Donald Lee Townsend
Feb 2, 2023
Donald Lee Townsend passed away peacefully on Thursday, February 2nd, 2023 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand Junction, Colorado. He was 84 years old. Don was born on June 25th, 1938 to Blanche (Rains) and Lee Townsend in Bakersfield, California. He attended his early school years in Arkansas, and graduated from high school in Denver, Colorado. After high school, he...
Melvin Charles Reaksecker
Jan 27, 2023
Melvin Charles Reaksecker passed away Friday, January 27th, 2023, at Delta Health Hospital surrounded by his loving family. He was 82 years old. Melvin was born November 9th, 1940, in Grand Junction, Colorado to Hazel Marie Moberley and Charles Melvin Goodman. He was one of five children. He would spend his childhood on the western slope of Colorado, graduating from...
Dolores Rae Benson
Jan 26, 2023
Dolores R. Benson passed away on Thursday, January 26, 2023 at Delta Health. She was 92 years old. Dolores was born on June 12, 1930 to Mary Elizabeth Burchfield Hanger and John Mason Hanger at Ashtabula, Ohio. She graduated from Rowe High School in 1948 in Conneaut, Ohio. She worked as a bookkeeper, salesclerk, Avon representative and babysat for several...
Page Lenell Vigil
Jan 26, 2023
Page LeNell Vigil July 29, 1963 ~ January 26, 2023 Page LeNell Vigil passed away Thursday, January 26th, 2023, at Saint Mary’s Hospital in Grand Junction, Colorado. She was 59 years old. A Memorial service will be held at New Hope Evangelical Free Church in Cedaredge, CO on Saturday, February 4th, 2023 @ 2:00pm. Page was born on July 29th,...
Joseph Junior Newton
Jan 24, 2023
Joseph Junior Newton, 88, passed away at the Hopewest Hospice Care Center in Grand Junction, Colorado on January 24, 2023. Better known as Joe, he was born in Leadville, Co on April 14, 1934 to Joseph Frank Newton and Zelma Newton. He grew up and resided in Gunnison County until entering the Air Force in 1952 after graduating from Gunnison...
Barbara Anne Grant
Jan 24, 2023
Barbara Anne Grant passed away suddenly at Delta Health Hospital, January 24th, 2023. She was 82 years old. Barbara was born on February 9th, 1940 in Alamosa Colorado to Birdie Tislawnartis Doores and Zade Packer Clayton, she was the youngest of 10 children. She would spend her childhood in Alamosa and was a graduate of Alamosa High School. She would...
Jonathan Lawayne Saiz
Jan 22, 2023
Jonathan Lawayne Saiz February 3, 1969 ~ January 22, 2023 Jonathan Lawayne Saiz passed away January 22nd, 2023, at the Delta Health Hospital in Delta, Colorado. Services will be held in Arizona at the Veteran’s Cemetery later this spring. Jonathan was born on February 3rd, 1969, in Safford, Arizona to Patricia Gale (Ward) and Dale Alexander. He graduated from Independence...
Mary Josephine Reid
Jan 21, 2023
Mary Josephine Reid December 7, 1928 ~ January 21, 2023 Mary Josephine Reid passed away January 21st, 2023 at Delta Health Hospital in Delta, Colorado. She was 94 years old. Services will be held at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Paonia, Co. on Thursday, February 2nd, 2023 at 11am with graveside service following at 12pm at Cedar Hill Cemetery in...
Robert Lee Noland
Jan 20, 2023
Robert Lee Noland March 25, 1937 - January 20, 2023 Robert Lee (Bob) Noland passed away in Grand Junction, Colorado at HopeWest’s Hospice Care Center on Friday, January 20th, 2023. He was 85 years old. Robert was born on March 25th, 1937, to Opal (McAmis) and Elmer Lee Noland in Hotchkiss, Colorado. He grew up in Hotchkiss and attended Hotchkiss...
Doris Marie Kane
Jan 19, 2023
Doris Marie Kane passed away at the Eagle Ridge Care Facility in Grand Junction, Colorado the afternoon of January 19th, 2023. She was 83 years old. Doris was born August 2nd, 1939 in Denver, Colorado to Lorene Higgs and Lum Lewis Foster. She grew up in Denver, Colorado and graduated from West High School and continued her education attending Western...
