Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Grand Junction, Mesa County, CO http://files.usgwarchives.net/co/mesa/cemeteries/memgardens4a.txt Donated by Kathleen Haney April 2006 ***************************************************************************** Contributed for use by the USGenWeb Project (http://www.usgenweb.org) Archives and by the COGenWeb Project Archives USGenWeb Project NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the internet, data may be used by non-commercial researchers, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format for profit, nor for presentation in any form by any other organization or individual. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than as stated above, must obtain express written permission from the author, or the submitter and from the listed USGenWeb Project archivist. ****************************************************************************** Directions: From I-70 west (Denver), take the Clifton Exit/I-70 Business Loop to US 6 (North Avenue) Memorial Gardens will be on your right. From I-70 East (Green River) take the I-70 Business Loop. Follow I-70B through town to US 6 (North Avenue) Continue down North Avenue and you will see the Cemetery will be on your left just before turning on to I-70B. From US 50 east or west you will cross over the RR tracks and the river, which is 5th Street. You can stay on 5th Street to North Avenue. You will turn right on North Avenue (East) and follow North Avenue to the cemetery History: Memorial Gardens was constructed in about 1956. It is a privately owned cemetery located on US6 and can be seen from US 6. Most of the markers are the flat metal type. A section at the back is reserved for the traditional freestanding stones. There are four sections with a Mausoleum and two cremation walls. ****************************************************************************** Memorial Gardens Section 4 Garden of Devotion Columbarium Front of Columbarium: More things are By prayer than this wrought world Dreams of. Tennyson Row 1 1884 Irene Fouquette Hogan 1972 Peter Henry 1913 - 2001 Ruby M. 1918 - Blank D. Roy 1896 - 1985 Shidler Mary D. 1903 - 1996 1904 Eva J. Vancleve 1977 Otto J. 1909 - 1987 Jaros Melinda E. 1911 - William G. 1916 - 1986 Jones Genevieve 1921 - 1957 Layton A. Wurl 1992 1930 Joy Nell Patterson 1994 Row 2 1952 Hector O. Rodas 1987 Roy E. 1908 - 1991 Key Lorenia W. 1913 - Lew 1914 - 1984 Wallace Lucille C. 1904 - 1985 Blank Blank Robert G. 1915 - 2001 Aileen C. 1916 - Leslie W. 1926 - 1989 Mead Shirley J. 1930 - 1900 Anna M. Laughlin 1985 Row 3 1904 Gladys O. Cadle 2002 Robert W. 1939 - 1990 Willoughby Corine A. 1942 - J. Lehman 1916 - 1989 Pond Mary E. 1918 - Blank Dominic M. Ruggio Nancy M. Blank C. P. "Dor" 1915 - 1996 Martin Fern E. 1916 - 1932 Donald J. Stone 1992 Together Forever 1932 - Dorothy J. Stone Back of Columbarium: Honoring all veterans Who served Our Country Row 1 1925 R. R. Ron Romero Tte ot 1992 Herman M. 1922 - 1994 Funk Doris K 1915 - George D. 1930 - 2000 Cordray Bernadena L. 1926 - Alfred H. 1916 - 1992 Sandercook Edith K. 1913 - Blank 1973 Beloved Son and Brother Jeffrey J. Little 1991 Donald H. 1917 - Morris Evelyn M. 1917 - 2002 1926 Ned L. Johnson 1996 Row 2 1931 Harold George 2000 1925 Edward P. Bohall 1986 Robert E. 1912 - 1992 Mugger Ruth 1916 - Lawrence R. 1910 - 1951 Bennett Laversiem 1912 - 2000 Blank Blank Ric 1925 Hieleman Nina M. 1925 - 1999 David J. 1887 - 1969 Hileman Constance 1896 - 1982 1929 Lloyd D. Covell Jr. 2001 Blank Marvin "Tommy" Thompson Nelda F. 1926 - Kenneth Grant 1943 - 1994 Mulligan Carol Anne 1951 - Blank Richard H. 1917 - Nilsson Maribel 1920 - 1996 1916 Robert R. Tubach 2003 *This is a columbarium located in the middle of the Garden of Devotion.