Robert Laffler II
Obituaries
The daily Sentinel page 6B - March 19, 2023
Robert Laffler II, age
53, died Friday March
10, 2023, following an
extended illness. Born
November 12, 1969, in
El Paso, Texas, he was
the son of the late Elaine
Halvorson and Robert Laffler. Rob graduated from
Basalt High School and attended Western State in
Gunnison, Colorado and Mesa in Grand Junction,
Colorado.
Rob had been employed in construction where he
specialized in sheet metal work. Rob was also involved
in stock trading, body building, physical equipment
sales, and physical training in his early adult years. In
the later years of his career, he worked as a Firefighter
paramedic at West Metro Fire Department in Lakewood,
Colorado as well as in Grand Junction, Colorado at the
Grand Junction Fire Department.
His favorite place to be was outdoors, whether he
was fishing, golfing, hiking, or catching lizards and
snakes with his two daughters. In the rest of his free
time, Rob enjoyed music, ’80s Rock, to be specific. In
his early years he played the trombone and later learned
to play the guitar. He played covers of AC/DC, Guns
and Roses, and Bryan Adams, to name a few. Rob also
enjoyed writing his own music and songs, he was an
excellent and very poetic writer.
Rob valued hard work and discipline, traits he himself
encompassed in his work and personal life. He was
determined to help and protect those he knew and loved
as well as people he had never met before. Above all,
Rob valued his family and friends.
Rob is survived by his two daughters, Brooke and
Laney Laffler, his sisters, Kelly (Bill) Mueldener and
Holly (Mark) Henry, and his brothers, Daniel (Martha)
Matthews and Billy (Evelyn) Matthews.
Memorial Services will be held Thursday April 6,
2023, 11:00 am at Canyon View Vineyard Church. 736
24 1/2 Rd, Grand Junction CO 81505.
In lieu of flowers, please consider making a memorial
contribution in Rob’s name to: HopeWest, 3090 North
12th Street, #B, Grand Junction, CO 81506
Services have been
