Gerald Glen Smith
May 8, 2025
Gerald Glen Smith passed away with family at his side on May 8, 2025, at Delta Health Hospital after an unexpected illness.
He was born to Nelson Smith Sr. and Pearl Louise (Barker) Smith on September 13, 1936. He was 88 years old. He had 9 brothers and 7 sisters. He spent his childhood in Aspen where he attended and graduated...
Clarice York Bagwell
May 6, 2025
Clarice Y. Bagwell passed away on May 6, 2025, at Hope West Care Center in Grand Junction, CO. Services will be held on Thursday, May 29, 2025, at 10:30am at St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 145 W. 5th St., Delta, CO 81416.
Clarice was born October 18, 1928, in Cochise, AZ to Marion and Helen York. She grew up in Santa Rita,...
Cynthia Louise Krueger
May 6, 2025
Cindy Krueger, 66, passed away peacefully on May 6, 2025 at home. She was surrounded by her loving family and friends in her final days. Her memory lives on in the hearts of her beloved husband, Richard, and their cherished dog, Little Wally.
Cindy was preceded in death by her parents, Bill and Dianne Bryson, and Step mother Echo Ann Bryson....
Jo Ann Leftwich
May 3, 2025
Jo Ann Leftwich peacefully passed away Saturday, May 3,2025 in the presence of her family at her residence in Delta, CO. She was 87 years old.
She was born October 26, 1937, in Grand Junction, CO to John and Elaine (Newton) Baughman. Due to her father’s work as an exploration geologist with Standard Oil, Jo’s childhood involved many moves between 8...
Alice Yvonne Spika
Apr 26, 2025
Alice Yvonne (Wang) Spika passed on to eternal rest April 26, 2025 at the age of 88.
Alice was born on April 15, 1937, in Oblong, Illinois to Albert and Pearl Wang. At the age of four, her family moved west to Baker, Montana, where she grew up with one brother and one sister. In high school, Alice participated in choir,...
Sharon Annabelle Nash
Apr 23, 2025
Sharon Annabelle Nash was born June 09, 1944, and passed away April 23, 2025, at the Hopewest Care Center in Grand Junction, Colorado due to cancer and she spent her final six days there until 5:08 am Wednesday morning at 80 years of age. She missed her 81st birthday by just six and a half weeks.
A memorial service will be...
Nick Emilio Trujillo
Apr 23, 2025
Nick Emilio Trujillo, 89 years of age, passed away peacefully at his home in Delta, Colorado on April 23rd, 2025. He was surrounded by his extended family and friends at the time of his passing. Nick was born to Joe and Mary Trujillo in Wagon Mound, NM on July 8th, 1935. He moved to Delta with his family in early...
Petria Rose Germann
Apr 23, 2025
Petria Rose Germann, age 71, of Delta, Colorado, passed away on April 23, 2025. Born on February 4, 1954, in Delta, Colorado, to Rose Kinterknecht and Peter Kramer, Petria met her husband, Ronald Lynn Germann, at Olathe High School. They were married on December 30, 1971, and celebrated 53 wonderful years together. Petria was a devout Catholic throughout her life.
Petria...
Isabel Mae Dillon
Apr 21, 2025
Isabel Dillon, 92, was born to Martha and Fred Kerr on September 13, 1932 in Titusville, PA. The oldest of seven children, Isabel grew up in Enterprise and attended school in Titusville. In the winter of her sophomore year, she met her “cowboy”, Paul Dillon. She and Paul were married June 16, 1951, just 3 weeks after Isabel graduated high...
Todd Franklin Hines
Apr 19, 2025
Todd Franklin Hines was born December 10, 1940, in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, to Benjamin Franklin Hines and Mildred Christine (Wright) Hines. His childhood was spent in Ypsilanti, Michigan, and Peoria and Freeport, Illinois. He was an unusually bright child and excelled in school throughout his academic career.
Todd attended Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, graduating in 1962 with many honors and...
