Obituaries

Recent Obituaries in Denver, CO

Jean Ann Engelbrecht Whitney

Jean Ann Engelbrecht Whitney

Apr 15, 2024

Born to Max & Bernadine Engelbrecht on October 6, 1948 in Sharon, Kansas. The family moved to Cheyenne County, Colorado in May 1951. Jean attended school in Arapahoe, CO from elementary through high school, graduating in 1966. She attended Otero Junior College before transferring to the University of Northern Colorado. Jean received her B.A. in Elementary Physical Education in 1971....

Richard Santoya

Richard Santoya

Apr 15, 2024

Richard Santoya age 81, went home to glory on April 15, 2024. He was surrounded by his loving family at his home in Thornton, Colorado. He was born on July 27, 1942 in Denver, Colorado.

Richard is survived by his loving wife, Frances; daughter Kathy (John) Hatcher; stepson, Gary (Janel) Penaflor; ten grandchildren and four great grandchildren. He is also survived...

Leroy Patrick Daughenbaugh

Leroy Patrick Daughenbaugh

Apr 14, 2024

Leroy Patrick Daughenbaugh, aged 58, passed away peacefully in his sleep on April 14th, 2024. 

Leroy was a jack of all trades and, with pride, wore many industry hats in his lifetime. Everything from engineering, to truck driving, to his latest passion before he passed, a Producer for many radio stations. Mr. Daughenbaugh was a family man and his children were...

Wanda Rachel Graham

Wanda Rachel Graham

Apr 14, 2024

Wanda Rachel Wallace Graham was born on November 20, 1951, in Deming, New Mexico, to the late Waymon and Rachel Wallace. She passed away on April 14, 2024, in Highlands Ranch, Colorado.

 Wanda spent her formative years in Alamogordo, NM, where she graduated from high school before continuing her education at New Mexico State University. On July 29, 1972, she married...

Teresita Bitanga Donahue

Teresita Bitanga Donahue

Apr 14, 2024

Teresita Donahue died peacefully in April 2024 in the company of her devoted husband Patrick. She was 86.

A proud daughter of Guam—an American island in the western Pacific—Teresita survived the unspeakable Japanese occupation of her island during WWII, along with her brother Jose (“Ping”), sister Guadalupe (“Daling”), and mother Maria (“Mariquita”). Unfortunately, her father (Inocencio) did not. Her mother later...

Sara Rosemary (Hobday) Fulghum

Sara Rosemary (Hobday) Fulghum

Apr 14, 2024

With heavy hearts, we acknowledge the loss of Sara Rosemary (Hobday) Fulghum, 62, of Highlands Ranch, Colorado, who passed away on April 14, 2024. Sara was diagnosed in late December with an advanced form of pancreatic cancer for which there was no cure. Sara faced her diagnosis bravely with her husband, Barry Fulghum, at her side until the very end.

Sara...

Christopher Peter Blair

Christopher Peter Blair

Apr 12, 2024

Christopher passed away peacefully on April 11, 2024 surrounded by family after a long battle with cancer.

He was born on January 31, 1962 in Denver, CO to Warren Blair and Marlene (DeBont) Blair.

He will be deeply missed by his family, friends, and community.

He is survived by his children, Joseph Blair, Melinda (Blair) Hugo, Ian Blair, and Amy Blair, and grandchildren...

Melvin Vincent Menard, Sr.

Melvin Vincent Menard, Sr.

Apr 12, 2024

“Say not in grief ‘he is no more’ 

                but in thankfulness that he was.”      

                           Hebrew proverb

  

With great sadness, the family of Melvin Menard Sr. share his passing  from life unto eternity on April 12, 2024 at the age of...

David Joseph Edrich

David Joseph Edrich

Apr 12, 2024

David Joseph Edrich was born on January 22, 1962 in Denver. He is the son of Arnold J. Edrich and Rosemarie A. (Weibel) Edrich. He is survived by his mother and five siblings John Edrich, Dawn (Marty) Straley, Mary Edrich (John Jeffers), Rick Edrich (Heather Reddy), and Kathy Edrich (Alan Resnick). He is also survived by numerous nieces, nephews, aunts,...

