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Ivan Gene “Val” Carmack

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Birth	:	14 Jan 1921 Quail, Collingsworth County, Texas, USA
Death	:	3 Mar 2012 Fruita, Mesa County, Colorado, USA
Burial	:	Veterans Memorial Cemetery of Western Colorado, Grand Junction, Mesa County, USA
Coordinate	:	39.0631447, -108.5261002
Plot	:	Sec. C5 Row B Site 27 (Columbarium)
Description	:	Ivan Gene Carmack 91, of Fruita, Colorado, died March 3, 2012, of natural causes. Val was born to Johnnie Austin and Oleta Carmack on January 14, 1921, in Quail, Texas. His father was a farmer who made a living share cropping. Seeking a better living in 1940, the family packed all their possessions, six kids and three dogs in a Model A Ford which pulled a converted 4 wheel farm trailer to Canon City, Colorado. Val was drafted into the Army Air Corp on June 26, 1942, serving on an airplane salvage crew in Europe. He was discharged in November... Read More	Ivan Gene Carmack 91, of Fruita, Colorado, died March 3, 2012, of natural causes. Val was born to Johnnie Austin and Oleta Carmack on January 14, 1921, in Quail, Texas. His father was a farmer who made a living share cropping. Seeking a better living in 1940, the family packed all their possessions, six kids and three dogs in a Model A Ford which pulled a converted 4 wheel farm trailer to Canon City, Colorado. Val was drafted into the Army Air Corp on June 26, 1942, serving on an airplane salvage crew in Europe. He was discharged in November of 1945, returning home on the Queen Mary (during the war it was used as a troop ship). Val moved to Grand Junction in 1946, working at the F W Woolworth Store. In 1950 he hired on with Gambles as an outside salesman. He had a long career working for Gambles, serving as a store manager in Roswell, NM and Trinidad, Colorado. He owned and operated the Fruita Gambles store from 1967 to 1978. Val worked for the Fruita Co-Op from 1979 until his formal retirement in 1992. He was an active member of the Masonic Lodge, Fruita VFW and Faith Bible Church. On February 1, 1948, he married Helen DeWeese of Grand Junction, CO. Val and Helen had two sons, Kerry and Bryan Carmack. Helen passed away in June of 1997. Val married Donna Shaw on September 18, 1999. Val had two hobbies, golf and playing guitar. He was a member of the Men's Club at Lincoln Park Golf Course and played in several Rocky Mountain Open Tournaments. In 1966 he was given an electric guitar and taught himself how to play lead guitar. Val, Helen and several neighbors formed a country band playing at several locations in the valley. He loved to while away the hours practicing his guitar. Val was preceded in death by his wife, Helen; his sister, Chrystine and brother, Gerald. He is survived by his brothers, Murrell, J A and Bob; his wife, Donna Shaw of Fruita, Colorado; his son, Kerry Carmack of Grand Junction (his children, Nikiea Kelly of Phoenix AZ; Brooke Bray of Grand Junction, and John Carmack of Grand Junction); his son, Bryan Carmack of Grand Junction (his wife, Jeanette; stepchildren, Jason of Denver; Dustin and Sherry of Grand Junction, and child, A J Carmack of Washington); as well as three great-grandchildren. He is also survived by three step-children from his second marriage to Donna Shaw, Gene Shaw of Wyoming; Bob Shaw of Alaska, and Libby Beede of Grand Junction, Colorado. All of his family loved him dearly. Funeral services will be held at 8:30 a.m., Friday March 9, at Martin Mortuary. Military services and Internment will take place 10:00 a.m. at Veterans Memorial Cemetery of Western Colorado. Condolences and floral tributes may be left for the family at www.martinmortuary.com. Published in The Daily Sentinel on March 8, 2012

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Ivan Gene “Val” Carmack death on 3 Mar 2012 in Fruita, Mesa County, Colorado, USA
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Latitude: 39.0631447
Longitude: -108.5261002

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