Robert Ray Nelse Archer
Aug 23, 2024
Robert Ray Nelse Archer was born June 22, 1936 and passed away August 23, 2024, at home. He was 88 years old.
Robert was born in Elizabeth, Colorado, to Ellen Norell Archer and George Washington Archer. He grew up in Kiowa County. He met Fern Lee Weaver, and they were married on August 31, 1957. They had an early celebration to...
Constance "Connie" Sue Harris
Aug 23, 2024
SERVICES ARE PENDING.
On the morning of August 23rd, 2024, Connie Harris was called into the loving arms of her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. She passed away peacefully in her dream farm home in Hotchkiss, Colorado, after an enduring battle with lung cancer.
Constance "Connie" Sue Harris was born on the 8th of December, 1967, in Parkersburg, West Virginia, to her...
Marie Howdeshell
Aug 22, 2024
Marie Howdeshell was born in Manhattan, New York to Italian immigrant parents, Nicholas and Rose Simone. Marie was raised in the Catholic faith along with her two siblings, her sister Anne and brother Steve. As a child Marie loved ice skating and roller-skating but had high hopes of becoming a ballerina. Marie also had her favorites while growing up in...
Frank Arellano
Aug 19, 2024
We make Choices In Life and We have to Live with Those Choices
Frank Arellano passed away on August 19, 2024, at his home in Delta, Colorado. He was 88 years young. Frank was born on July 30, 1936, in San Bernardino, California to Frances Vasquez Arellano and Jesus Arellano. He grew up in California and after graduation from High School...
Julia (Judy) Annette Marshall
Aug 18, 2024
Julia (Judy) Annette Marshall passed away Sunday, August 18, 2024, at the Colorow Care Center in Olathe, Colorado. She was 92 years old.
A memorial service will be held at 1:00pm, Monday, August 26th, 2024, at the Taylor Funeral Service chapel in Delta, Colorado.
Judy was born February 14th, 1932, in Glendale, California to Myrtle Crandall and Charles Robert Mead.
Judy was a...
James Ruben Lundblad
Aug 18, 2024
James Ruben Lundblad, age 72, was welcomed into the arms of Jesus on Sunday, August 18, 2024, at his home in Delta, CO, surrounded by his loving family. Born on November 7, 1951, in St. Paul, MN, to Art and Frieda Lundblad, Jim grew up in St. Paul with one brother and four sisters. He spent his summers on his...
Mary Vigil
Aug 14, 2024
Mary Vigil “Berg” passed away on Wednesday August 14, 2024, peacefully at her home in Delta, Colorado after a long-fought battle with cancer.
Mary was born on February 23, 1937, in Tererro, New Mexico to Maria Sanchez and Fred Berg. She spent her childhood years growing up in New Mexico and moved to Colorado in her young adult life. She then...
Lester "Lee" Kendall
Aug 13, 2024
Hotchkiss resident Lester (Lee) Kendall passed away Tuesday, August 13, 2024, at Willow Tree Care Center in Delta, Colorado. He was 96 years old.
A graveside service will be held August 24th, at 10:00 am, at Riverside Cemetery in Hotchkiss.
Lee was born to Margaret (Maggie) Maxwell and Ira Arthur Kendall on July 8, 1928, in Yuma, Colorado. He was the sixth...
Kristi Sanchez (Peterson)
Aug 13, 2024
Kristi (Peterson) Sanchez passed away on August 13, 2024, due to a brief, but courageous battle with ALS. Kristi is the daughter of Susie Schreiner and Jerry Peterson. Kristi was born on July 9, 1979 in Columbus, MT.
She was raised in Absarokee, where she graduated from High School.
On September 2, 2000, she married Felipe Sanchez. From this marriage, they had...
Betty Morgan
Aug 13, 2024
Our beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, Betty Morgan, passed away peacefully at the age of 77 at her home in Delta, Colorado, on August 13, 2024. Born on June 21, 1947, in Paonia, Colorado, she was the daughter of June Leiper and James de Graffenried. She grew up in the Hotchkiss area and graduated from Hotchkiss High School. She went...
