Chonie Maria Chavez (Martinez)
May 9, 2019
Chonie Maria Chavez (AKA) Maria Ausencion Martinez passed away Thursday, May 9, 2019 at Valley Manor Care Center, in whom we want to give our deepest gratitude to all the staff who cared for her.
Chonie was born November 27, 1929 in Montrose, CO. She lived most of her life in California where she went to LA City College to...
Debra Lynn Vittori (Boren)
May 9, 2019
Debra Lynn Vittori
Debra L. Vittori, 63 of Montrose passed away on May 9, 2019 with her husband by her side.
Debra was a homemaker for the last 16 years. She loved her family and enjoyed spending as much time with them as she could, especially her great granddaughters.
She always enjoyed sitting on her front porch watching the hummingbirds;...
Mary Louise Herrera
May 8, 2019
Mary “Lou” Herrera
Mary Louise Herrera passed away peacefully on May 8th, 2019 surrounded by her family.
Mary grew up in Delta CO where she met and married the love of her life Joe Herrera.
Mary dedicated her life to her family and her work. She retired after 43 years at Montrose Memorial Hospital.
Mary was a loving and devoted...
Robert L. Plute
May 5, 2019
Robert (Bob) L. Plute, 86, passed away at his home in Paonia, on Sunday May 5, 2019.
Graveside services will be held on Friday May 10 at 1 pm at Valley Lawn Cemetery in Montrose.
Bob was born September 11, 1932 in Somerset, Colorado to Antone and Ann Plute. He was the second of two children. Bob attended school in...
Joseph Daniel (J.D.) Herman
May 5, 2019
Joseph Daniel (J.D.) Herman passed away May 5, 2019 at the San Juan Living Center at the age of 91.
J.D. Herman was born in Montrose on September 6, 1927 to Judge Earl J. Herman and Lorene Mable (King) Herman. His family lived at Sams, Colorado on Dallas Divide where his father was the post master and proprietor of the...
Agnes Williams (Krupitzer)
May 3, 2019
Agnes “Aggie” Williams, age 88, passed away peacefully at home, on May 3, 2019, surrounded by her family. She left this life showing love, grace and an unshakable faith knowing that she was heading to her eternal home. Days before her passing, Aggie said how grateful she was to God for the beautiful life He gave her. She did indeed...
David Williams
May 2, 2019
David L Williams
Oct. 13, 1953 – May 2, 2019
Long time Paradox resident David Williams died at his home on Thursday May 2, 2019. He was 65 years old.
A Memorial service to honor and celebrate his life will be held 11:00 AM on Wednesday May 8, 2019 at the Paradox Community Center. With Scott Bird Officiating.
David...
Jack Wesley Childs
Apr 30, 2019
Jack Wesley Childs was born in St. Louis, MO on 11/3/1936. And passed away by suicide on 04/30/2019 at Dallas Divide Mile Marker 13. He was the son of Earl G. Childs. Sr and Frances Childs. Jack was a Home Inspector and a resident of Montrose and Hotchkiss. His family resided in St. Louis, MO until relocating to Miami, Fl. ...
Louis Marvin Kibel
Apr 27, 2019
Louis Marvin Kibel
February 13, 1931 – April 27, 2019
Louis Marvin Kibel, passed away April 27, 2019 age 88 at Palisade Senior Living with his family by his side. Louis was born February 13, 1931 in Kirk, Colorado to Charles Andrew and Daisy Dora (King) Kibel.
Louis proudly served his country in the United States Army, as a...
Norman Lee Dagley
Apr 21, 2019
Norman Lee Dagley, 85, of Montrose, Colorado passed away at his home on April 21, 2019. He was a resident of Colorado for over 60 years.
Norman was born on October 30, 1933 in Hagerstown, MD. to Ira and Lillian Dagley, Norman was preceded in death by his parents, his wife Bessie M. (Lewis) Dagley, and a daughter Janet (Dagley)...
