Thomas Robert "Tom" Cogburn
Burial Details
Obituaries
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 3D Obituary - July 24, 2016
Thomas Robert
Cogburn
September 7, 1940 - July 16, 2016
Thomas Robert Cogburn,
age 75, died Saturday, July
16, 2016, following a
reccurrence of a persistent
illness.
Born September 7, 1940, in
Walnut Ridge, Arkansas, he
was the son of the late Norel
Cogburn and Minda Collins.
Tom was a veteran of the U.S. Army having served during the
Cold War and was stationed in Germany during the construction
of the Berlin Wall. He was a surveyor by trade working and
trekking all over Colorado and Utah.
Tom enjoyed spending time with his grandsons, watching
classic westerns, and rooting for the Denver Broncos.
Tom was preceded in death by his parents and his brother, Jay
Collins. He is survived by his sister, Bonnie Hawthorne, Fort
Collins; daughter, Carrie Cogburn, Houston, Texas; son,
Thomas R. Cogburn II, and grandsons, John and Michael
Cogburn, Grand Junction, Colorado.
Memorial services will be held on July 29, 2016 at 3:00 p.m. at
the Veterans Memorial Cemetery of Western Colorado, 2830
Riverside Parkway, Grand Junction, Colorado. Services have
been entrusted to Browns Cremation and Funeral Services.
