James Alan Rowley
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The Daily Sentinel page 6A - July 20, 2022
James Alan Rowley of
Grand Junction, Colorado,
passed away peacefully at
his home on May 11, 2022,
after a long battle with
cancer. James was born
to Frank T. and Bessie
Rowley in Hayden, Colorado, where he grew up loving
to fish and hunt. James attended and graduated from
Hayden High School where he excelled in basketball,
football, and baseball. James loved to garden and grew
huge tomatoes and many varieties of roses.
James was a veteran of the United States Army where
he served as a medic. With an interest in medicine and
physical therapy he attended Colorado Mesa University
in Grand Junction, CO, and Baylor University in Waco,
Texas.
James worked for Holy Cross Electric in Glenwood
Springs, Colorado, as Operations Manager from 1979
until he retired in 2003.
James is survived by his wife, Mary of Grand
Junction, Colorado; and children, Amber Scott (Mike),
Scott Rowley (Karalee). James has six grandchildren,
Tyler Scott (Ashley), Jordan, Colby, and Avery Scott,
Conner, and Cash Rowley; and one great grandchild,
Aubree Scott. Also surviving is a brother, Jack Rowley.
Memorial services will be held Saturday, July 23,
2022, at the Patterson Road Church of Christ, 2893
Patterson Road, Grand Junction, Colorado at 10:00
a.m. Interment will be at Hayden Cemetery, Hayden
Colorado.
