Christine Ellen "Chris" (Michelsen) Corwin
Marriages
Bill Janes (1st husband) - 1960
Later Divorced
Jim Corwin (2nd Husband) - 1979
Obituaries
The Daily Sentinel page 9A - January 4, 2023
Christine (Chris) Ellen
Corwin, age 82 died 15th
December, 2022, born on
March 7th, 1940, in Rifle,
Colorado to Oliver Henry
Michelsen and Lovena Mae Ryden Michelsen.
Chris was the first of 4 children. Brother, Jimmy
Michelsen was born August 12, 1942, Jerry Michelsen
was born August 8, 1943, and Carol Michelsen was
born on September 1, 1944.
When she was 9 years old when her father Oliver
passed away. She attended the country school Antlers
4th through 7th grade.
Chris graduated from Rifle high school in 1958
as salutatorian of her class. She later attended Mesa
College where she took accounting classes in Grand
Junction, Colorado for 1 year and worked to pay for her
room and board.
She married Bill Janes in 1960 and they had three
children. Michael Craig Janes, born August 31, 1960,
Brad William Janes, born April 13, 1962, and Amanda
Michelle Janes, born September 29, 1966.
They later divorced and she married Jim Corwin in
1979. She gained three stepchildren, Kevin Corwin,
born July 15, 1959, Christine Corwin (Romero), born
June 2, 1962, and Neal Corwin, born July 7, 1966. She
also gained a Granddaughter Brandy Linn, born April
13, 1978.
Chris worked for Chips Grand Tire in Moab and she
and Jim enjoyed playing golf. They enjoyed several
different golf courses in Utah, Colorado, Arizona,
Jamaica, and Maui. But their favorite course always
remained the Moab Golf Club where she enjoyed time
with all her wonderful friends.
Jim and Chris moved to Moab, Utah where they lived
until 2019 before returning to Grand Junction, Colorado.
Chris is preceded in death by her Husband Jim, Father
Oliver Michelsen, Her Mother Lovena Michelsen, both
of her brothers Jim Michelsen, Jerry Michelsen as well
as her son, Brad Janes.
Chris loved her family very much and is survived
by her sister, Carol Loesch (Gale Loesch) of Grand
Junction; her son, Michael Janes (Melissa Janes) of
Grand Junction; her daughter, Amanda Weihl (Dave
Wheil) of Grand Junction; Stepson, Kevin Corwin (Ann
Campbell) of Discovery Bay, California; Stepdaughter,
Christine Romero of Commerce City, Colorado; and
Stepson, Neal Corwin (Tammy Corwin) of Alger, Ohio
as well as many Grandchildren, Great Grandchildren,
Nieces and Nephews.
No services are planned at this time. Burial is planned
at a later date in Rifle, Colorado where Chris’s ashes
will be laid to rest at her mother’s grave.
