Gerald Grosshans
Feb 12, 2022
Gerald was born the Sixth child of ten children on December 7, 1933 to Edward Walter Grosshans and Mildred Alene (Gordon) Grosshans. He was born in Haxton, Colorado and spent his youth in Merino, Hillrose and Synder, graduating in 1952. He was drafted into the United States Army where he served for 2 years. He was stationed in Fort Ord,...
Larry S. Davidson
Feb 12, 2022
Larry S. Davidson October 18, 1938 ~ February 12, 2022 Larry Davidson was born in North Delta at his grandparents’ home on October 18, 1938 and passed away in that same home on February 12, 2022. He was 83 years old. Born Larry Sanford Greer, his father, Oliver Greer, passed away when Larry was very young leaving his mother, Adeline...
Neoma Jean Boyd
Feb 12, 2022
Neoma Jean Sego Boyd was born February 28, 1949 in Alamosa, CO. She passed away at her home in Austin, CO on February 12, 2022. She was the third daughter of Helmer Lyman Sego and Faye Hicks Sego. She is preceded in death by her brother Lyman Sego in 1969, her father Helmer in 1972, mother Faye in 1975, brother-in-law...
Eugene Edward Scheetz
Feb 11, 2022
Delta resident Eugene “Gene” Scheetz passed away on February 11, 2022 at Delta County Memorial Hospital. He was 84 years old. A rosary and viewing will be held at 6:00 p.m., Friday, February 18th at Taylor Funeral Service Chapel in Delta. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, February 23rd at St. Mary's Catholic Church in...
Connie Rae (Frey) Bennett
Feb 10, 2022
Connie Rae (Frey) Bennett August 5, 1936 ~ February 10, 2022 Connie Rae (Frey) Bennett, longtime Eckert, Colorado, resident died February 10th, 2022, at Grand Junction St. Mary’s Hospital following a heart attack on January 12th. She was 85 years old. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 12th, 2022, at Calvary Baptist Church 1290 A...
Clifford Burton Cooper
Feb 10, 2022
Clifford Burton Cooper passed away Thursday, February 10th, 2022 at his residence in Delta, Colorado after a hard-fought battle with cancer. He was 78 years old. Cliff was born February 6th, 1944, to Mamie Estelle (Stanly) and Lewis Francis Cooper in Oto, Iowa. Cliff would go on to graduate high school in Bruce, Wisconsin in 1962, and Vocational School in...
Roy Bernard Gillespie
Feb 9, 2022
Roy Gillespie of Grand Junction, passed away at the V.A. Medical Center in Grand Junction on Wednesday., Feb. 9, 2022. He was 92 years old. He had resided in Grand Junction for the past 2 years, and had lived in Orchard City prior to that. A graveside service will be held at Eckert Cemetery, 2:00 p.m. on Sat. February 19,...
Leverna "Lee" Alta Atchley - Angel
Feb 8, 2022
Leverna “Lee” Alta Atchley-Angel December 4, 1925 ~ February 8, 2022 Leverna Alta Atchley-Angel “Lee” passed away on Tuesday, February 8th, 2022, at Horizon’s Care Center in Eckert, Colorado. She was 96 years old. A celebration of her life service will be held at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, March 8th, 2022, at Calvary Baptist Church ~ 1290 A Street, in Delta,...
Charles Lewis "Chuck" Nielsen
Feb 7, 2022
Charles Lewis Nielsen of Delta, passed away peacefully in his sleep during the early morning hours of February 7, 2022. Chuck was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming on December 1, 1935 to Lewis Edward and Jessie Meyers Nielsen. They moved to Fruita, then to the Starr Nelson Ranch outside of Delta and eventually moving to Hotchkiss. He graduated from Hotchkiss High...
Linda Ann Bowman
Feb 6, 2022
Linda Ann Bowman December 25, 1953 ~ February 6, 2022 Linda Ann Bowman, 68, passed peacefully in her home in Cedaredge, CO on February 6, 2022. She was born in Orlando, FL on December 25, 1953 to Henry Frank Pietrzyk and Eleanor Ann (Grbac) Pietrzyk. Linda grew up in a Military family traveling much of her childhood before settling in...
