Chad Kelly Whyard, 35

Chad Kelly Whyard, 35, of Johnstown, Colo., passed away at St. Luke's-Presbyterian Medical Center on May 25, 2012, after a brave and heroic eight year battle with leukemia and stemming complications of pneumonia.

Chad was born Oct. 26, 1976, to William and Janice Whyard of Sheridan, Wyo., but grew up in the Flathead Valley and attended Whitefish High School.

After high school, Chad attended Montana State University. He then moved to Colorado, and while a student at Colorado State University, he met the love of his life, Theresa. They were married on Jan. 27, 2001, at the Estes Park YMCA Chapel.

Chad is survived by his wife, Theresa; son, Chad Junior; daughter, Sadie; mother and father, Janice and William Whyard; sister and brother in-law, Michelle and Erik Flink, of Kalispell; and also his mother- and father-in-law, Bill and Jenny Trippel; and sister in-law, Sandy Trippel, of Fort Collins, Colo.

Chad was an avid outdoorsman who loved to ski, fish, golf, and most of all, spend time with his family.

A service will be held at 1 p.m. on Thursday, May 31, in Fort Collins at Timberline Church in the South Auditorium, 2908 South Timberline Road, Fort Collins, CO 80525. Interment will follow at Roselawn Cemetery.

Contributions may be made to the Chad Kelly Whyard Memorial Fund in care of Bohlender Funeral Chapel, 121 W. Olive Street, Fort Collins, CO  80524.

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