Mary Letty Halsey
Burial Details
Obituaries
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 8A - July 14, 2010
Mary Halsey, 81, Grand
Junction, died July 10, 2010, at
Eagle Ridge of the Grand Valley.
Services are pending through
Martin Mortuary.
Mrs. Halsey was a homemaker.
Survivors include two sons,
Greg of Lyons and Wayne Jr. of
Fort Collins; and one brother,
Bill Johnson of Auburn, Calif.
Memorial contributions to
Ron Halsey Memorial Scholarship
Fund, in care of Mesa
State College Foundation, P.O.
Box 3692, Grand Junction 81502
or Hospice & Palliative Care of
Western Colorado, 3090 B N. 12th
St., Grand Junction 81506.
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 5B - July 13, 2010
Mary Halsey, 81, Grand
Junction, died April 10, 2010, at
Eagle Ridge of the Grand Valley.
Services are pending with Martin
Mortuary.
Ms. Halsey was a homemaker.
Survivors include two sons,
Greg of Lyons and Wayne Jr.
of Fort Collins; and one brother,
Bill Johnson of Auburn, Calif.
Memorial contributions to
Ron Halsey Memorial Scholarship,
c/o Mesa State College
Foundation, P.O. Box 3692,
Grand Junction 81502, or Hospice
& Palliative Care of Western
Colorado, 3090B N. 12th St.,
Grand Junction, 81506.
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel - July 15, 2010
Mary Letty Halsey was born in
Pictou, Colorado on July 2, 1929
to Ernest and Mary Ercelle
Johnson. She passed away peacefully
at Eagle Ridge of Grand
Valley on July 10, 2010 at the age
of 81.
Her family moved to Boulder
when she was a child. Siblings inc
l u d e d M a r g i e C a s f o r d
(deceased), Charles (deceased),
Ernest (deceased), and William Walton Johnson who lives in Auburn,
California. She graduated from Boulder High and began attending
college classes at CU, but she stopped to care for her ailing
mother. On July 2, 1949 she married Wayne Halsey (deceased
2006). They raised three sons, Wayne Jr., Ron (deceased) and Greg
(married to Donna). The family moved to Grand Junction in 1955
where Mary worked at Mountain Bell for many years and at the
family business, Ute Engines Inc. Mary resigned from Mountain
Bell in order to care for and assist Ron when he became a quadriplegic
due to a high school wrestling accident. She assisted Ron with
his work and civic projects for over 30 years until he passed away in
1998. She was active in the Daughters of the American Revolution
(DAR) until her health began to fail. Other interests included reading,
genealogy, cross stitch, and various crafts. She will be greatly
missed.
Memorial contributions may be made to either the Ron Halsey
Memorial Scholarship at Mesa State College Foundation, P.O. Box
3692 Grand Junction 81502, or Hospice & Palliative Care of Western
Colorado 3090B North 12th Street, Grand Junction, Colorado
81506. A memorial service will be held at Martin Mortuary on
Tuesday, July 20th at 1:30 p.m.