Beulah M. Scott (Martinez)
Apr 19, 2019
Beulah M. Scott, 86, of Ouray, Colorado passed away at her home on April 19, 2019. She was a lifetime resident of Colorado. Beulah was born on March 2, 1933 in Old San Acacio, Colorado to Jose and Natividad Martinez. Beulah was proceeded in death by her parents, her husbands Michael Muransky and Robert Scott, a son Jack Muransky, a...
Rosalie Lewis (Von Grueningen)
Apr 18, 2019
Rosalie Lewis
January 16, 1923 – April 18, 2019
Rosalie was born to John Paul and Mabel von Grueningen on January 16, 1923. At the age of five, her family moved to Madison, Wisconsin, where she grew to adulthood. Always interested in art and music, she began violin lessons at age eleven, a passion which continued throughout her life....
Calvin Riley Halterman
Apr 15, 2019
Calvin Riley Halterman
April 1, 1925-April 15, 2019
Calvin Riley Halterman, age 94, went to be with his Lord on April 15, 2019, while in his home with loved ones around him.
He was born on April 1, 1925 to Elijah and Myrtle (Long) Halterman in Twin Falls, Idaho. The family moved to Hayden, Idaho and Calvin resided there...
Clarissa Lorene Chambers (Tiffee)
Apr 14, 2019
Clarissa Lorene Tiffee Chambers
Oct 10 1920 April 14 2019
Clarissa Lorene Tiffee was born Oct 10, 1920, in Detroit Texas to Charles Catlet and Cleveland
White Tiffee. She was the youngest of five children. At a very young age, the family moved to Rosten, Texas and then to Soper, Oklahoma. Clarissa attended grade school and high school at...
Gerald Louis Teansky
Apr 12, 2019
Gerald (Jerry) Louis Teansky
Jerry was born June 9, 1939 and passed away at home on April 12, 2019, with loved ones around him.
He was born In Crawford, Nebraska and moved to Hemingford, Nebraska where he grew up until graduating.
He married Frances (Jean) Osborn, March 18, 1958. Together they had four children Victoria (Vickie) & Richard Geer,...
Juan Virgel Maestas
Apr 12, 2019
Juan Virgel Maestas, of Delta, Colorado was born in Alamosa Colorado on July 4th, 1948 to the parents of Procopio Maestas and Henrietta Cardenas Maestas and left in Death to Eternal Life on April 12th, 2019. Juan was 70 years old and was diagnosed with Leukemia Bone Marrow Cancer less than a year ago.
Juan V. Maestas, The Wolfman, married...
Dixie Rinehart
Apr 10, 2019
Spacesuit glove inventor dies at 80
Dixie Rinehart, one of eight people named on the patent for the Apollo spacesuit, departs body for his own heavenly travels
Inspired by symbolism, the complexity of God’s designs and the beauty in ancient cultures, Dixie Rinehart led a creative life full of personal and historical accomplishments. Rinehart died due to complications from...
Rocky Samuel Fister
Apr 9, 2019
In Loving Memory
On Tuesday April 9th, 2019, Rocky Samuel Fister, loving husband and father of four, passed away peacefully with his family by his side at the age of 67.
Rocky was born on October 26, 1951 in Montrose, CO to William and Rosa Fister (Mosher). He grew up in Olathe, CO and attended Olathe High School. Through Rocky’s...
Constant "Con" Miland Roberts
Apr 8, 2019
Constant (Con) Miland Roberts passed away peacefully with his family by his side at the age of 90 on April 8, 2019, at his home on the one-hundred-year-old farm in Montrose. Con lived here with his wife Alice Lucille Gant Roberts. Con and Alice new married for sixty-eight years. In early years, Con and his brothers went into sheep business...
Gerald Michael Nix
Apr 7, 2019
Gerald Michael Nix
Jerry was born in Norwood, CO on January 19, 1954, to Robert Nix and Neva Dell Penasa, and passed away on April 7, 2019. Jerry spent his early years in Silverton, Telluride, and the Nucla area. He graduated from Silverton in 1972 and went on to further his education at Trinidad State Junior College. He eventually settled...
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