Carol A Brown

She was born in Meeker Colorado in 1946 to John W. and Dorothy Peck. She has one older sister Diana (Vern Harris) Carol grew up in Whitewater where her dad worked as a truck driver for Whitewater Sand and Gravel, her mother also worked there in the office.

She is a Grand Junction High School graduate, and did attend some nursing classes at Mesa State. In 1962 she married Earl Pat Dalton and from that marriage they had two sons, Earl Matthew Dalton and Jonathan Bart Dalton of Fort Collins Co. Matt and Ceeann have two children, Maggie Schuller (Mark) of Grand Junction and Dean Dalton (Katrina) of Grand Junction and three Great Grand Children.

At age 16 she started at St Mary's as a Nurses Aide and worked her way up to Surgical Room Nurse and later as a Opthalmic Certified Technician at Western Rockies Eye Center.

In 1990 she married Russell Brown and moved to San Diego Calif where he was stationed in the Navy. There were two step children in this marriage, Jody Brown (Sally) of Arlington Va. one grand daughter Jodi Erin Brown, and Monica Brown of Lafayette La. While in San Diego she managed a Laser Eye Surgery Clinic at Grossmont Hospital and found a new hobby of riding three wheelers out in the El Centro/Yuma sand dunes.

Upon return to Grand Jct. she worked at Dr. Steven Kellys Oral Surgery office, until she had run in with cancer which made her want to retire and travel in the RV and see the country.

In one trip they hit a total of 37 states and spent summers on the road. Her most memorable trip was from GJ all the way up to Anchorage Ak. and back, she enjoyed fishing for Halibut and Silver Salmon while there and photographing the flowers and animals. She was particularly fond of going down to Navajo Dam every October and salmon snagging with Russ and his Navy friends. One of her best fishing brags was catching twelve salmon in less than twenty minutes.

She was diagnosed with MS in 2006 and was determined she was going to stay active and not become house bound, even though in great pain and on many meds she continued to garden and keep her flower beds spotless. Carol was a good friend to many in her years as a professional trainer and worker, and to countless people she met on her fishing and camping travels. She also was very skilled at refinishing family antique furniture she had inherited down through the years.

She wanted no service or memorials but does want her ashes spread up on the hills she loved and

spent time with her family in her younger days. She will be missed by many.