Jerry R. Payte
Feb 6, 2026
Payte, Jerry R. passed away February 6, 2026, at Delta Memorial Hospital. He was 81 years old.
Church Services will be held on Thursday, February 12, 2026, at 10:00am at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints located at 511 Oak Avenue Paonia, CO 81428.
Grave Services will be held Friday, February 13, 2026, at 12:00pm at Grand Junction Memorial Gardens...
Willis Dean McLaughlin
Feb 4, 2026
Willis Dean McLaughlin passed away February 4th, 2026, at his home in Delta Colorado after a battle with cancer. He was 84 years old.
Dean was born on August 17th, 1941, in Delta, Colorado to Evelyn Mills and Harry McLaughlin. He grew up in Olathe, Colorado and graduated from Olathe High School in 1959.
After graduating Dean worked at the Olathe Coop...
Ronda Lynn De Vries (Watson)
Feb 4, 2026
Ronda Lynn De Vries (Watson) passed away February 4, 2026. She was born on February 2, 1966 in Delta Colorado to Leslie and June Morgan De Vries. She graduated from Delta High School and Colorado Mesa University. As a CPA, she owned her own business in Delta. Ronda had a great sense of humor and she had a wide range...
Keith Luke Taylor
Feb 2, 2026
Keith Luke Taylor, born May 11, 1970, departed this earth February 2, 2026, at his home in Delta, Colorado. Memorial service will be held Monday, February 23, 2026 at 1pm at Delta Confluence Park with snacks following at Bill Heddles Rec Center meeting room.
Keith was born in Redwood City, CA. He Graduated from Pomona HS in Arvada in 1988, attended...
Christopher Allen Gallegos
Feb 2, 2026
Christopher Gallegos passed away at Montrose Memorial Hospital. He was 58 years old. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, March 7th, 2026, at 10 am at Taylor Funeral Service 682 1725 Rd. Delta, Colorado. Followed by a graveside ceremony at Mesa View Cemetery. A reception luncheon will follow at the Delta Rec Center @ 2pm.
Christopher was born January...
Erma M. (Patterson) Knox
Feb 1, 2026
Erma M. (Patterson) Knox passed away 02/01/2026 at Valley Manor Care Center in Montrose Colo. She was 94 years old.
Erma was born November 13,1931, in Delta, Colorado, to Bernice Howlett, and James Franklin Patterson. Erma grew up in and around Nucla.
Erma met Charles E. Barnes, and they were married on December 13,1949. They had three children. Beverly Christian, Cindy Scott...
Margaret Irene Travis
Jan 23, 2026
Margaret “Markee” Irene Travis passed peacefully in Delta, Colorado on 1/23/2026. She was born on 7/9/1950 in Youngstown, Ohio.
She was a long time resident of Cedaredge and moved to that area in 1980 with her husband & best friend John Travis. She was a lifelong artist who excelled at pottery & photography & she owned Markee’s Main Street Gallery in...
Linda Sue Durfee
Jan 22, 2026
Linda Sue Durfee, 75, passed away peacefully on January 22, 2026, at Colorow Care Center in Olathe, Colorado.
Linda was born on May 18, 1950, in Colorado to Joseph John Wigner and Marie M. Schmaltz. She grew up in Colorado and was a high school graduate.
Linda spent much of her working life in the food service industry as a hospital dietitian,...
Sherlyn Lee Eakin
Jan 22, 2026
Sherlyn Eakin has passed away on January 22, 2026. She was 78 years old. She is preceded in death by her husband, Richard Eakin, and two sons, Richie and Ryan. She is survived by one son, Robert, and her brother, Walter. She also has numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. A memorial will be held 10:00am, Saturday, April 18, 2026 at the...
David Lee Pope
Jan 19, 2026
David Lee Pope passed away on January 19, 2026, at the Delta Hospital surrounded by his loving daughters and other family members. He was 72 years old.
David was born on April 17, 1953, in Tulare, California to Deane Pope and Louise (Carner) Pope. He had two older sisters, Karen (Pope) Brouse and Deanna (Pope) Burnett. He also had one younger...
