Charles Edward Roy
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Cheri Roy
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The Daily Sentinel page 5A - January 17, 2020
Charles E. Roy, 73, of Grand Junction, died Jan. 13, 2020, at
HopeWest Hospice. Mass 10:30 a.m., Tuesday at Immaculate Heart
of Mary Catholic Church.
The Daily Sentinel page 6C - January 19, 2020
Charles Roy, 73, died January
13, at HopeWest Hospice Care
Center, surrounded by his
family.
Born to Marguerite and
Charles W. Roy in Avon,
Connecticut, he graduated from
Tufts University undergraduate
and medical school in Boston.
He made his way to Colorado to become a skier and to begin his
practice as a urologist in Grand Junction in 1979. He and his wife,
Cheri, raised a family of boys, two of whom now have families
of their own. He became a hospice and palliative care doctor
later in his career and ultimately took care of the Grand Junction
community for over 35 years.
Charlie had a myriad of health problems beginning with metastatic
mouth cancer in 1996. He overcame the disease and continued to
ski, practice medicine, raise his family, enjoy food and wine, and
meet his first two grandchildren, Luke and Lydia.
He loved going to the theater, collecting art, biking and relaxing
in Cape Cod every summer, traveling abroad with his wife and sons,
going to New York City, visiting wineries in Napa and Sonoma, and
watching the Oscars. He is famous in his circle of friends for his
large garden, which produces endless vegetables and piles of the
best tomatoes on the western slope every year. He was a person who
was open to new things and new experiences, and these traits made
his life bigger and his family’s life bigger.
In 2017 he had a successful lung transplant for another terminal
diagnosis and was able to meet his third grandchild, Fiona, in the
spring of 2019. Later in 2019, his mouth cancer returned and could
not be cured. Charlie’s will to live was a testament to his love of
life, which helped him beat the odds time and time again.
Charlie is survived by his mother, Marguerite; brother, Ed and
his wife, Pegi; sons, Adam and David; daughters-in-law, Sarah and
Marianna; sister-in-law, Paula; grandchildren, Luke, Lydia, and
Fiona, and his wife, Cheri, who devoted all of herself to taking care
of him until he died. He is preceded in death by two sons, Luke
and Christopher Roy, as well as his father, Charles Roy. He was a
husband, father, brother, caretaker, mentor, friend, and lover of life,
and will be missed dearly.
Services will be held at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic
Church on Tuesday, January 21 at 10:30 a.m. Interment will be at
a later date.
Thank you to the staff of HopeWest Hospice who cared for him
lovingly. In lieu of flowers, please make memorial contributions to
HopeWest or the charity of your choice.
