Obituaries
Recent Obituaries in Denver, CO
Dr. Edward A. Brainard
Sep 30, 2023
Edward “Ned” 92 passed away on September 30th, 2023. He was born in St. Cloud, Minnesota. Ned is survived by two children and six grandchildren. Muriel, his wife of 64 years passed away in 2018. Ned was a teacher, principal, professor, school administrator, and foundation executive. He had a Doctor of Education degree from the University of Northern Colorado. A...
Ronald Lee Olivas
Sep 30, 2023
Ronald Olivas, age 65, passed away on September 30, 2023 surrounded by his loving family and friends.
Ronald was born in Espanola, New Mexico on March 20, 1958, to Abdon Jr. and Sophie. He moved to Colorado at the age of 7 and was a graduate of Kennedy High School.
Ron met and married Betty/Cricket who was the love of...
Frank Kuenz
Sep 30, 2023
Frank grew up in Mount Vernon in southern Illinois with three sisters and two brothers. Son of Elmer Kuenz and Hildegarde Nies of St. Louis. After local high school, he attended Washington University, St. Louis school of architecture. With the help of a scholarship he graduated with a professional degree in 1954. During the Korean War he served in the...
Kathleen "Kathy" E. Mortensen
Sep 29, 2023
Kathleen "Kathy" E. Mortensen of Littleton, Colorado passed away on September 29, 2023 at the age of 87.
Born in Denver Colorado 8/16/1936 to Bill and Elizabeth Goddard. She has 3 sisters Marjorie, Rena and Chris. She belonged to a very large Irish Catholic family which she loved being a part of.
The family moved to Bremerton, Washington in 1941...
Patrick William Vasey
Sep 29, 2023
Patrick William “Pat” Vasey passed away on September 29th, 2023 at the age of 89. He was born on March17, 1934 in the family home, in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada. Born on St. Patrick’s Day, he wasdestined to be a proud Irishman. He was a man with a kind demeanor and a great sense of humor. Corebeliefs were...
Carnie Smith
Sep 28, 2023
Carnie Smith, a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and friend, passed away on September 28, 2023. Born in Philadelphia, PA Carnie spent her childhood exploring the city and attending Philadelphia Public Schools. She had a keen interest in the world around her and went on to pursue a major in journalism at West Chester State College.
After college she married,...
Lucille C. Mattei
Sep 28, 2023
Lucille Mattei passed away on September 28, 2023.
Lucille was born in Denver on May 10, 1935, the daughter of Vera Kominek (Esposito) and John Paul Kominek. She grew up in the North Denver neighborhood. Lucille attended St. Joseph High School in Denver where she was a majorate in the marching band, she also was avid roller skater in her...
Bambina C. LaGuardia
Sep 28, 2023
Bambina C. (Morrelli) La Guardia, age 99, passed peacefully in her sleep on September 18, 2023. Born in Berwind, Colorado and raised in Lafayette, Colorado, She was known as Babe to her many friends and relatives. After graduating high school, she went to work at Schwayder Brothers (later Samsonite Corp) making machine gun belts as part of the war effort....
Mimi Gonulsen
Sep 28, 2023
Mimi Rutherford Gonulsen, age 76, died in her home in Denver, Colo., on Sept. 28, 2023.
She was born on Feb. 11, 1947, in Pike County, Kentucky to Robert and Virginia Rutherford. She grew up in the hills of Kentucky in a religious home with her parents and brother, Bobby David Rutherford. It was there she embraced her lifelong Christian...
Andrew W. Davis
Sep 28, 2023
Andrew W. Davis or, Andy, as most knew him, was born on the 122nd day of the year 1928. To parents Andrew and Althea. It was a Tuesday, May 1st.
Andy went home to his beloved wife Margaret and heavenly father on Thursday, September 28th, 2023, as he was surrounded by family.
Andy grew up in Kim, CO until...