Eloise Jean Sanderson
Jan 19, 2026
Long time Delta resident, Eloise Sanderson, died on Monday, January 19, 2026, in Tucson, Arizona. She was 93.
Services for Eloise will be held at 10am, Friday, February 6, 2026, at Calvary Baptist Church in Delta, with Pastor Greg Teel presiding.
Eloise Jean Sanderson was born on July 25, 1932, to Leonard T. Anderson and Beatrice M. Anderson in Montrose County, Colorado....
Robert Odell Imhoff
Jan 19, 2026
Robert Imhoff passed away on January 19, 2026, at the Hospice Care Center in Grand Junction, Colorado, from complications of glioblastoma. He was 56 years old.
A celebration of life will be held at Taylor Funeral service on his birthday, March 2, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. followed by a reception at Center for Spiritual Life (658 Howard Street, Delta, CO -...
Joseph Wilford Abercrombie Sr.
Jan 16, 2026
Beloved husband, father, and grandfather Joseph (Joe) Wilford Abercrombie Sr. passed away peacefully at his home in Cedaredge, Colorado, on January 16, 2026, surrounded by his loving family. Joe had been under the care of HopeWest Hospice since early January.
Joe was born on August 26, 1948, in Palmdale, California, to Clifford and Edna (Hamer) Abercrombie. In May of 1970, he...
Maggie Faye McLane
Jan 15, 2026
Maggie Faye McLane, 91 of Elk City, Oklahoma was born on November 18, 1934, in Bernice, Louisiana to Thomas Tate and Robbie (McDowell) Norred. Maggie looked upon the face of her Lord and Savior on Thursday, January 15, 2026, at Baptist Village in Elk City, Oklahoma surrounded by her loving family.
Maggie married Curtis Don Walker, on September 5, 1954, in...
Steven Richard Palmeri
Jan 10, 2026
Steven was born on January 24, 1964 in the Bronx, NY and grew up in Redding, CT. He graduated from Joel Barlow High School in 1982. He attended Scottsdale Community College Culinary Program, graduated as a Certified Executive Chef, and worked for many fine dining establishments throughout his career.
Steven served our country in the U.S. Navy. He was stationed in...
Bruce Gilbert Martin
Jan 9, 2026
Bruce Gilbert Martin was born to Harold Rodney and Myrtle Stephens Martin on September 8, 1944 in Molino, Oregon. He was the baby of the family, and when he was born his mother and father gave him the name of Bruce Gordon. However his older sisters were supposed to take the birth certificate to the court house and file it...
Angeline Lavhone Betts-McCulloch-Greenwood
Jan 8, 2026
Angeline Lavhone (Betts) (McCulloch) Greenwood, 92, passed away January 8, 2026, in Montrose County, Colorado.
Angie was born in Ridgeway, Iowa on August 19, 1933, to William & Ida (Ofstedahl) Betts. She loved telling people that she was ‘number 11 of 12 children’. She grew up helping where needed and took care of her nephews and nieces.
After graduating from Cresco High...
Kimberly Rex Ellsworth
Jan 8, 2026
Born on February 5, 1944 to Rex and Nola Ellsworth, who were ranchers building a horse-racing empire in Arizona and California. Books and studying were never his thing, but he had a brilliant mind and could always turn an idea into income. Our mother always said, "He used his brain more than anyone I know.” Kim loved working with the...
Michael Aaron White
Jan 8, 2026
Michael Aaron White, Age 77, passed away peacefully on Thursday, January 8th, 2026, at the Horizon’s Care Center in Eckert, Colorado.
Mike was born October 19th, 1948, in Paonia, Colorado to Betty Jane Orton and Melvin Bruce White. He grew up on Rogers Mesa in Hotchkiss, Colorado and graduated from Hotchkiss High School in 1967. He was a member of the...
Ann Allene Correll
Jan 7, 2026
Ann Allene Helberg Correll passed away on Wednesday, January 7th, in Delta, Colorado, at the age of 69. She was born on December 16, 1956.
Ann grew up in North Platte, Nebraska, where she was most often found either in the rodeo arena or at the family sale barn. She competed in high school rodeo and was crowned Nebraska High School...
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