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Kenneth Gary Colstad

6 Aug 1946 – 26 Jun 1985

Birth6 Aug 1946
Death26 Jun 1985
CemeteryFairview Cemetery
Hardin , Big Horn County , Montana , USA
Added byLillian Phelps on 26 Sep 2012
FaGhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/97840457

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HARDIN - Kenneth G. Colstad enjoyed the discovery of learning, his work, and traveling and living life to the fullest His hobbies included sailing, climbing, camping and exploring. He traveled all over the world, especially to Africa. Mr. Colstad, 38, of Point Richmond, Calif., formerly of Hardin, died in his home Wednesday. Born in Billings, a son of Leo and Lillian Colstad, he was raised and educated in Hardin. He graduated class valedictorian from Hardin High School in 1964 and attended the University of California in Berkeley. He graduated from Augustana College in Sioux Falls, S.D., in biochemistry and worked with Nobel Prize winner Dr. Libby at the University of Southern California. He did his graduate work in Neurochemistry at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, concentrating on cancer research. In 1970, he returned to the San Francisco area, where he was founder of ENBIO of Vallejo, Calif., which developed applications of aquaculture for food and energy. He also helped establish B C Technology of Oakland, Calif., which designs cryogenics equipment for geophysical studies. He was one of the founders and served as president and later on the board of directors of Community Memory, a non-profit organization designed to give the general public access to computers. He was also a founder of Pacific Software, a computer firm. He had served as a director of the company since its inception. He was active in Thespians, Chorus, Key Club, and National Honor Society and received top honors in the National Merit Exam. He attended Montana Boys State and was master counselor and lifetime member of Demolay. Survivors include his parents; a sister, Mrs. Porter Ray (Carta) Forney ; and a nephew, Cameron Forney, all of Hardin. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in First American Lutheran Church. Burial will be in Hardin Cemetery. Bullis Mortuary is in charge.. The Billings Gazette 6-29-1985

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