Frank Edward Born
Marriages
Ashley Costello - 2013
Burial Details
Obituaries
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 7B Death Notice - November 15, 2014
Frank Edward Born, 31, Grand Junction, died Nov. 11, 2014, at
his home.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at First United Methodist
Church, 524 White Ave., Grand Junction.
Survivors include his wife, Ashley Costello; and his parents, Fran
and Phil Born of Grand Junction.
Memorial contributions to the Crawford College Fund at Western
Rockies Federal Credit Union for his stepchildren, Miles and Kieran.
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 7B Obituary - November 19, 2014
Frank was born in Aurora, Colorado
on January 31, 1983, and
grew up in Grand Junction, Colorado,
attending Orchard Avenue
Elementary, East Middle School,
and Grand Junction High School,
where he graduated in 2001. He
was active in a variety of sports
activities: soccer, basketball, wrestling,
snowboarding, golf, Frisbee
golf, and tennis to name just a few. For a short time he volunteered
with the Colorado Discover Ability program teaching snowboarding
and rafting to people with disabilities.
He worked in various restaurants in Grand Junction including Spoons,
where he truly enjoyed serving and helping others. There he earned the
Heart of Hospice Award, of which he was very proud.
Frank moved to Boulder for a couple years where he worked for a
storage company managing approximately 1200 units. He reconnected
with a friend and the loves of his life, Ashley Costello and her children,
Miles and Kieran. They married in 2013, and when Frank became ill
with cancer soon after, she took care of him until he lost his battle with
the disease on November 11, 2014. He was called home to God and
was reborn into eternal life on that day.
Frank’s passing has left holes in the hearts of his family, friends, and
his Chili’s family as well.
Frank had a great sense of humor, loved people and never met a stranger.
In the last few years of his life he managed Grand Junction Chili’s
restaurant. This past year Frank was the American Cancer Society’s
2014 Relay for Life Survivor of the Year, was given a trip to Boston
to see his beloved Red Sox team play, had a great camping trip on the
Grand Mesa with family and just a week and half ago had a wonderful
combined Thanksgiving, Christmas, and birthday celebration with
close friends and family.
He lost his battle with cancer, but during the time he was ill, he never
gave up the fight.
Survivors include his wife, Ashley Costello and two step-children,
Miles and Kieran Crawford; parents, Phil and Fran Born; an uncle, Bill
Hasenkamp of Ft. Worth, TX; an uncle and aunt, Royed and Beth Hollick;
cousins, Zachary and Emmalee Hollick of Custer, South Dakota,
and cousin, Peggy Clarke and family of Suffolk, England.
The family would like express their deepest gratitude to the medical
professionals near and far who worked tirelessly, not only to attend to
Frank’s disease, but also to his comfort and emotional well-being, as
well as the extraordinary staff at Chili’s, friends, family, and the congregation
of the First United Methodist Church.
A celebration of Life will be held at 10:00 a.m. on November 21st,
2014, at the First United Methodist Church at 524 White Avenue,
Grand Junction, CO 81501.
In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation payable to the Crawford
College Fund at the Western Rockies Federal Credit Union, 2302
North Avenue, Grand Junction, CO 81501, or the Testicular Cancer
Awareness Foundation, 202 North Avenue, Grand Junction, CO 81501.
Online condolences may be left at MartinMortuary.com.
