Felicie Jane Williams

March 1, 1953 – September 9, 2015

Felicie Jane (Chronic) Williams passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by loved ones on the 9th of September 2015 after an extended battle with cancer. She was born on the 1st of March 1953, the second of four daughters, to geologists John and Halka Chronic in Boulder, Colo.

Felicie earned a Master of Science in Geology from the University of British Colombia in 1979. This led her to the minerals exploration work in Alaska where she met the love of her life, Mike Williams. They married in 1982 and worked and traveled together before starting a family. They had a daughter in 1986 and a son in 1991. In 1992 Felicie moved with her family to Grand Junction. Colo.

Felicie was a woman of many talents. She built her own kitchen and porch, had a ceramics studio out of which she ran a small business. She played piano or harp nightly, and was always involved with her children’s academics and extracurricular activities. Felicie also co-authored the second editions of “The Roadside Geology of Colorado” and “The Roadside Geology of Utah” guidebooks. In between projects, Felicie kept the family traveling with road trips long and short.

She was widowed suddenly in 2007. Felicie continued to love her husband deeply for the rest of her life. She honored his memory by developing a series of educational signs that teach geologic concepts using area examples in Devil’s Canyon.

Felicie will be remembered for her sense of humor, her strength, the depth of her kindness, how much she cared for her family, chosen and unchosen, and how fully she enjoyed life. She is survived by her children, Amber Rose and John Wesley, and her sisters, Emily Silver, Lucy Hinze, and Betsy Greslin.

A party in her memory is being planned for Saturday, November 28. For more information contact Amber at amber.williams@outlook.com. In lieu of flowers, donations may be earmarked to the Fruita Rotary Club Mike and Felicie Williams Scholarship Fund, and mailed to the Western Colorado Community Foundation, PO Box 4334, Grand Junction, Colorado, 81502.