Obituaries
Albert Don Gill
Apr 6, 2023
Albert Don Gill passed away at St. Mary’s Hospital after a brief illness. He was a Mechanical Engineer, and in his retirement years was a volunteer with the Senior Companion Program. Don is survived by his wife, Toni, sons Devlin (Janette), and Darren, sister Lynnda, granddaughters Kendra and Shannon and numerous nieces and nephews.
Private services will be held at...
EY Massey
Apr 5, 2023
E.Y. Massey passed away April 5,2023 at home. E.Y. was born in Estancia, New Mexico to Samual and Hazel Massey, the second of seven children. E.Y. served in the Army in WWII from June 1942 until he was discharged in November, 1945. E.Y. married Cecelia Wood in May, 1948 and later that year, moved to Delta, CO. He, Cecelia and...
Kim Diane Zacharias
Apr 5, 2023
Kim Diane Zacharias, age 60, died April 5, 2023 following a lengthy battle with cancer. Born November 18, 1962 in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter
of John Verner Zacharias and June Barbara Zacharias (née Fisher) of Grand Junction, Colorado. Kim graduated from George Walton High School in Marietta, Georgia.
She was employed as an account manager by Momar Inc.,...
Sharon Lee Swander
Apr 4, 2023
Sharon Lee Swander, age 83, passed away, Tuesday, April 4th, 2023.
Born November 7th,1939 in Gering, Nebraska, she was the daughter of the late Eugene and Betty Wilson and sister to Shirley, Sunny, Renita and Darrell.
Sharon graduated in 1957 from Dodge City High School and shortly after moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado where she became paralegal learning shorthand.
After...
Jeffery Dwane Thompson
Apr 3, 2023
Jefferey Dwane Thompson, 52, died April 3, 2023 following a long struggle with alcohol and the effects.
Born June 1, 1970 in Denver, Colorado he was the youngest son of the late Richard and Marie Thompson. Jeff graduated from Arvada West High School in 1988 and despite being the youngest was the first in the family to graduate college, Colorado...
Robert Dean Benesch
Apr 3, 2023
Robert (Bob) Dean Benesch, age 79, passed away on April 3, 2023. Bob was born on April 22, 1943, in Pueblo, Colorado. Bob spent the first part of his life working on his father’s farm in Avondale, Colorado. He later worked as a route salesman delivering bread and making friends along the way. This career offered him special opportunities to...
Margaret Evers
Apr 3, 2023
Margaret Colleen “Marge” Schultz Evers passed away on April 3rd, 2023, following a brief illness.
Marge was born and raised in Gunnison, CO. She was a homemaker but also worked outside the home
at Freeway Bowl. Marge was a Woman of the Moose and was dedicated to her husband Bob and son Randy.
Marge was preceded in death...
Delane Denise Rittich
Apr 2, 2023
Delane Denise Rittich, age 76, died April 2, 2023, following a long illness. Born Aug. 31, 1946, in Denver, CO. She was the daughter of the late Albert and Josephine LoSasso.
She graduated North High School in Denver. Employed in the Printing Pre-press field by Color Seperations by Winkler and Capital Color Imaging for close to 30 years. Delane enjoyed hiking,...
Joan K Chesnut
Mar 31, 2023
Joan was a wonderful loving mother and was loved by many. She was sweet and endearing. Even the staff at her nursing home said they loved her and that she would blow them kisses.Her primary characteristic was that she had a deep love for God, with a real faith, almost a child-like faith, that actually began as a child and...
Jack Arnold Fitzgerald
Mar 31, 2023
Jack Arnold Fitzgerald was born in Glenwood Springs, Colorado to the late John Fitzgerald and Viola Pitts on July 8, 1931. He died March 31, 2023, at age 91 in Grand Junction, Colorado. His family was by his side.
Jack and his late sister Francis George were raised by their late Grandmother Alma Pitts and Grandfather Joe Pitts.
He graduated...
Gertude Marie Holland
Mar 30, 2023
Gertrude “Marie” Holland, age 57, died Thursday March 30th, 2023 following a sudden illness.
Born March 20, 1966 in Dallas, TX she was the daughter of Charles “Chuck” Pilkinton and Mary Holland.
She enjoyed singing, music, living life to the fullest and there was never a dull moment with her around.
Marie is survived by her daughters...
Linda Kathleen Dodero
Mar 30, 2023
“Flowers lead to books which lead to thinking and not thinking and then more flowers and music. Music. Then many more flowers and many more books… Spring is in the air. Don’t you think?”
- Maria Kalman, The Principles of Uncertainty
Linda Kathleen Dodero, “Linda Kay” to some, died March 30, 2023 at the age of 80.
Born February...
Ray Carmen Hadlock
Mar 30, 2023
Ray C. Hadlock, age 95, died Thursday, March 31, 2023, in Rifle, Colorado after a brief illness. Born June 25, 1927, in Doyle, Oklahoma, he was the son of the late John R. and Lillie Mae (Lawson) Hadlock. Ray grew up farming on land near the Bray-Doyle area where he attended school until his family moved to the small town...
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