CONNELLEY, JIM AND JANET (HOLLAND)

James Patrick Connelley was born at Hugo Colorado on 1940 to John and Virginia Connelley of Wild Horse, Colorado. Jim grew up on a ranch southwest of Wild Horse, Colorado. He graduated from Kit Carson High School in 1958. That fall he attended college in La Junta, Colorado. He decided that this was not what he wanted after going two quarters and came back and helped his dad on the ranch. In the fall of 1960 he went to Denver and attended an electron-ics school. In December 1961 his dad died of a heart attack and he stayed home to help his mother and younger brother run the family ranch.

Janet Shirley Holland was born at Hugo, Colorado on 1945 to the parents of Pat and Alice Holland. Janet graduated from Hugo High School in 1963. That summer she went to California to visit a cousin and stayed to work in a bank. While back in Colorado for a vacation, she started dating Jim. They were married on 1965. They lived on the Connelley family ranch for a while. In 1967 they purchased Janet's parents ranch at Boyero, Colorado.

While living in Colorado, they were both active in the ranching business. Jim was president of the local stockmans organization for two years. He also served on the local soil conservation board for several years. Janet was president of the local cowbelles organiza-tion, and also served on the state cowbelles board.

When the plains of eastern Colorado were beginning to be plowed and the shortage of underground water was getting worse, they began to look for a ranch in Nebraska. July 1984, they purchased the Leonard Ericksen's Estate from Glen Nutter.

Jim and Janet have three children. Therese Mae was born 1965, she graduated from Hugo High School in 1984. On May 29, 1987 she married Ken Ehlers of North Platte. Ken is employed at Team Electronics and Therese is an assistant manager at Arbys, of North Platte. John Patrick was born 1967. He graduated from Mullen High School in 1986 and is a sophomore at University of Nebras-ka-Lincoln, studying agriculture economics. Bonnie Sue was born on 1970 and is currently a junior at Mullen High School.