William "Bill" Houston Newberry
Jan 19, 2015
William “Bill” Houston Newberry
May 2, 1925 ~ January 19, 2015
William “Bill” Houston Newberry, age 89, of Cimarron, Colorado, passed away peacefully on January 19, 2015 at the San Juan Living Center in Montrose. Bill was born in Goodlett, Texas on May 2, 1925 to Winston T. and Nellie J. (Golston) Newberry. He attended middle school at Oak...
Sharon Kay Pauley (Briggs)
Jan 16, 2015
Sharon Kay (Briggs) Pauley
March 24, 1950 ~ January 16, 2015
Sharon Kay Pauley, of Montrose, Colorado passed away Friday morning, January 16, 2015 at her sister’s home in Montrose at the age of 64. Sharon was born to George M. and Evelyn Lamoine (Flowers) Briggs in Montrose. She was raised in Montrose and graduated from Montrose High School. ...
Harold A. Shier
Jan 16, 2015
HAROLD A. SHIER
DECEMBER 6, 1922 – JANUARY 16, 2015
Harold A. Shier of Montrose, CO went home to be with the Lord on Friday, January 16, 2015, culminating his 2 years of declining health. He passed away at the Hope West Hospice Care Center in Grand Junction, CO.
Harold was born, December 6, 1922, in Los Angeles, CA to...
Peter Van Schaik
Jan 15, 2015
Peter van Schaik – April 18, 1927 – January 15, 2015
Peter van Schaik passed away on January 15, 2015, from complications related to Alzheimer’s. He was born in the Netherlands, April 18, 1927 and was the seventh of a family of 10 siblings. He is survived by his wife, Barbara, of 61 years, his daughters Caroline (Christopher) of Minnesota;...
Bonnie Mae Miller (Hopkins)
Jan 13, 2015
Bonnie M. Miller
July 1, 1941 ~ January 13, 2015
Bonnie Mae (Hopkins) Miller, 73, of Montrose, Colorado, passed away on January 13, 2015 in Olathe, Colorado. Bonnie was born in Elyria, Nebraska on July 1, 1941 to parents Viola Jean (Philbrick) and Archie Francis Hopkins. Bonnie attended elementary school in Ord, Nebraska . The family moved to...
Susan Jean Wilson
Jan 12, 2015
Susan Jean Wilson
May 31, 1953 ~ January 12, 2015
Susan Jean Wilson, age 61, of Placerville, Colorado, passed away January 12, 2015 at her son’s home in Montrose. Susan was born May 31, 1953 to Robert ‘Bud’ and Florence (Engelke) Gerke in Burlington, Colorado. She attended high school in Burlington and graduated in Longmont, Colorado. Susan married Gerald Dean...
Roy Allen Williams
Jan 12, 2015
Roy Allen Williams
December 27, 1956 ~ January 12, 2015
Roy Allen Williams, age 58, of Montrose died January 12, 2015. Roy was born Dec. 27, 1956 to Carl David and Lucy Florence (Hyde) Williams in Grand Junction, Colorado. He spent his childhood on the western slope, and graduated high school at Sandia View Academy in New Mexico. ...
Thelma Harriett Johnson
Jan 12, 2015
Thelma Harriett Johnson, age 96, a native of the Western slope of Colorado, went to be with her Lord and Savior on January 12, 2015.
Thelma H. Johnson and her twin brother, the late Harold Goding, were born to Fred and Harriett Goding on November 10, 1918 in Paonia, Colorado. She spent her girlhood on Ragged Mountain where she attended...
Roylynn Marlene Froman (Marr)
Jan 12, 2015
Roylynn Marlene Marr Froman was born March 6, 1936 in Cortez, Colorado to parents Graham W. and Dorthy A. Marr. She passed peacefully in the care of her family January 12, 2015 in Montrose, Colorado.
Roylynn, affectionately known as Sissie, Roylie, or Tad was 2 years old when she lost her father to an accident. She and her sister...
Rebecca "Becky" Dawn Howell Weese
Jan 10, 2015
Rebecca “Becky” Dawn Howell Weese, 33, of Montrose, CO, passed away in a tragic car accident on Saturday, January 10, 2015.
