Sophia Grace Araneda

Sophia was born on September 17, 2002, in Mountain Home, Arkansas, to Erick and Karla (Harris) Araneda. She spent her childhood in Mountain Home and Cabot, Arkansas, and after the family moved to Colorado, she graduated from Fruita Monument High School. Sophia went on to become a student at Colorado Mountain College in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. She was passionate about music and snowboarding, and loved scuba diving.

Sophia will always and forever be the baby of our family. It was still her nickname even when she wasn’t a baby anymore. She grew into a beautiful, compassionate, intelligent adult that we will forever hold in our hearts. Our favorite times with her were traveling adventures that were with the whole family. The thing we will miss the most were family dinners. Every single time she came for dinner we’d have her mom’s famous homemade burgers. She loved her sister’s and her niece Nefret “the mostest”.

Sophia is survived by her parents, Erick and Karla Araneda of Grand Junction; maternal grandparent, Ellen Varhalla of Hot Springs, Arkansas; paternal grandparents, Maria Elena Faugier de Solis (Cesar) of Guatemala City, Guatemala; brother, Khristian Araneda of Sherman Oaks, California; sisters, Jayme Stoermer of Grand Junction, and Kassandra Araneda of Bristol, England; and her niece, Nefret Bruckman of Grand Junction.

A remembrance of life service will take place on Saturday, December 21, 2024, at 1:00 p.m., at Martin Mortuary, 550 North Avenue, Grand Junction, CO 81501. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in Sophia’s name to Mind Springs Health, 515 28 3/4 Road, Building A, Grand Junction, CO 81501, or at www.mindspringsfoundation.org.