Dimetra Mitchell Obituary (1930 - 2021)

Dimetra “Dee” Nourse Mitchell was a caring mother, grandmother, sister, and friend. She left this world suddenly on November 8, 2021, at age 91. She was born to Harry Nourse and Sarah Poole on April 10, 1930, in Grand Junction, Colorado. She attended Hawthorne Elementary, and Grand Junction Jr. High and High schools. She loved art, drawing and painting, and acting and participating in musical school musical productions, and dreamed of becoming an Actress. During summer breaks, she would work as a Life Guard at the public swimming pool. After graduating from high school, Dee married Wilbur Weir. They lived in Grand Junction at first, then moved to Leadville, and Denver, Colorado. While living in Leadville they had twins Ciree and Cristee and they were followed by the addition of Clarissa. After moving to Denver they completed their family with son Adam. Later divorced, she married Jack Mitchell. Dee was a devoted member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. She worked tirelessly in the old Film Libraries of her church, on her family genealogy. She also had a large collection of phone books that friends and family would send her from across the US. She would comb the phone books for all the family surnames, then send them a family group sheet to fill out and return to see how they might be related. She marvelled in recent years how technology has made family history research so easy! She is survived by her brother, Richard Dick (Debi) Nourse, Daughter Clarissa Weir, son Adam (Ori), step-son, Mark Mitchell, 9 grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, brother Vincent Nourse, daughters Ciree Weir and Cristee Wagner and her beloved husband Jack. A graveside service is scheduled for 1 pm on November 15, 2021, at Grand Junction Memorial Gardens, Colorado, where she will be laid to rest next to her parents and brother. Her husband’s remains will also be laid to rest, in her plot, alongside her, at that time.