Montie Dean "SKIP" Slaughter
Jan 20, 2024
Montie “Skip” Dean Slaughter
2/2/1957 – 1/20/2024
Skip Slaughter passed away on Saturday, January 20, 2024 at Hope West Care Center in Grand Junction, Colorado. He was 13 days from turning 67 years old!
We will be having an “informal” Skipdogg’s Celebration Extravaganza on his 67th birthday! Skipdogg’s Extravaganza will be held on Friday, February 2 at the Heritage Hall in Hotchkiss, Colorado...
Susan Lois Carpenter (Olson)
Jan 19, 2024
Susan Lois Carpenter passed away Friday, January 19, 2024, at Delta Health.
Sue was born October 14, 1952, in Helper, Kansas to Lois Olson (McWilliams) and Lawarence Olson. She grew up in Pendleton Oregon and graduated from Auburn Adventist Academy in Washington State.
She met Thomas E. Carpenter, and they were married on April 28, 1974. They celebrated 49 years...
Lawrence "Larry" Erwin Ertenberg
Jan 19, 2024
Lawrence (Larry) Erwin Ertenberg
11/18/1940 ~ 1/19/2024
Lawrence Erwin Ertenberg passed away on Friday January 19, 2024 in Grand Junction, CO. He was 83 years old.
Larry served our country as a Marine. After his honorable discharge in 1963, he started his long career in construction. Which is where he built that extremely strong hanging drywall grip, we’ve all experienced by his shoulder...
William Robert "Bob" Bullock
Jan 18, 2024
WILLIAM ROBERT “BOB” BULLOCK
8/25/1936 ~ 1/18/2024
William Robert “Bob” Bullock passed away January 18, 2024 at his...
Shirley Jean Fulton
Jan 17, 2024
Shirley was born on September 3, 1945 in Paonia, Colorado to Walter and Edna Burnett. She had 3 older brothers, Don, Jim and Ken. Shirley spent her school years in Naturita, Colorado.
Shirley married Kenneth Brown on January 6, 1963. They had two daughters, Shellie and Karen. Shirley later married Leland Fulton on August 17, 1972....
Patricia "Pat" Louise O'Dell
Jan 15, 2024
Patricia (Pat) Louise O’Dell, 87, of Delta, Colorado, peacefully passed away January 15, 2024.
She was born to the late Rudolph and Virginia Herrmann, August 22, 1936, in Denver, Colorado. Pat graduated from Brighton High School in 1954 and received a BSN in Nursing from the University of Michigan in 1958.
She married her high school sweetheart Stephen (Steve) Nathaniel O’Dell in...
Summer Ryanne Hill
Jan 13, 2024
Our dear daughters, Jessi James Kay Hill and Summer Ryanne Hill tragically left us on January 13, 2024.
They left behind a loving family; survived by: Mother Tierny Kay Miller, Stepfather Jacob, Brother Jaden, Sisters, Dani, Josie and Ceilidh Hill, and many grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins.
These two girls leave a community who loved and cherished them; they will be sorely...
Jessi James Kay Hill
Jan 13, 2024
Our dear daughters, Jessi James Kay Hill and Summer Ryanne Hill tragically left us on January 13, 2024.
They left behind a loving family; survived by: Mother Tierny Kay Miller, Stepfather Jacob, Brother Jaden, Sisters, Dani, Josie and Ceilidh Hill, and many grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins.
These two girls leave a community who loved and cherished them; they will...
Raphael "Rafe" John Lovato
Jan 13, 2024
Raphael (Rafe) John Lovato
05/13/1985 ~ 01/13/2024
Our beloved Raphael (Rafe) John Lovato entered into God’s Kingdom on January 13th, 2024. He was with loved ones when he passed.
Rafe was born to Manuel Lovato and Mary Baier on May 13th, 1985 in Delta, CO. From a young age, Rafe enjoyed airplanes and mechanics of all sorts. Rafe graduated high school from Vista...
Lila Fern Broughton
Jan 9, 2024
Lila Fern Broughton went to heaven to be with her Savior on January 9, 2024, in Grand Junction, CO.
Lila was born on May 16, 1933, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She was the second daughter of Verle and Martha Deniston. The family lived near Rush, Colorado until Lila was in junior high school when they moved to B Road...
