Stanley Martin Citko Sr.
Marriages
Margaret Virginia "Ginny" Citko - August 18, 1954
Obituaries
The Daily Sentinel page 8B - February 19, 2023
Stanley Martin Citko Sr.,
our much loved “Pop” left his
home on earth on February
12, 2023. He expressed many
times in the last year that he
wanted to go “home”. It was
a very peaceful transition.
He had many homes in many places during his lifetime.
Now, he is truly home in heaven with his wife of 67
years, Ginny. Also preceding him in death are his dad,
Stanley Francis Citko, his mother, Josephine Citko and
a brother, Thomas.
“Stan The Man” Citko was born in Wilkes Barre,
Pennsylvania. As a child, his parents moved to
Brooklyn, Maryland. That was home for him until he
joined the Army after graduating from High School
in 1952. Stan was deployed to Nuremberg, Germany,
and served in the Artillery division and as an Office
Administrator. His rank and position in the Army lead
him to his lifelong career in Human Resources and
Labor Relations.
After an honorable discharge, he returned to
Maryland and worked for Maryland Dry-dock as a
Human Resources Director. He worked for Bendix and
Allied Cigna, sub-contractors in the Space Industry. He
was proud to have been a part of many moon missions,
and had homes in CoCoa Beach, Florida and Houston,
Texas. He also attended night school and earned his
MBA in the late ’60s. In 1976, he moved the family
and built a home in Grand Junction, Colorado, working
for the several Department of Energy contractors. He
also taught night school at Delta-Montrose Vo-Tech
and Mesa College. Dad loved to teach. He was a wellrespected and well-loved professor.
He was a longtime sports enthusiast, an avid Baltimore
Colts and Orioles fan. He could quote sports history
from the last 100 years!
Stan was a wonderful husband, son, father and friend.
He and Ginny had four children, Lynn Citko Cotton,
Patti Jo Roberts, Christine Citko, and Stanley Martin
Citko, Jr. He was a surrogate father to his niece, Clara
Cremeans, and had a special adopted son, Christopher
Tomlinson. Stan’s grandchildren, Aaron Clymer, Leah
(Cotton) Testone, Carlee (Clymer) Powers, Ali Cotton,
Zachary Roberts, Jami Citko, and Nathan Citko loved
their Pop. They will miss his wise council, sly sense
of humor and his loving welcome anytime they visited.
Pop also had seven great grandchildren: Victoria,
Olivia, Judah, Liam, Avery, Theo, and Archer.
A Military Honors service will be held at 3:00 p.m.
On Tuesday, February 21, 2023 at Veterans Cemetery
of Western Colorado. Friends and family are invited
to gather afterwards at Patti and Chris’s home, 375 1/2
Hillview Drive, Grand Junction, Colorado.
In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation in honor
of Stan to HopeWest Hospice at www.hopewestco.org.