Terry James Dagnon

Terry James Dagnon

Apr 11, 2024

Terry James Dagnon passed away peacefully on April 11, 2024 after a heroic battle with cancer. Terry was born on November 2, 1961 in St. Paul MN. He was the son of James and Sandra Dagnon. Terry grew up in White Bear Lake, MN.

Terry joined the U.S. Army in 1983. He was medically discharged in 1994 as a Medical Sergeant,...

Daniel James Buckley

Daniel James Buckley

Apr 11, 2024

Daniel James Buckley of Cherry Hills Village, passed away peacefully on his 89th birthday, April 11, 2024 surrounded by his devoted and loving wife Lynn and all of his children. 

Dan was born on April 11,1935 in Denver, CO.  He was married to Lynn (Marilyn) Nolt,  the love of his life on July 16, 1960 up until his death. After attending...

Annabelle M. Deline

Annabelle M. Deline

Apr 11, 2024

Annabelle Monaghan Deline was born October 14, 1931. Loving Daughter, Mother, Grandmother, and Great Grandmother. Her parents were John Henry Monaghan and Neta Miller Monaghan. Her loving husband, Robert E. Deline, predeceased her on November 13, 2023. She is survived by her sons Robert H. Deline (Barbara A. Deline) and Thomas C. Deline (Margaret M. Deline), her grandchildren Robert E....

Rosemary LaBriola Palmeri

Rosemary LaBriola Palmeri

Apr 11, 2024

October 5, 1924 – April 11, 2024

Rosemary grew up in Denver and graduated from Denver North High School in 1941.  She attended Denver Opportunity School and began her career running the teletype machine at Montgomery Ward Department Store; for twenty-one years she worked at Denver Public Schools as a teaching assistant in several Special Education programs.  She was a longtime...

Delbert "Del" Wiegand

Delbert "Del" Wiegand

Apr 11, 2024

Delbert (Del) Lawrence Wiegand passed peacefully on April 11, 2024, in Centennial, Colorado.  He was born in Gibbon, Nebraska, on March 10, 1927.  He is survived by his wife, Norita Wiegand; his two children, Mark Wiegand and Marsha Christopulos (Fr. Louis Christopulos); three grandchildren, Nichole Floropoulos (Gus Floropoulos), Christopher Christopulos, Jonathan Christopulos (Emma); and six great grandchildren.  

A prayer service...

Donald Lewis Reichman

Donald Lewis Reichman

Apr 10, 2024

Donald Lewis Reichman, age 87, died Wednesday April 10, 2024, due to complications from back surgery.  Don was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey on January 7, 1937 and was the youngest of 3 children of Walter Christopher and Loraine Elizabeth (Casper) Reichmann.  He moved to the Chicago Illinois area as a young adult where he graduated from the University...

Thomas Holmgren

Thomas Holmgren

Apr 10, 2024

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Thomas Anthony Holmgren, 52, of Littleton, CO, a beloved husband, son and brother, on April 10, 2024. Born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska, Tom was the youngest of six children, a devoted son of Roy and Mary Ann and a cherished brother to his five older siblings; Mary Liz,...

Alys L. Reevie

Alys L. Reevie

Apr 10, 2024

Alys L. Reevie, age 97, was born on July 16, 1926, in Passaic, New Jersey to Archibald and Florence Jacoby Kirkland, and passed away on April 10, 2024, in Aurora, Colorado.  Alys was married to Joseph James Reevie, who passed away in 2002. Alys is survived by her loving children, Karen (Joe) McDonough and Jim (Lorri) Reevie. She was preceded in...

Lowell LeRoy Madsen

Lowell LeRoy Madsen

Apr 10, 2024

Lowell LeRoy Madsen passed away peacefully on April 10, 2024 in his home in Littleton, Colorado surrounded by his loving wife of over 62 years, Bonnie, and several of his six children. Lowell was a devoted and beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather whose legacy of faith and kindness will endure through eternity.

Lowell was born in Provo, Utah on October...