December 12, 1914 – October 14, 2010
Long time Grand Valley resident Vivienne Marie Casto passed away at Eagle Ridge of the Grand Valley on Thursday, October 14, 2010. Vivienne was born to Edward and Lola Farrand Schwartz in Flint, Michigan on December 12, 1914. She spent her childhood in Holly, Michigan, before moving to the Unaweep Canyon area. At the age of sixteen she met the love of her life. Two months later, on October 29, 1931 Byrl Casto faked a toothache to get dads car and eloped with his young bride to Moab. They would spend the next 55 years together working their ranch and raising a family, before Byrl’s passing in 1987. Vivienne was a homemaker in the true since of the word she loved cooking and canning, helping her husband on the ranch and being a grandma she took great pride in the fact that she had became a great-great-great grandma and was able to see her family grow to six generations during her lifetime. Her children and grandchildren remember taking her on many car rides and the long visits that they had during them, how you must have pockets on an outfit, and how even this week as they say their goodbyes after 79 years grandma Vivienne never took off her wedding ring. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Byrl, daughter-in-law Rosemary Casto, and three grandsons, She leaves a legacy of three sons; Ed Casto (Shirley) of Grand Junction, Beeman Casto (Jessie) of Unaweep Canyon, and Jack Casto of Delta, one daughter Lois Hubbard (Bob Fort) of Nucla, 12 grandchildren, 27 great grandchildren, 23 great great grandchildren and 1 great great great grandson. A celebration of Vivienne’s life will be held Tuesday, October 19, 2010, 10:00 A.M. at Martin Mortuary with visitation one hour prior, burial will follow at Grand Junction Memorial Gardens where she will be laid to rest by her beloved Byrl. Condolences may be left for the family at Martinmortuary.com.
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