Jessie Renee Megan Garbesi

JESSIE RENEE MEGAN GARBESI A celebration of life for Cortez resident Jessie Renee Megan Garbesi will be held at Transfer Campground above Mancos on Friday, November 1 at 1 p.m. Please bring your own chair and dress warmly. If you are unable to make it to the mountains, please join the family at the Cortez Senior Center Annex at about 3 p.m. Jessie was born March 24, 1990 in Durango the daughter of Randy Morgan and Jeanne Louise (Harner) Garbesi. She passed away at her home on Saturday, October 26, 2013 at the age of 22. Jessie was a Montezuma Cortez High School band member and a swimmer. She was Colorado swimmer of the year. Jessie was a student at Northern Arizona University and played water polo there. She had her degree in Archeology, had a love of the Native culture and spoke the Navajo language. She loved the outdoors, sports, snowboarding and music. Jessie had a wonderful sense of humor. Most of all she loved her friends and spending time with them. Surviving Jessie are her parents, Randy and Jeanne Garbesi of Cortez; grandfather, Donald Harner of Aurora, Ill.; aunt, Kathie Roghair of Rock Springs, Wyo.; cousins, Jason Roghair, Justin Roghair, Jeff Roghair, and Heather Hubert; special friend, Steve Heath; friends from Crow Canyon Archeological Center and Leopard Shark Swim Team; and coaches, Kevin Ketterer and Mark Knox. Jessie's extra family also included big brothers, Robbie McDonnell and Skylar Steven McCullough; big sisters, Megan McDonnell and Amanda McCullough; little brothers, Joel Applin and Austin "Shaggie" Cope; little sister (her "mini me"), Elaina Cope; all of the kids from the Leopard Shark Swim Team; her Flagstaff mom and dad, Willa and Dwayne McAullife; and her extra grandmas, Eileen T'schetter and Ernie Brown. She loved her friends dearly. Honorary pallbearers are Mark Knox, Steve Heath, Kevin Ketterer, Robbie McDonnell, Skyler Steven McCullough, Jason Roghair, Jeff Roghair, and Dwayne McAullife.