Ann Kerr
Jan 17, 2023
Ann Kerr June 23, 1942 ~ January 17, 2023 Ann Kerr passed away at her residence in Delta, Colorado on Tuesday, January 17th, 2023. She was 80 years old. Ann was born on June 23rd, 1942, and adopted by Angeline Eibner and Erwin Hamann. She spent her childhood in Corvallis, Oregon, graduating from Corvallis High School. She married James Kerr...
Joshua Darin Largent
Jan 17, 2023
Joshua Darin Largent April 14, 1991 ~ January 17, 2023 On January 10, 2023, Joshua Darin Largent, loving spouse, and father of 3, went into cardiac arrest at work and passed away January 17, 2023, at the tender age of 31. As an avid outdoorsman, Josh loved any excuse to be out in nature: Hunting, Fishing, Hiking, off roading and...
Dale Dwaine Huff
Jan 9, 2023
Dale Dwaine Huff December 18, 1927 ~ January 9, 2023 Dale Dwaine Huff passed away Monday, January 9th, 2023 at Horizon Care Center with his family by his side. He had just recently celebrated his 95th birthday. Dale was born December 18th, 1927 in Nunn, Colorado to Thelma Aleta Callender and Lee George Huff. Dale was the second of six...
Jonathan "Josh" Dennis Stapelfeldt
Jan 9, 2023
Jonathan “Josh” Dennis Stapelfeldt May 4, 1945 ~ January 9, 2023 Jonathan “Josh” Dennis Stapelfeldt passed away January 9th, 2023, at Paonia Care Center in Paonia, Colorado. He was 77 years old. Josh was born on May 4th, 1945, in Norwalk, Connecticut to Dorothy Henze (Dennis) and Alfred Stapelfeldt. He graduated from John McMann High School. Josh then continued his...
Cecil Douglas Bangert
Jan 9, 2023
Cecil Douglas Bangert November 28, 1938 ~ January 9, 2023 Cecil Douglas Bangert passed away at his home in Delta, Colorado on January 9th, 2023. He was 84 years old. Cecil was born November 28, 1938, to Lola Mae (Myers) and Dave Bangert in Delta, Colorado. “Doug” as he was known to family and close friends, was raised on a...
Sandra K. Oeltjenbruns
Jan 8, 2023
Sandra Oeltjenbruns was born on July 28, 1941 in Long Beach, California to Ken and Fern Atchison. Sandy passed away peacefully at Horizons Care Center with family by her side. She met Bob Oeltjenbruns in Delta. They married on May 14, 1961. They were blessed with two sons: Dennis and Roger. Sandy enjoyed the outdoors, spending time with her family,...
Owen Ray Johnson
Jan 8, 2023
Owen Ray Johnson September 16, 1939 ~ January 8, 2023 Owen Ray Johnson passed away Sunday, January 8th, 2023, at his residence in Hotchkiss, CO. He was 83 years old. Owen was born on September 16th, 1939, to Ethel Irene (Nelms) and Elmer Boyd Johnson in Bartley, NE. He went to school in McCook (NE) and graduated from McCook High...
Donald Wayne "Speed" Smith
Jan 7, 2023
Donald Wayne “Speed” Smith, 83, of Delta, Colorado, passed away on January 7th at his home. Speed was born in Bakersfield California to Don and Allie Smith on July 22nd, 1939. He went to school at Kern Valley High School in Lake Isabella California. He married Sharon K. Diharce on May 2nd, 1970, in Las Vegas Nevada. He worked as...
Johnny Lee Floyd
Jan 6, 2023
Johnny Floyd passed away unexpectedly at his home in Hotchkiss, Colorado Tuesday, January 6th, 2023. He was 72 years old. Johnny was born in Hanford, California to Irene Nix and Doyle Floyd. He would move to western Colorado soon after and grew up in the North Fork, graduating from Hotchkiss high school. He was the first employee at Delta Sand...
Julia Catherine Bliss
Jan 4, 2023
Julia “Catherine” Bliss Nov. 12, 1929 - Jan. 4, 2023 Julia Catherine Bliss passed away peacefully on Wednesday, January 4th, 2023, at her granddaughter Lisa Romero’s residence in Montrose, Colorado. She was 93 years old. Catherine was born on November 12th, 1929, to Irma Lucille (Gorman) and Emery Arthur Hamilton in Protection, Kansas. She attended school in Montrose and Ouray...
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