{"id":3409,"date":"2014-09-06T16:19:28","date_gmt":"2014-09-06T20:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lcpllutzlivetotell.org\/?p=3409"},"modified":"2019-09-13T18:23:45","modified_gmt":"2019-09-13T22:23:45","slug":"lee-jay-pelton-38","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/?p=3409","title":{"rendered":"Lee Jay Pelton, 38"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Marine Corporal Lee Jay Pelton, born November 9, 1967, in Greeley, Colorado, beloved son of Rodney J. Pelton and Caroline R. (Foos) Pelton.<\/p>\n

Mr Pelton was reared and educated in Greeley. He graduated from Greeley West High School in 1986.<\/p>\n

After graduation from high school, he entered in the U.S. Marine Corps. He served in Japan and Camp Pendleton , Calif. He was honorably discharged, a corporal, in 1990.<\/p>\n

He then attended and graduated from ITT Tech in Aurora. He worked as a computer programmer, most recently for Qwest.<\/p>\n

Mr Pelton married Cheryl L. Lyon on Aug. 18, 1995, in Golden, Colorado. He loved his four dogs, all of which he adopted. He was a musician, playing the guitar in a band. The band, “Powder Munki,” played in the Denver area.<\/p>\n

Survivors include his wife, Cheryl Pelton of Bailey, Colo.; mother Caroline Pelton, sister Debbie (Edwin) Ferguson, brother Alan Pelton, nephew Mark Ferguson, father-in-law David (Bonnie) Lyon all of Greeley, Colo.; niece Shannon (Luke) Collinge of LaSalle, Colo.; and cousins Kelly and Riley Martin of Oakland, Calif. He was preceded in death by his father, who died Dec. 16, 2005.<\/p>\n

Cpl Lee Jay Pelton lost his battle with PTS on September 6, 2006. He was 38 years old.<\/p>\n

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