Fred B. Jardine
Jan 10, 2021
Longtime Delta County resident, Fred B. Jardine, passed away on Sunday, January 10, 2021 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand Junction, Colorado. He was 84 years of age. A Celebration of Life Service will be held 11:00 a. m, Saturday, June 19, 2021 at the Garden Of Memories Cemetery in Crawford, CO with Rev. Joshua Langille-Hoppe and P.E.R.”s of Hotchkiss...
Jo Ann (Jodie) Wright
Jan 9, 2021
Jo Ann (Jodie) Wright of Paonia Colorado passed away on January 9, 2021. She was 84. Jodie was born in Wheatland, Wyoming on April 24, 1936 to parents Claude Turney and Agnes (McGill) Turney. She spent her early years living on the historic McGill family ranch in Albany County, located 30 miles southwest of Wheatland. Jodie had many fond memories...
Bertha Ann Linman
Jan 7, 2021
Ann passed away in the late evening hours on January 7th. Several years of declining health had taken its toll on this very remarkable, strong woman. Ann was the first of three children born to Albert Martin Collins and Caroline (Crank) Collins at the family home on Clear Fork. Later on, the family moved to another farm on Grand View...
Rolland Dennis Husted
Jan 6, 2021
Rolland “Dennis” Husted passed away peacefully at his home in Lazear, Colorado on his birthday, January 6th. His loving family and partner Helen, were by his side. Dennis was born in Paonia, Colorado on January 6,1944 to Rolland Earl Husted and Dama Jean Schulte Husted. Dennis spent his childhood in Cedaredge graduating from Cedaredge High School in 1962. He enjoyed...
Ronald Otis Page
Jan 5, 2021
Ronald Otis Page passed away January 5, 2021, at Delta County Memorial Hospital in Delta. He was 70 years old. No services will be held at this time. Ronald Otis Page was born December 14, 1950, and adopted by Otis Elliot and Alameda Merle (Foltz) Page in Colorado Springs, CO. Ronald attended and graduated from High School in Rawlins, Wyoming....
Marlene M. Brown
Jan 5, 2021
Delta, Colorado resident, Marlene M. Brown, passed away on Tuesday, January 5, 2021 at Montage Creek Senior Living in Montrose. She was 84 years of age. A family memorial service will be held at 3:00 p.m. January 10, 2021. Marlene Mabel Gilbert was born on October 4, 1936 to Irene M. (Thielhorn) and Olaf B. Gilbert in Jackson, Minnesota. She...
Merna Rae Pope
Jan 4, 2021
Merna Rae Pope died January 4th, 2021, at Horizons Care Center in Eckert. She was 87 years old. Funeral services will be held at 10:00am, Saturday, January 16th, 2021, at Taylor Funeral Service’s Chapel followed by graveside service at Mesa View Cemetery in Delta. Merna was born March 15th, 1933 to John H. and LaVara (George) Connaway in Vona, CO....
Dennis Dean Key Sr
Jan 3, 2021
In Loving Memory of Dennis Dean Key, Sr. August 14, 1945 to January 3, 2021 Enlisted in the Navy from 1966 to 1969, serving in the Vietnam War Married to the love of his life, Lana Kay (Lange) Key for the past 55 years, together, they raised four children, Galen G. Key, Dennis D. Key, Jr, Mindy S. (Key) Sitton,...
Dennis Dean Key Sr
Jan 3, 2021
Enlisted in the Navy from 1966 to 1969, serving in the Vietnam War. Married to the love of his life, Lana Kay (Lange) Key for the past 55 years, together, they raised four children: Galen G. Key, Dennis D. Key, Jr, Mindy S. (Key) Sitton, and Dustin D. Key. He was preceded in death by his parents, Rodney Key, and...
