BELOIT – On Monday, December 14, 2020, William “Bill” Ryan Borgen passed away at the age of 86 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He was born in Beloit, Kansas, April 18, 1934, the only child of Rex and Eva Borgen.
He graduated from Beloit High School in 1952. On September 5, 1953, he married his high school sweetheart, Barbara Jean Chartier. They moved from Beloit to Colorado Springs in 1957. Bill was selfemployed for decades as the owner/operator of Conoco and Texaco gas stations in Colorado Springs until his retirement in 2002.
His children fondly remember days of Dad coaching their little league sports, the family road trips, camping, learning to catch and clean fish, and summers spent harvesting wheat on the family farm in Kansas. Bill was an excellent skeet and trap shooter, recording numerous perfect rounds. He remained a voracious reader and an avid fan of Kansas State sports to the end.
Bill was preceded in death by his wife, Barbara, and his parents Rex and Eva. He is survived by his children, Jan (Will) Mailloux of Peoria, Arizona; Jayson (Lisa) Borgen of Colorado Springs, Colorado; and Jeff (Kim) Borgen of Clermont, Florida along with his grandchildren Brianna Borgen of Salinas, California and Ryan Borgen of Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Visitation will take place in Beloit, Kansas at McDonald-Roberts Funeral Service, 910 N. Campbell Avenue on Sunday, December 27 from 3-5 p.m. A graveside service will be held 11 a.m. December 28 at Elmwood Cemetery, Beloit, Kansas.
