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Loveland Reporter Herald (Loveland, Larimer, Colorado)
Saturday May 24, 2003 page B-4
Wright (picture)
Carroll Wayne Wright, 86, passed away May 20, 2003, at Mountain View Hospital in Las
Vegas, Nev., of an aneurysm.
A memorial service is planned for 11 a.m. Monday, May 26, at All Saints Episcopal Church,
4201 W. Washington Ave., Las Vegas. Inurnment will be in Loveland Burial Park Cemetery in
Loveland.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to one's favorite
charity or to the Koshare Indian Museum in La Junta, Colo.
Mr. Wright was born May 17, 1917, in Memphis, Mo., to Arthur C. and Izetta L. Morgan
Wright. The family moved to Loveland when he was an infant, and he graduated from Loveland
High School in 1935. He married Valette Harris, also of Loveland, on Jan. 31, 1941.
Mr. Wright was a highly decorated veteran of World War II, having participated in the
invasion of Normandy and liberation of Paris.
Mr. Wright spent the pre- and postwar years working in entertainment as manager of
Gibraltar Theatres in Loveland and in several locations throughout Otero County in
southeastern Colorado.
In the early 1950s, Mr. Wright accepted the position of general manager for the La Junta
Chamber of Commerce, then became a manager for the local office of Citizens Utilities. In
1966 he relocated to Nogales, Ariz. Subsequent senior management assignments moved him to
Pine Bluff, Ark., and Miami, Fla. Mr. Wright retired in 1982 from his position as vice
president with General Waterworks Corp. Mr. and Mrs. Wright retired initially to Rio Rico,
Ariz., then moved to Las Vegas in 1992.
Mr. Wright was an active member of the Episcopal Church and had been involved for many
years with the Rotary and Lions clubs.
He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Valette; daughters Barbara Wright of Santa Cruz,
Calif., and Carolyn Temple and husband Bill of San Diego, Calif.; and grandsons Torrence
Temple and wife Kristen and great-granddaughter Cambria Temple of Murrieta, Calif., Travis
Temple of Caracas, Venezuela, and Nathan and Nicholas Temple of San Diego.
He was preceded in death by his son, Thomas Wright, in 1970, and his sister, Avis Tanner,
in 1999.