Sidney Jay "Sid" Veale
Obituaries
Daily Sentinal page 6A - June 15, 2022
Sidney Jay
Veale
June 27, 1961 - June 9, 2022
Sidney Jay Veale was
born on June 27, 1961 to
Donald Veale and Phyllis
Branson-Veale in Calexico,
CA. In 1963 his family
moved to Cedaredge, CO
and then to Grand Junction
where he was raised in The Redlands. Sid graduated
from Fruita High School in 1979 where he was an allstate wrestler and football player. Sid attended Western
State University in Gunnison, CO where he accepted a
wrestling scholarship. On August 29, 1981 Sid was wed
to Deborah Peterson and they had two children. Sid lived
his entire life on the Western Slope of Colorado residing
in both Palisade and Grand Junction. He owned his own
agency where he worked in the insurance business for
over 40 years.
Sidney is survived by the mother of his children
Deborah Peterson (Grand Junction), daughter Cydney
(John) Donaldson (Colorado Springs), son Jay Clayton
Veale (Grand Junction), mother Phyllis-Branson
Veale (Grand Junction), and sisters Jana Veale (Grand
Junction), and Jill Veale (Fayetteville, TN). He is
preceded in death by his father Donald Veale, brother
Samuel Veale, maternal grandparents Ranie and Edith
Branson, and his paternal grandparents Vernal and
Gertrude Veale.
The memorial service will be held at CallahanEdfast Mortuary on Friday June 17, 2022 at 12:00 p.m..
Reception to follow at Oliver’s Restaurant in The Grand
Vista Hotel. In lieu of flowers please send donations to
the charity Kid’s Aid; The Backpack Program. Please
feel free to contribute any memories or photographs of
Sid digitally on The Dignity Memorial Online website
