Aleda M. Burns
Marriages
Byron L. Burns - January 12, 1947
In Basalt, Colorado
Burial Details
Obituaries
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 6 A Death Notice - August 27, 2013
Aleda M. Burns, 85, Grand Junction, died Aug. 24, 2013, at Hospice
Care Center.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Fairview Cemetery in Basalt,
with a memorial service at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Callahan-
Edfast Mortuary.
Survivors include three sons, Stephen of New Castle, Jeffrey of
Grand Junction and Richard of Rifle; three daughters, Kathryn
Burns of Vernonia, Ore., Lisa Nelson of Grand Junction and Denise
Burns of Kensington, Conn.; 11 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren;
and two great-great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions to Children’s Hospital of Colorado, in
care of the Foundation Department, 13123 E. 16th. Ave., Aurora
80045, or email info@childrenscoloradofoundation.org.
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 7 B Obituary - August 28, 2013
Grand Junction resident, Aleda
M. Burns, died of natural causes
August 24, 2013, surrounded by
many loved ones at HopeWest
Care Center in Grand Junction.
She was born July 7, 1928, in
Glenwood Springs, CO to Kelley
and Eva Cerise.
She married Byron L. Burns in
Basalt on January 12, 1947. Byron
passed away in May 1973.
Aleda attended school in Basalt and El Jebel. Helping on the
family's potato farm caused her to miss many school days, even
weeks, during the school year. However, she was able to complete
the required work for the time she missed, plus and was promoted
two grades--twice, graduating from Basalt High School before her
16th birthday in 1944. She attended Mesa College. Her education
was based on music, and she was a talented piano and accordion
player. She became a member of the Basalt Methodist church in
1946. She played piano and organ for the Methodist churches in
both Basalt and Carbondale. She also enjoyed singing in the choir at
the Carbondale Church. In addition, during her lifetime she played
in numerous bands in the Roaring Fork Valley and Grand Junction.
Aleda worked in the lunchroom at Basalt High School in the late
1960s. Then at the Gordon Cooper Library in Carbondale before becoming
a bookkeeper for a construction company in Glenwood
Springs.
Aleda moved from Carbondale to Grand Junction in 1975. She
worked at Rimrock Bookstore and then at St. Mary's Hospital for 14
years in admissions and the business office. She enjoyed attending
her children and grandchildren's sporting events and activities . After
retiring, she did volunteer work at St. Mary's and the V.A. Medical
Center. She was an active member of the Grand Junction Senior
Center, where she enjoyed playing pinochle and piano, and served
as a board member and secretary. She also enjoyed participating in
the Senior Games. She was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary
for over 50 years, and a member of the Palisade United Methodist
Church.
She is survived by six children, son, Stephen Burns and wife, Carol
of New Castle; daughter, Kathryn Burns and husband, Rod Violet of
Vernonia, Oregon; son, Jeffrey of Grand Junction; son, Richard and
wife, Cheryl of Rifle; daughter, Lisa Nelson and husband, Jerry Nelson
of Grand Junction; daughter, Denise Burns and husband, Bill
Krauss of Kensington, Connecticut; 12 grandchildren, 14
great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her brother, John; one
child, Cheryl Colleen, and her husband, Byron.
Graveside services will be held at Basalt Fairview Cemetery, on
Thursday, August 29, 2013, at 1:00 p.m. Memorial service to be
held Thursday, August 29, 2013, at 6:30 p.m. at Callahan-Edfast
Mortuary, Grand Junction
Aleda was adamant that she did not want flowers at her funeral, as
she wanted them when she was alive, to enjoy them. In lieu of flowers,
donations in her memory may be made to Children's Hospital
Colorado, c/o Foundation Department, 13123 East 16th Avenue,
Aurora, CO 80045, or info@childrenscoloradofoundation.org.
