James Alan Rowley of Grand Junction, Colorado passed away peacefully at his home on May 11, 2022 after a long battle with cancer. James was born in 1941 to Frank T. and Bessie Rowley in Hayden Colorado, where he grew up loving to fish and hunt. James attended and graduated from Hayden high school where he played and excelled at basketball, football, and baseball. He loved to garden and grew huge tomatoes and many varieties of roses.
James was a veteran of the United States army where he served as a medic. With an interest in medicine and physical therapy he went on to attend Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction, Colorado and Baylor University in Waco, Texas majoring in physical therapy. James worked for the Holy Cross Electric Association in Glenwood Springs, Colorado as an Operations Manager from 1979 until his retirement in 2003.
James is survived by his wife Mary of Grand Junction and two children, Amber and Mike Scott of Battlement Mesa, Colorado and Scott and Karalee Rowley of Westcliffe, Colorado. Six grandchildren Tyler and Ashley Scott of Debeque, Colorado, Jordan Scott of Fort Collins, Colorado, Colby and Aubrey Scott of Battlement Mesa, Colorado, and Conner and Cash Rowley of Westcliffe, Colorado. One great granddaughter Aubree Scott of Debeque, Colorado. Also surviving is brother Jack Rowley of Larkspur, Colorado. Memorial Services will be held Saturday July 23, 2022 at the Patterson Road Church of Christ addressed 2893 Patterson Road Grand Junction, Colorado. Interment will be held at the Hayden cemetery in Hayden, Colorado. Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.callahan-edfast.com for the Rowley family.
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