Rose Marie (Carlucci) Hitchens
Marriages
James Henry "Buster" Hitchens - October 6, 1956
Obituaries
The Daily Sentinel page 4A - October 1, 2022
Rose Marie Hitchens of Grand Junction passed away
quietly on September 28, 2022. She was eighty-eight
years old.
She was born Rose Marie Carlucci in Fruita, Colorado,
November 30, 1933, and grew up on the Carlucci farm,
now the Adobe Creek Golf Course, surrounded by nine
brothers and sisters.
She graduated from Fruita Monument High School
in 1952 and married James Henry “Buster” HItchens
on October 6, 1956. The couple made a home in Grand
Junction where Buster worked as a landscaper and
Rose Marie was a secretary for School District 51 for
24 years. Rose Marie was a dedicated wife, mother,
neighbor, and friend.
She was fully dedicated to the well-being of her
husband, two children, three grandchildren, and three
great grandchildren, and their families. She was an
avid cook and enjoyed overfeeding anyone who came
to dinner, regularly providing legendary family meals
of spaghetti and meatballs and chocolate chip cookies
that had no equal.
She is proceeded in death by her husband of 56 years,
James and sisters; Mollie, Eula, Mary, Millie, Ellen,
and Gracie, and her brothers, Guy and Ernie.
She is survived by her brother, Jasper and his wife
Lois; her son, Jim and daughter in law Jeanne; by her
daughter, Michelle and son in law, Rafe Donahue,
by three grandchildren; Harrison and wife, Jamie,
Zachary, Olivia and husband, Chris DeCleene, three
great grandchildren; Scottlynn Rose Donahue, Agnes
Maria DeCleene and soon to be born Andrew James
Donahue, and by numerous nieces and nephews.
No funeral services are planned as per her request. In
lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to
Hope West Hospice of Grand Junction, 3090 North 12th
Street #B, Grand Junction, CO, 81506