Jay Royce Roth
Apr 17, 2025
Jay Royce Roth, First of His Name, Citizen of Paonia, CO, Crafter of Ice Cream and Master of Turf, completed his final lap around the sun and passed away on April 17, 2025, surrounded by loved ones at his home. A Celebration of Life, “Jay’s First Annual Joyful Jamboree” or “Jay Jam” will be held at the Pavilion at Crooked...
Barbara Lee Rogers
Apr 16, 2025
Barbara Lee Rogers (née Hansen), 85, of Delta, Colorado, passed away on April 16, 2025.
She was born on February 15, 1940, in San Francisco, California, to Bud and Lotty Hansen, and was raised in Indian Hills, a community within the township of Evergreen, Colorado. Barbara spent the last 20 years of her life in Delta, Colorado.
She is survived by her...
Charles "Bill" William Hensley
Apr 14, 2025
Bill passed away at the age of 72 on April 14, 2025, at home.
Bill was lovingly adopted by Chester and Melissa Hensley. He was born in Los Angeles, California on May 17, 1952.
Bill graduated from William S. Heart High School in Newhall, California.
He married Deborah in July of 1977. They had two daughters, Michelle Blankenship and Melissa Hensley. He is...
Robert Norman Pacheco Sr.
Apr 12, 2025
Robert (Bob) Pacheco Sr. went to be with the Lord peacefully at home on April 12th, 2025, surrounded by his loved ones, he was 76 years old.
Bob was born on December 23, 1948 in Kremmling, Colorado to Patrick Pacheco and Francis (Lobato) Pacheco. After growing up in Tabernash, Colorado, he attended high school in Pagosa Springs, Colorado, earning his diploma...
Jon Anthony Croce
Apr 12, 2025
Jon Anthony Croce (69) was welcomed home by his Lord and Savior on April 12, 2025, at his home in Cedaredge, CO. Jon was born May 15, 1955, to Leonard Leroy and Faith Howard Croce on Travis Air Force Base, CA.
As a youth, Jon moved around because of his father’s Air Force career. He loved roaming the mountains of Northern...
Merna Rae Fraser
Apr 11, 2025
Merna Rae Fraser passed away April 11,2025 at HopeWest in Grand Junction, Colorado surrounded by her family. She was 86 years old.
Merna was born August 28, 1938 at the home of her Grandparents, the Lashley's, on Ash Mesa in Delta, Co. Her parents were Helen and Leonard Burch. She grew up in Olathe, Co and graduated from Olathe High School...
Orland L. Broome
Apr 9, 2025
Orland L. Broome was called home to heaven to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and loved ones preceding him April 9th, 2025, at the age of 96. His funeral will be held Friday May 2nd at 10:00 am at Garnet Mesa Baptist Church of Delta with burial following at Mesa View Cemetery.
Orland was a husband, father, grandfather,...
John David Saltzgaver
Apr 7, 2025
John David Saltzgaver passed away peacefully at his home in Crawford Colorado on April 7, 2025. He was 85 years old.
Celebration of life services will be held on Saturday, May 3, 2025 at 11:00 am at the Hotchkiss First Baptist Church, 203 West Main Street, Hotchkiss, Colorado.
John was born on September 23, 1939, in Price, Utah, to Dorine and Harry...
Timothy Neal Ward
Apr 5, 2025
Timothy Neal Ward passed away, April 5, 2025 at 68 years of age after a brief fight with cancer.
Memorial services will be held on May 24, 2025 at 1pm at the Saratoga Valley Chapel in Saratoga, WY. Inurnment will follow at the Saratoga Cemetery.
Tim was born on November 6th, 1956 in Rawlins, Wyoming to Jean and Neal Ward. He grew...
Vivian Lou Cheney
Apr 4, 2025
Vivian Lou Riffer Cheney was born in Troy, Kansas, August 20, 1926. Her father was a pharmacist and being the oldest of three children, she began helping out at the drugstore at an early age. She spent much of her childhood in Corning, Kansas, where she graduated in 1944 and went on to get her Bachelor’s Degree from the University...
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