Morris J. Mullins
Sep 28, 2023
Morris Mullins, Dad, was born September 28, 1926, one of six boys, losing a brother when theywere children. He grew up during the depression, living with his family in a tent at times, andeventually living in his maternal grandmother’s boarding house on Capitol Hill. He attendedEast High School until at the age of 17 he enlisted in the Marine Corp....
Robert "Bob" L. Blasi
Sep 27, 2023
Bob was born in Cunningham, Kansas, September 24, 1930, to Grace (Kingsbury) and August "Gus" Blasi. He died September 27, 2023, in Littleton, Colorado. He grew up during the Depression in and around Pratt, Kansas alongside two sisters and five brothers. He spent his younger years doing farm chores; tending chickens, milking cows, etc., as well as athletic play, hunting,...
Johnny "Max" Smith, Jr.
Sep 27, 2023
Johnny “Max” Smith, Jr., age 83, went to be with his Heavenly Father on Wednesday, September 27, 2023, at his home in Denver, Colorado. He was born on January 29, 1940, to Johnnie Max Smith, Sr. and Mary Peek Smith in Tuskegee, Alabama.
Max often spoke of his memories of growing up in Tuskegee. Max enjoyed cooking, and often was...
Audrey A. Kistler
Sep 27, 2023
Audrey A. Kistler, age 81, long time resident of Gillette WY & Broadus MT, passed away 09/27/2023, at her home in Commerce City CO, which she shared with her daughter & Son-In-Law.
She passed due to complications with COPD, which she had for many years.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Opal & Otto Compton; her husband Richard...
David Nathaniel Land
Sep 27, 2023
On the morning of Wednesday, September 27th David Nathaniel Land unexpectedly passed away peacefully in his sleep of natural causes at his home in Lakewood, Colorado.
He is survived by his mother and father, Kevin & Sandy Land, his brother Josh (Chrissy) and his nephew Brody & niece Izzy, who knew him as “tickle monster”. He is also survived by...
Linda Paulson
Sep 27, 2023
August 31,1948 – September 27,2023
Linda was born in San Gabriel, California to William and Barbara Sinclair, the eldest of three children. She grew up in Pasadena, graduating from California State University at Los Angeles with a Bachelor's of Science Degree in Nursing. On December 14, 1968 she married her loving and faithful husband Randy, a pastor whose ministry...
Richard "Deke" Dieckmann
Sep 26, 2023
Richard 'Deke' Dieckmann, 81, passed away on Tuesday, September 26, 2023 after a long battle with COPD.
He was born on December 29, 1941 in New York, NY to Rudolf and Nina Dieckmann and was the eldest of two children. Richard met his late wife, Janet, at a Halloween party in October 1967. On April 20, 1968, they wed and began an enriched life together...
Mary Jane Blake
Sep 26, 2023
Grandma Jane passed away on September 26, 2023. Jane was born to Charles and Vivian Quinn on July 22, 1935 in St. Paul Minnesota. She grew up with 5 siblings. Jerry, Peter, and Bill met her in heaven and Michael and Sandy have survived her. Jane graduated from St. Catherine's College (now University) with a degree in Social Work. Shortly...
Rebecca Suzanne Furlong
Sep 26, 2023
Rebecca Suzanne Furlong, 51, left us on the morning of September 26th 2023. Her fight has ended and our hope is that her spirit has found peace and comfort and that she is organizing parties with loved ones until we join her again.
She leaves behind her beloved father James J. Furlong of Colorado Springs, her brother Michael...
Paul Detleff Jorgensen
Sep 26, 2023
Our wonderful and fantastic husband, father and grandfather, Paul Detleff Jorgensen, 70, of Centennial, Colorado, passed away September 26, 2023. He was born in Idaho Falls, Idaho on November 18, 1952, to John Detleff Jorgensen and Margaret Pearl Bramwell Jorgensen. Paul was a man proud of his Danish heritage and often commented about being an only son of an...
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