Kenneth Lee Atchison
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Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 7B Death Notice - June 3, 2015
Kenneth Atchison, 89, Palisade, died May 29, 2015, at his home.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Palisade Church of the Nazarene.
Burial will follow at Veterans Memorial Cemetery of Western
Colorado.
Mr. Atchison was retired from the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy.
He is survived by his wife, Jacqueline; one brother, Emery of
Palisade; and one sister, Eileen Covey of Palisade.
Memorial contributions to the Palisade Nazarene Food Pantry,
3595 Front St., Palisade 81526.
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 7B Obituary - June 3, 2015
Kenneth Lee Atchison
April 19, 1931 - May 29, 2015
Kenneth L. Atchison passed
away peacefully at his home
in Palisade, May 29, 2015.
He graduated from Central
High School in Grand
Junction in 1949. He then
served in the U.S. Navy for
ten years during the Korean
Conflict. Kenneth returned to
the Grand Valley to be near
family. He eventually joined
the Army and trained as a Unit Supply Specialist and
Administration Specialist, retiring after 29 years of service to
his country. He returned often to the Grand Valley to hunt and
fish and eventually moved to Palisade. He was active in the
Palisade Nazarene Church.
Kenneth is survived by his wife, Jacqueline Atchison; brother,
Emery (Myrna) Atchison and sister, Eileen Covey both of
Palisade. He was preceded in death by brother, William Albert
Atchison; sister, Marlene Hall and two wives, Helen Workman
and Barbara Grissom.
A memorial service will be held at the Palisade Nazarene
Church, 3595 Front Street, Palisade at 11:00 a.m., Friday, June
5, 2015. Burial will be at the Veterans Cemetery of Western
Colorado.
