Jeanette Ethel Slogar

Jeanette Ethel Slogar, beloved wife, mother, sister, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt, cousin, and friend, went to be with our father in heaven on Wednesday, April 13th, 2022. She was 86 years old.

Born July 20th, 1935, in Dallas, Texas, she was the daughter of the late Ivan G. and Nina Maye Page of Grand Junction, Colorado, and the sister of the late Mert Page of Shoreline, Washington.

Jeanette graduated from Central High School in Grand Junction, Colorado. In her senior year, she wrote an essay about the United Nations that won her a trip with students from across the United States to visit the United Nations, the Empire State Building, Niagara Falls, and other famous sites in New York. She married her high school sweetheart, the late John Darrell Slogar, shortly after their high school graduation in 1953. They were married for 66 years.

She worked as a teller at the First National Bank of Grand Junction, a cafeteria manager for Mesa County Valley School District 51, and was co-owner of Quality Sheet Metal in Grand Junction, Colorado, until her husband’s retirement in 1984.

Jeanette loved being outside. She loved camping and fishing in the mountains of Colorado, skiing at Powderhorn Ski Resort, and having fun with her family. She was an avid flower gardener, played the piano and organ, enjoyed cooking and sewing, and loved spending time with and caring for animals.

She was beautiful, brilliant, funny, outgoing, adventurous, and hardworking. She believed in being sweet and kind to everyone she met and loved her family and friends with her whole heart.

Jeanette is survived by her loving daughter Cherie (Clifton) Bardsley, Dacono, CO, and son Michael (Linda) Slogar, Colorado Springs, CO, grandsons Justin (Selena) Slogar, Oxnard, CA, Jared (Jillene) Reeg, Highlands Ranch, CO, Kierre Reeg, Scottsdale, AZ, Kendrick Reeg, Scottsdale, AZ, David (Jeanine) Bardsley, Scottsdale, AZ, Dale (Pam) Bardsley, Melbourne, FL, granddaughter Jacynda (Dan) Smith, Bellevue, IA, great-grandsons Alec Slogar, Jaxon Reeg, Jacek Reeg, Jaedrec Reeg, and Taegin Smith, and great-granddaughters Elizabeth (Stewart) Grimshaw, Rachel Bardsley, and Ariya Smith.

A memorial service for Jeanette will be held at 10:00 am on Saturday, May 21st, 2022, at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, 2650 Parish View, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 80919. Reception to follow service.

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.MtViewMortuary.com for the Slogar family.