James Wesley Todd

Services will be at noon Thursday at Callahan-Edfast Mortuary Chapel. Inurnment is 1 p.m. at Veterans Memorial Cemetery of Western Colorado.

Memorial contributions to National Institute of Neurological Disorders Gift Fund for sleep apnea research, 31 Center Drive, Bethesda, Md., 20892.

Dr. James W. Todd, MD: October 19, 1932 - January 4, 2014 Cowboy, soldier, doctor. Loved his patients, hated paperwork. Avid rancher and hunter.

Mentored others and contributed significantly to his profession, including the diagnosis of Legionnaires' Disease. Through action alone, left a legacy of lessons that will never be forgotten.

With his work down here done and through the grace of God, the good doctor joins his wife, Ruth Fields-Todd, and his mother and father, Dorothy and John Todd, in the pastures above. He leaves behind his Uncle Charlie, his brothers, John, Robert, Dick and Larry, his children, Elizabeth, James, David, John, Michael, Joe and Laurel, and his grandchildren, Christopher, Huckleberry-Sage, Jonathon, Azleigha, Myca, Trey, Jacob, Zoey, Joshua, Garren, Autumn, Benjamin, Sebastian and Oscar.

Come celebrate a life well lived. Memorial services will be held January 9:

Calahan-Edfast chapel service -- 12 noon, Veterans Cemetery -- 1pm and Stocker Stadium Hospitality Suite -- 2pm.

Instead of flowers, donate to NINDS Gift Fund, Attn: Sleep Apnea Research,

31 Center Dr., Bethesda, Maryland 20892