Eilene M (Sanford) Strain
Burial Details
Obituaries
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 6A Death Notice - December 24, 2013
Eilene M. Strain, 89, Clifton, Dec. 22, 2013, at St. Mary’s Hospital.
Visitation is from 5 to 7 p.m. Dec. 30 at Martin Mortuary. Services
will be at 10 a.m. Dec. 31 at the mortuary.
Ms. Strain was a homemaker.
Survivors include one son, Orville R. Strain, of Evergreen; one
daughter, Judy Cotts of Grand Junction; one brother, Bud R. Sanford
of Grand Junction; Leona Brophy of Grand Junction; four
grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions to the Western Slope Vietnam Memorial
Scholarship Foundation, P.O. Box 340, Fruita 81521.
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 8B Obituary - December 25, 2013
January 10, 1924 - December 22, 2013
Eilene Strain passed away
December 22, 2013 at St. Mary’s
Hospital, she was 89.
Eilene was born on January 10,
1924 in Mesa, Colorado from the
union of John E. and Margaret
Sanford. She attended High
School in Fruitvale and was a
Clifton resident for sixty-eight
years. She married Willis C.
(Bill) Strain in Grand Junction
Colorado, he preceded her in death.
Eilene was a homemaker and enjoyed collecting hummingbirds
and tending her yard and flowers.
She leaves behind a son, Orville R. Strain, of Evergreen; a
daughter, Judy M. Cotts of Grand Junction; a brother and sister,
Bud R. Sanford and Leona Brophy both of Grand Junction; four
grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Eilene was preceded
in death by her husband; a grandson, Kent Strain and a son-in-law,
LeRoy Cotts.
A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m., Tuesday, December 31,
2013 at Martin Mortuary with burial to follow at Memorial Gardens
Cemetery. A visitation will be held Monday, December 30, 2013
from 5-7 p.m. at the mortuary.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Western Slope
Vietnam Memorial Scholarship Foundation, P.O. Box 340, Fruita
81521. Friends and family may leave their condolences at www.
martinmortuary.com
