- Date Of Birth: November 10, 1927
- Date Of Death: December 8, 2019
- State: Colorado
Joy Beatrice Allmon, age 92 of Grand Junction, Colorado, passed away at Mantey Heights Rehabilitation & Care Center on Sunday, December 8, 2019. She was born the second of four children on November 10, 1927, to Clarence “Jack” Austin and Delores (Richardson) Austin.
As a young girl, Joy attended school at the Surface Creek School while living at the “old homeplace” on the Grand Mesa. After graduation from Eckert Highschool in 1944, she graduated from cosmetology school in Denver, Colorado, and opened her own beauty shop in Cedaredge.
In 1947 she met the love of her life, Ernest Milton Allmon, and they were married on Valentine’s Day, February 14, 1948. In the early years of Joy and Ernie’s marriage, they lived in Eckert, Idaho Springs, and Pueblo, Colorado. In 1955 they moved to New Mexico, where they raised their family. Although they loved New Mexico and the wonderful, close friends they made there, they always considered Colorado home and moved back in the early 1970’s.
She was a wonderful daughter, wife, mother, and friend who was always ready to help, listen, or lend a cup of sugar.
She and her husband believed that teaching children about faith in Jesus was foundational.
Joy is survived by her son, Scott (Shawna) Allmon of Grand Junction, Kathie Allmon of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma; five grandchildren, Jeff Allmon of Phoenix, AZ, Jennifer O’Brien of Tacoma, Washington, Beth Simonich of Denver, Mark Zahniser of Denver, and Michael Zahniser of Grand Junction, and 6 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Ernest; her parents; her siblings, Clarence “Junior” Austin, Dorothy Stengel, and Jack Austin, and son, Donald M. Allmon.
