Joy Wyatt (Williams)
Feb 5, 2014
Joy (Williams) Wyatt
August 13, 1956 ~ February 5, 2014
Joy Wyatt, age 57, went to be with her Lord and Savior on February 5, 2014. Joy was born August 13, 1956 to Roger Lewis and Lila (Collins) Williams at Montrose, Colorado. She grew up in Norwood where she graduated high school then went to college in Riverside California...
Mattie Lou Leonard
Feb 4, 2014
Mattie Lou Leonard, age 80, of Delta, Colorado died Tuesday morning, February 4, 2014 at Colorow Care Center in Olathe. Mattie was born July 20, 1933 to George Walter and Margaret (Hester) Young. As a young child they moved back and forth from California to Colorado. The 2nd move to Colorado was just before her grade school years. Mattie and...
William 'Bill' Wesley Butterfield
Feb 3, 2014
William “Bill” Wesley Butterfield of Olathe passed away on February 3, 2014, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand Junction after a brief illness. Bill was born on November 29, 1927, in Olathe to Rolla Laverne and Edith Eva (Anderson) Butterfield. He was the youngest of five children. He was a brother to Laverne John, Arlene Eva, Robert Lee, and Fern...
George John Rosar
Jan 29, 2014
George John Rosar
January 16, 1922 ~ January 29, 2014
George John Rosar, of Montrose, died January 29, 2014 at Valley Manor Care Center in Montrose at the age of 92. George was born January 16, 1922 to George and Mary Elizabeth (Lewis) Rosar in Superior, Wisconsin. He spent his childhood and graduated from high school in Minneapolis, Minnesota. George...
Maria Elena Burton
Jan 26, 2014
Maria Elena Burton
December 14, 1961 ~ January 26, 2014
Maria Elena Burton passed away Sunday, January 26, 2014 after a courageous battle with cancer. She was surrounded by her family and went peacefully. Elena was born in Montrose on December 14, 1961 but grew up and spent the first half of her life in Ouray. Elena was known as...
Lois Jane Stitt (Long)
Jan 22, 2014
Lois Jane Stitt
December 2, 1930 ~ January 22, 2014
Lois Jane Stitt, daughter of Hardin O. and Mamie Long was born December 2, 1930, at Delcarbon, Colorado in Huerfano County, and died January 22, 2014 at Montrose, Colorado. In 1945, her family moved to the North Fork Valley where her father worked as a coal miner at Bowie and...
Roger 'Leroy' Valdez
Jan 19, 2014
Roger ‘Leroy’ Valdez, age 40, of Olathe, Colorado died Sunday, January 19, 2014 at St. Mary’s Hospital and Medical Center in Grand Junction, Colorado following a brief illness. Surviving family members include his parents, Roger and Christina Valdez; one brother, Isaac Valdez of California; several aunts, uncles, and cousins.
A public visitation for family and friends will be held on...
Ronald Glen Kettle
Jan 10, 2014
Ronald Glen Kettle, age 68, passed away January 10, 2014 at Wyoming Medical Center in Casper, Wyoming. He was born in Montrose, Colorado on August 10. 1945 to Jesse Glen Kettle and Margaret (Penko) Kettle. He graduated from Montrose High School in 1964.
While attending Mesa College in Grand Junction, Colorado he met Estella Marie Gray and married March 18,...
Wanda Haney Seglund
Jan 8, 2014
Wanda Haney Seglund was born Oct. 5, 1928 in Dublin, TX and departed Jan.8, 2014. She grew up in Longview, TX and graduated from Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ in 1975. She was a mother, teacher, writer, and lover of history and politics. Wanda was a gypsy at heart; her travels took her many places, near and far. She wrote...
Octave Ernest Nicolas
Oct 4, 2013
Octave Ernest Nicolas
May 3, 1935 ~ October 4, 2013
Octave Ernest Nicolas, born May 3, 1935 to French immigrants Auguste and Sophie (Prell) Nicolas in Montrose, Colorado. He grew up and attended school in Cimarron and Montrose Areas and graduating from Montrose High School in 1953.
He was a member of the Army Reserves. He was a rancher...
