Earl Philip West
Marriages
Ramona
Jean - 1978
Burial Details
Obituaries
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 5B Death Notice - April 11, 2013
Earl P. West, 85, Grand Junction, died April 9, 2013, at Hospice
Care Center.
Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday at Callahan-Edfast-
Mortuary. Services will follow at 11 a.m. at Veterans Memorial
Cemetery of Western Colorado.
Mr. West was a psychologist.
Survivors include two daughters, Melanie West of Covington,
Wash., Wendy West-Shaw of Fox Island, Wash.; four grandchildren
and two great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions to the American Heart Association File
30947, P.O. Box 60000, San Francisco, Calif. 94160, or Hospice & Palliative
Care of Western Colorado, 3090B N. 12th St., Grand Junction
81506.
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 6B Death Notice - April 12, 2013
Earl P. West, 85, Grand Junction, died April 9, 2013, at Hospice
Care Center.
Visitation will be at 10 a.m. today, with services at 11 a.m., at
Callahan-Edfast Mortuary Chapel.
Burial will be at 1 p.m. today at Veterans Memorial Cemetery
of Western Colorado.
Mr. West was a psychologist.
Survivors include two daughters, Melanie West of Covington,
Wash., and Wendy West-Shaw of Fox Island, Wash.; four grandchildren;
and two great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions to American Heart Association File
30947, P.O. Box 60000, San Francisco, CA 94160; or Hospice & Palliative
Care of Western Colorado, 3090B N. 12th St., Grand Junction
81506.
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 5A - April 11, 2013
Earl was born in 1927, in St.
Paul Minnesota to Philip and
Myrtle West. He died on April
9th, of congestive heart failure.
His early years were spent in
Minnesota in a farm house with
no running water or electricity.
His family moved to Washington
state when he was a teenager. He
was drafted towards the end of
World War II. After the war he attended Washington State College
(now known as WSU), where he received his Master's degree in
Psychology. One of his first jobs after college was working at
Rainier State School with the mentally handicapped.
When he married his first wife, Ramona, he gained two step-children
and later had two daughters. In 1962 he moved his family to
Grand Junction where he worked at the State Home and Training
School (now called the Regional Center) as a Psychologist and a s
Director of Home Living and Training. He was respected and admired
by all who knew him and received an award naming him
"Boss of the Year" by the Western Slope Chapter of American
Business Women.
Earl married his second wife, Jean, in 1978 and they enjoyed many
years of fishing, camping, hiking, four wheeling, dancing, golfing
and traveling. Earl especially enjoyed growing flowers and toma -
toes which he generously shared with neighbors and friends. He was
pleased to have a wine named after him called Henry Earl.
Earl was very independent and able to stay in his own home be -
cause of the selfless devotion of granddaughter, Kathy Seleske and
friend, Maria Treto. Many thanks also to special friends, Bob
Simpleman and Pat Reddick.
He was predeceased by his brother, Ralph; his sister, Marjorie, and
his wife, Jean. He is survived by his two daughters, Melanie West
(Jim Fowler), and Wendy West-Shaw (Richard Shaw); his step-son,
Orland Eskola (Jan); step-daughter, Juanita Carstens (Jerry);
step-son, Norvan Huff (Mary), and step-daughter, Sharon Wilson
(David). They were blessed with many grandchildren. One of the
last things he said was "I guess I've caught enough fish".
Funeral services will be held Friday, April 12th at Callahan-Edfast
at 11:00 with viewing at 10:00, followed by a graveside service at
1:00 at the VA Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association or to
Hospice & Palliative Care of Western Colorado.
