Dolores June Powell (Hayes)
Jan 13, 2024
Dolores June Powell left us on January 13, 2024 at the age of 93. Born Dolores June Hayes on July 18, 1930 to Dorothy and Ralph Hayes, Dolores was the oldest of four siblings: Dolores, Janice, Darrell and Sandra. She loved her sisters and brother dearly all of her life.
After completing high school and secretarial training, she worked in...
Wardeth Louise Leger (Mccallon)
Jan 13, 2024
WARDETH LOUISE LEGER (MCCALLON)
Wardeth Louise Leger, age 86, passed away January, 13 2024, surrounded by her family.  She was born June 20, 1937 to Lauice Cleon and Beulah Myrle McCallon in Roscoe Texas.
Louise, as she preferred to be called, grew up in the Texas panhandle graduating from Lubbock High in 1956. She married her husband of 62 years,...
John Malcolm LaBorde
Jan 12, 2024
John was born on May 14, 1930, in Bordelonville, Louisiana to Olivia and Lackey LaBorde. He was one of eight children. John served in the Navy during the Korean War. He retired after 35 years from the postal service in Omaha, Nebraska. In 1986, he moved to Loveland, Colorado. John was very active in his retirement years with many philanthropic...
Kenneth (Ken) Eldon Stoy
Jan 12, 2024
Kenneth (Ken) Eldon Stoy completed his final journey home to his Lord on January 12, 2024. A memorial service to celebrate his full life will be held February 13, 2024 at 4:30 p.m. Service will be at Victory Baptist Church, 2890 North Townsend Ave, Montrose, Colorado.
Ken was born January 22,1957 in St. Charles, MO. to Kurt and Bernice (Mueller)Stoy....
William (Bill) Earl Marvel
Jan 12, 2024
William E. Bill Marvel
October 15, 1946 – January 12, 2024
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William (Bill) Earl Marvel was born in Exeter, California on October 15, 1946 to Ruth and Dean Marvel. Following the war effort in California, the family moved back to Delta, Colorado where Bill graduated from Delta High School in 1964.
Bill had a three year enlistment in the...
Sharon Kaye Barrett (Mccreary)
Jan 7, 2024
Sharon Kaye Barrett, age 80, of Montrose, CO, passed away on January 7, 2024, surrounded by family. She was born on October 20, 1943, to George McCreary and Martha Ferman in Metamora, IN.
Sharon was a beloved wife to Richard Barrett of Laurel, IN. Together they raised three children: Jason Barrett, Lance Barrett, and Kendra Barrett. She was a proud...
Robert Reese Floyd
Jan 6, 2024
Robert Reese Floyd went Home to the Lord on January 6, 2024, surrounded by his family. He was born in Fort Worth, TX on April 4, 1951, and after 47 years living in Texas, he was drawn to the mountains and moved to Colorado in 1998. He and his wife, Donna, spent the last 29 years traveling and working together.
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Marguerite Mae Munyon (Craig)
Jan 3, 2024
Marguerite Mae Munyon of Olathe CO Passed away January 3, 2024 at the age of 90. Marguerite was born in Rocky Ford CO December 28, 1933 to Jay and Alberta ( Shoemaker) Craig. She spent her childhood in Timpas CO where she attended a one room school. She then attended High School in La Junta CO. Marguerite married Jack White...
Leatrice Sue Roberts (Schlosser)
Jan 3, 2024
Leatrice Sue Roberts
November 9, 1933 – January 3, 2024
Leatrice Sue Roberts (Schlosser), passed away on January 3, 2024 after battling Myeloproliferative Neoplasm, a rare blood cancer. She was born on November 9, 1933 to Clarence and Florence (England) Schlosser in Mason City, Iowa.
Lea was raised on a farm with her two brothers, Louis and Robert. After graduating...
Barbara Lynn Abel
Dec 28, 2023
Barbara Lynn Abel
(May 29, 1938 – December 28, 2023)
Barbara Lynn Abel passed away peacefully in Montrose, Colorado on December 28, 2023 at the age of 85. She was born in Broken Bow, Nebraska on May 29, 1938, and was raised in Ansley, Nebraska. She was the daughter of Charles Thompson and Mary (Winchester) Thompson Schefcik. She graduated with...
