Walter Eugene Wright
Burial Details
Obituaries
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 7B - March 23, 2012
Walter Eugene Wright, 72,
Grand Junction, died March 21,
2012, at St. Mary’s Hospital.
Services are pending with
Palisade Funeral Home.
Mr. Wright was a heavy
equipment operator.
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 3D - March 25, 2012
Walter was born in Wheeler,
T e x a s t o Wa l t e r a n d L o u i s e
Wright. The family later moved to
Montrose, Colorado. Walter spent
his childhood in Montrose and
later joined the Navy. After leaving
the Navy, he moved to Grand
Junction, Colorado and married
Twila Hawkins (Wilds). Walter
worked at the Rio Grande Railroad
as a heavy-equipment operator, and as a conductor.
Walter is survived by three sisters, Janet Humphrees, Janelda
Orem, and Peggy Orsbee, and two brothers, Leroy and Claude
Wright. Walter is also survived by two daughters, Kay Parkhurst
(Joe), and Regina Williams; five grandchildren, Jeremy and John
Parkhurst, Melissa Rolbiecki, Sarah Miller and Cortney Williams;
seven great-grandchildren, Jason and Kaleb Miller, Maddy, Bradon,
and Riley Rolbiecki, as well as Jordan and Bryson Parkhurst. He is
preceded in death by two great-grandchildren, Kelly and Lauren
Miller, as well as two brothers, and his parents.
A memorial service will be held on Tuesday, March 27th. at 11:00
a.m., at Bethel Assembly of God, on 29th Road and Orchard .
Services are entrusted to Palisade Funeral Home of Palisade, Colorado.
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 5B - March 26, 2012
Walter Eugene Wright,
72, Clifton, died March 21, 2012,
at St. Mary’s Hospital.
Services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday
at Bethel Assembly of God
in Grand Junction.
Mr. Wright was a heavy
equipment operator for the
railroad.
Survivors include two
daughters, Kay Parkhurst and
Regina Williams; two brothers,
Leroy Wright and Claude
Wright; three sisters, Janet
Humphrees, Janelda Orem and
Peggy Orsbee; five grandchildren;
and seven great-grandchildren.
