Frank Arellano
Aug 19, 2024
We make Choices In Life and We have to Live with Those Choices
Frank Arellano passed away on August 19, 2024, at his home in Delta, Colorado. He was 88 years young. Frank was born on July 30, 1936, in San Bernardino, California to Frances Vasquez Arellano and Jesus Arellano. He grew up in California and after graduation from High School...
Julia (Judy) Annette Marshall
Aug 18, 2024
Julia (Judy) Annette Marshall passed away Sunday, August 18, 2024, at the Colorow Care Center in Olathe, Colorado. She was 92 years old.
A memorial service will be held at 1:00pm, Monday, August 26th, 2024, at the Taylor Funeral Service chapel in Delta, Colorado.
Judy was born February 14th, 1932, in Glendale, California to Myrtle Crandall and Charles Robert Mead.
Judy was a...
James Ruben Lundblad
Aug 18, 2024
James Ruben Lundblad, age 72, was welcomed into the arms of Jesus on Sunday, August 18, 2024, at his home in Delta, CO, surrounded by his loving family. Born on November 7, 1951, in St. Paul, MN, to Art and Frieda Lundblad, Jim grew up in St. Paul with one brother and four sisters. He spent his summers on his...
Mary Vigil
Aug 14, 2024
Mary Vigil “Berg” passed away on Wednesday August 14, 2024, peacefully at her home in Delta, Colorado after a long-fought battle with cancer.
Mary was born on February 23, 1937, in Tererro, New Mexico to Maria Sanchez and Fred Berg. She spent her childhood years growing up in New Mexico and moved to Colorado in her young adult life. She then...
Lester "Lee" Kendall
Aug 13, 2024
Hotchkiss resident Lester (Lee) Kendall passed away Tuesday, August 13, 2024, at Willow Tree Care Center in Delta, Colorado. He was 96 years old.
A graveside service will be held August 24th, at 10:00 am, at Riverside Cemetery in Hotchkiss.
Lee was born to Margaret (Maggie) Maxwell and Ira Arthur Kendall on July 8, 1928, in Yuma, Colorado. He was the sixth...
Kristi Sanchez (Peterson)
Aug 13, 2024
Kristi (Peterson) Sanchez passed away on August 13, 2024, due to a brief, but courageous battle with ALS. Kristi is the daughter of Susie Schreiner and Jerry Peterson. Kristi was born on July 9, 1979 in Columbus, MT.
She was raised in Absarokee, where she graduated from High School.
On September 2, 2000, she married Felipe Sanchez. From this marriage, they had...
Betty Morgan
Aug 13, 2024
Our beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, Betty Morgan, passed away peacefully at the age of 77 at her home in Delta, Colorado, on August 13, 2024. Born on June 21, 1947, in Paonia, Colorado, she was the daughter of June Leiper and James de Graffenried. She grew up in the Hotchkiss area and graduated from Hotchkiss High School. She went...
Cameron Thomas Tallent
Aug 12, 2024
On Monday, August 12, 2024, Cameron Thomas Tallent, loving son, brother, father and friend, passed away at the age of 33.
Cameron was born on September 1, 1990 in Grand Junction CO to Sharon Morton and Scott Tallent.
Cameron always had a passion for animals especially horses, it would motivate him during his teen years to pursue working with them at a...
William "Bill" H. Raley
Aug 11, 2024
William “Bill” Raley of Delta, Colorado passed away on August 11th, 2024. He was 87 years old.
Services will be held on Friday, October 25th, 2024, at 2pm at the Taylor Funeral Service’s Delta Chapel.
Bill was born on July 3rd, 1937, in Meridian, Mississippi to Jesse Mae Jay and Edwin Raley. He grew up in Meridian, Mississippi.
Bill met Joyce Richardson in...
Leonard Allen Barnes
Aug 11, 2024
Leonard Allen Barnes passed away 08/11/2024 at West Elk Mine. He was 62 years old.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, August 24th at 2:00 pm at Taylor Funeral Service and Crematory in Delta, Colorado. This will be followed by a gathering at his aunt’s house in Delta.
