Jacob Cole Springer
Mar 29, 2024
Jacob Cole Springer passed away on March 29, 2024. He was 17 years of age. Jacob was born on August 3, 2006 in the Delta County Memorial Hospital to Jaylynn R. and Joshua T. Springer.Jacob attended Olathe High School as a Junior. His most favorite things were playing video games, his cat Mimi, traveling the world and swimming in breathtaking...
Eugene Dale Cotten
Mar 29, 2024
Eugene Dale Cotten - 1st Battalion, 9th Marine, passed away peacefully on March 29, 2024, at St. Mary’s Hospital from complications following a surgical procedure.
Services will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, April 6th, 2024, at the Hotchkiss Elks Lodge #1807 in Hotchkiss, Colorado followed by a lunch reception.
Eugene Dale Cotten was born on July 27, 1951, in Maher,...
Ruby L Stayton
Mar 27, 2024
Ruby L. Stayton passed away March 27th, 2024, at home surrounded by her beloved animals and family.
She was 94 years old.
Ruby was born September 26, 1929, in Minturn Colorado.
She grew up and attended school in Salida and lived there until she married Connie Stayton on December 5th, 1957.
After moving throughout Colorado for her husband's work, they made their way to...
Thurston "Turk" Lee Bybee
Mar 24, 2024
Thurston Lee Bybee passed away on March 24, 2024, in Delta, CO he was 77 years old
Military funeral honors will be held at Veterans Memorial Cemetery of Western Colorado in Grand Junction, CO on July 19, 2024, at 1:00 PM
Thurston was born on April 20, 1946, in Denver, Colorado to Margaret Shotwell and Vern D Bybee. He grew up in...
Donald Milton Murdoch
Mar 23, 2024
Don was born June 10, 1933, in Cherokee OK, to Gladys (Burkey) and Donald Alexander Murdoch.
The family moved to Grand Junction, CO for a year when Don was in 5th grade. Then they moved to Long Beach, CA where Don was until he was a senior in High School when they moved back to Grand Junction, CO where he...
Sandra Ruth Budny
Mar 21, 2024
Sandra Ruth “Sandi” Budny passed peacefully on March 21st, 2024, in Grand Junction, Coloradosurrounded by the love of family with her husband Ted and daughter Hayley by her side. Born toWilliam and Jeanne Gipson on March 6th, 1956, she had five siblings, Aloma, Lonnie, Larry, Fred,and Vicki. Sandi's life was a rich canvas of experience, adversity, wisdom, and faith.With a...
Sharon Ann Teter
Mar 19, 2024
I am sad to announce the passing of my mama Sharon Teter of Hotchkiss. She was 85 and died on March 19, 2024. Sharon passed away at Delta Memorial Hospital after a short stay. She passed away with me by her side, and her last words were "Jesus take me". Mama was an important member of the Hotchkiss community. Her...
Joyce Joan Wright
Mar 15, 2024
Joyce Joan Wright passed away March 15, 2024 at her home in Cedaredge Colorado surrounded by her family. She was 81 years old.
A memorial service will be held at 11am on Saturday March 23, 2024 at New Hope Evangelical Free Church in Cedaredge. Potluck lunch to follow. Joyce loved purple and in her memory please join us in wearing purple...
Pearl Lorraine Stimac
Mar 12, 2024
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:16
Pearl Stimac passed away with her family by her side on March 12, 2024. She was 94 years old.
Pearl was born on April 27th, 1929 to Ruby and Lawrence Meredith in La Junta, Colorado....
Dudley Lewis Davis Jr.
Mar 10, 2024
Dudley Lewis Davis Jr passed away on March 10, 2024 at his home in Eckert, Colorado, surrounded by his family. He was 85 years old. Services will be held, Friday, March 22, 2024 at 2:00 pm at the Taylor Funeral Service Chapel in Delta, Colorado.
Dud was born 12-13-1938 to Bette Ann Kralik and Dudley L Davis Sr in Denver, Colorado.
He...
Donald Thomas Skinner
Mar 8, 2024
Donald Thomas Skinner passed away March 8, 2024, in Grand Junction, Colorado after a short fight with cancer. He was 76 years old.
Don was born in Elgin, Illinois on December 14, 1947, to Willard Fred Skinner and Grace Emma Rieke. He grew up in Elgin and graduated from Elgin High School on June 10, 1965.
His love for working on cars...
Joyce Eileen Jensen
Mar 6, 2024
Joyce Eileen Jensen (Missell) was born on Wednesday, July 20, 1932, to Rudolph Missell and Margaret Missell (Wilson) in Stratford, South Dakota. She married Dallas Delbert Jensen on Saturday, August 29, 1949, in Plainville, Minnesota, enjoying 73 years of marriage. They had 6 children; Bill, Donna, Ronnie, Duane, Brenda, and Jeff, and lived on a farm. She was a warm,...
Kerry Lynn Checketts
Mar 4, 2024
Kerry Lynn Checketts of Hotchkiss, Colorado, passed away on March 4, 2024, at the age of 69. She was born on January 3, 1955, to Patricia McAchran in Delta, Colorado. In 1972, she married her sweetheart, Roswell Checketts, and together they had three children.
Kerry was an accomplished equestrian, agriculturalist, and seamstress. No accomplishment in the saddle, on the farm, or...
Billie Jean Farley
Mar 2, 2024
Billie Jean Farley
May 25, 1941 ~ March 2, 2024
Billie Jean Farley passed away in her home in Cedaredge, CO. on March 2, 2024. At the age of 82.
Billie was born May 25th, 1941, in Hawthorn Nevada. To Everett & June Ayers. She lived most of her life in Colorado. She attended Delta High School. She met and Married Harold (Craig)...
Frankie Pasco Spadafora
Mar 1, 2024
Frankie Pasco Spadafora passed away in his home with his son Randy by his side on March 1,2024 six weeks before he would have celebrated his 91st birthday. He loved celebrating hisbirthday and wished for 10 more! A proud Italian, Frank was born in Price, Utah on April 16, 1933 to Pasco Spadafora andLouigena “Jean” Vetere who...
Kathryn Jo Coats
Feb 28, 2024
Kathryn was born in Peoria, Illinois to Rolland and Hazel Saylor, where she spent her early childhood. The family moved to Colorado when she was eight years old, living in Commerce City and attending Adams City Schools. She accepted Christ as her Lord and Savior when she was 14 years old.
Kathryn became an accomplished musician, giving...
Serena C. Eiler
Feb 27, 2024
Serena C. Eiler
July 12, 1953 ~ February 27, 2024
Striving for success began at birth, six weeks premature Serena was delivered on the family farm by her father on July 12, 1953.
Serena passed away on February 27, 2024, after a long heroic health battle. Her first caregiver position was at the age of 16 as a nurse’s aide in the local...
Martha Joanne Holzer
Feb 26, 2024
Martha Joanne Holzer passed away on Monday, February 26th, 2024, at 500 Willow Wood Lane in Delta, Colorado. She was 80 years old.A viewing for the immediate family was held on Thursday, February 29th, 2024, at Taylor Funeral Service & Crematory in Delta, Colorado. A memorial service will be held later this Spring at Fort Logan National Cemetery in Denver,...
Samuel Roy Norvell
Feb 21, 2024
Samuel Roy Norvell passed away on February 21, 2024, at the age of 85 at Valley Manor in Montrose, Colorado. He was born on December 20, 1938, in Delta, Colorado, where he spent his childhood and much of his life.
Sam was a hardworking and humorous man, known for his quick wit and dedication to his family. He had a strong...
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