Judge William G. McCollom

Judge William G. McCollom passed away at age 80 on September 6, 2016 in Maryland from complications of a stroke. He was born July 28, 1936 on a small ranch near Malta to Felix and Emma Bell McCollom. Besides raising sugar beets, wheat, cattle, horses, sheep, turkeys, chickens, angora rabbits and whatever else they could in order to make a go of it, they also owned and operated the Malta Dry Cleaners and McCollom's Dress Shop.

Bill became an Eagle Scout at age 14 under Scoutmaster Hurley Wilson, who inspired him to attend a national Boy Scout jamboree in Valley Forge, PA., followed by an in...