Gordon Dean ""Pete Haller

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. today at Victory Life Church. Interment will be ]at 3 p.m. today at New Elmwood Cemetery.

Mr. Haller was the owner/operator of a welding company.

He is survived by his wife, Marilyn; one son, Doug of Fruita; one daughter, Debbie Burford of Fruita; one brother, Les Jr. of Grand Junction; one sister, Elva Lombardi of Grand Junction; and five grandchildren.

Memorial contributions to the Stillwater Cowboy Church Building Fund, 1369 12 1/2 Road, Loma 81524; or to the charity of one’s choice.

Gordon Dean ""Pete"" Haller

July 21, 1934 - October 28, 2015

Gordon Dean Haller, known to everyone as Pete, passed away at The Willows in Fruita on October 28, 2015. He was born on July 21, 1934, to Leslie and Elva (Clark) Haller at Fruita on July 21, 1934. His mother passed away three weeks after his third birthday.

Pete graduated from Fruita Union High School in 1952. He worked as a butcher, then in the uranium field before entering the Army for three years. He served as a company clerk, did some parachuting, and testing of bombs at White Sands Proving Grounds. He also worked at American Gilsonite, Colorado Department of Highways. He went to Lincoln Welding School in Cleveland and opened Haller's Welding, which he operated for 21 years.

Pete served on the Fruita City Council and also served as mayor. He was a member of Faith Bible Church and Stillwater Cowboy Church.

On October 7, 1956, he married Marilyn (Manley) and they had three children. He is survived by his wife of 59 years; one daughter, Debbie (Doug) Burford; one son, Doug Haller, all of Fruita; four grandsons, Dan (Ann Music) Burford of Beaverton, OR; Nathan (Rachael) Burford of Twenty-Nine Palms, CA; Cullen Burford of Phoenix, AZ; Andrew Burford of Grand Junction, CO, and one granddaughter, Maddie Haller of Fruita. He is also survived by his brother, Les Haller; sister, Elva Lombardi, both of Grand Junction; and numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins.

He was preceded in death by his son, Ronald; and sisters, Aileen Boss, Madalyn Camp, and Renee Vollmer.

Visitation will be Tuesday, November 3, 2015, at Callahan-Edfast Mortuary from 6 - 8:00p.m. Services will be Wednesday, November 4, 2015, at 10:30 a.m. at Victory Life Church, 2066 Highway 6 & 50 Fruita, CO 81521.