Benjamin Clark Burkey
Marriages
Vera Venita Brown - May 2, 1948
Grand Junction, CO
Burial Details
Obituaries
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 7 B Death Notice - January 28, 2015
Benjamin C. Burkey, 88, Grand Junction, died Jan. 25, 2015, at HopeWest Care Center.
Services will be held this summer. Burial will be in Palisade Municipal Cemetery.
Mr. Burkey was a driver’s license examiner.
He is surived by one daughter, Celia Boyd of Walla Walla, Washington; two grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions to the Burkey Park Fund, c/o Rio Grande Federal Credit Union, 760 Rood Ave., Grand Junction 81501.
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 6 B Obituary - July 15, 2015
Benjamin Burkey
March 5, 1926 - January 25, 2015
I, Benjamin Clark Burkey, was born March 5, 1926, in Cherokee, Oklahoma. I was the youngest of eight children.
My siblings were John, Lewis, Robert, Richard, Celia, Gladys, and Nellie.
We moved to Grand Junction, Colorado, when I
was 16, where the family business, Burkey Lumber Company, was started. I graduated from Grand Junction High
School with the help of some good teachers. I spent two years with the Army in the South Pacific during World War II. After the war, I met Vera Venita Brown. We were married May 2, 1948, in the Methodist Church in Grand Junction, CO. Our
marriage was blessed with two daughters, Celia Jeannette and Anne Lorene.
We moved to Delta, Colorado, in 1950, where I worked at
Burkey Lumber with my brothers.
In 1968, I quit the lumber business. I went to work for the
State of Colorado as a Drivers’ License examiner in 1972. I held that position for 18 years, retiring in 1989. I enjoyed traveling to visit friends and family during my retirement.
My family and friends are holding a life celebration at the
Palisade Seventh-day Adventist Church on Friday, July 17, at
6:00 p.m.
