Wilma H. McPherson
Burial Details
Obituaries
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 6A - April 24, 2012
Wilma H. McPherson, 92, Grand Junction, died April 22, 2012,
at Hospice Care Center.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Canyon View Vineyard
Church, with a reception to follow. Private inurnment will follow at
Divide Creek Cemetery in Silt.
Survivors include three sons, Donald and Kenneth, both of
Meeker; and Clifford of New Castle; one daughter, Janice Matticks
of Grand Junction; 16 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren; and
four great-great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions to Hospice & Palliative Care of Western
Colorado, 3090B North 12th St., Grand Junction 81506.
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 5B - April 26, 2012
Wilma H. McPherson slipped
quietly into the waiting arms of
her Lord and Savior on April 22,
2012, in the Hospice Care Center
in Grand Junction at the age of
92.
Our mom was born April 1,
1920, at Los Angeles, California
to Tony L. and Helen M. Castor.
After living in many locations
during her youth, her family settled in Grand Valley, Colorado
where she attended high school. While there she met Kenneth
McPherson and they were married on September 11, 1938. They resided
on Divide Creek, Silt, Colorado, until moving to Grand Junction
in 1960.
She loved to fish when younger; be active in her church, cook,
travel, play cards with friends and was an avid reader.
She is survived by her four children, Donald (Joyce) and Kenneth
(Janet), both of Meeker, Colorado; Clifford (Jodie) of New Castle,
Colorado, and daughter Janice (Bob) Matticks of Grand Junction.
Mom was a very loving and nurturing mother as well as a loving
grandmother to 16 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren, and four
great-great-grandchildren, and numerous extended family and
friends. She was preceded in death by three grandchildren, and her
only sibling, Mildred Loncar.
Memorial services will be held Saturday, April 28, 2012, at 2:00
p.m. at Canyon View Vineyards Church, 736 24 1/2 Rd., Grand
Junction, Colorado with Reverend Bob Murr officiating. Private inurnment
will follow at Divide Creek Cemetery, Silt Colorado.
Memorial contributions may be made in her name to Hospice and
Palliative Care of Western Colorado, 3090B North 12th, Grand
Junction, Colorado, 81506.