ROBERTA LINN (BARRA) BECKER Obituary

ROBERTA LINN BECKER OF GRAND JUNCTION, CO PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT HER HOME ON OCTOBER , 2022. SHE WAS 68 YEARS OLD. SHE WAS BORN ON FEBRUARY 28, 1954 IN PRESCOTT, ARIZONA TO ROBERT AND THERESA PERRY. SHE WAS THE OLDEST OF 12 CHILDREN. SHE LOVED HER SIBLINGS VERY MUCH AND TOOK PRIDE IN TAKING CARE OF THEM THROUGHOUT HER LIFE. DOING WHATEVER SHE COULD FOR THEM. GINGER SPENT HER YOUNDER YEARS LIVING IN ARIZONA BUT EVENTUALLY MOVED TO LOS ANGELAS WHERE IN 1969 SHE WELCOMED HER FIRST DAUGHTER THERESA LYNN. SHE AFFECTIONATELY CALLED HER TERI. GINGER LOVED BEING A MOM AND SHE DEVOTED HER LIFE TO ENSURING SHE RAISED HER CHILDREN RIGHT. SHE WORKED MANY JOBS IN HER LIFETIME T PROVIDE FOR HER FAMILY AND TO MAKE SURE THEY HAD OPPORTUNITIES SHE NEVER HAD. EDUCATION WAS IMPORTANT TO HER AND SHE TOOK AS MANY COLLEGE COURSES AS SHE COULD TO FURTHER HER EDUCATION. SHE MADE SURE HER OLDEST DAUGHTER FINISH HIGH SCHOOL AND ATTENDED COLLEGE. HER OLDEST DAUGHTER'S GRADUATION FROM COLLEGE WAS ONE OF GINGER'S PROUDEST MOMENTS. FAMILY WAS IMPORTANT TO HER. ESPECIALLY HER CHILDREN. RAISING THEM WERE THE HAPPIEST YEARS OF HER LIFE. SHE WAS VERY PROTECTIVE AND WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR HER "BABIES,"
GINGER WAS FULL BLOODED INDIAN AND WAS PART OF THE YAQAI TRIBE. SHE WAS VERY PROUD OF HER HERITAGE AND WHERE SHE CAME FROM. SHE MADE A POINT TO TEACH HER SIBLINGS AS MUCH AS SHE COULD ABOUT THEIR HERITAGE.
SHE LOVED HER ANIMALS. ESPECIALLY HER MACKAW, ROMEO. SHE HAD MANY PETS THROUGHOUT HER LIFETIME. SHE CONSIDERED HER PETS FAMILY' AND TREATED THEM AS SUCH MAKING SURE THEY WERE WELL CARED FOR.
GINGER HAD A LOVE FOR HARLEY MOTORCYCLES AND EVERYTHING THAT ENTAILED. THE BIKER LIFESTYLE WAS AN INTEGRAL PART OF WHO SHE WAS AND SHE EVEN BOUGHT HER OWN HARLEY IN HER LATE 20'S. SHE OWNED HER OWN MOTORCYCLE UP UNTIL THE DAY SHE DIED. SHE LOVED TATOOS AND PIERCINGS AND HAD MANY. SHE PASSED HER LOVE OF HARLEYS ONTO HER DAUGHTER TERI AND HER BROTHER PETER. SHE HELPED FORM AN ABATE CHAPTER IN WYOMING IN THE MID 80'S. SHE WAS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR SPONSORING AND HAVING POKER RUNS AND BIKER RUNS IN WYOMING DURING THIS TIME TO.
GINGER NEVER LET THE FACT THAT SHE WAS A WOMAN SLOW HER DOWN. IN HER MIND SHE COULD DO ANYTHING A MAN COULD DO. DURING HER LIFETIME SHE WORKED IN THE OIL FIELD DOING EERYTHING HER MALE COUNTERPARTS COULD DO. SHE WAS ALSO A HUNTING GUIDE AND COOK FOR HUNTING CAMPS. RIDING ON HORSES FOR DAYS JUST TO GET TO THE PLACES SHE WORKED.
SHE LOVED TO TRAVEL AND SEE NEW THINGS. SHE LIVED IN MANY STATES, INCLUDING: ARIZONA, CALIFORNIA, NEVADA, NEW MEXICO, NEVADA, UTAH, WYOMING, MONTANA, LOUISIANA, AND FLORIDA. WHEN HER OLDEST DAUGHTER GOT MARRIED IN 1991 SHE MOVED TO COLORADO TO BE CLOSE TO HER AND HER GRANDCHILDREN. SHE MADE GRAND JUNCTION HER HOME FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS OF HER LIFE.
