David A. Dapkus
Aug 31, 2025
David A Dapkus of Cedaredge, Co died peacefully August 31, 2025 at home of heart failure. Dave was born 1/27/1942 in White Salmon, Washington to August and Virginia Dapkus. Dave graduated from Portland State College in 1967. Following a short time with the Army Map Service in Washington, DC, Dave and family moved first to Bainbridge Island, Washington and then...
Barbara L. Keller
Aug 30, 2025
Keller, Barbara L, passed away on August 30, 2025, surrounded by her family, at Montrose Regional Health. She was 78 years old.
Her memorial service will be held at 10 am on Saturday, September 13th, 2025, at Montrose Christian Church.
Barbara was born on December 11th, 1946, in Kalamazoo, Michigan, to Mother Elaine Simon and Father Harold Mark Champion. She attended college...
Joseph P. Mlakar
Aug 29, 2025
Joseph “Opie” P. Mlakar passed away Friday, August 29th, 2025, at his residence in Olathe. He was 52 years old.
Graveside service will be held at 10am, Monday, September 8th, 2025, at the Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Opie was born in Delta, Colorado on May 4th, 1973, to Valda Ann (Neil) and Harold James Mlakar. He grew up in the Delta County area...
James Michael Sorensen
Aug 27, 2025
James Michael Sorensen passed away peacefully at his beloved Paonia home on August 27th, 2025 at the age of 58, of congestive heart failure, James was welcomed into the Sorensen family at ten days old in 1968 when he was adopted by Willa and Russell Sorensen.
He grew up on the family ranch in Paonia, alongside his other brothers, Chris and...
Juan Montes
Aug 26, 2025
Juan Montes was born on October 6, 1957, in Aguascalientes, Mexico, to Manuel Montes Diaz and Maximina Prado Gonzales. He passed away on August 26, 2025, in Olathe, Colorado. Juan is survived by his wife, Elizabeth Esparza de Montes.
A Rosary and Vigil will be held on Thursday, September 4, 2025, at 7pm, and the Funeral Mass will be held on...
John Andrew "Andy" TenBrink
Aug 25, 2025
Andy TenBrink went to be with the Lord on his way to a new OSHA assignment in Texas on August 25, 2025.
He was born John Andrew TenBrink and raised in the Denver area. In college, he received a master’s degree at the Colorado Christian College. While in college, he was a volunteer Jefferson County Deputy Sheriff. After college, he worked...
Joseph William Yeamans
Aug 25, 2025
Joseph William Yeamans passed on to his heavenly home on August 25, 2025, at eighty-one years of age. He died from complications of West Nile virus and pulmonary embolism at St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand Junction.
Joe was born on April 27, 1944, in Portland Oregon to Elizabeth Marks Yeamans and William Hughes Yeamans. He moved to Los Alamos, New Mexico...
Frances Sue Guthrie
Aug 23, 2025
Frances Sue Lawrence Guthrie passed away and went home to Jesus on August 23, 2025. She passed peacefully in her sleep at Colorow Care Center in Olathe, Co. at the age of 93. Sue was blessed with a long and wonderful life.
Sue was born in Wellington, Texas on January 27, 1932, to Jake and Della Lawrence. She graduated from high...
Thomas Joseph Clark
Aug 22, 2025
Thomas Joseph Clark Jr., age 88, died peacefully at his home on August 22, 2025, in Delta, Colorado. Born on June 28, 1937, in Brooklyn, New York, he was the youngest of four to Thomas and Martha (McGowan) Clark.
After High School, he enlisted into the United States Air Force. While attending training classes in
Denver on aircraft weapon systems, he met...
Kay Sharon Atchley
Aug 22, 2025
Kay Sharon Atchley
October 26, 1937 – August 22, 2025
Kay Sharon Atchley, age 87, passed away on August 22, 2025, at Eagle Ridge Post Acute Care Center in Grand Junction, CO. She was born on October 26, 1937, in Delta, Colorado, to Donald Whiteside and Lillian Burch Whiteside.
