Randy Lynn Smith
Dec 31, 2022
Randy Smith December 22, 1959 ~ December 31, 2022 Randy Smith passed away unexpectedly Saturday, December 31st, 2023 at his home. He was 63 years old. Randy grew up on the western slope of Colorado, graduating from Olathe High School. He would accept a scholarship to McPherson College in Kansas, but the mountains called him back. Randy would follow the...
Norma Kay Whittaker
Dec 31, 2022
Norma “Kay” Whittaker October 31, 1939 ~ December 31, 2022 Norma Kay Whittaker “KAY” passed away Saturday, December 31st, 2022, at her residence in Cedaredge, Colorado. She was 83 years old. Kay was born on October 31st, 1939, to Melanie Hilda (Wetterich) and James Kenneth Grant in Cedaredge, Colorado. She grew up and graduated from Cedaredge High School in 1957....
Jacqueline Lee Kuhn Spence
Dec 31, 2022
Jacqueline Lee Kuhn Spence was born September 20, 1932, in Concordia, KS to Bryan and Sylvia (VanLandingham) Kuhn. Jackie passed away peacefully at Colorow Care Center on December 31, 2022 surrounded by her loving family. She grew up in Kansas where she met Delmar Dean Spence. They were married Christmas Day 1949. Over the next ten years they became a...
Michael Louis Wick
Dec 30, 2022
Michael Louis Wick passed away peacefully to be with his Savior the Lord Jesus Christ on December 30, 2022. He is survived by his wife, Suzanna; and two daughters, Kayln (Andrew), and Mianna (Ryan). Mike would like to be remembered for having a passion for His Lord and a strong devotion to his family. A celebration of life will be...
Faith Nicole Parham
Dec 29, 2022
The morning of December 29th 2022, Faith Nicole Parham, age 30, passed away unexpectedly. Faith was born October 4, 1992 to Ruthie Leigh Coslett and Robert Lubbers. After the death of her mother in 2001, Faith was adopted by her aunt Jeanette Parham and uncle Patrick Parham. Faith was a beautiful soul with an infectious smile and boisterous laugh. She...
James Allen Hodges
Dec 28, 2022
James Allen Hodges passed away Wednesday, December 28th, 2022 after a long battle with Parkinson's disease, at the Ferris Hopewest Care Center in Grand Junction, Colorado. He was 78 years old. James was born April 1st, 1944 to Theda Atheline Cox and James Curtis Hodges in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The family moved to Dallas, Texas when he was a young...
Viola Nadine Ray
Dec 28, 2022
Viola Nadine Ray December 11, 1921 ~ December 28, 2022 Viola Ray, celebrated resident of Cedaredge, Colorado, passed away in her home on the morning of December 28, 2022. Without fanfare and with the apparent intention typical of her – that to not cause undue distress – awoke, turned off her alarm and went back to sleep. Born on December...
Paula Francis Walstrom "Granny"
Dec 27, 2022
March 15, 1952 ~ December 27, 2022 Paula Francis Walstrom “Granny” passed away peacefully at her residence in Delta, Colorado December 27th, 2022. She was 70 years old. Services will be held at Surface Creek Community Fellowship Church on January 16th, 2023, at 2:30 p.m. 21987 Austin Rd, Austin, CO 81410. Paula “Granny” was born on March 15th, 1952, to...
Dorothy Elizabeth Olson Burks
Dec 23, 2022
Dorothy Elizabeth Olson Burks Dorothy was born to Bertha Augusta (Elrich) and Hilding Alf Olson in Chicago, Illinois November 15, 1933. She passed away peacefully in her home December 23, 2022. Dorothy's early childhood years were spent in Chicago then making the journey by ocean liner with her Mamma, Pappa and sister Betty to her father's home town of Karlstad...
Mike Mcmillan
Dec 22, 2022
Mike McMillan passed away with his family by his side on December 22, 2022. He was 73 years old. In Our Hearts Forever I thought of you today. But that is nothing new. I thought about you yesterday. And days before that too. I think of you in silence. I often speak your name. Now all I have are memories...
