Obituaries

Jan 8, 2013

John Ferguson Wilson

February 13,1924 – January 8, 2013

John (“Jack”) Ferguson Wilson, age 89 of Montrose, Colorado took the Lord’s hand, finishing the work he was called to do; keeping the faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

He was born to William Edgar Wilson and Hazel Ferguson Wilson on February 13, 1924 in New Britain, Connecticut. His education consisted...

Jan 7, 2013

Ernest Carl Mueller,age 91,of Montrose, Co., and former resident of Del Webb Sun City in Palm Desert, California, passed away peacefully on January 7, 2013 after a heroic battle with pulmonary fibrosis. Ernie was born in Bruhl, Germany. He and his parents left Germany when Ernie was six years old. They settled in Portland, Oregon. At the age of 18,...

Jan 5, 2013

William Harrison Young, age 87 of Montrose, passed at the Homestead Assisted Living in Montrose on the afternoon of the 5th of January.  He had been a resident there for the last four months.

He was born in Palestine, TX., and served as a signalman till the end of WWII.  He attended the University of Texas and graduated with a...

Jan 2, 2013

Terrance Kent Carr passed away Jan. 2, 2013 at Montrose Memorial Hospital after a short illness.  Born in Telluride on July 30, 1934 to Ralph and Marguerite Carr, He came to Montrose in 1938 from Norwood .  Terry was a real native of Western Colorado as all four of his grandparents were here before 1900.

Terry attended local schools graduating...

Dec 30, 2012

E. Ray Coffey passed away peacefully after battling complications from Alzheimer’s Disease on Dec. 30, 2012.  He was 87.  Eugene Ray Coffey was born on Oct. 12, 1925 in Austin, Colorado to Mary E. (Neff) and Oscar K. Coffey.  He graduated from Delta High School.  Ray served his country in the U.S. Navy as an electrician’s mate during World War...

Dec 14, 2012

Rosalie May Corey Haines, born October 10, 1906 to parents Gilbert L. (Dick) and Lulu M. Corey in Olathe, Colorado, passed away on December 14, 2012 in San Antonio, Texas.  She had just recently celebrated her 106th birthday.  Rosalie was the oldest girl in a family of eleven children.  She attended Olathe grade school and graduated from Olathe High School...

Feb 5, 1939

Marlys E. Mills peacefully passed on July 27, 2020. Marlys was born on February 5, 1939, to Elbert and Lillian (Sanders) Mills in Ada Minnesota.  She was the youngest of three children.

She moved to Colorado in 1968 with her children and second husband Gary Iverson. Through the years she worked as a bartender, in the accounting department of Montrose...

Feb 10, 1921

Born – July 27, 1921 in Olathe, Colorado.

Parents – Mittie and Lester Stevens.

Had one sister Mildred (deceased) 15 years older.

Attended schools in Olathe, Colorado, graduating in 1939 and Western State College in Gunnison, Colorado, graduating in 1944. Teaching career began in 1941 at a two room rural school named Highland located 5 miles NW of Olathe (salary...

Alfred Bailey Collins, son of Everett and Stella Collins, has passed into God’s hands.  Bailey, as he preferred to be called, enjoyed the outdoors and raising Romagnola cattle and American Quarter horses.  Bailey is predeceased by his wife, Terri; and his two sisters, Lila and Darlene.  Bailey is survived by his two sons, Andrew and Bobby; his twin sister, Bernice;...

Roy White Jr. was born in Houston, Texas on September 28, 1936, to Roy and Evelyn White. He was an only child. His family moved to Chama, New Mexico in 1946 because of his father’s failing health. Roy went to school in Chama as his family was building a summer home on the Brazos River.

During this time, Roy had...

Alex Paul Sokolik author of “One With Nature” passed away September 2023 at the age of 75 at his residence in Norwood CO. He is preceded in death by his parents Paul A. & Julia A. Sokolik and survived by his brother Paul A. (Anne) Sokolik.

Born in Essington PA and raised in Broomall PA. Also resided in New Zealand,...

RALPH EARL (LUTHER) WILLIAMS

Ralph Williams was born on New years Eve, December 31, 1932 to Ralph Bert Williams and Ruth Elizabeth (Fisher) Williams on a farm east of Delta, CO.  He was the 3rd of of 7 siblings. Ralph became the family gardener and loved to cook. He attended schools in Delta and graduated from Delta High School in...

On December 24th Jeffrey Alan Salazar passed away in his sleep in Ridgway Colorado. Jeff is survived by his mother, two brothers, three sons, two daughters, and his grandchildren. Jeff was 58 years old. Jeff, a Colorado native, had a passion for the mountains and loved being in “God’s Country.” During his youth Jeff often went into the mountains for...

Mary Kauffman

 

I am Basque.  I was born on July 11, 1924, in the beautiful small village, of Nachitua in the Basque province of Vizcaya in Northern Spain, adjacent to the Bay of Biscay, not far from the Pyrenees Mountains.  My birth name was Mary Begonia Gorrono. My father John Gorrono was a shepherd, who immigrated to the United...

(Helen) Jean Davis passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on September 13, 2022.  Born in Greeley, CO in 1923 she enjoyed sharing her family legacy starting with her grandfather Bent Fine who started the Greeley Coca Cola Bottling works, and her other grandfather while Greeley Parks Commissioner oversaw Island Grove and other city parks.  Her father Arval Berry started...

Ronald Allen Kirby

Ronald Allen Kirby was born October 10, 1946 at Fort Knox, Kentucky to Louis Ellis Kirby and Nellie Eleanor nee Casto Kirby.  Ronald is survived by three brothers: Richard of Elizabethtown, Kentucky; John of Lyman, Maine and James of Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Ronald lived most of his early life at Fort Knox.  He graduated from Vine...

James (Jim) Joseph Scheu passed away peacefully at Valley Manor Care Center on November 9th.

Jim was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey in 1932. He joined the army in 1950, spent 9 months on the frontlines during the Korean War and was honorably discharged as a Sergeant 1st Class in 1953.

He married Barbara Ellen Fatherree in 1958 in Arvada...

Michael “Mike” Gary Stomberg 69, passed away at his home in Montrose Colorado. Born to Joseph and Dorothy (Moreau) on September 8, 1952, in Kelliher, Minnesota. Mike was raised in Kelliher. While attending high school he played football and basketball up until graduating in 1970.

After graduating Mike moved on to start a life long adventure. He believed firmly in...