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1959
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2025
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Roger Cranor Obituary
After growing up on his family's resort, he graduated with a business degree from Colorado Mesa University, formally Mesa College, in Grand Junction and stayed in Grand Junction for a while before moving to the Denver area where he met his wife to be in 1985. The two were married January 23, 1988.
They moved back to Grand Junction in 1989 where Roger went to work at Central Distributing as the Warehouse manager. When the sales representative position opened primarily for the I-70 corridor he decided to take it. That job took him and Mary to Rifle, Colorado for twenty-two years before moving back to Grand Junction.
Roger was an avid outdoorsman, hunter, cyclist, bowler, golfer and fisherman. He spent at least a few times in Doctor Park each year hunting and hiking in his father's hunting area that became dear to all his family.
He was a gentleman like no other and could do nearly anything from landscaping to working on cars. He was a good one to help set up your stereo, TV or computers, a Jack of all trades. Roger was well liked by all his family and friends. Honest, hardworking and loving.
Roger is survived by his wife Mary, who has two children, Melissa (Patrick) Nino and Thomas Finley who passed in 2013. She has grandchildren Jacob and Josuha Finley and Reagan Nino.
Roger is preceded in death by his parents and sister Patty Trujillo. He is survived by brother Carl Cranor (Crystal) of Riverside, California, and sister Polly (Dave) Oberosler of Gunnison, Colorado, nephew Chris Cranor, and niece's Michelle (Ronnie) Peelo of Montrose, Kelly (Paul) McDaniel of Hotchkiss and Taylor Cranor (Ben Selden).
One of a kind, Roger will be SO missed by his family and all who knew him.
A memorial will be held March 22, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. at
Grace Point Church
606 28 3/4 Road
Grand Junction, Colorado
81506
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