Youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ostlee. Born and raised in Black Hawk where he attended school and worked in tunnel construction in Clear Creek Canyon. Entered Navy in October 1942 and received training at San Pedro, California. Served aboard USS Hull which sank in Typhoon Cobra. Brother of Mrs. Dorothy Cannady of Golden, Mrs. Alice Bennett and Lillian Ostlee of Pleasant View, half brother of Navy serviceman Clarence Waterman and Army serviceman Kenneth Waterman of Golden, brother of Charles Ostlee of Idaho Springs.