Carol Anne Gamble
Jan 2, 2021
Carol Anne Wilkening Gamble, 81, passed away on January 2, 2021 after a courageous 17-year battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Carol was born on June 3, 1939 in Cincinnati Ohio and was the daughter of Ted and Ruth Wilkening, and older sister of Tom Wilkening (Connie). She graduated from Indian Hill High School in 1957 where she was a cheerleader, played...
Reuben M Leon
Dec 28, 2020
Delta resident, Reuben M. Leon passed away suddenly at his home on Monday, December 28, 2020. He was 79 years old. A funeral service will be held 2:00pm, Saturday, January 2, 2021 at Gunnison Valley Church of the Nazarene in Delta, Colorado. Interment will follow at Mesa View Cemetery. Reuben was born April 6, 1941 to Gustavo C. and Phyllis...
Marjorie E. Johnson
Dec 28, 2020
Marjorie Johnson, retired postal worker, storyteller, small business owner, and child/animal advocate, passed away on December 28, 2020 in Boulder Colorado. Born in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Marjorie and her late husband, Walter, moved to Delta County in 1989 from the Boulder area. She became a familiar contributor to Letters to the Editor in this publication and others throughout the region, espousing...
Edna Viola Gray
Dec 27, 2020
Edna Viola Gray (Aunt Edna) went to be with the Lord on Sunday, December 27, 2020. Born to Bert and Ethel (Pettis) Raymond on September 21, 1923 in Paonia, Colorado, Aunt Edna spent her life in Western Colorado. On August 3, 1939 she married George Gray. They spent their lives farming and ranching calling Pea Green, Colorado home they ranched...
Aron Cegielski
Dec 27, 2020
Aron Cegielski, 50, of Delta passed away on December 27, 2020 at San Juan Living Center in Montrose, CO after a four year battle with MSA (Multiple Systems Atrophy). He was born November 8, 1970 in Doylestown, PA to Martin and Hendrika van Emmerik Cegielski. Aron is survived by his mother, Hendrika, his brother Eric (Tammy) Cegielski, nephews; Joshua, Josiah...
David L. Reed
Dec 26, 2020
David Leslie Reed passed away December 26th, 2020 at his residence on Rogers Mesa. David was born March 23, 1962 to Clarence and Betty Reed in Delta, Colorado, he was the youngest of four children. The family moved to Kalispell Montana in 1972 where he graduated from Flathead High School in 1980. David loved Montana, and remained there after high...
Lynette Sandra Daddow
Dec 25, 2020
We lost our beloved Lynette on Christmas Day 2020 at her home in Castle Rock, Colorado; She was eighty years old. A graveside funeral service will be held at 1:00 pm on Monday, May 3, 2021 at the Riverside Cemetery in Hotchkiss, Colorado. Lynette Sandra Daddow was born on September 13, 1940, to Norman H and Grace L (Richter) Anderson...
Jesse Ray Miller
Dec 25, 2020
Jesse Ray Miller passed away on Friday, December 25, 2020, in Delta, Colorado. Jess was born on October 14, 1940, in Collinsville, Oklahoma, the oldest of six children born to Henry and Ruth (Garrison) Miller. Jess spent his childhood moving between farming communities in Texas and Colorado. He graduated from Delta High School with the Class of 1959. After high...
Karen E. Wagner
Dec 22, 2020
It has pleased Almighty God to call the soul of Karen Elizabeth Wagner to her Heavenly Home on Dec. 22, 2020. Karen was born on Feb 28, 1944 to Robert Moyer and Doris (Dock) Moyer in Norfolk, VA both of whom are deceased. The family moved numerous times, but she spent most of her youth in Burlingame, CA. After graduating...
Leland George Myers
Dec 21, 2020
Leland George Myers passed away at 6:42 p.m. on December 21, 2020 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand Junction, Colorado. Lee was born on December 27, 1948 to Harry Wayne and Doris Mae (Suckow) Myers in Delta, Colorado. Lee is survived by his mother, Doris Myers; sister, JoNell; wife, Varra Sue; son, Harry; and step-children, Lydia, Betty and spouse; and...
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