Gerald W. Bryant, 11/05/1924 to 8/21/2011, 86 years of age was born in Fruita, Colorado, and passed in Brighton, Colorado. He was in the 86th Batallion of the 10th Mountain Division, from 1943-1946, was awarded the Bronze Star for Valor having participated in four battles in the Apennine Mountains and PO Valley, Italy. He is survived by his sons Stephen Bryant and Christopher Trumbo, grandson Erik Bryant, granddaughter Donna Norton, and great granddaughter Alisha Norton.