Obituary
Jerold (Jerry) Greenstreet

Jerold (Jerry) Greenstreet, of Westcliffe, Colorado, passed away May 9, 2024, in his home surrounded by his loving family after a courageous battle with cancer. During these past months, it would take a village to care for Jerry during his cancer treatments. There wasn’t a day that went by that his children, grandkids, his son in law Alan, who was always referred to as a son, and the rest of the extended family, would not be found in the home caring for “Grandpa and Dad.”
For it was their love and devotion that kept him motivated to fight.
Jerry was born January 27, 1961, in Dekalb, Illinois. He was the oldest of two sons born to Gloria and Donald Greenstreet.
The family moved to Cañon City, Colorado, in 1971, where Jerry attended local schools and graduated from Cañon City High School in 1979. Not long after graduation, Jerry went to work in Leadville at Climax Mine.
On March 14, 1981, Jerry married Tracy Wheeler in Cañon City, Colorado. From this marriage three children, who were the center of the couples’ lives were born; Christopher, Amanda and Breanna.
While Jerry worked and studied to become a journeyman plumber the family moved to Denver, Colorado for a short time. The family returned to Cañon City and Jerry worked for a local plumbing company for many years until he achieved his Master Plumbing License.
In 1995, Jerry and Tracy moved the family to Westcliffe where they built their dream home and opened and ran a successful plumbing and heating business, “Rainbow Plumbing and Heating”.
Jerry loved to have family around and attended every family event whether near or far. In his free time, Jerry loved to bowl, camp, travel, coupon shop, listen to area bands, and just hang out with family and friends. His love of classic rock music would find him
traveling around to follow local area bands and messaging people to come join him. He had a love for finding good restaurants and tasty foods and could never pass up a good restaurant or a coupon
or grocery store sale. You could always count on there being an abundance of condiments and snacks at the Greenstreet home.
His home was always open to everyone, family, friends, friends of the children; the house had an open-door policy, and you could always find an extra body staying at the Greenstreet home. No one was ever turned away.
Jerry was preceded in death by his father Donald Greenstreet in
1996, his wife Tracy, in May of 2021, and his Mother, Gloria Greenstreet in September 2021.
Jerry is survived by his
children ,Christopher (Rachel) Greenstreet, Amanda (Alan) Paxton, and Breanna Greenstreet. Also surviving are five grandchildren:
Lauren and Lyla Greenstreet, Gaige Paxton, Peyton Schulze, and Riley Henry all of Westcliffe. Also surviving are his brother Rick (Tammie) Greenstreet of Cañon City, Nephew Tyler Greenstreet, many great nieces and nephews, and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins.
At Jerry’s request, a celebration of life featuring live music, food and beverages will be held on Saturday, June 8, 2024, from 3 to 7 p.m. at the Wet Mountain Valley Saddle Club in Westcliffe, CO.