Obituary: Joe and Pinkie Spence

Joseph Brown (Joe) Spence was born July 4, 1925, in Meeker, Colo., to Joseph Wert Spence and Jennie Mary Brown Spence. Joe spent his childhood in Meeker on the family ranch. His father was a rancher and an entrepreneur and his mother was a school teacher.
Leila May (Pinkie) Spence was born May 13, 1924, in Siebert, Colo., to Odry C. Martin and Viola May Harrison Martin. Her father was a farmer and her mother…