James Alan Gardner

James Alan Gardner, 69, born June 5, 1956, in Grand Junction, Colorado, passed away April 2, 2026, in Pahrump, Nevada.

Due to Jim’s Father’s government employment, Jim lived in several towns before moving to Pahrump, NV. Collbran, Colorado where he learned to fish and caught many Rainbow trout; Fontenelle, Wyoming where the school bus ride was 45 miles one way and the wind blew all the time; Pueblo, Colorado graduating from Pueblo South High School in 1974. Attended Southern Colorado State College (now CSU Pueblo). Jim was employed by the National Railroad Transportation Center as a computer technician before moving to Pahrump, NV in 1991. There, he met Judy Yowell and they were together for 20 years, until her passing in 2015.

Jim worked as the lead computer technician at Terrible’s Roadhouse Casino. In 2019, Jim met his girlfriend, Vickie, and they enjoyed many adventures together. Jim was a kind and giving man, delivering food boxes each week with Vickie for New Hope church. Jim will also be greatly missed by his “feline son,” Raven, who adored Jim as we all did.

Survived by parents, Stanley and Charlene Gardner; cousins, Richard, Charles and Fred Dodd; nephew, Alan M. Gray and family; niece, Vicki Nelson and family; girlfriend, Vickie Zamzow and family; and brother-in-law, John W. Gray.

Preceded in death by sister, Rita Gardner Gray; cousins, Dr. J. Robert Dodd and Judy Yowell.

Per Jim’s request no funeral services will be held, a private family gathering will be held in Colorado later this summer. Online condolences, www.MontgomerySteward.com