Lawrence B. Heckenlively
Dec 20, 2022
Lawrence passed away peacefully at his home on December 20, 2022. He was born on August 29, 1937 to Myron B. and Mae (Butts) Heckenlively in Lexington, Nebraska. They moved to Delta when Lawrence was 5 years old. After graduating from Delta High School in 1955 he joined the National Guard and served for 8 years. He worked on his...
Kenneth William Howell
Dec 20, 2022
Kenneth William Howell February 25th, 1944 ~ December 20th, 2022 Kenneth William Howell passed away on December 20th, 2022, at his residence in Delta, Colorado. He was 78 years old. A Celebration of Life will be held on Monday, January 23rd, 2023, at Taylor Funeral Service’s Delta Chapel at 11:30 a.m. and followed by graveside service at the Veteran’s Memorial...
Barbara Ann Grosse-Rhode
Dec 11, 2022
Barbara Ann Grosse-Rhode June 5, 1937 ~ December 11, 2022 Barbara Ann Grosse-Rhode passed away Sunday, December 11, 2022, at Colorow Care Center in Olathe, Colorado. She was 85 years old. Graveside service will be held Thursday, December 15th, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. at the Cedar Hill Cemetery in Paonia, Colorado. A celebration of life service will be held in...
Lillie Mae Helmick
Dec 10, 2022
Lillie Mae Helmick November 9, 1943 ~ December 10, 2022 Lillie Mae Helmick passed away Saturday, December 10th, 2022, at her residence in Cedaredge, Colorado. She was 79 years old. Lillie was born in Olathe, Colorado on November 9th, 1943, to Wilma Rose (Adelaide) and Hershel Snyder. She went to school in Olathe and Delta, Colorado. Lillie’s chosen career path...
Gregory "Greg" Fedler
Dec 10, 2022
Gregory (Greg) Fedler passed away peacefully Saturday, December 10, 2022 at his home, while surrounded by his family, after a lengthy illness. Greg was 74 years old, just recently celebrating a birthday. Services will be held Tuesday, December 20th at the 1st Baptist Church in Delta, Colorado. Greg was born November 29, 1948 to Agnes (Schmalz) and Charles Fedler in...
M. Mary Paine Rebeck
Dec 9, 2022
M. Mary Paine Rebeck was born on December 6, 1919 to Margaret Francis (Benn) and Leo Albert Paine in Providence Rhode Island. She grew up in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, attended St. Joseph’s Catholic School and graduate from Pawtucket High School in 1937. Mary’s first job was working for George A. Fuller, Merritt-Chapman Scott Corporation at Quonset Point and Naval Air...
Bemmalou Bollig
Dec 9, 2022
Bemmalou Bollig passed away December 9, 2022 at Montrose Regional Health. Bemmalou Tomky was born to Herman and Mary (Skynear) Tomky on April 28, 1935 at the family farm south of Brush, Colorado. She attended Brush, Co schools where she was active in 4-H and won many honors. On September 11, 1955, she married Kenneth Bollig. From that union two...
Lawrence G Parks
Dec 8, 2022
Lawrence G Parks January 23, 1936 ~ December 8, 2022 Lawrence G Parks passed away Thursday, December 8th, 2022, at Montrose Memorial Hospital. He was 86 years old. Services will be held at Cedaredge Cemetery on Saturday, December 17th, 2022, at 1:00 p.m. Lawrence was born on January 23rd, 1936, to Estella Louise (McKee) and Gerald Roger Parks in Bell,...
Alexander Griffin Ross Jr.
Dec 7, 2022
Alexander Griffin Ross Jr. passed away Wednesday, December 7th, 2022 at his residence with his daughter-in-law, Heather, by his side. He was 82 years of age. Alex was born in Dumas, Arkansas to Maggie Leona Underwood and Alexander Griffin Ross Sr. August 14th, 1940. He would spend about half of his youth in Dumas. The other half was spent in...
Roberto Chavez-Zuniga
Dec 7, 2022
Roberto Chavez-Zuniga June 10, 1967 ~ December 7, 2022 Roberto Chavez-Zuniga passed away December 7th, 2022, in Grand Junction, Colorado. He was 55 years old. Roberto was born on June 10th, 1967, in the town of El Pino, the Municipality of Chalchihuites in the State of Zacatecas, Mexico to Juan Chavez and Elena Zuniga. He worked and lived in Jerome,...
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