Brett M Patterson
Nov 4, 2022
On Friday, November 4, 2022 our beloved Brett M. Patterson departed this earth and went to his eternal home at age 65.
Born in Phoenix, Az Brett’s childhood was filled with Sunday drives into the desert, vacations to National Parks with his mother, grandfather and two older brothers, as well as participating in Boy Scouts all of which nurtured and...
Goldie Hansen (Ehnen)
Nov 3, 2022
On Thursday, November 3, Goldie Ehnen Hansen, beloved Wife, Mother, Grandmother, and Great Grandmother, passed away in Montrose Colorado. She was eighty-four. Born to Martha and Raymond Ehnen in Marysville Kansas on February 4, 1938. Goldie was preceded in death by her parents Martha and Raymond, husband Harold, son Ron, and sisters Ila and Betty. She is survived by her...
Jerry Donald Overton
Nov 1, 2022
Jerry Overton
Jerry Donald Overton, 79, passed on 1 November, 2022, in Montrose, Colorado. Jerry was born on 21 June 1943 to George L. and Lucille Baldwin Overton in Memphis, Tennessee. He had two sisters, Barbara and Nell (deceased), and two brothers William and James (deceased).
Jerry grew up in Memphis Tennessee where he graduated from Oakhaven High School....
Edward (Ed) Miller Holton
Oct 30, 2022
Edward Miller Holton (Ed) died peacefully in Montrose on Sunday morning, October 30, after 90 great years on this earth.
Ed was born in Read, Colorado on August 31, 1932 and grew up in Hotchkiss (Go Bulldogs!). He was a tremendous athlete, boxing and playing football throughout high school. But his favorite sport for most of his life was water-skiing....
Charleen Dian Beard (Mills)
Oct 30, 2022
Charleen Dian (Mills) Beard, went peacefully to the Lord on Sunday, October 30, 2022 in her home surrounded by her family. She was born on January 20, 1933 to Violet (Mueller) and Ivan Mills in Los Angeles, California and was raised in San Pedro, CA.
Charleen married the love of her life, Colonel James L. Beard, a decorated Special Forces...
Pamela Renee Gurney (Glick)
Oct 24, 2022
Pamela Renee Glick Gurney was born to Jerry and Dorothy Glick on March 13th, 1959, in Alice Texas, and returned to be with her Heavenly Father on October 24th, 2022, at the age of 63. Pam married Robert Christian Lambert on December 12, 1976. Robbie passed away tragically in a car accident leaving Pam widowed with their newborn son, Eric....
Anne Mcclelland
Oct 18, 2022
Anne McClelland
In memory of our mother, Anne Lee McClelland, aged 85, passed away on October 18, 2022.
She leaves behind 2 sons: Bill and Matt, 4 grandchildren, 3 great grandchildren, and 1 great great grandson. With all our love we are so happy you are now home.
There will be a short viewing followed by a service at the...
Edwin Syriac
Oct 17, 2022
Edward “Guitar Eddie” Syriac was born on April 21, 1948 and passed away October 17, 2022. Ed is survived by his wife Robin. He also leaves a son Wyatt (Kasie) Syriac of Palmer, Mass., with 3 grandchildren Felicia, Page, Kala, and a great-grandson Ryder. Ed loved making music and playing his guitar. He enjoyed fishing, having cats and riding his...
Pam Lillard
Oct 17, 2022
Pam Lillard, 78, passed away in her home on Monday, October 17, 2022. She was surrounded by her husband, Dick, of 60 years and her two daughters, Kimber and Dana.
Pam was born on September 28, 1944 at the naval yard in Brooklyn, New York. After 15 years as a navy brat, she finished her last two years of schooling...
Gayland Steven Thompson
Oct 17, 2022
Gayland Steven Thompson, age 69, passed away peacefully at the Historic Calamity Camp on the Uncompahgre Plateau on October 17, 2022, while out on a ride enjoying the fall colors and a picnic with his family.
Gayland was born on October 4, 1953 in Montrose, Colorado to his parents Oran Thompson and Lilly Duteil Thompson. Gayland grew up and attended...
