Ella Faye Franzitta

Ella Faye Gram FranzittaDecember 21, 1936 - September 4, 2016Ella Faye Gram was born December 21,1936, in Fruita, Colorado to Adolph and Beulah (Byrne) Gram. She was the youngest of three children. She passed from this earth to her heavenly home on September 4, 2016.Ella was raised in the Grand Valley and lived here most of her life except moving to Indiana when she married Sam Franzitta on September 5, 1970. They returned to Grand Junction in the early 80's. She was an avid gardener, liked to knit, crochet and sew for all the grandkids. She enjoyed playing bingo and trips to Mesquite and Laughlin with family and friends. She loved to play cards and invite people over to enjoy her cooking. Never a reunion or party went by without Ella's wonderful food. She was very community minded and helped establish a neighborhood watch and often was the spokesperson for them.Preceding her in death were her parents; husband, Sam Franzitta; daughter, Sherri Searcy; great-grandson, Michael Searcy; sister, Velva Antwine, and brother, Orris Gram.Ella is survived by sons, Jim Nusbaum of Grand Junction; Orris (Stevie) Franzitta of Cimarron, Kansas; daughters, Shella (Carey) Price of Denver, Colorado; Mary (Carlos) Rodriquez of Lake Station, Indiana, and Carol Franzitta of Hammond, Indiana; 11 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; Mariah, many friends and extended family members.As requested by Ella, a graveside service will be held at Memorial Gardens on Saturday, September 24th at 1:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to HopeWest Hospice, 3090B N. 12th St, Grand Junction, Colorado or ;(function() { var adKeyValue = 't='; adKeyValue += escape('clio=ACS'); adKeyValue += escape('&cobrand=gjsentinel'); adKeyValue += escape('&linktext=American Cancer Society'); adKeyValue += escape('&linkurl=https://donate.cancer.org/index.aspx?campaign=legacy2&giftFirstName=Ella&giftLastName=Franzitta'); adKeyValue += escape('&fn=Ella'); adKeyValue += escape('&ln=Franzitta'); var adClkUrl = 'http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?iu=/423686928/prod/obit-aff/obit-standard/clio-inline-1&' + adKeyValue + '&sz=1x1&c=928240929'; var adImpUrl = 'http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ad?iu=/423686928/prod/obit-aff/obit-standard/clio-inline-1&' + adKeyValue + '&sz=1x1&c=928240929'; document.write(" American Cancer Society<" + 'img' + " src='" + adImpUrl + "' style='width=1px; height=1px; display:inline;' /> "); }()); American Cancer Society . - See more at: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/gjsentinel/obituary.aspx?n=ella-franzitta&pid=181392043#sthash.2oIy4frs.dpuf