Dr. Gary Leroy Guymon
Sep 3, 2021
Dr Gary LeRoy Guymon, born in Farmington, New Mexico to Grace and Leland Guymon on Nov.05, 1935. His passing was at home in Montrose, Co, surrounded by family on Sept. 03.2021. He was 2 months shy of his 86th birthday.
Married to Lucinda Ann Kemmis Guymon on June 11, 1988, on the Resolution, a tall ship out of Newport Beach...
Dorene Cecelia Martin (Martinez)
Sep 1, 2021
Dorene Cecelia Martin
February 22, 1948 – September 1, 2021
Dorene left us to be with our Lord Jesus from her home in Olathe, Colorado on September 1, 2021 after a long battle with lung disease.
Dorene was born to Manuel and Flora Martinez in Denver, CO. She had a son Robert in July of 1966 and daughter Denise...
Joseph Deltonto
Aug 29, 2021
Joseph DelTonto
January 20, 1936 – August 29, 2021
Montrose lifetime resident, Joseph DelTonto, age 85 passed away peacefully surrounded by his family, early Sunday morning, August 29, 2021
Joseph was born at home January 20,1936 to Pete and Susie DelTonto in Montrose, Colorado.
He spent his childhood east of Montrose working on the family farm alongside his parents, 6...
Dave Platt
Aug 28, 2021
Dave Platt of Norwood, Colorado passed away in his home on the evening of August 28, 2021. David “Dave” Russell Platt was born on September 29, 1959 in Watertown, South Dakota to Harold and Nola (Akkerman) Platt. Dave is the youngest of 5 kids. At a young age, the family moved to White, South Dakota and Dave went to Deubrook...
Dona Kay Smidt (Hegelheimer)
Aug 23, 2021
On Monday August 23, 2021 Dona Smidt, loving wife and mother of 4 children passed away at the age of 85. Dona Kay (Hegelheimer) Smidt grew up in Montrose and graduated from Montrose High school. After high school she attended Barnes Business College in Denver. She married her high school sweetheart Thomas G. Smidt Jr. on October 28, 1955. They...
David Walter Griffith
Aug 22, 2021
David Walter Griffith
August 13, 1938 – August 22, 2021
Dave Griffith of Dry Creek Basin, Colorado passed away peacefully in his home after a 3 month battle with cancer.
Dave was born to Guy and Dora Griffith in Telluride Colorado. A couple years later he was joined by a brother, Clyde Griffith. He spent the majority of his life...
Harold Wacker
Aug 19, 2021
Harold Wacker, Beloved husband, brother, father, and grandfather left this life to be with his Savior August, 19th 2021. Harold died of natural causes at the young age of 90.
Harold is survived by his wife Kathleen, his brother Delbert, his oldest son David and wife Linda, their three sons Michael, Jonathan, and Joel, and daughter Hannah; his youngest son...
Jane (Janey) Adelyn Smith (Cernota)
Aug 17, 2021
Jane (Janey) Adelyn Smith from Montrose, CO was the firstborn child of Elsie and Henry Cernota; she passed away August 17 just three days shy of her 60th wedding anniversary. Janey was born in Oak Park Illinois and is of 100% Czech descent. Her grandparents were immigrants from Czechoslovakia. Jane was a precocious artist and studied at the Chicago...
Heather Christine Washington (Grove)
Aug 17, 2021
Heather Christine Washington of Montrose passed away on Tuesday, August 17, 2021 at the Hope West Hospice facility in Grand Junction.
Friends and family visited often and she had her loving husband by her side. Heather died peacefully surrounded by the thoughts and prayers of so many that loved her.
She was born in Denver on June 18, 1967 to...
Norma Jean Henson
Aug 13, 2021
Norma Jean Henson 6/27/1930 – 8/13/2021
Norma Henson, 91, passed away peacefully from natural causes Aug. 13, 2021. A long time Montrose resident, Norma was active in the Oddfellows & Rebekah lodge, Rosemont Baptist and First Baptist Churches of Montrose. Norma spent many years as a Ranch wife with her husband Eumont. Later in life she returned to school...
