Carol M. Lange passed into the arms of her heavenly father on April 7, 2021 at HopeWest Hospice in Grand Junction following a short illness. She was born in Hotchkiss, Colorado on December 22, 1934 to Floyd and Victoria Dooling Jenkins. She spent her childhood in Grand Junction and graduated from Central High School. She married the love of her life Dale A. Lange on September 14, 1952 and celebrated 64 years of marriage before his passing in 2017.
Carol was a homemaker for most of her life however, she worked for Coors Tech for 10 years before retiring. Her favorite past times were reading, word search puzzles, sewing, crocheting and special gift projects. Her special gifts will be cherished and remembered by those who received them.
Dad and Mother also enjoyed gardening, fishing, camping, bowling and exploring together. One of their life highlights was a road trip to Alaska which took several weeks and they were able to mark it off their bucket list.
Survivors include one daughter, Linda (Mike) Barley of Grand Junction; four sons, Dale F. of Whitewater, Roger of Grand Junction, Dwaine (Debby) of Mack, and Brian of Caldwell, Idaho; 16 grandchildren; and 28 great-grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her husband, her parents, five sisters, one brother, one grandson and one great grandson.
Visitation and slide show presentation will be at 10:00 a.m. Monday April 12th at Martin’s Mortuary. Services will follow at 11:00 a.m. at the mortuary. Graveside service will be at 12 p.m. at Memorial Gardens Cemetery. There will be a celebration of life after the graveside at Mack that you are invited to attend. Memorial contributions to the HopeWest Hospice, 3090 North 12th St. Grand Junction, CO. 81506.
