May 24, 1951 ~ Nov. 12, 2024
Longtime Meeker resident, Linn Pettijohn, 73, passed away from natural causes Nov. 12, 2024.
Linn was born May 24, 1951, in St. Francis, Kansas, to Alvin and Ellen Pettijohn.
He spent his childhood years on the family farm 25 miles northeast of Burlington, Colorado, near the Kansas border.
Linn attended a country school through sixth grade and then Burlington schools for junior and senior high. He graduated from Burlington High School in 1969.
Linn received a BS in Forest Management Sciences from Colorado State University in 1973. He pursued this degree as he “always wanted to live in the mountains.”
Linn met his wife of 50 years, Deborah Baughman, while they were students at CSU. They have two daughters, Ellen and Katie, who were born at Pioneers Hospital in Meeker.
Linn worked for the USDA Forest Service for almost 40 years. During that time, he was stationed at Kaibab, Arizona; Walden, Saguache and Meeker, Colorado. His forest service family was very special to him.
Linn lived a full life and the life he wanted. He loved his family and pets. He could be seen walking his Siberian Huskies daily. He was an avid outdoorsman. He loved trap shooting, hunting, camping, hiking and motorized recreation (dirt bikes, snowmobiles, ATVs, side-by-sides and street bikes). Linn was a good small engine mechanic. There were several times a snowmobile engine would end up on the kitchen table.
Linn was a member of the Rio Blanco Golf Association, Meeker Sportsman Club, White River Snowmobile Club and Wagon Wheel OHV Club.
Linn was preceded in death by his parents. He is survived by his wife, daughters Ellen (Andy) and Katie, grandchildren Benton, Brooke and Jordyn, older siblings Mary and Wayne, uncle, two aunts, cousins, nieces, nephews and good friends.
Linn will be missed and remembered with love by everyone who knew him.
No services are planned. Donations may be made to the Meeker Sportsman’s Club, Wagon Wheel OHV Club or the Alzheimer’s Association.