GINGER HAD A PASSIOIN FOR HELPING OTHERS AND SHE SPENT MOST OF HER LIFE DOING THIS. FROM BEING A FOSTER PARENT, TO TAKING IN THE HOMELESS AND HELPING THEM GET ON THEIR FEET, BEING A SECRET SANTA FOR WHOLE FAMILIES AT CHRISTMAS, TO GATHERING FOOD ANS OTHER NECCESITIES TO HELP THOSE IN NEED. SHE ALSO TOOK IN MANY OF HER YOUNGER SIBLINGS WHEN THEY WERE YOUNGER AND GAVE THEM A PLACE TO CALL HOME. WHILE LIVING IN WYOMING SHE HELPED FORM CRISIS INTERVENTION SERVICES TO HELP BATTERED AND ABUSED WOMEN. SHE WAS AN INTREGAL PART OF THIS ORGANIZATION FOR MANY YEARS.
IN HER MID 40'S SHE BEACAME A DRUG AND ALCOHOL COUNSELOR IN COLORADO AND WORKED FOR ST MARYS AND THE SALVATION ARMY AS AN ADDICTIONS COUNSELOR FOR MANY YEARS. SHE CONSIDERED HER CLIENTS FAMILY AND TREATED THEM AS SUCH. SHE ALWAYS MADE A POINT TO STAY IN THEIR LIVES AFTER THEY GRADUATED FROM THEIR PROGRAMS. SHE MADE SURE THAT THEY KNEW THAT SHE WOULD BE THERE FOR THEM NO MATTER WHAT. AND SHE WAS.
LATER IN LIFE SHE MET THE LOVE OF HER LIFE, CECILE. THEY SPENT THE LAST 20 YEARS OF HER LIFE TOGETHER. SHE LOVED HIM VERY MUCH. HE WAS BY HER SIDE WHEN SHE PASSED AWAY. HER DAUGHTER TINA WAS ALSO WITH HER IN HER FINAL MOMENTS. GINGER HAD A HUGE HEART AND WAS FULL OF COMPASSION AND LOVE. DURING HER LIFE SHE WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND TO ALWAYS HELP ANYONE SHE COULD. HER CHILDREN AND HER FAMILY WERE EVERYTHING TO HER AND SHE WILL BE MISSED.
GINGER LEFT BEHIND HER HUSBAND CECILE BECKER OF GRAND JUNCTION. DAUGHTERS: TERI (ERIC) CRAMER OF CHICAGO, IL. TINA (FRANK) FOSTER OF GRAND JUNCTION, AND SHELLE (RALPH) SMIT OF LOS ANGELAS, CA. AND HER SON: JIMMY (VERONICA) ROBINSON OF GRAND JUNCTION. GRANDDAUGHTERS: KRISTA (ZACH) GUNTER OF COLORADO SPRINGS, CO. TABYTHA, ELIZABETH, FAITH AND KUIKA FOSTER OF GRAND JUNCTION AND ADDY AND ALYSSA SMIT OF LOS ANGELAS, CA. GRAND SONS: RILEY BURGHER OF GRAND JUNCTION. JOSH HAMBLEN OF IDAHO. FRANKIE JR, NICHOLAS, JUSTIN AND JOSHUA FOSTER OF GRAND JUNCTION, ALEX AND ANTHONY SMIT OF LOS ANGELAS, CA, AND BRANDON AND AUSTIN ROBINSON OF MONTANA. FORMER SON IN LAW EUGEN BURGHER OF GRAND JUNCTION AS WELL AS 2 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SISTERS: LIZ BARRA OF MINNESOTA, LINDA STRY AND VICKI GUERRA OF PRESCOTT, AZ. BROTHERS: LJ HOWARD OF PHOENIX, AZ, NICK CHISUM AND ROBERTA GUERRA OF PRESCOTT, AZ, MIKE GUERRA OF GRAND JUNCTION, AND PETER GUERRA OF RIVERTON, WY.
GINGER IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER SON SCOTTY, HER GRANDDAUGHTER KIMBERLY HAMBLEN, AND GREATGRANDCHILDREN SCARLETTE AND THOMAS. NO SERVICES WERE PLANNED OR TOOK PLACE.
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