Alumni Directory Entry for EPHS Class of 2003

ARELLANO-JOHNSON, Joshua Thomas, of Lakewood, died July 6, 2004, in Denver, from injuries suffered in an automobile accident. He was 19. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Monday, July 12, at the Grace Evangelical Free Church with Pastor Jess Mahon of Rocky Mountain Evangelical Free Church, Estes Park, and Pastor Brian Carlson of Grace Evangelical Free Church, Longmont, officiating. Interment will follow at Longmont Mountain View Cemetery.

April 7, 1985 — July 6, 2004

Joshua Thomas Arellano-Johnson of Lakewood died Tuesday, July 6, 2004, in Denver from injuries suffered in an automobile accident. He was 19.

Joshua was born April 7, 1985, in Boulder to Mark Johnson and Robin Lee Arellano. He was raised in the Longmont and Pinewood Springs areas.

From an early age, Joshua loved music, taking up the violin while attending junior and senior high school in Longmont.

He more recently has played the acoustic and electric guitar, and acoust! ic and electric bass guitar and sang in a number of Punk Rock and Christian bands that performed throughout the Denver area. He also took up poetry in school, becoming quite accomplished, turning that more recently into song writing.

Joshua has been a member of Rocky Mountain Evangelical Free Church, Estes Park since moving to that area. He began attending Colorado Christian University last year, studying for youth pastor.

Since moving to Denver to attend school, he has participated in the Scum of the Earth Church, an inner-city ministry, where he worked as a missionary on the streets of Denver.

Joshua graduated from Estes Park High School in 2003. Joshua was a skilled wrestler starting at age 5, going to National Wrestling tournaments under tutelage of Leister Bowling.

In addition, he was recognized for his academic standing and was also active in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and had worked two summers for the Salvation Army Christian Camps in Allenspark. His fellow ! students voted him “most likely to save the children of Ethiopia.

Joshua loved his family and lived his life for Jesus. He was a self-proclaimed momma's boy.

Preceding him in death was his grandfather, Stanley Vera.

Surviving are his father, Mark Johnson and his wife Diane of Lafayette; his mother, Robin Arellano and her husband Rick Valles of Pinewood Springs; two sisters, Emily Arellano and Elaina Arellano-Valles, both of Pinewood Springs; grandparents Mary Vera of Lafayette, Edward and Delma Johnson of Cape Coral, Fla., and Richard and Donna Valles of Boulder; and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins.

Visitation hours will be Friday, July 9, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday, July 10, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Howe Mortuary, Longmont.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Monday, July 12, at the Grace Evangelical Free Church with Pastor Jess Mahon of Rocky Mountain Evangelical Free Church, Estes Park, and Pastor Brian Carlson of Grace Evangelical Free Church, Longmont, officiating. Interment will follow at Longmont Mountain View Cemetery.

Contributions may be made to the Youth Ministry, 1530 Josephine St., Denver 80206.