Barbara Joann "Bobby Jo" (Shepperd) Vedsted
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Robert Lee Vedsted, Sr.
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Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 3D Obituary - November 5, 2017
Barbara Joann
"Bobby Jo"
Shepperd Vedsted
December 28, 1934 - October 30, 2017
Barbara Joann "Bobby Jo"
Shepperd Vedsted died
October 30, 2017, very
peacefully at home.
Bobby Jo was born
December 28, 1934, to Sidney
Everett Shepperd and Beulah
Faye Uptain in Lewis, CO. She lived in Lewis with her parents
and sister, Donna Lorraine Shepperd Hare. Bobby Jo grew up
with lots of family and friends riding horses and going to
school. She graduated high school from Cortez and went to
Roswell, NM where she went to business school and worked at
the 1st National Bank.
She moved back to Cortez in 1958, and met Robert Lee
Vedsted, Sr. They dated until 1962 and married. They moved to
Commerce City where Bob finished school and Celia Dawn
Vedsted was born. They moved to Grand Junction in 1964 and
lived in a trailer park on Orchard Mesa. Robert Lee Vedsted, Jr.
and Diann Kay Vedsted were born before Jo and Bob moved to
Clifton on a short 20 acre farm in 1967. They built a new house
and Bobby Jo remained there for the rest of her life.
She was known as “Bobby Jo” to the family where she was
raised, “Jo” to Bob, and “Barbara” to everyone else. She started
and owned Clifton Tax Service since 1985, and was a
bookkeeper and tax preparer for close to 50 years. In between
running her business and being a mother, grandmother, greatgrandmother
and foster parent, she made quilts for friends and
family, was a 4-H leader, gardened, played cards, camped, loved
Willie Nelson, dancing, word searches and gambling.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Lee
Vedsted, Sr. in 1996; daughter, Sondra Jo Vedsted in 1970;
father, Sidney Everett Shepperd in 1988; mother, Beulah Faye
Shepperd in 2013, and sister, Donna Lorraine Shepperd Hare in
2012.
A memorial service will take place on November 11, 2017, at
2:00 p.m. at Messiah Lutheran.
Contributions may be made to Messiah Lutheran and Clifton
Fire Department.
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 6A Death Notice - November 8, 2017
Barbara Joann “Bobby Jo” Shepperd Vedsted, 82, Grand
Junction, died Oct. 30, 2017, at her home.
Services will take place at 2 p.m. Saturday at Messiah Lutheran
Church.
She was the owner of Clifton Tax Service.
Survivors include one son, Robert Jr. of Pleasant View; two
daughters, Celia Vedsted and Diann Vedsted, both of Grand Junction;
five grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Memorial contributions to the Clifton Fire Department, 3254
F Road, Clifton 81520.
