Aug. 26, 1946 ~ Jan. 8, 2025
James “Jim” Bruce Claybaugh, a devoted husband, father, grandfather, and friend, passed away peacefully on Jan. 8, 2025, in Rangely, Colorado, at the age of 78. Jim was born on Aug. 26, 1946, at the old St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand Junction, Colorado, to J. Bruce Claybaugh Jr. and Dorothy Ruth Doughty.
Raised on his family’s ranches in Leadville and Whitewater, Colorado, Jim developed a deep connection to…