Smokejumper Obituary: Laney, William Shelby "Bill" (Grangeville 1963)

Authors

National Smokejumper Association

Files

Obituary

Bill died December 18, 2013. He was born May 24,1935, in Springfield, Arizona. Bill graduated from Cliff H.S. in Cliff, New Mexico, in 1953. He attended the University of Houston 1953-55 and spent two years in the Army in Korea. He worked for the USFS 1960-62 on the Gila NF before jumping at Missoula in 1963 and Grangeville in 1964. Bill worked for the Pacific Western Land Company and was living in Las Cruces, N.M.

Identifier

Laney_William-Shelby-Bill_Grangeville_1963

Publication Date

July 2023

Keywords

Smokejumping; Smokejumpers -- United States; National Smokejumper Association; Wildfire fighters; Obituaries

Disciplines

Forest Management

Recommended Citation

National Smokejumper Association, "Smokejumper Obituary: Laney, William Shelby "Bill" (Grangeville 1963)" (2023). Smokejumper Obituaries. 1656.
https://dc.ewu.edu/smokejumper_bios/1656