Charles Leonard "Charlie" Fletcher, Sr.
Marriages
Mary Jane Cash
First wife
Obituaries
The Daily Sentinel page 7A - July 31, 2022
It is what it is. No
explanation necessary.
I think my dad gradually
grasped this concept
throughout his life. I witnessed this as his sense of
identity changed with his surroundings - by who he
surrounded himself with.
He was a loving father. He was proud of his family,
his work and his hard-fought accomplishments. I think
he used to believe his ego was beautifully humbled
whenever life deemed it necessary. His sense of
worth and identity encompassed loving kindness and
generosity. He was never afraid to laugh with you or cry
with you - whether he liked it or not.
As I look back on each experience I had with him,
I can see the hard shell of expectations begin to crack
and fall away revealing raw unexpected outcomes he
learned from and was able to carry through to the next
thing life brought him.
“You can only lose something that you have, but you
cannot lose something that you are.” - Eckhart Tolle
And to this, all I can say is that he left some very
decent humans that he had a part in making that way.
He is survived by his very loving daughter, Melissa
Fletcher and her wife, Monica; his ever-questioning
son, Charles Fletcher, Jr. and his husband, Misiek, along
with their two children; and Charlie’s grandchildren,
Maya and Oscar; his transcendent first wife, Mary Jane
Cash; his son, Robert Boykin and his wife, Alicia, along
with his grandchildren, Michael Boykin, Hailey Harris
and James Boykin and the newest member, his greatgrandson, Kingston, Hailey’s son; his sister, Grace
Lane; and NUMEROUS nieces and nephews.
Memorial Services to be held August 6, 2022, at 2:00
p.m., at the Palisade Cemetery, 3529 Front St, Palisade,
CO 81526. Please join us at 4:00 p.m. as we gather to
celebrate Charlie at one of his favorite eating spots,
Fiesta Guadalajara, 710 North Ave, Grand Junction, CO
81501.
Arrangements entrusted to the care of Palisade
Funeral Home.
