Richard W. Ott
Marriages
Virginia Jensen
Obituaries
The Daily Sentinel page 7B - February 12, 2023
Richard W. Ott, 76, passed
into the next life on February
4, 2023. Memorial Service
February 15, 2023 from 2-4 pm
at Browns. Detailed obituary
at brownscremationservice.
com.
Richard William Ott,
born February 6, 1946 in
Winfield, Kansas. Passed away February 4, 2023, age
76. Richard is survived by his wife, Virginia Jensen; his
children, Joshua Sage Ott (Fruita, Colo.) and Jonathan
Tupper Ott (Glenwood Springs, Colo.); grandchildren
Dylan Ott, Lilly Barrett, and Hadley Knudsen; his
sisters, Kathryn Morgan and Deborah Takaki (Grand
Junction, Colo.); and is pre-deceased by his parents,
William and Wanita Ott.
Richard’s family moved to Rangely, Colorado in
1949, accompanied by and aunts and uncles, following
after his grandparents, William and Bertha Ott, where
he grew up in the small rural town. Richard graduated
from University of Colorado, Boulder in 1968, working
in the summers on oil rigs in Rangely. Richard lived in
Palisade, Colorado on a peach orchard before moving
to Farmington, New Mexico, then to Albuquerque,
New Mexico, before settling in Grand Junction in
2000. He was a talented musician, designer, writer and
photographer who spent his entire life creating and
seeking understanding. He had a deep love of Colorado
and all nature.