Graydon (Jack) Durham, Jr.
Oct 16, 2022
Graydon “Jack” Durham, Jr.
How do you encapsulate the life of a beloved family hero in the sterile environment of an obituary? How do you let people know that someone who was so loved and admired is no longer present in your lives and how deeply that cuts? We called him Jack, Dad, Granddad; but to the rest of the...
Paul T. Sarnstrom
Oct 15, 2022
Paul T. Sarnstrom
December 3, 1951 ~ October 15, 2022
Paul T. Sarnstrom was born in Wisconsin on December 3, 1951, to Howard and Doris (Wamsley) Sarnstrom.
A longtime resident of Montrose, Paul passed away on Saturday, October 15, 2022, at Montrose Memorial Hospital, he was 70 years old.
He was an accomplished botanist, silversmith, an expert in applications of...
Molly Bess Johns (Atchison)
Oct 12, 2022
Molly Johns
December 31, 1939 – October 12, 2022
Molly Bess Johns, age 82, passed away October 12, 2022. Molly was born December 31, 1939, in Oregon City, Oregon to Joseph and Ruby Atchison. Molly grew up in Canby, Oregon and graduated from Canby Union High School. She attended and graduated from Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon. There, she...
Donna Jeanne Wade
Oct 9, 2022
Donna Jeanne Wade
January 21, 1949 – October 9, 2022
Beloved Mother and Nana
The lord has called our beloved Mother, Sister and Nana to Heaven and she will be greatly missed. We can rest knowing, that she will no longer be in pain, but in peace inside the golden gates. Happy again, as she meets the ones she loved...
Bernadette Marie Box
Oct 7, 2022
Bernadette Marie Box
August 24, 1949 -October 7, 2022
Bernadette was born in Durango, Colorado the third child of Joseph and Evelyn Caranta, deceased. She graduated from Durango High School in 1967 and attended Barnes Business College in Denver, Colorado. There she lived in a co-ed dorm where she met Lionel Box, her future husband. They were married in January...
Jon David Rardin
Oct 4, 2022
Jon David Rardin
Jon David Rardin passed away to his heavenly home on October 4, 2022. Jon was surrounded by his loving family in his Montrose home of 41 years after a short battle with pancreatic cancer.
Jon was born on November 15, 1942, at the family farm near Parkston, SD to parents Wesley Rardin and Mabel Taylor Rardin. He...
Pattie Lou Simons (Philebaum)
Sep 29, 2022
Pattie Lou Simons beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother was called home to heaven September 29, 2022 at her home in Montrose, CO. Born to Delmer and Rachel Philebaum on September 14, 1938 in Kokomo, IN. Pattie graduated from Portland HS class of “57” and married her HS sweetheart, Dwight Simons, on April 20,1957 before he enlisted in the army....
Wanda Jean Larue (Wright)
Sep 29, 2022
Wanda Jean LaRue was born February 5, 1939 in the family home belonging to her parents O. A. and Fanny Wright of Paris, Arkansas. She was welcomed into the family by two older brothers, Lindell and Bobby. Together they all later welcomed three additional siblings into the family–Lou Ann, Jim and Anna. The family moved around quite a bit by...
Frances Louise Belair-Hamacher
Sep 27, 2022
FRANCES LOUISE BELAIR-HAMACHER
April 2, 1945 – September 27, 2022
Frances Louise was born to Dorothy Louise (Barnes) and Howard Miles April 2nd 1945 in Dodge City Kansas. Fran passed away from complications due to cancer at Nebraska Medicine Bellevue Health Center September 27,2022 with family by her side.
She was the oldest child of 10. During her young years,...
William (Bill) Joseph Koch
Sep 27, 2022
William (Bill) Joseph Koch joined his wife in Heaven on September 27, 2022. He was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico, December 23, 1937 to Joseph and Erma Koch (Haas) and grew up in Haskins, Ohio.
Bill served as an Air Force radio operator in Germany. Upon his return, he attended BGSU and married his high school sweetheart, Nancy Browne....
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