Becky was born on July 26, 1981, in Montrose, Colorado. She graduated from Montrose High School in 2000, and then spent a year in Masters Commission before returning to Montrose. Growing up, she spent the majority of her...
Anthony "Tony" W. Rose
Jan 4, 2015
Anthony W Rose (Ronzio)
April 2, 1945 to January 4, 2015
Montrose native, Anthony “Tony” Rose, age 69, passed on peacefully Sunday morning, January 4, 2015 at St. Marys hospital, in Grand Junction Colorado.
Anthony, the son of Ernest R. Ronzio and June I. Scheibler, was born April 2, 1945, in Montrose, CO. He attended school at Montrose High and...
Marilynn Grace Peters
Jan 2, 2015
Marilynn Grace Peters
March 9, 1937 ~ January 2, 2015
Marilynn Peterson was born March 9, 1937 in Tilden, Nebraska. When she was very young, her mother and father, W. Keith and Grace Peterson moved to Center, Nebraska where Marilynn grew up. Her dad was Knox County Attorney in Center. She was very active in school activities and graduated...
Matthew Stephen West
Dec 30, 2014
Matthew Stephen West was born on May 31st, 1984 in Montrose, Colorado to Tom and Mary West.
He passed away at his home in Huntington Beach, California on December 30th, 2014.
Matt graduated from Montrose High School in 2002 with honors as a member of National Honor Society. In high school Matt was active in athletics, excelling in football, baseball,...
Matie E. Thomass
Dec 30, 2014
Matie E. Thomass
December 14, 1921 ~ December 30, 2014
Matie E. Thomass passed away at the Homestead in Montrose on Tuesday, 12/30/14. She was 93 years of age.
Matie was born December 14, 1921 in Durango, Colorado to Milton DeLuche and Sadie McCartney DeLuche. She lived in Animas City North of Durango all of her childhood and graduated from...
Dennie Fledelle Huffaker
Dec 29, 2014
Dennie Fledelle Huffaker July 2, 1928 – December 29, 2014
Dennie was born to Stephen Patrick and Dennie Dallas (Hinds) Jones on July 2, 1928 at the Muskogee Baptist Hospital in Muskogee, OK. She spent her childhood in Tahlequah, OK, attending Northeastern State University and receiving a degree in elementary education.
She married John L. Bally on October 30, 1947...
Karen Ruth Brethouwer (Krueger)
Dec 28, 2014
Karen Ruth Krueger Brethouwer of Montrose passed away December 28, 2014. At the time of her death Karen was 79 years old. Karen Ruth Krueger was born July 6, 1935 in Lincoln, Nebraska. She was the only child of Herbert August Krueger and Alice Ruth Brehm. Her father passed away in August 1963 and her mother in January 1984. Karen...
Virginia M Marsh
Dec 26, 2014
Virginia M. Marsh
February 15, 1920 ~ December 26, 2014
Virginia was born in East Lansing, Michigan. Her parents were Henry C. Moore and Cornelia F. Kephart. She graduated from Michigan State College in 1942 with a degree in Liberal Arts, and then served in the Women’s Auxiliary Army Corp during World War II. Following the war she taught various...
Marty Jay Collins
Dec 22, 2014
Marty Jay Collins
March 11, 1967 – December 22, 2014
Marty Collins, age 47, passed away suddenly on Monday, December 22, 2014 in Los Altos, California. Marty was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming on March 11, 1967.
Marty is survived by his beloved wife, Renée, their cats Karl and Rider and his dog Bowie. He was preceded in death by his...
Mary L. Crew (Melson)
Dec 22, 2014
Mary L. Crew (Melson), beloved wife of Rob Crew, loving mother of Patty Kyle (Ransford) (husband, Robert) loving grandmother of Nathan and Emily Kyle, went to be with the Lord on December 22, 2014 at the age of 69.
Mary was born in San Fernando, California on September 21, 1945 to parents Lester and Myrtle Melson; sister to Nick Melson...
Royce Tipton
Dec 20, 2014
Royce Tipton, age 84, of Montrose, Colorado went to be with the Lord on December 20, 2014. Royce was born May 13, 1930 in Durango, Colorado to Ethel Tipton (Jameson) and David Tipton. Most of his life he lived in Colorado Springs. He served in the National Guard at Ellsworth Air Force Base in Rapid City, South Dakota. He...
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