Betty Jean Sage
Marriages
Herbert Sage - October 7, 1946
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Burial Details
Obituaries
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 6 A Death Notice - July 7, 2015
Betty Jean Sage, 89, Grand Junction, died July 5, 2015. Private
services will take place.
Mrs. Sage worked for J.C. Penney.
Survivors include one daughter, Karen Elsea of Battlement
Mesa; two grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions to HopeWest Hospice and Care Center,
3090 N. 12th St., No. B, Grand Junction 81506.
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 5 B Obituary - July 9, 2015
Betty Jean Sage
October 31, 1925 - July 5, 2015
Jean Sage passed away at HopeWest Hospice Care Center in Grand Junction, July 5, 2015.
She was born in Elbing, Kansas to Richard and Marie (Turner) Gosnell. She was a resident of Grand Junction for 67 years.
Jean married Herbert Sage
October 7, 1946, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She worked in retail at JC Penney Co. until Herb retired, then she retired so they could spend winters in Scottsdale, AZ.
Jean was an accomplished seamstress and for years made all her clothes for herself and her daughter, Karen. She crocheted numerous afghans. She lived in a time where girls took home economics in school and laughingly said she got A+ in sewing and D in cooking.
Jean is survived by her daughter, Karen (Jack) Elsea of
Battlement Mesa, CO; grandsons, Mark (Jodi) Elsea of Gordon, NE, and Joshua (Megumi) Elsea of Fort Belvoir, VA; greatgrandchildren, Colten, Seth, and Madison Elsea of Gordon, NE; and Ana, Jestin, and Kyler Elsea of Fort Belvoir, VA.
Jean was preceded in death by her parents, Richard and Marie Gosnell; her brother, Richard Gosnell, and her husband, Herb.
A private family graveside service will be held at Grand
Junction Memorial Gardens on Thursday, July 9, 2015.
