Obituaries
Richard Floyd Lockyer
Jan 21, 2026
Richard (Dick), 91 died the January 21st, 2026, following a brief illness. He was born November 24th, 1934 in Los Angles, CA. Dick was the 1st born son of Richard Alonzo and Orphia May Perry Lockyer. Dick attended Polytech high school in Riverside, CA.
He had been employed as an automobile salesman and sales manager in the automobile industry for 54...
Harlan Emmett Carpenter
Jan 17, 2026
Harlan Emmett Carpenter, age 84, died on the 17th of January 2026 following a long illness.
Born May 7, 1941, in Collbran Colorado, he was the son of Emmett Carpenter and Vera Winifred (Puckett) Morse.
Harlan graduated from Grand Junction High School, and attended college at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.
Harlan had been employed as a deputy sheriff with the Mesa...
Brandon Michael Brown
Jan 17, 2026
Brandon Michael Brown, age 37, died peacefully at home. He was born in San Luis Obispo CA on November 18th, 1988 to Jeb Brown, Paso Robles CA, and Vicki Watkins, Clifton CO. He graduated from Paso Robles High School in 2007 and went on to work as a shift manager at Taco Bell as well as worked at Mesa Movers...
Scott James Whiteman
Jan 17, 2026
Scott James Whiteman, age 35, died peacefully at HopeWest on January 17, 2026. Scott was born on February 28, 1990 in Grand Junction, CO to Mike and Debbie Whiteman. Scott graduated from Central High School in 2008 and went on to graduate from Colorado Mesa University with a Bachelor's Degree of Science in Psychology. While going to college, Scott worked...
Gladys Davis Holmes
Jan 15, 2026
Gladys Gayle Davis was born in the depths of the Great Depression on May 18, 1934, in Sheridan Wyoming, as the second of two children to a Protestant preacher and his wife, Harry and Blanche Davis. The family, including Gladys’s older brother Charles, moved to Belle Fourche,
South Dakota when she was 5 years old and she grew up there on...
Glenn Leon Holmes
Jan 15, 2026
Glenn Leon Holmes, lovingly known as Pig Pen, Drill Boss, and Papa, passed away on January 15, 2026, in Grand Junction, Colorado, at the age of 54. He was born on January 5, 1972, in Liberal, Kansas.
Glenn lived life loud, extreme, and unapologetically full throttle. A true hell-raiser with a heart just as big as his personality, he was known...
Francisco David Pubillones
Jan 15, 2026
Francisco “Frank” David Pubillones, age 76, passed away on January 15, 2026, after a long battle with multiple health challenges, including cancer, with heart failure ultimately being the cause of his passing.
Frank was born on December 29, 1949, in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, to Francisco Pubillones Sr. and Raquel Gonzalez. As a child, he came to the United States through the...
Winifred Lee Hanson
Jan 15, 2026
In Loving Memory of
Winifred “Winnie” Lee Hanson
August 2, 1935 – January 15, 2026
Winifred “Winnie” Lee Hanson passed away peacefully on January 15, 2026, at the age of 90. She was a devoted wife, beloved sister, mother, grandmother, great‑grandmother, and cherished friend whose warmth, generosity, and unwavering love touched everyone she met.
Born in Douglas, Arizona to Fred and Georgia Roberta (Franklin)...
Jack D Mayhew
Jan 14, 2026
Jack (John) Daryl Mayhew, 83, of Grand Junction, Colorado, passed away January 14, 2026. Born in Moab, Utah, Jack was the son of E.J. and Helen Mayhew. He lived across the western United States and spent five meaningful years living abroad. Jack worked as a geologist, a career that was also his passion, and he was known for his kind,...
Tami Laurette Brueggeman
Jan 9, 2026
Tami Laurette Brueggeman, 48, passed away peacefully on January 9, 2026. She was born on October 25, 1977, in Burbank, California, and was a beloved daughter, sister, aunt, and friend whose joyful spirit touched countless lives.
Tami was the cherished daughter of Carol and Walter Brueggeman of Grand Junction, Colorado. She was preceded in death by her sister, Julie Brueggeman. She...
Leslie Ann McDonald
Jan 7, 2026
Leslie Ann McDonald (Pierce) of Grand Junction, Colorado, age 64, unexpectedly passed away on January 7, 2026 from a very brief illness.
Leslie was born December 29, 1961 in Wilmington, Delaware to Taylor Cooling Pierce and Helen Pierce (Pavlik) who both preceded her in death.
Leslie graduated from Mount Pleasant High School in Wilmington, Delaware, then moved to Fort Collins, Colorado where...
Gilbert Leon(Lee) Martin
Jan 6, 2026
Gilbert Leon (Lee) Martin made his transition peacefully at home on January 6, 2026 surrounded by family and his little yorkie Gypsy.
I want to know if you can see beauty even when it is not pretty every day. Lee was born in Artesia, New Mexico on February 8, 1945, to Wallace B and Catherine Martin. He saw beauty in the...
Betty A. Patton
Jan 4, 2026
Betty Ann (Howard) Patton, age 87, of Grand Junction, passed away peacefully on Sunday, January 4th, 2026.
Betty was born on November 2nd, 1938, in Carbondale, Kansas.
Betty was a deeply loving and loyal daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend. She loved reading mystery novels, collecting lighthouse figurines, and bowling with friends and family. Betty was also one of the...
Justin Dean Kirk
Jan 3, 2026
Justin passed away peacefully January 3rd, 2026 from complications of cancer. Jay was born November 21st, 1943.
Jay was the first born of 2 children. Jays parents were Emma and Justin Kirk. They lived in Gallop New Mexico. He grew up helping his father manage an Navaho trading post in the Gallop area. His friends were the native American kids. Jay...
Ben Donald Sellers
Jan 2, 2026
Ben Donald Sellers, age 95, passed away peacefully on January 2, 2026, at HopeWest Hospice surrounded by his loving family.
Ben was born on October 26, 1930, in Hayden, Colorado to Ben and Mary Sellers. He attended Mesa College, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree. Mesa College also introduced him to Patricia (Patti) Pinkerton and they married September 2, 1951. They...
Christopher Allen Beardsley
Jan 1, 2026
Christopher Allen Beardsley, age 64, passed away on January 1, 2026, following a brief illness.
Born November 30th, 1961, he was the son of Edward Beardsley and Joan Haley.
He was employed as a Security officer at Mesa Mall in Grand Junction, CO since May 1998. He had also worked as an Animal Control officer in Grand Junction and Sunnyvale, California for...
Dane David Meisenheimer
Dec 31, 2025
Dane passed away peacefully at home on New Years eve, 2025, with his brother Dana, Dana's kids and his best friend Ric Beldon at his side. He valiantly battled prostate cancer for years and true to his nature, he chose to leave under his own terms. He was the kindest, most generous of souls who will be deeply missed.
Dane was...
Gloria Miller
Dec 28, 2025
Gloria Jean Miller passed away on Sunday, December 28, 2025, at the age of 81, surrounded by those who loved her. Gloria was a resilient, loving, and fiercely capable woman, a true jack-of-all-trades whose strength, generosity, and humor left a lasting impression on everyone she met.
Born on August 19, 1944, in St. Elmo, Illinois, to Joseph and Dorothy Severns. She...
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