Beverly E. (Miller) Campos
Obituaries
d page 8B - October 14, 2020
Beverly E. Campos
November 7, 1934 - October 5, 2020
Beverly Campos was sent
home to Jesus on October 5,
2020, at the age of 85, in Grand
Junction, Colorado.
She was born November,
1934, in Madison, Wisconsin to
Carl and Beatrice (Yelk) Miller.
After graduating from St. Paul’s
Catholic High School in St.
Petersburg, Florida, she studied
nursing at Jacksonville Florida
Nursing School. Later in life, she continued her studies at Mesa
State College and the University of Colorado receiving her master’s
degree in Nursing.
Beverly met her husband, Rafael “Ray” Campos, at an Air
Force dance in Tampa, Florida, where Ray was stationed. In 1954,
they wed in Tribune, Kansas. They raised their children, Elaine
and Vance, in Wichita and Leoti, Kansas, later moving to Grand
Junction, Colorado.
Beverly was active in her family, her nursing profession, and the
community. Throughout the years, she participated at Immaculate
Heart of Mary and St. Ann’s Catholic Churches. She had a collection
of rosaries she accumulated during her local and world travels. She
also had a small collection of colorful clowns. She would entertain
at various nursing homes dressed in clown costume. Beverly was
an active participant in her nursing profession; floor shift nursing,
Emergency Helicopter Nurse, management, education, and social
nursing events. Since family was an important part of her life,
Beverly, with her husband, Ray, started the annual “Christmas in
July” Campos Reunions which have been celebrated for the past
34 years throughout Kansas, Colorado, and Mexico. She loved to
travel and traveled the world with her husband and/or tour groups.
Beverly was preceded in death by her parents and siblings,
Fredrick, Donald, and Marilyn. She is survived by her spouse,
Ray; children, Elaine Campos (J. Rick Jourden) Grand Junction,
Colorado, and Vance Campos, Lakewood, Colorado; brother,
Robert Miller, Sacramento, California, as well as many cousins,
nieces, and nephews.
Rosary will be held on October 19, at 5:00 p.m., at St. Ann’s
Catholic Church, 535 West 1st Street, Palisade, Colorado, 81526.
Celebration of life at St. Ann’s Catholic Church, Palisade, Colorado
on October 20, at 10:00 a.m. Burial at Veterans Memorial Cemetery
at 1:00 p.m. on October 20.
The family requests that all donations be made to St. Ann’s
Catholic Church, 535 West 1st Street, Palisade, Colorado, 81526.
