Marva (Buzzard (mother Richison)) Simpson
Obituaries
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 3D Obituary - July 19, 2020
Marva Simpson
April 15, 1944 - July 8, 2020
Marva Simpson passed on
to her heavenly home, joining
husband, Lincoln, on July 8,
2020. She was surrounded by
family and friends who dearly
loved her.
Marva was born on April 15,
1944, in Great Falls, Montana
to Marvin Buzzard and Elsie
Richison. She was adopted by
her grandparents, Venus and
Jesse Buzzard who raised her in Grand Junction, CO. She graduated
from Grand Junction High School in 1962, and married Lincoln
“Link” Simpson a few months later.
She raised a family and worked with Link at two automotive repair
shops where she kept the books. Her granddaughters remember her
love of ATV riding through the woods and never missing a mud
hole. The more mud the better!
Marva was loved by all who knew her. Some say she was the
finest person they ever knew. Wife, Mother, Grandmother, GreatGrandmother, Sister, Friend. She is preceded in death by parents,
Venus and Jesse Buzzard, and brother, Earl Buzzard. She is
survived by daughter, Kellie (John) Yurick; son, Mark Simpson;
grandaughter, Nicole (Reed) Devaney; grandaughter, Shari
(Connor) Pearrow, and great-grandson, Carson Devaney.
Services will be on August 1, 2020, at 11:00 a.m. at the Lutheran
Church of Messiah, 840 N. 11th St., Grand Junction, CO 81501.
Interment of cremains will follow at the Orchard Mesa Cemetery.
She wished that contributions be made to the Lutheran Churc