Kathleen Ann Charters (Rice)
Jan 8, 2024
Kathleen Ann Charters
8/6/1951 ~ 1//2024
Kathleen Ann Charters (Rice) passed away Monday, January 8th, 2024 at her home in Cedaredge, Colorado where she lived with her sister and brother-in-law, Mary and Tim Key, for the last 6 and half years. She was 72 years old and had been battling PSP for nearly 9 years.
Kathleen was born August...
Esther Louise Arbaugh Granzella
Jan 8, 2024
Esther Louise Arbaugh Granzella age 84, passed away January 8th, 2024, with her family in Grand Junction Colorado. Esther was born in a small cabin on Monarch Pass, near Salida Colorado, on July 6,1939 to Ester Lofgren Arbaugh and Lonnie Leo Arbaugh. Esther was the second youngest of three children.
After graduating from Salida High School, Esther married Ralph Joseph Granzella...
Ward Lee Wilson
Jan 6, 2024
Ward Lee Wilson
09/29/1951 ~ 01/06/2024
Ward Lee Wilson passed away Saturday, January 6th, 2024, at St Mary’s Hospital in Grand Junction, CO. He was 72 years old. He passed from Kidney failure and COVID.
Services will be held at 2pm Saturday, January 13th, 2024, at Grand Mesa Bible Church 710 Crawford Ave. in Delta, CO.
He...
Russell Alvin Whittington
Dec 31, 2023
Russell Alvin Whittington
February 26, 1954 – December 31, 2023
Our hearts were shattered on December 31, 2023, with the passing of Russ (Dad, Pops, Grandpa). He passed in Glenwood Springs, Colorado with his family by his side.
Russ was born in Richmond, California on February 26, 1954, to A.J. Whittington and Anne Laura (Hawkings) Whittington. He spent childhood...
Marilynn June Vanderhoofven
Dec 29, 2023
“She hath done what she could.” – Mark 14:8
Marilynn June Vanderhoofven passed away Friday, December 29, 2023 at Horizons Care Center in Eckert, Colorado. She was 85 years old. Marilynn was a woman of hopeful faith, who served her family and others without regard for herself and her own needs.
A memorial service will be held at 10:00 AM on Saturday,...
Delbert Richard Kendall SR
Dec 29, 2023
Delbert Richard Kendall
November 4, 1935-December 29, 2023
Delbert Kendall died peacefully at his home surrounded by his children on December 29, 2023. He was born in Paonia and lived most of his 88 years there. He worked as a uranium miner in Uravan and Naturita, and then was a coal miner and a backhoe operator. Delbert married Georgia Strain...
Jenny Lynn Sundquist
Dec 29, 2023
Jenny Lynn Sundquist Entered into rest at her residence in Olathe, CO on Dec 29, 2023.
Jenny was born on April 1, 1970 in Marquette, Michigan. She was adopted as a newborn by Fred and Gail Reynolds. Jenny spent much or her childhood living in Houghton, MI. She often recounted fondly of the winter snows and waterskiing on Lake Superior.
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Alice Marie Berg Van Vleet
Dec 26, 2023
Alice Marie Berg Van Vleet
December 17, 1938 – December 26, 2023
Alice Marie Berg Van Vleet was born December 17, 1938, in Paonia, Colorado to Paul and Arvella Berg. She passed at her home, with family at her side on December 26, 2023.
Alice and her two sisters, Betty Lou, and Pauline were raised in Paonia at the...
Barbara Jay Bullard
Dec 26, 2023
A truly amazing woman whose love and smile were known and cherished throughout her community. Barbara J. Bullard, 73, of Delta Colorado, passed away peacefully on December 26th, 2023, at HopeWest Care Center in Grand Junction.
Born in Montrose, Colorado to Dale and Eva Boyer, she was the middle child of a family of six children. Barbara shared three children...
John O Krook
Dec 24, 2023
John O.Krook passed away on Sunday December 24th, 2023, at his home in Crawford, Colorado. He was 81 years old.
There will be no services at this time. A celebration of life will be held at a later date.
John, was born on January 18th, 1942 in Villard, Minnesota to Oluf I. Krook and Ione L. Judkins. He grew up...
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