Phyllis Joann Cunningham
Feb 3, 2024
Phyllis Joann “Jo” Cunningham, age 92, died from pancreatic cancer on February 3, 2024 at her Hotchkiss, Colorado home. Jo was born January 14, 1932 in Afton, Iowa the third child of eight born to Daisy D. (Balius) and Ted W. Moffitt. She spent her childhood on the family farm near Diagonal, Iowa where she graduated from high school. On...
Patrick Duane Marah
Feb 2, 2024
Patrick Duane Marah (97) passed away on February 2, 2024, at his home in Cedaredge, Colorado. He was born in Cedaredge, Colorado, on December 26, 1926, to Joseph Patrick and Mary Jane (Goodwin) Marah.
Pat spent much of his youth on Grand Mesa where he developed his love of the outdoors. He worked with his family during summers in their commercial...
Emma Faye George
Feb 1, 2024
Emma Faye (Klaseen) George passed away at Mantey Heights Care Center in Grand Junction, Colorado, on Thursday, February 1, 2024. She was 87 Years old. Emma Faye was born on September 17, 1936 to Carl Richard Klaseen and Helen Daisy (Miller) Klaseen in Crawford, Colorado. A Crawford native, she attended school in Crawford and grew up on Fruitland Mesa. Emma...
Martha Santos Mendez
Jan 28, 2024
Delta resident, Martha Mendez, passed away peacefully on Sunday, January 28, 2024, at Paonia Care and Rehabilitation Center. She was 83.
A Rosary will be recited at 6:00 p.m., Monday, February 5, 2024, at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Delta.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, February 6, 2024, at St. Michael’s Catholic...
Marion Earl Shaw
Jan 24, 2024
Our beloved father passed away at Beehive Assisted Living on January 24th, 2024 after a brief illness at the age of 90. We are saddened but realize he is finally able to join our mother and his wife, Delia, and many of his family and friends he has acquired along the way.
Dad grew up on a ranch near Nucla, CO...
Margaret Alice Edmonds
Jan 24, 2024
Margaret Alice Edmonds
July 25, 1937~ January 24, 2024
Margaret Alice Edmonds passed away Wednesday January 24, 2024, at the Paonia Care Center. She was 86 years old.
Celebration of Life service will be held on Thursday February 8, 2024, 2:00 PM at Taylor Funeral Service Chapel 682 1725 Rd Delta Co.
Margaret was born on July 25,...
Montie Dean "SKIP" Slaughter
Jan 20, 2024
Montie “Skip” Dean Slaughter
2/2/1957 – 1/20/2024
Skip Slaughter passed away on Saturday, January 20, 2024 at Hope West Care Center in Grand Junction, Colorado. He was 13 days from turning 67 years old!
We will be having an “informal” Skipdogg’s Celebration Extravaganza on his 67th birthday! Skipdogg’s Extravaganza will be held on Friday, February 2 at the Heritage Hall in Hotchkiss, Colorado...
Susan Lois Carpenter (Olson)
Jan 19, 2024
Susan Lois Carpenter passed away Friday, January 19, 2024, at Delta Health.
Sue was born October 14, 1952, in Helper, Kansas to Lois Olson (McWilliams) and Lawarence Olson. She grew up in Pendleton Oregon and graduated from Auburn Adventist Academy in Washington State.
She met Thomas E. Carpenter, and they were married on April 28, 1974. They celebrated 49 years...
Lawrence "Larry" Erwin Ertenberg
Jan 19, 2024
Lawrence (Larry) Erwin Ertenberg
11/18/1940 ~ 1/19/2024
Lawrence Erwin Ertenberg passed away on Friday January 19, 2024 in Grand Junction, CO. He was 83 years old.
Larry served our country as a Marine. After his honorable discharge in 1963, he started his long career in construction. Which is where he built that extremely strong hanging drywall grip, we’ve all experienced by his shoulder...
William Robert "Bob" Bullock
Jan 18, 2024
WILLIAM ROBERT “BOB” BULLOCK
8/25/1936 ~ 1/18/2024
William Robert “Bob” Bullock passed away January 18, 2024 at his...
Shirley Jean Fulton
Jan 17, 2024
Shirley was born on September 3, 1945 in Paonia, Colorado to Walter and Edna Burnett. She had 3 older brothers, Don, Jim and Ken. Shirley spent her school years in Naturita, Colorado.
