THE SON OF EDWIN LEONARD AND MARY PATTERSON EGLAND. HIS EARLY YEARS WERE SPENT AT YATESBORO, A COAL MINING TOWN IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. IN 1937 THE FAMILY MOVED TO WYANDOTTE, MICHIGAN WHERE HE GRADUATED FROM ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL IN JANUARY OF 1944.

HE JOINED THE UNITED STATES NAVY ON OCTOBER 8, 1943 AND WAS CALLED TO ACTIVE DUTY FEBRUARY 5, 1944. FOLLOWING A SHORT TIME IN THE STATES, HE SERVED 18 MONTHS IN OKINAWA AND THE PACIFIC THEATRE ON LSM (LANDING SHIP MEDIUM) 369, USED WHEN THEY INVADED FOREIGN SHORES. HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED MAY 10, 1946 AT GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS, AFTER WHICH HE RETURNED TO WYANDOTTE, MICHIGAN. HE WAS A LIFE LONG MEMBER OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

HE MARRIED DOLORES YVONNE RILEY OF WASHINGTON, KANSAS ON NOVEMBER 15, 1947 AT THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, WYANDOTTE, MICHIGAN. IN AUGUST 1963 HE GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER, COLORADO WITH A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT. HE WORKED FOR SEVERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND RETIRED AS ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER OF THE ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORIES, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, NOAA AT MIAMI, FLORIDA IN 1978. AFTER RETIREMENT HE SERVED ON THE SOUTHWEST COLORADO SELECTIVE SERVICE, AND MONTEZUMA/DOLORES COUNTY TV DISTRICT BOARDS. IN 1980 THEY RETIRED TO CAHONE, COLORADO, IN BEAUTIFUL SOUTHWEST COLORADO AND SPENT OVER THIRTY YEARS TRAVELING EXTENSIVELY IN THE LOWER 48 STATES AND ALASKA. JACK MADE MANY LIFE LONG FRIENDS IN HIS WORK AND PRIVATE LIFE, AND WAS VERY SPECIAL TO HIS 20 YOUNGER PATTERSON FIRST COUSINS. HE ENDURED MANY AILMENTS, INCLUDING ALZHEIMERS IN HIS LAST YEARS. SINCE THE SUMMER OF 2012, JACK HAD BEEN AT HANOVER NURSING HOME, HANOVER, KANSAS.

HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE OF 67 YEARS; DAUGHTERS JACQUELINE SUZANNE EGLAND (DONNA CLIFTON), STONE MOUNTAIN, GEORGIA; JUDITH YVONNE EGLAND, MOOSE LAKE, MINNESOTA; AND A SON JOHN BERNARD EGLAND, JR., ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA. GRANDCHILDREN INCLUDE DANIEL RUDDELL, JR., PALM COAST, FLORIDA; DELORA JENRICH (ERIC), DESTIN, FLORIDA; DEVIN RUDDELL, DESTIN, FLORIDA; DELAINA RUDDELL, KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE; AND JOHN BERNARD EGLAND, III, AURORA, COLORADO. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN INCLUDE AUSTIN, BAILEY, JACK AND ADDISON JENRICH; HAYLEIGH RUDDELL; AND BROTHER-IN-LAW WILLIAM MAXWELL (ERMA) RILEY, JR., MANHATTAN, KANSAS. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, EDWIN LEONARD AND MARY EGLAND; THREE INFANT SIBLINGS, MARILYN JOYCE, JEAN MARIE, AND BROTHER; GRANDPARENTS LARS AND MARIE EGLAND, JOHN AND CATHERINE MURRAY PATTERSON; AND SISTER-IN-LAW BILLEE MAXINE RILEY (VERNON) COLE.

SINCE 2011 HE HAS RECEIVED LOVING CARE BY VARIOUS DOCTORS AD CAREGIVERS AT CAHONE, COLORADO AND HANOVER, KANSAS. HE WILL BE CREMATED WITH BURIAL IN A MILITARY CEMETARY AT A LATER DATE.