Robert Cahill Frison

Robert Cahill Frison passed away in his home of 51 years on July 13, 2009. The memory of his life is being celebrated by his wife of 61 years, Mary Elizabeth Frison, and by his three children, Janette Ann Taylor of Orlando, Florida; Mary Joan Frison and Annelle Frison of Fort Collins. His son, Robert Barry Frison passed away in 2005. Eight grandchildren blessed Robert's life, Zachary Frison and Heidi Frison of Denver, Andrew Betty Taylor of Austin, Erika Taylor of Orlando, Alyssa Johnson of Fort Collins, Nathan Johnson of Missoula, Montana, Daniel Aragon of Placerville, Colorado; and Jayme Aragon of Boulder, Colorado. He also had three great grandchildren, Erik Taylor of Orlando, and twins Cole and Reese Taylor of Austin. Bob, as he is well known to his many friends, was born in Fort Collins on April 12, 1923, and was raised on a ranch in Tensleep, Wyoming with his sister, Joan McChesney, also of Fort Collins, who survives him. The ranch was homesteaded by their grandparents and was a source of numerous true tales of adventure and intrigue. His Dad, a Wyoming game warden, taught Bob from an early age the joys of hunting, fishing, horse-riding, farming, ranching and archeological history. Bob moved to Fort Collins to attend and later graduate from Fort Collins High School. He joined the Navy in 1941 attending Radio and Electronics School at the U.S. Naval Training Station in Great Lakes, Illinois, and was later stationed in Lexington, Massachusetts; Fort Pierce, Florida; and the Naval Research Lab in Washington, D. C. It was in Washington where he met his future wife. He attended Colorado State University as a physics major for three years until he and Mary purchased a General Electric Appliance store which they managed as Operation Electric for 31 years in downtown Fort Collins. They later owned Poudre City Resort in the Poudre Canyon for five years before retirement. Bob enjoyed world travel, current events, fishing, hunting, wood and metal craftsmanship, and had a deep interest in western artifacts and archaeology. He appreciated his family and numerous special friends he had met throughout the years. Bob touched and inspired many lives and will be greatly missed by all. The family will hold a private memorial service.