- Date Of Birth: March 5, 1943
- Date Of Death: September 27, 2019
- State: Colorado
Robert (Rob) D. James, of Arvada, Colorado passed away on September 27, 2019 after a long battle with Lewy body dementia. He passed peacefully and was surrounded by family and friends in his home.
Rob was born on March 5, 1943 in Denver, Colorado to William and Vera James. As a child, he sang in the Colorado Children’s Chorale. He attended Lakewood High School. His college education began at Colorado State University, then Foothills Jr. College in California and then to Western State College where he received a B.A. in History/Political Science in 1967. In 1968, he obtained an M.A. in History/Political, also from Western State College.
While he was attending college in the southwest region of Colorado, he lived in Dove Creek, Gunnison and Alamosa where he was involved in several areas such as a Park Ranger at Curecanti in Gunnison, a Tree Crew Foreman and other various and sundry jobs throughout college.
From 1968 to 1974, he taught History and Political Science at Roaring Fork High School in Carbondale, Colorado. He also coached football. In 1974, he became a County Extension Director for the United States Department of Agriculture. While there, he helped co-found and create the Dove Creek Clinic in Dolores County which was one of the first nurse-practitioner projects in the state. Because of this community involvement and support, primary health care was provided locally and not 35 miles away. He also served as a deputy sheriff (Dove Creek) and establishing solar in the San Luis Valley.
In 1986, he moved back to Lakewood, Colorado where he worked for various pursuits such as a professor at Red Rocks Community College, catering, helping his sisters in their endeavors, apartment maintenance and business owner, to name a few.