Kay grew up in Delta, where she enjoyed horseback riding and spending summers on...
Edward Lynn Chesnik
Aug 20, 2025
We are heartbroken to share the passing of Edward Lynn Chesnik on August 20, 2025, in Grand Junction, Colorado. Ed was killed doing what he loved-- riding his Harley in the cool evening air. His life was filled with love, compassion and kindness, he never met a stranger and could strike up a conversation with anyone.
Ed was born on August...
Joe I. Lovato
Aug 16, 2025
Joe Inez Lovato, age 97 of Delta, Colorado, was born on October 6, 1927, and passed away peacefully on Saturday, August 16th, 2025.
He was the son of Florian and Bernardita Lovato. He was preceded in death by 8 brothers and 2 sisters. His legacy will continue to live through the love of his life, Ann Arlene Lovato of 72 years,...
Adam J. Mountin
Aug 15, 2025
Hotchkiss, Colorado resident, Adam James Mountin, passed away on Friday, August 15, 2025, at his home in Hotchkiss, Colorado. He was 42 years of age.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, August 30, 2025, at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Paonia, Colorado.
Adam was born on October 1, 1982, to Larry James and Kathleen Marie...
Charlotte Louise Morrell
Aug 15, 2025
Charlotte was welcomed home into the arms of Jesus and reunited with her Family on 8/15/2025, at Home with Family by her side.
She was born in Cedar Hill, New Mexico to Pauline Foreman and Henry Young. They moved to Mesa, Arizona where her Father worked for Burge Ford Company. Then the Family moved to Paonia, Colorado in 1957.
She grew up...
Eleanor M. Blair
Aug 11, 2025
Eleanor Margie (Hendrickson) Blair, 86 of Olathe, Colorado passed away August 11, 2025.
Eleanor was born January 2, 1939 on the family ranch near Eckert, Colorado to Ulysses S Hendrickson and Mira Edith Matzke Hendrickson, the second of two children. She was raised on the family ranch and attended school in Eckert and Cedaredge. She was a member of the Eckert...
Don Francis Huber
Aug 11, 2025
Don Francis Huber passed away on August 11th, 2025, at St. Mary’s Regional Hospital in Grand Junction, Colorado. He was 78 years old.
Don was born on August 15, 1946, in Louisville, Kentucky to Mary Fabian Joyce and Armand Joseph Huber. He was a 1964, graduate of Saint Xavier High School in Louisville and earned his Master’s degree in fine arts...
Doris Jean Rundle
Aug 11, 2025
Doris Jean Rundle passed away August 11, 2025. She was 81. Services will be held on August 16th at Taylor Funeral Service 209 E Bridge St. Hotchkiss, CO 81419 at 2:00pm, followed by a graveside service in Crawford, CO. A viewing will be Friday, August 15th at 4:30pm at Taylor Funeral Service 682 1725 Rd. Delta, CO 81416.
Doris Jean Rundle...
Tally D. Perry
Aug 8, 2025
Perry, Tally D. Passed away August 8th, 2025, at St. Mary’s she was 50 years old.
Celebration of life will be held September 13th, 2025, at 43446 Bowie Road at 2 pm
Tally was born August 13th, 1974, in Delta, CO, to Tamra Bailey and William Sterns. She grew up in Somerset, CO, and graduated from Paonia High School in 1993.
Tally enjoyed...
Richard "Dick" Dean Scales
Aug 7, 2025
Richard Dean Scales passed away peacefully on August 7, 2025, surrounded by loved ones, at the age of 93.
Richard was born on March 4, 1932, in La Plata, New Mexico, to Joseph and Vera (Keeney) Scales. He grew up helping on his parents’ ranch in Dyke, Colorado, often joining his father herding sheep on Red Mountain and Molas Pass. He...
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