Pauline Virginia Bash

Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday at Callahan-Edfast Mortuary, followed by a rosary at 6 p.m. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Joseph Catholic Church.

She was a homemaker.

Survivors include her husband, Eugene; three sons, Ray Best of Post Falls, Idaho, Gary Bash of Telluride and Larry Bash of Fort Collins; three daughters, Barbara Monett and Virginia McHugh, both of Grand Junction, and Mary Baker of Fort Collins; one brother, Adolfo Torrez Jr. of Cheyenne, Wyoming; one sister, Nellie Torgerson of Washington, Illinois; nine grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Memorial contributions to Grand Valley Catholic Outreach, 245 S. First Street, Grand Junction 81501.

Pauline V. Bash, 84, was called to her Heavenly home on February 1, 2017.

She was born September 15, 1932, in Rifle, CO, to Adolfo and Catalina Torrez. She graduated from Carbon High School in Price, Utah.

While in Salt Lake City, UT, she was employed by the Health Department and was an instructor for Arthur Murray Dance Studios. In Colorado, she was with the Bureau of Mines in Rifle, CO, the Grand Junction VA Center, School District 51, and a devoted wife, mother, and homemaker.

Pauline married Eugene Bash on February 16, 1957. They celebrated 60 years together.

She is survived by her husband, Eugene; daughters, Barbara (Mark) Monett, Virginia (Richard) McHugh, and Mary (Geoff) Baker; sons, Gary (Diane) Bash, Larry (Dawn) Bash, and Ray (Vickie) Best; brother, Adolfo Torrez, Jr.; sister, Nellie Torgerson; nine grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren, as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

Pauline was a member of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church and volunteered many years at Catholic Outreach.

Her family will miss her love and support, her strong Faith, and most of all, her infectious laughter.

February 8, 2017: Visitation from 4-6pm; Rosary 6pm at Callahan Edfast Mortuary.

February 9, 2017: Funeral Mass 11am at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church with Interment at 1pm at Grand Junction VA Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made to Catholic Outreach.