Gary Gasaway Obituary

Gary Alfred Gasaway passed away on September 30, 2022 in St. Mary's hospital ICU in Grand Junction, Colorado from serious injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident outside of Moab, Utah on 9/14/2022.
He was born in Forsyth, Montana July 23, 1948, oldest son of George and Ann Gasaway. He graduated from Circle High School in 1966 and soon after enlisted in the US Marine Corps where he served in Vietnam for 2 years. After the military he attended the University of Arizona for three years where he was studying Civil Engineering. While there, he learned to fly & became a pilot, leaving school and moving back to Page, Arizona to join his family. He worked for the Coconino County Sheriff's Department. and later applied to Glen Canyon Nat'l Recreation Area to be a heavy equipment operator where he accepted the job at Bullfrog Basin on Lake Powell. It was there that he met Lucy, a Law Enforcement Ranger and was married under Rainbow Bridge Nat'l Monument in 1978.
Together they explored many National Parks living in Sequoia NP, Hawaii Volcanoes NP, Olympic NP, Petrified Forest NP, Yosemite NP, Great Smoky Mountains NP and finally Mesa Verde NP. He retired after 7 years at Mesa Verde as a Roads & Trails Foreman.
He enjoyed shooting (especially Cowboy action shooting), hunting, golfing, reading, loved to cook (watched cooking shows), camping, playing cards & tinkering in his shop reloading, forging knives and working on home projects.
Gary is survived by his wife, Lucy Gasaway, his son, Grant Gasaway, and his daughters, Lucy Robinson (Darby), Georgana Derr (Billy) and 2 grandsons Gary & Gabriel Derr. He is also survived by his brother, Rick Gasaway (Gwen), & sisters, Candy Poulson and Tami Wooster (John).
A Funeral Mass will be held July 22, 2023 at 10am. at St. Margaret Mary Church in Cortez & he will be interned at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.
The family requests no flowers but a donation can be made in Gary's name to the National Park Foundation.