Shirley married Kenneth Brown on January 6, 1963. They had two daughters, Shellie and Karen. Shirley later married Leland Fulton on August 17, 1972....
Patricia "Pat" Louise O'Dell
Jan 15, 2024
Patricia (Pat) Louise O’Dell, 87, of Delta, Colorado, peacefully passed away January 15, 2024.
She was born to the late Rudolph and Virginia Herrmann, August 22, 1936, in Denver, Colorado. Pat graduated from Brighton High School in 1954 and received a BSN in Nursing from the University of Michigan in 1958.
She married her high school sweetheart Stephen (Steve) Nathaniel O’Dell in...
Summer Ryanne Hill
Jan 13, 2024
Our dear daughters, Jessi James Kay Hill and Summer Ryanne Hill tragically left us on January 13, 2024.
They left behind a loving family; survived by: Mother Tierny Kay Miller, Stepfather Jacob, Brother Jaden, Sisters, Dani, Josie and Ceilidh Hill, and many grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins.
These two girls leave a community who loved and cherished them; they will be sorely...
Jessi James Kay Hill
Jan 13, 2024
Our dear daughters, Jessi James Kay Hill and Summer Ryanne Hill tragically left us on January 13, 2024.
They left behind a loving family; survived by: Mother Tierny Kay Miller, Stepfather Jacob, Brother Jaden, Sisters, Dani, Josie and Ceilidh Hill, and many grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins.
These two girls leave a community who loved and cherished them; they will...
Raphael "Rafe" John Lovato
Jan 13, 2024
Raphael (Rafe) John Lovato
05/13/1985 ~ 01/13/2024
Our beloved Raphael (Rafe) John Lovato entered into God’s Kingdom on January 13th, 2024. He was with loved ones when he passed.
Rafe was born to Manuel Lovato and Mary Baier on May 13th, 1985 in Delta, CO. From a young age, Rafe enjoyed airplanes and mechanics of all sorts. Rafe graduated high school from Vista...
Lila Fern Broughton
Jan 9, 2024
Lila Fern Broughton went to heaven to be with her Savior on January 9, 2024, in Grand Junction, CO.
Lila was born on May 16, 1933, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She was the second daughter of Verle and Martha Deniston. The family lived near Rush, Colorado until Lila was in junior high school when they moved to B Road...
Kathleen Ann Charters (Rice)
Jan 8, 2024
Kathleen Ann Charters
8/6/1951 ~ 1//2024
Kathleen Ann Charters (Rice) passed away Monday, January 8th, 2024 at her home in Cedaredge, Colorado where she lived with her sister and brother-in-law, Mary and Tim Key, for the last 6 and half years. She was 72 years old and had been battling PSP for nearly 9 years.
Kathleen was born August...
Esther Louise Arbaugh Granzella
Jan 8, 2024
Esther Louise Arbaugh Granzella age 84, passed away January 8th, 2024, with her family in Grand Junction Colorado. Esther was born in a small cabin on Monarch Pass, near Salida Colorado, on July 6,1939 to Ester Lofgren Arbaugh and Lonnie Leo Arbaugh. Esther was the second youngest of three children.
After graduating from Salida High School, Esther married Ralph Joseph Granzella...
Ward Lee Wilson
Jan 6, 2024
Ward Lee Wilson
09/29/1951 ~ 01/06/2024
Ward Lee Wilson passed away Saturday, January 6th, 2024, at St Mary’s Hospital in Grand Junction, CO. He was 72 years old. He passed from Kidney failure and COVID.
Services will be held at 2pm Saturday, January 13th, 2024, at Grand Mesa Bible Church 710 Crawford Ave. in Delta, CO.
He...
Russell Alvin Whittington
Dec 31, 2023
Russell Alvin Whittington
February 26, 1954 – December 31, 2023
Our hearts were shattered on December 31, 2023, with the passing of Russ (Dad, Pops, Grandpa). He passed in Glenwood Springs, Colorado with his family by his side.
Russ was born in Richmond, California on February 26, 1954, to A.J. Whittington and Anne Laura (Hawkings) Whittington. He spent childhood...
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