Leonard was born on May 28, 1962 in Knob Noster, Missouri to Ellen...
John A. Kunkel
Aug 10, 2024
John was born and raised in York, PA. He then moved to the Western Slope of Colorado, where he was a resident for over 63 years. He was 91 years old when he passed away.
John was a mountain man who enjoyed the peace and quiet of being alone in the great outdoors. John’s favorite color was blue, and there was...
John Stanley Lewis
Aug 7, 2024
John Stanley Lewis passed away on August 7, 2024 at the HopeWest Hospice Care Center in Grand Junction, Colorado. He was 82 years of age.
John was born on November 29, 1941 in Crawford, Colorado to Ruth May (Templeton) and Robert Faye Lewis. He had five siblings: Donald Lewis, Wanda Kuretich, Glenna Brezonick, Robert Lewis and Charles Lewis, all deceased except...
Stephen S. Palmer
Aug 6, 2024
Stephen S. Palmer passed away peacefully on August 6th, 2024, in his home in Cedaredge, Colorado. Steve was 80 years old. He was surrounded by his loving wife, Sharon Palmer, his daughter, Leslie, and his loving family members and friends. The funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, August 13th, 2024, at the Cedaredge LDS church, followed...
Carl Owen Stramski
Aug 5, 2024
Carl Owen Stramski passed away in his home in Gypsum, CO on August 5th, 2024. He was 79 years old. Carl was born on April 19th, 1945, in Oklahoma City, OK. He grew up in Harrah, Oklahoma and graduated from Harrah High School. He served our country in the Air Force and had a career mainly in plumbing. Carl met...
Delfie Marie Fresquez
Aug 5, 2024
Ecclesiastes 3:1 ~ A time and a place for everything under heaven.
This was one favorite scripture of our mom, the heart of our home. Mom cherished the dawning of a new day. She would faithfully recite her rosary as she observed the rising of the sun and every night again in gratitude for another day. She cherished the beauty of...
Virginia Lee Shea
Aug 4, 2024
Virginia Lee Shea passed away on August 4, 2024 at her home surrounded by her family both in presence and spirit. She was 99 years old. Services will be held Friday August 16, 2024 at St. Michaels Catholic Church. Viewing at 9:00, Rosary and Eulogy at 9:15 am followed by 10:00 Mass. Burial at Mesa View Cemetery.
Virginia was born November...
Ana Lorene Palmer
Aug 2, 2024
Ana Lorene (Gritton) Palmer, 89, formerly of Moberly, MO, died peacefully in her sleep on August 2, 2024 in Cedaredge, CO. Ana had been living with her daughter, Cathy, for the past three months since the passing of her beloved husband, Charles, just four months prior.
Ana was born in Moberly, MO on March 2, 1935 to the parents of Charles...
Susan Leslie Bolinger
Aug 1, 2024
Susan Leslie Bolinger, age 75, from Austin, Colorado passed away August 1st, 2024.
Born to Shirley Clatterbaugh and Kenneth Clatterbaugh in Jackson, Wyoming on September 16,1948. She grew up through 8th grade in Wilson, Wyoming, where she spent many summer hours on the back of a horse at her dad’s ranch, Crystal Springs. During the winter months, you could find Sue...
Gail Ann Dallas
Jul 31, 2024
Gail Ann Dallas, of Cedaredge, Colorado, was born on April 21, 1957 in Goshen, New York and was sadly taken away from us too soon in the early morning of July 31, 2024. She grew up in many towns throughout Orange County, New York before moving to Colorado in 1990 calling Cedaredge her home ever since. Gail was a beloved...
Diana Helen Edwards - Short
Jul 26, 2024
Diana Helen Edwards - Short passed away peacefully on Friday July 26th, 2024 at Red Cliffs Post Acute in Grand Junction. She was 94 years old.
Diana was born in Santa Ana, California but lived and went to school in Delta for most of her life, moving to Grand Junction in 1990.
Diana married James Franklin Edwards of Delta in 1948 and...
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