Alma Jean "Jean" (Smith) Parkhill
Obituaries
Daily Sentinel page 5A - May 30, 2020
Alma Jean
Parkhill
September 28, 1927 - May 23, 2020
Alma Jean Parkhill left this
life peacefully, at the age of 92,
in her residence at The Commons
Assisted Living Center in Grand
Junction, Colorado.
Jean, as she was known by
her friends and family, was
born in Hill City, South Dakota,
to James Earl and Ruby Alice
Smith, the second of nine
children. Jean married Elmer
Weisgerber in 1947, and they
lived in Western Nebraska until
they moved to Grand Junction in
1964. Elmer and Jean had five
children. Elmer passed away in
1984. Jean remarried in 1987 to
Ray Parkhill. Ray passed away
in 2003.
Jean was a member of the
Crossroads United Methodist
Church in Grand Junction. In
her later years, she enjoyed
embroidering with the local embroidering guild, and playing
card games and socializing at the Grand Junction Senior Center.
When she was young, she enjoyed dancing and later became an
accomplished square dancer. She discovered the internet and
Facebook and spent a lot of time reading news and exchanging posts
with her friends and family. Jean also loved spending time with
her three great-grandchildren. She participated in church groups,
bridge and canasta clubs, and was a volunteer for Oktoberfest for
the Germans from Russia Club. She lived for many years in the
Redlands area of Grand Junction and moved to The Commons
Assisted Living Center in 2018.
Jean was preceded in death by her parents; sister, Marge Godwin,
and brothers, Jim and Blake Smith.
She is survived by her children, Jack Weisgerber of Idaho Falls,
Idaho; Jurene “Jo” (Charles Chum) Clessler of Westlake Village,
California, and Rick Weisgerber, Don Weisgerber, and Jodie
Kempton, all of Grand Junction, Colorado. She is also survived
by siblings, Tom (Betty) Smith, Pueblo, Colorado; Dale (Donna)
Smith, Ephrata, Washington; Pat (Bob) Chitwood, Brownville,
Nebraska; Ronald Smith, Osceola, Missouri, and Jan Byers, Fort
Collins, Colorado. She had seven grandchildren and three greatgrandchildren.
Services will be held at Grand Junction Memorial Gardens in
Grand Junction on Monday, June 1, at 3:00 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be given to the
Hospice Foundation of America, hospicefo
