Darla Kettle
Feb 20, 2022
Darla Kathleen Kettle October 30, 1946 ~ Febuary 20, 2022 Darla Kettle was 75 years old when she passed away Sunday Febuary 20, 2022 at her Delta residence. No services will be held at this time.. Darla was born October 30, 1946 in Las Vegas, New Mexico. She was the daughter of Florence Mae Baker and Robert Elmer Rathburn. Darla...
Cecil "Jake" Jacobs
Feb 19, 2022
Cecil 'Jake' Jacobs Jake Jacobs passed away at Delta Memorial Hospital on February 19th, 2022. He was 81. Jake was born on March 10th, 1940 to Allyn and Elizabeth Jacobs. He was the youngest of 10 children. Jake joined the Navy when he was eighteen years old, serving on the USS York Town and the USS Kittyhawk. During his career...
Lennart E. "Swede" Axelson
Feb 18, 2022
Lennart “Swede” Axelson November 25, 1943 ~ February 18, 2022 Lennart E. Axelson, 78, a lifetime resident of Paonia, Colorado passed away from COVID on February 18th, 2022, at Delta County Hospital. Lennart was born on November 25th, 1943, to Shirley (Paulicheck) and Leonard Axelson. He was preceded in death by his parents and sister, Lori Patton. Lennart was born...
Venetta Louise Ackerson
Feb 17, 2022
Venetta L. Ackerson, longtime resident of Hotchkiss, Colo. passed away on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022 at Delta Health in Delta. She was 90 years of age. A graveside funeral service for Venetta will take place on Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. at the Riverside Cemetery in Hotchkiss with Pastor James Conley officiating. Visitation will take place prior to...
Barbara Belt
Feb 15, 2022
Barbara K. Belt, lifelong resident of Delta, passed away at her residence on Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022. Barb was 73 years of age. A celebration of Barb’s life will take place on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022 at 2:00 p.m., at the Taylor Funeral Service Chapel in Delta. Rob Ames will officiate. Following the service, the celebration of life will continue...
Mary Kathleen Bencich
Feb 15, 2022
Mary Kathleen Bencich, 77 of Taylor Park, passed away unexpectedly on February 15th, 2022. Mary was born August 20th, 1944, in Chico, CA, to Isaac and Hope Jones. She graduated from Sandpoint High School in 1963. Following graduation, she met Ralph Cranor at CU Boulder. They were married on July 11th, 1965, and soon started their family in Paonia, CO....
Myra "Evonne" Carpenter
Feb 14, 2022
Myra “Evonne” Carpenter January 10, 1939 ~ February 14, 2022 Myra Evonne Wright was born January 10, 1939, in Bakersfield, California to Lee & Lucille Hibbert Wright. She was the oldest of four children and having three younger brothers, learned early in life how to have fun, be mischievous, stand up for herself, nurture others & be a little spit...
Pamela Mary (Landry) Porter
Feb 14, 2022
Pamela Mary (Landry) Porter, of Austin Colorado passed away February 14th, 2022 at HopeWest Care Center in Grand Junction, Colorado after a long battle with cancer. She was 66 years young. Memorial service will be held Saturday, February 26th, 2022, at Grace Community Church 300 Stafford Lane suite 30200 Delta, CO 81416 at 10:00 a.m. Pamela was born in Denver,...
Lester J. Haddan
Feb 13, 2022
Lester J. Haddan March 30, 1938 ~ Feb. 13, 2022 Lester J. Haddan passed away at his residence in Cedaredge on Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022. Lester was 83 years old. Lester will be interred in the Cedaredge Cemetery and his graveside service will take place on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. Edna Broadbent and Dale Huggins will officiate....
Larry S. Davidson
Feb 12, 2022
Larry S. Davidson October 18, 1938 ~ February 12, 2022 Larry Davidson was born in North Delta at his grandparents’ home on October 18, 1938 and passed away in that same home on February 12, 2022. He was 83 years old. Born Larry Sanford Greer, his father, Oliver Greer, passed away when Larry was very young leaving his mother, Adeline...
