Trichia was raised in Meeker, Colo., and was graduated from Meeker High School in 1988. She moved to Durango, Colo., to attend college at Fort Lewis, and she was graduated with a teaching degree. She later enrolled at San Juan College and obtained a physical therapist degree.
She married Dean Walker on June 23, 2001, and bore a son, Joshua, now age 13, and a daughter, Joslyn, now age 8.
Trish “wore many hats” well, including daughter, wife, mother, sister, home school teacher, Sunday school teacher, physical therapist assistant, personal trainer, events coordinator, ski school instructor, landscaper, gardener, scrapbooker and many others. She loved the outdoors, flowers, high mountain lakes, hiking, biking and camping. Perhaps she was best known for her sweet, strong and gentle personality.
Trish is survived by: her father and mother; a brother; her husband; her son and daughter; her grandmother, age 65; and a large extended family.
