Elizabeth Jean (Bull) Gilleece
Obituaries
The Daily Sentinel page 4A - May 13, 2023
Elizabeth Jean Bull
Gilleece passed away
peacefully on April 16,
2023 at age of 91, at Valley
Manor Care Center in
Montrose, Co.
Jean was born March 7,
1932 at the family ranch on Surface Creek in Cedaredge
to Earnest A. Bull and Dorothy A. Nelson. After
graduating from the Delta County schools, she attended
Colorado Mechanical and Agricultural college, which
became CSU, in 1954 with a major of Vocational Home
Economics. Jean later received her masters in Life
Science from Western State College.
Jean’s teaching career while mostly based in the
Grand Valley, from Fruita to Palisade, she taught home
economics in Delta County, Lamar, Cherry Creek,
and even a reservation in Wyoming. Besides creating
a family with her son, Jean loved spending her time
outside caring for and riding her horses. Jean was one
of the original members of the Side Saddle Sissy’s, that
became the Frontier Bells, which preformed in parades
and rodeo’s on side saddles all around the Western
States. Jean also enjoyed singing in church choirs, and
after she retired from teaching, she did volunteer work
with Saint Mary’s hospital pathology lab.
Jean is survived by her Son, James (Beth) Gilleece of
Montrose; Grandson, Aaron (Crystal) Gilleece of Grand
Junction; Granddaughter, Rachel (Camron) Gilleece of
Montrose; 5 great grandchildren with one on the way;
and many nieces and nephews. Jean was proceeded in
death by her parents; brothers, Willard and Robert Bull;
and sister, Marolyn Wood.
Memorial service for Jean will be held at United
Methodist Church in Cedaredge, at 1 pm on May 27,
2023.
The family would like to express their thanks to the
staff at Montage Creek, Valley Manor Care Center and
the Members of HopeWest Hospice for their wonderful
care of Jean. Memorial gifts can be made to HopeWest
Hospice at 725 South 4th Street, Montrose, Colorado
81401.