Cecilia L. Trujillo
May 10, 2013
Cecilia L. Trujillo, age 99, formerly of Montrose, took the Lord’s hand when he called on Friday morning, May 10, 2013 in Albuquerque, New Mexico with her family present.
Cecilia Trujillo was born December 26, 1913 in Albert (or Bueyeros or David), New Mexico to Pedro and Manuelita Lovato and was baptized in Bueyeros, New Mexico.
There were 5 brothers...
Dorothy Lois Shaver
May 10, 2013
Dorothy Lois Shaver, 91 years old, of Montrose, Colorado passed into eternity on Friday evening, May 10, 2013 at Montrose Memorial Hospital with her family by her side. She was hospitalized due to an injury from a fall. She didn’t fear death, since she knew the Lord as her personal Savior and looked forward to her eternal home.
She...
Gerald Allen Pariseau
May 2, 2013
Gerald Allen Pariseau
Gerald Allen Pariseau was born to Adlore and Ruth Pariseau on October 19, 1931 in St. Paul, Minnesota. He graduated high school in Minneapolis. Jerry married Kathleen Yvonne Hass on December 5, 1953. He and Kathy joined the Lutheran Church and he was baptized into Christ. While living in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Jerry and Kathy had two sons;...
Frances Jane Frye
Apr 30, 2013
Frances Jane Frye
June 27, 1926 ~ April 30, 2013
Frances Jane Frye, age 86, of Montrose, died Wednesday, April 30, 2013 at the Montrose Memorial Hospital. Frances was born June 27, 1926 to O.D. and Maud (Pomeroy) Tilley at Twin Falls, Idaho. She spent her childhood and received her education in Kimberly, Idaho. Frances went onto the University...
Alvin Joseph Ficco
Apr 27, 2013
ALVIN JOSEPH FICCO
1932-2013
Death leaves a Heartache no one can heal. Love leaves a Memory no one can steal. Author unknown
Alvin Joseph Ficco, 80, of Ouray, Colorado died Saturday, April 27, 2013 at home with family and friends. He was born to the late Joseph and Mary Ficco on December 30, 1932 in Ouray, Colorado. Alvin...
Adeline "Addie" Racioppi Bonatti
Apr 25, 2013
Adeline “Addie” Racioppi Bonatti
January 6, 1919 ~ April 25, 2013
Addie Bonatti, age 94, of Ouray, Colorado passed away April 25, 2013, surrounded by family at her daughters home in Montrose. Born in Medford, Massachusetts, she was a business woman in Ouray for many years, first owning the Pick Café and Bar and then the Ore Gift...
Blaine Allen Tankersley
Apr 23, 2013
Blaine Allen Tankersley
January 23, 1987 ~ April 23, 2013
Son to Dawn and Hank Tankersley, grandson to Earline and David Noble, Allen Walley, and June Schopher, brother to Blake and Britnie Tankersley. Husband to Lacey Halsor. Father to Jayden and Tristen and loving friend to so many others.
Blaine was born on January 23, 1987, at Lakeside Hospital in...
Barbara J. Barr
Apr 16, 2013
Barbara J. Barr, 74, of Montrose went from death into life with Jesus Christ, her Savior and Lord in the early morning hours of April 16, 2013 at Sunrise Creek Assisted Living Facility where she had been a resident for the past fourteen months.
Barbara Jane McIntire was born February 2, 1939 at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Los Angeles, California,...
Francis Dorthea Diel
Apr 16, 2013
Francis Dorthea Diel
August 1, 1926 ~ April 16, 2013
Dorthea Diel, age 86, passed away April 16, 2013 at her daughter’s home in Montrose, Co., under the care of Hospice. Dorthea was born on August 1, 1926 to James and Alma Moren in Huntsville, Arkansas.
She is survived by sons Larry (Sharon) Smithey, Pierce, Colorado, Lynn Smithey, Pierce,...
Austin Dwayne Church
Apr 9, 2013
Austin Dwayne Church
May 20, 1993 – April 09, 2013
Austin Church, 19, of Olathe passed away at his home on Tuesday, April 09, 2013. A viewing will be held Saturday, April 13 at Crippin Funeral Home from 2 – 4 p.m. with a Memorial Service immediately following with Pastor Cordell Hines officiating. Austin is survived by his parents,...
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