May 7, 1953 – December 27, 2024

Janice Kimberly Bowes, 71 of Granby, Colorado passed away on Friday, December 27th due to an unexpected illness. She was born May 7th, 1953 in Salt Lake City, Utah to William “Bill” and Marie Bowes, the third of seven children and lived with her devoted partner Ted Rockwell in Granby.

Kim’s time in the Yampa Valley began when the Bowes family moved to Steamboat Springs, Colorado in 1962. She was raised with her six siblings where she experienced ‘Homer Seepage’, the family’s backyard ski hill, and orchestrated numerous family activities for her siblings; from preparing monthly gourmet ‘restaurant’ meals for the family she called ‘Shilles’, to directing plays, to founding the Western Club meeting at Pine Tree Fort on the back hill under the cover of a large spruce tree. She graduated from Steamboat Springs High School in 1971.

Kim had a brilliant mind and enjoyed working in a variety of roles from keypunch operator in the emerging computer field to proof-reading newspapers at the Steamboat Pilot along with being part of the Artisan’s Market Co-op in Steamboat. Her artistic passions included painting, drawing and photography. Her dry sense of humor also enabled creation of comic books capturing the lively adventures of the Bowes family. Her family imagines her laughing, rejoicing, painting and creating in the next realm, free from her earthly struggles.

She is survived by her devoted partner Ted Rockwell; Sister Sue Beauregard (Joe) Rife; brother Jim Bowes (Bethany Dunbar) of Barton, Vermont; sister Heidi (Tony) Nunnikhoven of Livingston, Montana and sister Tammie (Patrick) Delaney of Hayden, Colorado along with many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents William and Marie Bowes; brother William T. Bowes and brother Michael V. Bowes.

A celebration of life will be held at a later date.