Cameron Thomas Tallent
Aug 12, 2024
On Monday, August 12, 2024, Cameron Thomas Tallent, loving son, brother, father and friend, passed away at the age of 33.
Cameron was born on September 1, 1990 in Grand Junction CO to Sharon Morton and Scott Tallent.
Cameron always had a passion for animals especially horses, it would motivate him during his teen years to pursue working with them at a...
William "Bill" H. Raley
Aug 11, 2024
William “Bill” Raley of Delta, Colorado passed away on August 11th, 2024. He was 87 years old.
Services will be held on Friday, October 25th, 2024, at 2pm at the Taylor Funeral Service’s Delta Chapel.
Bill was born on July 3rd, 1937, in Meridian, Mississippi to Jesse Mae Jay and Edwin Raley. He grew up in Meridian, Mississippi.
Bill met Joyce Richardson in...
Leonard Allen Barnes
Aug 11, 2024
Leonard Allen Barnes passed away 08/11/2024 at West Elk Mine. He was 62 years old.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, August 24th at 2:00 pm at Taylor Funeral Service and Crematory in Delta, Colorado. This will be followed by a gathering at his aunt’s house in Delta.
Leonard was born on May 28, 1962 in Knob Noster, Missouri to Ellen...
John A. Kunkel
Aug 10, 2024
John was born and raised in York, PA. He then moved to the Western Slope of Colorado, where he was a resident for over 63 years. He was 91 years old when he passed away.
John was a mountain man who enjoyed the peace and quiet of being alone in the great outdoors. John’s favorite color was blue, and there was...

John Stanley Lewis
Aug 7, 2024
John Stanley Lewis passed away on August 7, 2024 at the HopeWest Hospice Care Center in Grand Junction, Colorado. He was 82 years of age.
John was born on November 29, 1941 in Crawford, Colorado to Ruth May (Templeton) and Robert Faye Lewis. He had five siblings: Donald Lewis, Wanda Kuretich, Glenna Brezonick, Robert Lewis and Charles Lewis, all deceased except...
Stephen S. Palmer
Aug 6, 2024
Stephen S. Palmer passed away peacefully on August 6th, 2024, in his home in Cedaredge, Colorado. Steve was 80 years old. He was surrounded by his loving wife, Sharon Palmer, his daughter, Leslie, and his loving family members and friends. The funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, August 13th, 2024, at the Cedaredge LDS church, followed...
Carl Owen Stramski
Aug 5, 2024
Carl Owen Stramski passed away in his home in Gypsum, CO on August 5th, 2024. He was 79 years old. Carl was born on April 19th, 1945, in Oklahoma City, OK. He grew up in Harrah, Oklahoma and graduated from Harrah High School. He served our country in the Air Force and had a career mainly in plumbing. Carl met...
Delfie Marie Fresquez
Aug 5, 2024
Ecclesiastes 3:1 ~ A time and a place for everything under heaven.
This was one favorite scripture of our mom, the heart of our home. Mom cherished the dawning of a new day. She would faithfully recite her rosary as she observed the rising of the sun and every night again in gratitude for another day. She cherished the beauty of...
Virginia Lee Shea
Aug 4, 2024
Virginia Lee Shea passed away on August 4, 2024 at her home surrounded by her family both in presence and spirit. She was 99 years old. Services will be held Friday August 16, 2024 at St. Michaels Catholic Church. Viewing at 9:00, Rosary and Eulogy at 9:15 am followed by 10:00 Mass. Burial at Mesa View Cemetery.
Virginia was born November...
Ana Lorene Palmer
Aug 2, 2024
Ana Lorene (Gritton) Palmer, 89, formerly of Moberly, MO, died peacefully in her sleep on August 2, 2024 in Cedaredge, CO. Ana had been living with her daughter, Cathy, for the past three months since the passing of her beloved husband, Charles, just four months prior.
Ana was born in Moberly, MO on March 2, 1935 to the parents of Charles...
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