Irma Marie Hofmann
Aug 11, 2021
Irma Marie Hofmann
was born in Yampa, Colorado on December 8th, 1933 and passed away on August 11th, 2021 in Montrose Colorado at the age of 87.
Irma was a political activist, feminist, gadfly, teacher and part-time college instructor. She was a amazing mother of seven, grandmother of 14 and a great-grandmother of five. She evolved into an activist who...
Robert (Bob) T. Koch
Aug 9, 2021
Robert (Bob) T. Koch
Robert (Bob) Koch, a longtime resident of Montrose, CO. passed away peacefully on August 9th, 2021.
Originally from Minnesota, when Bob arrived in Montrose, he knew instantly it would be his next home. Throughout his years in the community, he remained active in multiple organizations serving on the Board of Directors of the Ridgway Railroad Museum...
Gary Wenande
Aug 5, 2021
Gary was born on February 24, 1939, in Mitchell, South Dakota to John P. and Ann Wenande. He graduated from the University of South Dakota and proudly served in the United States Army and the Minnesota National Guard. He had a successful career as a CPA in public and private accounting in the Minneapolis, Minnesota area. He retired after twenty...
Martha (Ann) Nichols (Wilson)
Aug 3, 2021
Ann Nichols
September 2, 1947 – August 3, 2021
Martha ‘Ann’ Wilson Nichols was born in Smithville, Missouri on September 2, 1947, and entered her eternal home on August 3, 2021 at the age of 73.
She is the daughter of the late Mack and Martha Wilson of Stewartsville, MO, and also proceeded in death by brother, James Wilson....
Gloriann Johnson (Hanson) (Hogenson)
Aug 2, 2021
Gloriann Johnson (Hanson) 81, was born on June 30th 1940, in Gary, Minnesota. To her parents, Clayton & Ella Hogenson of Twin Valley MN.
Brother Wendell Hogenson, Sister Beverly Bill.
Grew Up on a farm in Twin Valley, MN. Graduated from Twin Valley High School, Class of 1958.
Moved to Fargo, ND, where Gloriann worked as an accountant. Met Allen...
Ruthellen Gordon (Green)
Jul 30, 2021
Ruthellen Gordon
Heaven has welcomed a special angel. Ruthellen Gordon passed away peacefully in her home, July 30th, 2021, surrounded by her loving family and her caregiver Liz. Ruthellen was born to Frank & Della Green Feb. 14th, 1925, in Greeley, CO. When she was four years old, she and her mother moved to Montrose where her mother met, Roy...
Emory Franklin Arndt
Jul 29, 2021
Emory Franklin Arndt was born July 12, 1932, in Walsh, CO, and passed away in his home in Montrose, CO, July 29, 2021. He was the third of eight children born to Joseph Charles and Allene (Townsend) Arndt. Having lived in Missouri following his birth, the family moved back to Colorado, to farm when he was young.
Emory married Velma...
James Evan Petersen
Jul 27, 2021
James Evan Petersen died Tuesday, July 27, 2021 in Montrose, CO surrounded by his family.
Jim was born October 26, 1928 to Evan and Pearl Wright Petersen in Las Animas, CO. After graduating from Bent County High School in 1946, he joined the Navy and was stationed at Whidbey Island.
On May 22, 1949, Jim and Janet June Eves were...
Robert James Duncan
Jul 22, 2021
Robert James Duncan
Robert James Duncan was born to his mother Helen Marshall and father Robert William Duncan on July 16, 1932. Robert’s mother gave birth to him in Manhatten, KS near her family and at 3 weeks old they returned to their hometown of Olathe, CO.
Bob attended school and grew up in Montrose, CO. After graduating from high...
Tom Garcia
Jul 22, 2021
Tom Garcia (Papa, Speedy)
June 18, 1949 – July 22, 2021
Tom passed away at his home in Montrose, CO surrounded by his loving family.
Tom Garcia was born in Pagosa Springs, CO. Tom met his wife Hazel when he was 14 years old. They were married April 11, 1970. They were together in marriage for 51years. Tom and Hazel...
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