Obituary: Artie Parr

Artie L. Parr, 88, died Saturday Feb. 7, 2015. She died at home, surrounded by her sisters and children, just as she would have wanted. She was born Jan. 25, 1927, in Grand Junction, Colo., to Greek immigrants Hariklia Roufoulas and Louis J. Eliopulos. She was the fifth of six children, one of whom died in infancy.

Artie’s father had land and some sheep outside of Grand Junction, but he primarily ran the…