Raymond Leslie Hendricks

Services will be at 10 a.m. today at Callahan-Edfast Mortuary Chapel.

Mr. Hendricks was a partsman in heavy equipment.

Survivors include his wife Rosie; three sons, Tyson of Grand Island, Nebraska, Tim Moore of Palisade and Danny Moore of Grand Junction; one sister, Dorothy Frost of Cedaredge; seven grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

Memorial contributions to HopeWest & Hospice, 3090B N. 12th St., Grand Junction 81506.

Ray Hendricks

December 13, 1938 - December 16, 2014

Ray Hendricks of Grand Junction, Colorado, passed into the presence of his Lord, surrounded by family, on the evening of December 16, 2014. He was blessed to be under the exemplary care of HopeWest Hospice and, in lieu of flowers, Ray's wife and family would be ever so grateful for donations of any amount made to HopeWest in his memory.

Ray was born on December 13, 1938, and was delivered by his father in the midst of a winter storm that prevented his mother from leaving their house on the eastern plains of Colorado. Little did the newborn, Ray, know that within hours of his birth, the love of his life, Roseanne (Chiodo) Hendricks, was being delivered in her grandmother's home in Aspen, Colorado. Ray spent most of his childhood in Cedaredge, Colorado. He and Rosie (""Annie"") eventually found one another in Grand Junction, married, and combined their families on November 30, 1980. Ray and Rosie would camp, fish, hunt, laugh, and love together for the next 34 years. Rosie survives.

Ray was an intelligent, hardworking man; he retired from Wagner Equipment ten years ago - on the very same day that Rosie retired after 25 years with Coors Ceramic. Over the last ten years, they traveled extensively together and spent the winter months in Tucson, Arizona amidst a whole new set of close friends.

Ray leaves behind his cherished son, Tyson ""TR"" Hendricks of Grand Island, Nebraska, and step-sons, Danny (Rhonda ""Buffy"") Moore of Grand Junction, and Tim (Paula) Moore of Palisade. All of Ray's siblings but for his sister, Dorothy (Dorman) Frost of Cedaredge, Colorado, predeceased him. He cherished his many nieces, nephews, and their families. Ray's grandchildren and great-grandchildren, by marriage, were truly loved and nurtured by him: Derrick, Grant, Matthew, Nyssa, and Stephanie Moore; Ashley (Struwe) Unverferth and her husband, Patrick, and their children, Ethan, Mason, and Emily Unverferth; and Michael Struwe and his wife, Sarah (Younger), and their children, Reed, Finn, Grey, and Max Struwe.

A memorial service is planned for 10:00 a.m. on Friday, December 19, at Callahan-Edfast Mortuary in Grand Junction. Burial will take place in the Cedaredge Cemetery immediately thereafter.

A special thank you is extended to Dr. Kurt Spriggs and his staff, as well as the medical staff at St Mary's Hospital, and the many care providers of HopeWest Hospice.