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Anna Louise Rhyne

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Birth Date: March 24, 1920
Death Date: May 21, 2012

Burial Details

Cemetery Name: Glade Park Cemetery

Obituaries

Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 6A - May 24, 2012

Anna Louise Rhyne, a life long
resident of Mesa County, passed
away at Hospice and Palliative
Care of western Colorado at the
age of 92, on May 21, 2012.
Anna was born March 24th,
1 9 2 0 , t o Emp h r i s ( Emp ) a n d
Frieda Dennis in Fruita, Colorado.
She graduated from Grand Junction
High School in 1938, and attended
Ross Business College, graduating in 1939. She married
Curtis C. Rhyne on June 29, 1939, in Grand Junction. The couple
had three children, Dennis, Douglas, and Judy.
The couple made their home on Glade Park for the first few years
of their marriage and then in Grand Junction but she enjoyed their
summer cabin on Pinion Mesa where the family would get together
for various birthdays and holidays or to just escape the heat of the
valley for a weekend.
Anna started working at the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) in
1954, and retired in 1980, after 27 years of work. Anna enjoyed
family and friends, trips to the mountain to see the fall colors, Easter
picnics and cooking chicken on grandpa's BIG cast iron skillet
over the camp fire, Jeep trips in the Rocky Mountains, fishing trips
and watching the grandkids play and hike around up on the mountain,
she always enjoyed a family outing.
S h e i s s u r v i v e d b y h e r d a u g h t e r , J u d y ( G a r y ) Wu s t e r ;
daughters-in-law, Joan Rhyne and Linda Erhardt Rhyne; grandchildren,
Karla (Gene) Coleman and their children, Tyler, Jennifer and
Curtis; Julie Kochevar and her sons, Matt and Ryan; Mark Rhyne;
Joe Rhyne; Nick Lambuth; Ron (Lisa) Rhyne and their son, Landon,
and sister, Patricia (Warren) Broderson
Anna was preceded in death by her husband of 72 years, Curtis;
sons, Dennis and Doug, and sisters, Mary Anderson and Ruth Babcock.
Cremation has taken place and a graveside service will be held at a
later date at the Glade Park Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made in Anna's honor to Hospice
and Palliative Care of Western Colorado, 3090B North 12th St.
Grand Junction, CO 81506 or to Glade Park Community Services,
Inc., PO Box 23162, Glade Park, CO 81523.

Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 6B - July 11, 2012

A graveside service for Anna will be held Sunday, July 15 at the
Glade Park Cemetery at 11:00 a.m.

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