Obituaries

Mar 5, 2023

Stephen E. Stone

June 15th, 1948 – March 5, 2023

Stephen Stone passed away unexpectedly Sunday March 5th at 74 years old.  Services will be held at the ELKS lodge 563 Main St, Delta, Colorado on March 18th, at 2:00pm in the auditorium. In lieu of flowers please send a donation to the Elks lodge in Delta, Colorado.

Stephen was...

Mar 1, 2023

March 1, 2023, we lost our Beloved Wife and Mother. Danette Marie Hyatt Affectionately known as “Daney” passed away peacefully in her sleep at home. Daney was born Danette Marie Callaway on November 30, 1938, in Montrose Colorado. She attended all 12 years of schooling in Montrose. While in attendance at the High School she excelled in speech and drama...

Feb 26, 2023

Sharlene Fay Koehn Unruh was born on September, 18, 1948, to Franklin and Roberda Koehn in Garden City, Kansas. She passed away at Montrose Memorial Hospital in Montrose, Colorado, on February 26, 2023, from complications of multiple myeloma.

Mom grew up in Galva, Kansas, where she received her education. She was baptized into the Church of God in Christ Mennonite...

Feb 24, 2023

Montrose, Colorado resident Dorothy Dillon, our beloved Mom and Granny passed away on February 24th, 2023, at the age of 95. Her celebration of life will be Saturday May 6th, 2023, at 11:00 A.M. at the Rosemount Baptist Church in Montrose, Colorado.

 Dorothy was born on August 12th, 1927, in Richey, Mississippi to William Herbert Furr and Willie Felt (Hicks)...

Feb 24, 2023

Michael Willard Washburn

May 17, 1941 – February 24, 2023

US Army Staff Sergeant

Michael passed peacefully into his heavenly home on February 24, 2023. In his final months, he was lovingly cared for by his wife and daughters with help from HopeWest.

Michael is survived by his wife Else of Montrose, his children Ron and Kim Hammack of Royce...

Feb 21, 2023

Maria Rebecca Trujillo

June 6, 1925 – February 21, 2023

Rebecca Trujillo, wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother passed away in the early morning of February 21, 2023.  She was 97 years of age.

Rebecca was born on June 6, 1925, in San Miguel el Alto, Jalisco, Mexico, a daughter of and third born of the eventually sixteen children of Cleofas...

Feb 18, 2023

Velda” Montgomery

Frances Novelda Seevers Montgomery, 71, of Egnar, Colorado, died February 18, 2023, in Denver, CO.

Velda was born January 2, 1952, to Sanford Neal and Frances Mabel (Smith) Seevers in Montrose. She grew up in Sawpit, Colorado, and graduated from Telluride High School in 1970.

Velda married Ivan Montgomery on January 15, in Placerville, CO. To the union...

Feb 18, 2023

Feb 17, 2023

Raymond E Zielke, 70, died Friday, February 17 2023 at the age of 70 at his home in Montrose, Colorado.  He was born May 12, 1952 in Dodge City, Kansas the son of Harry and Marguerite (McGee) Zielke.

Raymond graduated from Dodge City Senior High School in 1970 and began work as an auto mechanic for Goff Motors in Dodge...

Feb 17, 2023

Dorothy Earlene Kuretich

January 21, 1934 – February 17, 2023

?Bowie, Colorado resident, Dorothy Kuretich passed away at the Paonia Care and Rehabilitation Center in Paonia on Friday, February 17, 2023. She was 89 years of age.

?Dorothy is survived by her two sons, Joseph Kuretich and Timothy Kuretich, three brothers, Irven Griffin, Glenn Griffin, and Michael Griffin and three...

Feb 17, 2023

Edith Orine Bruce Barela

9/21/1929-2/17/2023

At age 93 she passed away peacefully in her home.

Born in Oklahoma City, to Roy Barnes, and Marie McCourry.

She raised 4 children, Timmie de Castro, Barbara Bruce Garner, Josephine Ballejos, and Ed Albert.

She was a proud member of the Montrose Women’s Club, LA Swing Club, Good Sam Club and past President of...

Feb 15, 2023

Pamela Sanburg Jutten, 68, passed away February 15th, 2023, into the arms of her Lord and Savior Jesus.  She was surrounded by her family.  She was born in Montrose Colorado on June 29th, 1954, to Russell E. Sanburg and Betty J. Harris Sanburg.  She had one brother Ed and four sisters, Linda, Paula Ann, Penny and Tess.

At an early...

Feb 12, 2023

Feb 8, 2023

Sue Bertorello passed away unexpectedly at home February 8, 2023. She leaves behind her husband Gary, in-laws Harold and Ada Bertorello, sons Don and Ryan and their wives Amber and Candee, six grandchildren and two great- grandchildren. She was shy, quiet and reserved, never pushing herself to the front or imposing but she somehow always managed to be there whenever...

Feb 8, 2023

Linda Sue (Coleman) Faucher of Montrose, Colorado, formerly of Rimrock, Arizona passed away unexpectedly on February 8th, 2023 due to a fall. Linda was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, 10-17-1947. She was the baby of the family, a total of five girls and one boy. Linda was proceeded in death by her parents Drew James Coleman and Rachel Ellen (Henley)...

Feb 7, 2023

Patricia Laverne Love

Pat was born March 20, 1947, in Shidler, Oklahoma to W. Laverne Johnson (AuMiller) and Irvin Lester Johnson and moved to Montrose, CO in 1955.  She went to Morgan Elementary School and Montrose Junior High School.  Pat graduated from Olathe High School in 1965 after moving to Menoken.  She attended Western State College in Gunnison, CO for...

Feb 6, 2023

Wanda Fuller Cameron

10/01/1930 ~ 2/06/2023

Wanda was born on Oct. 1,1930 in Clarinda , Iowa.  Her parents were divorced when she was a baby, and in 1938, her mother married Wayne Fuller and he adopted Wanda.

Wanda graduated from Clarinda High School in 1950.  Later that year, she met and married Jim Cameron, who was on leave from the...

Feb 6, 2023

Jeannie Rice of Cimarron, Colorado passed away three days before her 88th birthday on Monday, February 6, 2023 at Valley Manor Care Center in Montrose, Colorado. She had been a resident of the Memory Care Unit since December 2021. Jeannie was born February 9, 1935 in Fort Worth, Texas to Harry and Elaine Scarbrough. On February 8, 1952 she married...

Feb 5, 2023

Kent Reid Hill of Montrose, CO, died from complications of early onset Alzheimer’s disease, on Sunday, February 5, 2023. He was 63.

Kent was born on January 4, 1960, to Walter and Alice Hill in Wray, CO.

Kent served in the Air Force as a Security Specialist from 1978 to 1982.

He attended Nazarene Bible College and earned a master’s...

Feb 4, 2023

Gary Orlyn Wehmeyer

On February 4, 2023, Gary Orlyn Wehmeyer spent his last sunrise with his loving wife Cathy, then rode off into the sunset to meet up with John Wayne and Jesus.  Gary was born August 29, 1943, in Iowa City, Iowa to Merritt Orlyn and Gladys Marie Wehmeyer.  His father passed away when Gary was 10 years old....