Ian Matthew Baxter

Ian Matthew Baxter, age 13, of Grand Junction, Colorado, passed into the presence of Jesus unexpectedly on Tuesday, July 30th, 2024 at home. The fourth of nine children, he was born with to David and Aimee Baxter on July 28, 2011 in Greeley, Colorado.

He is survived by his parents, David and Aimee Baxter, his eight siblings, his grandparents, Frank Baxter and Robert and Jane Vienot, and many aunts, uncles and cousins. Along with the family, he will be dearly missed by many friends and his Christian family, who know it is not “good-bye,” but “see-you-later.” He was preceded in death by his paternal grandfather, Donald Shaver, and his maternal grandmother, Gayle Baxter.

He will be remembered for his love of archery at camp and his enjoyment of all things Civil War, but especially for his bright smile and warm hugs that he gave out freely to those around him

A visitation and funeral were held for Ian on Thursday, August 8, 2024 at Monument View Bible Church in Fruita, Colorado. A committal service was held at on Friday, August 9, 2024, at Orchard Mesa Cemetery.

Donations in Ian’s name may be made to the Twin Peaks Bible Camp New Chapel Fund: https://twinpeaksbiblecamp.org/2024/06/24/new-chapel-fund/.

The original chapel collapsed under heavy snow and wind several years ago. Camp was always a favorite place for Ian.

Jesus said…, “I am the resurrection and the life;

the one who believes in Me will live, even if he dies,

and everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die.”

John 11:25-26

But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters,

about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve

as indeed the rest of mankind do, who have no hope.

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose from the dead,

so also God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep through Jesus.

For we say this to you by the word of the Lord,

that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord

will not precede those who have fallen asleep.

For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout,

with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God,

and the dead in Christ will rise first.

Then we who are alive, who remain,

will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air,

and so we will always be with the Lord.

Therefore, comfort one another with these words.

I Thessalonians 4:13-18