Joan Louise Nesbitt
Marriages
Ken Nesbitt
Obituaries
The Daily Sentinel page 10C - December 25, 2022
Born in Grand Junction,
CO into a family of
immigrants from the
Basque country, Joan grew
up in a loving environment
where family was central
to her life. Joan married
her high school sweetheart, Ken Nesbitt, and moved
with him while he was in the Navy to Florida, Texas,
and California. They moved back to Grand Junction,
and Joan became the behind-the-scenes champion as
Ken ran and grew United Companies into a thriving
business which was eventually sold to CRH/Oldcastle.
A talented artist, Joan also had a decorating business in
Grand Junction. Her style and sense of design aesthetics
was uniquely cozy and immediately identifiable as
her. She also cooked the best lasagna, chocolate chip
cookies, and scallinis, to the point where no one else in
the family would even try.
Joan was loving and compassionate toward all living
things, exemplified by the Nesbitt family’s adopting of
two children and taking in and caring for numerous
animals. She was a humble sharer of intuitive wisdom,
elegantly grounded in a feisty sense of Basque humor
that came out in the form of quick witted jabs and jokes.
And you knew exactly where you stood with her; she
held nothing back.
Joan said she was blessed to have been able to travel
the world and see places like Australia, New Zealand,
Brazil, Africa, Central America, and Europe to enrich
her full-life experience and to have had homes in
Laguna Beach and Kauai where she enjoyed her later
years regaling in telling stories of her many adventures
and the eccentric characters she’d met along the way.
Joan is survived by her sister, Linda, children; Chris,
Jeff, and Ashley, and grandchildren; Carrissa, Hailey,
Carter, Christian, Robert Jr., and Tyler.
At Joan’s request, no public memorial service will be
held. Family will celebrate her life the way she would
have wanted it - with food, laughter, and love.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to HopeWest
and to Roice-Hurst Humane Society.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may
be shared at www.callahan-edfast.com for the Nesbitt
family.
