Arthur Art"" Trevarton

Arthur Ralph Trevarton of Fort Collins, Colorado passed away in the evening of Friday, April 8, 2016 from complications of pneumonia. Art is survived by his wife of 45 years, Barbara; his daughter Heidi and her husband Mike Young of Thornton, Colorado; grandchildren, Emma Young, Katie and her husband Jeff Torres; his sister Beth and her husband David Dirkes; 9 nieces and nephews; 11 great nieces and nephews and 4 great-great nieces and nephews.

A Memorial Service for Art will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, April 18, 2016 at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 305 East Elizabeth Street, Fort Collins, Colorado 80524 followed by internment with Military Honors at Resthaven Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to Honor Flight Northern Colorado, PO Box 363, Ault, Colorado 80610 or St. John’s Lutheran Church.

Art was born on September 19, 1934 in Longmont, Colorado to Harry and Helen Trevarton. He was raised west of Longmont in a small home filled with nothing but love. He enjoyed the outdoors and took great pride in looking after his younger sister Beth. He would always have a story about his youth and told them with great pride. Art joined the Navy in April of 1953, serving his two-year boot camp in San Diego working on mothballing the USS Blue Ridge. Art was assigned to the USS Sussex AK-213 in 1955 where he spent the majority of his time as a sheet metal worker in her forward hall. Based out of Sasebo, Japan, Art ran many tours to the Bikini Islands and sent many “trinkets” stateside to his family. In 1961, Art was assigned to the USS Jason AR-8. Art was very proud of his services to the Sussex, but had a special fondness for the Jason, most likely because she brought him home.

Once home, Art began what became a 40-year service to the National Bureau of Standards. When Art began at the Bureau, he also volunteered with the Boulder Emergency Squad. Lucky for Art, he became acquainted with a young lady named Barbara Joens working with the Boulder Health Department through some mutual friends. After Art’s wooing Barb to an evening of fine dining at the “Golden Arches” they eventually wed on May 2, 1970. In January of 1975, their daughter Heidi arrived.

Art’s ingrained sense of service and loyalty carried him through his life. His work with the Cloverleaf Community in which he lived and raised a family and his love and respect of the outdoors and all it offered (especially the fish); the tenacity Art had in the face of health and physical challenges and his unique look at the world around him and the sense of humor he had for it; the pride and love Art had for his country, his family and his friends and, most of all, Art’s unbreakable faith in his Lord and Savior will always endure.