Services will be 11 a.m. Friday at Fruita Assembly of God Church, 108 S. Peach St., Fruita.
Ms. Dawson was a secretary in the oil and gas industry.
Survivors include a son, James of Houston, Texas; one daughter, Mary Lou Hampson of Grand Junction; one brother, Chris Daily of Westminster; one sister, Margaret Cheedle of Grand Junction; eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.