Roderick D. Vincent Jr
Burial Details
Obituaries
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 5B - February 10, 2012
Roderick D. Vincent Jr.,
73, Grand Junction, died Feb. 7,
2012, at his home.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Feb.
28 at Callahan-Edfast Mortuary.
Mr. Vincent was a software
engineer.
Survivors include his wife,
Jeanne; one son, Roderick III of
Geneva; one daughter, Valerie
Vincent-Gallivan of Fort Irwin,
Calif.; one sister, Patricia Trotter
of Carmel, Calif.; and two
grandchildren.
Memorial contributions to
Hospice & Palliative Care of
Western Colorado, 3090B North
12th St., Grand Junction 81506,
or the National Parkinson
Foundation Gift Processing
Center, P.O. Box 5018, Hagerstown,
Md., 21741-5018.
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 3D - February 26, 2012
Roderick "Rod" Vincent, age 73,
passed away Tuesday, February 7,
2012.
Rod was born in Norfolk, Virginia,
on May 13, 1938, to Elma
and Roderick Vincent.
After graduating from Princess
Anne High School in 1956, he
enlisted in the United States Air Force and served a four year commitment.
Following his time in the service he attended Old Dominion University
in Norfolk, VA, graduating summa cum laude with a Bachelor
of Science degree in Physics. With the help of scholarships he
continued his studies at the University of Virginia.
Rod began his career in computer programming and soon met and
married the love of his life, Jeanne Marie Bell. They celebrated 42
years of marriage.
Opportunity took them to the Central Pacific where he worked,
with RCA, at the Kwajalein Missile Test Range as a computer engineer
for five years. After a four year period of working in Florida, he
returned to Kwajalein, Marshall Islands to live for eight more years,
working for GTE Corporation. These were the golden years of his
life, as he raised his children on this beautiful island. He was an avid
athlete playing both soccer and softball. He also enjoyed scuba diving,
reading (Lonesome Dove was his favorite), poetry (Wordsworth,
Byron, Yeats), and he had a passion for playing the classical
guitar, with a special love for J.S. Bach.
In 1987 he relocated to Mountain View, CA, working for GTE. In
his retirement he lived in Utah, Virginia, and settled in Grand Junction,
CO. He and Jeanne enjoyed hiking and traveling. His favorite
pastime was golf.
Rod was a kind, loving father and a devoted husband. He will be
missed and loved by those who knew him.
Survivors include his wife, Jeanne Vincent of Grand Junction; son,
Roderick Vincent III of Geneva, Switzerland, and a daughter, Valerie
Vincent Gallivan of Fort Irwin, CA; his grandchildren, Rachel
and James Gallivan, both of Fort Irwin, CA, and a sister, Patricia
Trotter of Carmel, CA.
A Celebration of Life service will be held at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday,
February 28, at Callahan-Edfast Mortuary. Memorial contributions
may be made to Hospice & Pallative Care of Western Colorado,
3090B N. 12th Street, Grand Junction 81506 or American
Parkinson's Disease Association, 135 Parkinson Ave., Staten Island,
N.Y. 10305.
