Robert Van Faith
Obituaries
Daily Sentinel page 3D - August 23, 2020
Robert V. Faith of Grand
Junction passed away Tuesday,
August 18, 2020, at the
Vineyards Memory Care and
Assisted Living in Grand
Junction, CO, after a long battle
with Parkinson’s disease.
Robert (known as Van) was
born in Wichita, KS, January
21, 1942, to Robert H. Faith
and Rosemary Faith. Moving
to Colorado, the family lived in Telluride, then settled in Grand
Junction, CO.
After graduating from Grand Junction High School, Van moved
to Kansas to attend a Linotype School, then worked in Council
Grove, Kansas, at the Republican Newspaper as a Typesetter. There
he met and married Karen Daniels, April 25, 1965. He attended
Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas, for a semester
before moving his family to Worland, Wyoming, and was employed
at Northern Wyoming Daily Newspaper in the print shop.
The couple had two children: daughter, Kristine Lynn, and son,
Leigh Alan. The couple divorced in June 1984. He never remarried.
Van was a carpenter, remodeler, and also obtained his Real Estate
License before returning to Grand Junction. He enjoyed hiking,
camping, fishing, rock climbing, gold-panning, painting with
watercolors, and spending time in Ouray, CO.
Van was preceded in death by his parents. He is survived by his
children, Kristine (Tom) Monday, and Leigh Faith; grandchildren,
Brandon (Shelby Shafer) Faith, Tyler Faith, and Ashleigh Faith; stepgrandson, John Tobin; great-granddaughter, Arianna Rosemary
Faith, and brother, Mack Faith of Memphis, TN.
Graveside services will be held August 27, at 2:00 p.m. at Orchard
Mesa Cemetery, 2620 Legacy Way, Grand Junction, CO.
In lieu of flowers, a donation to Ouray, CO, Volunteer Fire
Department in Van’s memory can be made.