Neoma Jean Boyd
Feb 12, 2022
Neoma Jean Sego Boyd was born February 28, 1949 in Alamosa, CO. She passed away at her home in Austin, CO on February 12, 2022. She was the third daughter of Helmer Lyman Sego and Faye Hicks Sego. She is preceded in death by her brother Lyman Sego in 1969, her father Helmer in 1972, mother Faye in 1975, brother-in-law...
Gerald Grosshans
Feb 12, 2022
Gerald was born the Sixth child of ten children on December 7, 1933 to Edward Walter Grosshans and Mildred Alene (Gordon) Grosshans. He was born in Haxton, Colorado and spent his youth in Merino, Hillrose and Synder, graduating in 1952. He was drafted into the United States Army where he served for 2 years. He was stationed in Fort Ord,...
Eugene Edward Scheetz
Feb 11, 2022
Delta resident Eugene “Gene” Scheetz passed away on February 11, 2022 at Delta County Memorial Hospital. He was 84 years old. A rosary and viewing will be held at 6:00 p.m., Friday, February 18th at Taylor Funeral Service Chapel in Delta. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, February 23rd at St. Mary's Catholic Church in...
Clifford Burton Cooper
Feb 10, 2022
Clifford Burton Cooper passed away Thursday, February 10th, 2022 at his residence in Delta, Colorado after a hard-fought battle with cancer. He was 78 years old. Cliff was born February 6th, 1944, to Mamie Estelle (Stanly) and Lewis Francis Cooper in Oto, Iowa. Cliff would go on to graduate high school in Bruce, Wisconsin in 1962, and Vocational School in...
Connie Rae (Frey) Bennett
Feb 10, 2022
Connie Rae (Frey) Bennett August 5, 1936 ~ February 10, 2022 Connie Rae (Frey) Bennett, longtime Eckert, Colorado, resident died February 10th, 2022, at Grand Junction St. Mary’s Hospital following a heart attack on January 12th. She was 85 years old. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 12th, 2022, at Calvary Baptist Church 1290 A...
Roy Bernard Gillespie
Feb 9, 2022
Roy Gillespie of Grand Junction, passed away at the V.A. Medical Center in Grand Junction on Wednesday., Feb. 9, 2022. He was 92 years old. He had resided in Grand Junction for the past 2 years, and had lived in Orchard City prior to that. A graveside service will be held at Eckert Cemetery, 2:00 p.m. on Sat. February 19,...
Leverna "Lee" Alta Atchley - Angel
Feb 8, 2022
Leverna “Lee” Alta Atchley-Angel December 4, 1925 ~ February 8, 2022 Leverna Alta Atchley-Angel “Lee” passed away on Tuesday, February 8th, 2022, at Horizon’s Care Center in Eckert, Colorado. She was 96 years old. A celebration of her life service will be held at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, March 8th, 2022, at Calvary Baptist Church ~ 1290 A Street, in Delta,...
Charles Lewis "Chuck" Nielsen
Feb 7, 2022
Charles Lewis Nielsen of Delta, passed away peacefully in his sleep during the early morning hours of February 7, 2022. Chuck was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming on December 1, 1935 to Lewis Edward and Jessie Meyers Nielsen. They moved to Fruita, then to the Starr Nelson Ranch outside of Delta and eventually moving to Hotchkiss. He graduated from Hotchkiss High...
Linda Ann Bowman
Feb 6, 2022
Linda Ann Bowman December 25, 1953 ~ February 6, 2022 Linda Ann Bowman, 68, passed peacefully in her home in Cedaredge, CO on February 6, 2022. She was born in Orlando, FL on December 25, 1953 to Henry Frank Pietrzyk and Eleanor Ann (Grbac) Pietrzyk. Linda grew up in a Military family traveling much of her childhood before settling in...
Joyce Ann Chapdelaine
Feb 5, 2022
Paonia resident, Joyce Ann Chapdelaine, passed away on Saturday, February 5, 2022 at HopeWest Care Center in Grand Junction, Colorado. She was 90. Mass of the Resurrection will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, June 18, 2022 at Scared Heart Catholic Church in Paonia, CO. Joyce Ann Chapdelaine was born to John and Lois (Tuskey) Whelihan in Detroit, Michigan on...
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