Obituaries
Albert Leroy Reed
May 17, 2024
Albert (Al) L. Reed passed on May 17th 2024. He was born to James and Mary Reed in 1935. Al was a veteran of the United States Marine Corps and served in the Korean war. He was married to Marylou in 1955 and they spent their lives together in Fort Collins, Colorado. Al was a lifelong mechanic, working first for...
Nicholas Anthony Marquez
May 16, 2024
Nicholas Anthony Marquez passed away at the age of 61 on May 16th, 2024. He was an amazing son, spouse, father, grandfather, and an overall light of joy in this world. Born in Grand Junction Colorado in 1962, Nick enjoyed the simplicities and art of life here in the valley. Nicholas Marquez will be remembered as a man who always...
Jameson Keith Kovach
May 16, 2024
Jameson Keith Kovach, age 36, passed away on May 16, 2024 following a sudden illness.
Born April 18, 1988 in Grand Junction, CO, he was the son of Ronald and Linda Kovach of Fruita, CO. He attended Fruita schools, graduating from Fruita Monument High School in 2006. He attended Colorado State University in 2006-07 and graduated from Metropolitan State University...
Martin George Olsen
May 16, 2024
Martin George Olsen passed away unexpectedly after a short illness, at the age of 81, at HopeWest Care Center with his youngest daughter and son-in-law by his side. He died a year and two days after his wife, Sally Sparn Olsen.
He was born on July 10, 1942, to George Martin Olsen and Eleanor Renar Olsen in Brooklyn, NY. He lived...
Stephanie Lynn Chapel
May 15, 2024
Stephanie Lynn Chapel passed away following a courageous battle with Throat Cancer. She was 68 years old. Steph was born April 6, 1956, the daughter of Phil & Verna Karly.
She graduated from Grand Junction High School and attended CSU on a music scholarship. She married Steve Chapel in August of 1982.
She worked for Grand Valley National Bank and then the...
Anita LaVerne Ricks
May 14, 2024
Anita Laverne (Lamb) Ricks, age 84, passed away peacefully in her home on Orchard Mesa in Grand Junction, Colorado on May 14, 2024, surrounded by her loving family. She was born on July 29, 1938 in Colorado Springs, to Willard and Mabel (Finney) Lamb. Anita moved to Grand Junction with her parents in early 1950’s She was part of the...
Ruth Elizabeth Lujan
May 13, 2024
Ruth Elizabeth Lujan born April 14th, 1950 went home to be with our Lord on May 13th, 2024.Ruth was born in Ranchos De Taos, New Mexico. She was the daughter of Joe and Bennie Tafoya. Ruth passed in Grand Junction, Colorado following a battle with a terminal illness.She loved crafting/crocheting, shopping, bingo, casinos, decorating, occasional traveling, making trips to the...
Hidenori Takaki
May 13, 2024
Hidenori Takaki (Hide, Takaki-san, and Chief) passed away surrounded by loved ones on Monday, May 13th, 2024, following a courageous 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer.Born on November 25th, 1953, on an American military base in Okinawa, Japan. Hidenori was the second son (third of five children) of the late Kazuo and Ise Takaki.Hidenori was a mischievous child who loved pranks...
Gene Roy Kipp
May 11, 2024
Gene Roy Kipp, age 79 died on May 11, 2024, at his home in Grand Junction.
Born January 17, 1945, in Edison, Nebraska, he was the son of the late Donald and Ruth Kipp.
Roy graduated from Grand Junction High School in 1964.
He was a Veteran of the US Army serving from 1965 to 1967.
Roy worked as an Auto Body Technician in...
Libby Rogers
May 10, 2024
Ruth Elisabeth Rogers (Libby) was born July 3rd, 1949, in Minden, Louisiana to Harry and Fanny Robertson. She died May 10th, 2024, in Grand Junction, Colorado.
Libby graduated from Southern Nazarene University in 1971, she married Michael Rogers in Wichita, Kansas and began her passion and a lifelong career in teaching. Her other passion was her children a son Jeremy (JR) born in 1978 and a daughter Amanda in 1981. Her teaching career spanned from Wichita to...
Elizabeth A Norris
May 9, 2024
Liz Norris, 71, died peacefully on May 9, 2024 at Hope West Hospice Care Center with family and friends by her side. She was proud of her Native American heritage, as her grandmother was full blooded Apache and grandfather was full blooded Iroquois.
Liz was strong, determined and creative. During her life, she ran in 104 marathons, and often took...
Marcia Louise Poutous
May 6, 2024
Marcia Poutous, aged 69, of Aspen, Colorado, passed away on May 6, 2024 with her husband John (LJ) Erspamer and her two sons, Kai Quintan Erspamer and Teo Fabi Anthony Erspamer by her side.Marcia was born on October 7, 1954 in Lakeside, California, to her parents Arlette Jane (Kaufman) Poutous and John Louis Poutous. She was raised alongside her six...
Val Joe Weaver
May 4, 2024
Val Joe Weaver Senior, 77, of Fruita, Colorado passed away on May 4, 2024, at his home surrounded by his loving family.
Joe was born on August 17, 1946, in Filmore, Utah. Joe grew up in Frannie, Wyoming with his parents Don Paul Weaver and Martha Elizabeth Ives. He was the second of nine siblings. He attended Deaver High School where...
Shane Mathew Smith
May 3, 2024
Shane Smith of Snowmass, Colorado, passed away unexpectedly on May 3, 2024, at the age of 56. He left us far too soon.
Shane grew up in Atlanta, Georgia and attended college at Florida State University before moving to Colorado 30 years ago, where he found the perfect playground for his adventurous spirit and love of the great outdoors.
In no time,...
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