Sean Michael Farley
Dec 26, 2023
Sean Michael Farley passed away at his residence in Denver, Colorado on December 26, 2023. He was 53 years old.  He was born in Kansas City, Missouri on April 6, 1970, to his father, Glen Jay Farley and his mother, Frances Kay Willimann. The family moved to Denver that same year. They moved to Grand Junction, Colorado in 1982. Sean...
Shirley Labertew (Gausman)
Dec 25, 2023
Shirley Labertew passed away on December 25, 2023, at the age of 92.
She was born to Arthur and Esther Gausman on November 28, 1931, in Kimball, Nebraska. She was an only child. On July 8, 1951, she married her high school sweetheart, Morris, and they spent the next 64 years together. In their retirement years, they spent the winters in...
Josephine (Josie) Maestas (Hecht)
Dec 24, 2023
Josephine Hecht Maestas
On December 24th, 2023 the angels came and took Josie up to her savior. Josephine (Josie) Hecht Maestas was born on March 26th, 1945 in Great Falls, Montana to Alfonso and Pauline Hecht. In 1948 Alfonso and Pauline relocated the family to Montrose, Colorado where Josie attended local schools graduating from Montrose High School in 1963. In...
Betty Lou Deveny (Wolfe)
Dec 24, 2023
Betty Lou DeVeny, age 95, passed away on December 24, 2023.
Betty was born on April 9, 1928, to Carl and Virginia Wolfe in Columbia, Missouri. She attended school in California and Arkansas. She graduated from El Monte High School in El Monte, California. She married Bob DeVeny, the love of her life, on April 11, 1948, in Springdale, Arkansas....
Rachael Coddington (Hall)
Dec 24, 2023
Rachael Hall-Coddington passed on due to complications from her breast cancer. She was born in Lancaster California to Tommy and Sue Hall on May 30, 1988, at Antelope Valley hospital. She had a magical childhood in the Southern California countryside on her parents’ 7 acers hillside where she enjoyed many pets belonging to both her own family and neighbors. She...
Barbara Anne Van Schaik (Daley)
Dec 23, 2023
Barbara Anne van Schaik
April 21, 1930 – December 23, 2023
Barbara Anne van Schaik (nee Daley) died on Dec. 23, 2023, after a fall that proved one too many. Born Ap. 21, 1930 in Montreal, Canada and immigrating to the United States as a young wife, Barbara is immediately survived by five children: Caroline (Christopher, Minnesota), Bobbie (Chris, Colorado),...
Daniel Soderquist
Dec 22, 2023
Daniel Soderquist 1964 – 2023
Beloved son and brother went to be with this Lord and Savior. Well done faithful prayer warrior – you have graduated.
After graduating from Delta High School, he lived and worked in Montrose before moving to Gunnison for employment and skiing opportunities. He became a member of Gunnison Valley Baptist Church, worked in the bookstore,...
Marvin Gene Distel
Dec 22, 2023
Celebrating a Life Well-Lived: A Bittersweet Farewell to Our Husband – Dad – Grandpa. Marvin Gene Distel, born September 07, 1950 in Delta, Colorado, died December 22, 2023 in Richfield, Utah.
While working in his yard which he loved, he was involved in an accident which led to him sustaining a severe head injury. Although sad, we are enjoying the...
Lillian Canavan (Bosgal)
Dec 17, 2023
Lillian Canavan
Lillian Canavan, age 80, of Montrose Colorado, passed away December 17, 2023, at Colorow Care Center in Olathe Colorado.
Lillian was born July 29, 1943, to Pete J. and Annastasia Elizabeth (Schell) Bosgal in Montrose where she was raised and received her education. Lillian married Gary L Canavan February 24, 1961, in Montrose where they made their home....
Duane Wilson Gardner
Dec 16, 2023
Duane Wilson Gardner passed away peacefully on December 16, 2023, in his home in Montrose, Colorado.
Duane was born to parents Jasper and Doris (Patterson) Gardner on July 3, 1934, in Delta, Colorado and spent his childhood there. He attended Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego and then joined the army where he was trained in communications as he...
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