Robert James "Robbie" Schmidt
Feb 5, 2022
Robert James Schmidt February 25, 1992 ~ February 5, 2022 Robert James “Robbie” Schmidt went to be with his sister, Paige Schmidt-Pierce, and the Lord on Saturday, February 5, 2022 in Ouray, CO. he was 29 years old. A celebration of Life will be held 2:00 p.m. Saturday, March 5th, 2022 at the First Baptist Church in Delta, CO. With...
Helen Dell Hicks
Feb 5, 2022
Helen Dell Hicks passed away Saturday, February 5th, 2022, at the Paonia Care Center in Paonia, Colorado. She was 97 ½ years old. Graveside Services will be held on Saturday, February 12th, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. at the Riverside Cemetery in Hotchkiss, Colorado. Helen was born in Delta, Colorado on July 28th, 1924, to Ladene (Cox) and Jim Hill. She...
Joyce Ann Chapdelaine
Feb 5, 2022
Paonia resident, Joyce Ann Chapdelaine, passed away on Saturday, February 5, 2022 at HopeWest Care Center in Grand Junction, Colorado. She was 90. Mass of the Resurrection will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, June 18, 2022 at Scared Heart Catholic Church in Paonia, CO. Joyce Ann Chapdelaine was born to John and Lois (Tuskey) Whelihan in Detroit, Michigan on...
Thomas Eric Mcginnis
Feb 5, 2022
Resident of Cedaredge, Colorado, Thomas Eric McGinnis 54 years old, passed away on February 5, 2022 under the careful care of Hope West in Grand Junction, Colorado. Eric’s dear supportive friend, Laura Jane Knoch, of 14 years, was by his side. Eric was born on April 30, 1967 in Murray, Utah to the late Thomas Allison McGinnis and Floria Rose...
Victor Julian Varela-Martinez
Feb 4, 2022
Cpl Victor Julian Varela Martinez, passed from this life to the next on the night of February 4, 2022 at the age of 22. He was an active duty Marine serving in Okinawa, Japan for the past three years at the time of his death. He was killed alongside one of his many best buddies, LCpl Bailey C. Spencer of...
Novella Jean Masta
Feb 3, 2022
Novella Jean Masta February 27th, 1945 ~ January 26th, 2022 Novella Jean (Ainslie) Masta passed away Wednesday, January 26th, 2022 at her residence in Cedaredge, Colorado. She was 76 years old. Novella was born February 27th, 1945 to Vivian Irene (Morden) and Kenneth Ainslie in Monroe County Michigan. She would grow up in Monroe County Michigan and attend High School...
James Leon Holton Jr.
Jan 31, 2022
Jim Holton, age 90, passed away peacefully at Hope West with his wife of 67 year by his side. Jim was born July 28, 1931, in Arco, Georgia, the eldest son of James Leon Holton Sr. and Sharon Satterfield Holton. When he was 9 months old the family moved to Reed, then Lazear, Colorado where he grew up. Jim graduated...
Don Allen Milholland
Jan 31, 2022
Don Allen Milholland AKA Papa, Pops, Daddy Age 67 Cedaredge, CO Papa died unexpectedly on January 31, 2022, at his home. Don was born on May 15, 1954, in Torrington, Wyoming to Donald Dwight Milholland and Margie Schmidt. He graduated from Highland High School in Ault, Colorado in 1972. Don joined the police academy and graduated in 1979, then worked...
Ralph D Davis
Jan 30, 2022
Ralph D. Davis July 15, 1941 ~ January 30, 2022 Ralph (R.D.) Davis went to be with Jesus while at home surrounded by family. He had a six-week battle with metastatic melanoma. Ralph was born to Agness and J. Clare Davis. Ralph grew up in Austin/Orchard City attending Fairview School and graduated in 1959, from Delta High School where he...
Peggy Lou Chavez-Cazier
Jan 29, 2022
Peggy Lou Chavez-Cazier 60 of Walla Walla Washington formally from Montrose, Delta, Gateway and Grand Junction Colorado passed away after lengthy battle of illness on January 29, 2022. She was the amazing mother of Brittany and her husband Jeff Ritcheson. She was a very proud grandmother to Ruger, Madison and Caleb Ritcheson. She was proceeded in death by her mother...
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