Recent Obituaries in Denver, CO

Marian Shields

Jan 13, 2023

Marian Jane Oxley Abbas Shields

August 7, 1940. January 13, 2023 Marian decided it was time to meet her maker. She passed comfortably with her entire family around her. Born Marian Jane Oxley in Corwith, Iowa to Harold and Elsie Oxley. She attended the consolidated school where she excelled in basketball and drum majorette for...

Elizabeth "Betty" Theis

Jan 13, 2023

Our beloved Elizabeth “Betty” Theis passed away among family on January 13, 2023, at MorningStar Senior Living in Lone Tree, Colorado. She was 90.

Betty was born December 29, 1932, to Marie and Charles Meier in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. She grew up on her parent’s rambling farm surrounded by cows, horses, chickens, love, and the laughter...

Pluma "Pat" Rawson

Jan 13, 2023

Pluma Adrene Rawson (Pat), passed away on January 13, 2023 at the age of 71.  She was born on May 9, 1951 to Levi and Charlotte Shults in Idalia, Colorado.  She was married to Dean Rawson in 1968 and moved to Denver.  Together they have two sons and one daughter in law, seven grand children, three great grandchildren and...

Tula Vinihakis

Jan 12, 2023

Tula Vinihakis passed away on January 12, 2023 in Lone Tree, Colorado. Tula was born May 29, 1941 in Athens, Greece to Sam and Julia Roumanis. She attended Morey Middle School and East High School in Colorado for her education and was proud homemaker. Tula enjoyed taking walks, shopping and doing puzzles.

Tula is survived by her...

Frederick Hudson Jr.

Jan 12, 2023

Frederick William Hudson, Jr., 76, passed away in his home in Aurora, Colorado on January 12, 2023.

Born May 11, 1946 in Corpus Christi, Texas, Frederick was a Corporal in the United States Marine Corps and enjoyed hunting, fishing, skiing, working on cars, politics, and margaritas.  He was also a repair technician for Xerox.

Survived...

David Blandin

Jan 12, 2023

David Warren Blandin (Dave), 81, of Littleton, Colorado, peacefully passed away on January 12, 2023.

Dave was born on June 24, 1941, to Joseph and Mildred Blandin in Denver, Colorado. After Dave graduated from Lakewood High School in 1960, he joined the U.S. Marine Corps, in which he proudly served. He married his high school sweetheart, Linda,...

Eileen Mccarthy-Arnolds

Jan 12, 2023

Eileen left us peacefully in her sleep on January 12th. While Eileen's death felt quite sudden and was far too soon for those of us left behind, it should be noted that over 20 years ago she had a medical condition she was told she was unlikely to survive, and if she did survive, she’d spend the remainder of...

Sandra "Sandy" Geist

Jan 11, 2023

Sandra "Sandy" Geist passed away peacefully at her home in Lakewood, CO, surrounded by family and friends. Following a significant stroke on December 19, 2022, she was unable to recover and died three weeks later, on January 11, 2023. Born in Seattle on February 23, 1944, Sandy was raised by Eugene Drexel Geist and Dorothy (Maghan) Geist and lived...

Tad Svendsen

Jan 11, 2023

Name: Tad H. Svendsen

Year of Birth: September 17, 1961

Place of Birth: Sioux Falls, SD

Date of Death: December 28, 2022

Place of Death: Centennial, CO

Parents' Names:  Adeline & Howard Svendsen - deceased 1992 and 1993

Education: University South Dakota, Vermillon, SD

Employment: retired-radio dj (personality)

Donna Rae Black

Jan 11, 2023

Donna Rae Black, January 27, 1940-January 11, 2023

Castle Rock, CO

Donna Rae lived a fulfilling life as mother, horsewoman, businesswoman and friend.

She loved horses and lived vicariously through her children and grandchildren. In her earlier years she enjoyed making macrame, cooking and riding and training horses. In keeping with her nature, funeral services

...

James Dieterich

Jan 11, 2023

Jim Dieterich, of Denver, Colorado, passed away on January 11, 2023.

Jim was born in Newport News, Virginia, the son of Virgil and Freda Dieterich.  Virgil was an Air Force officer, and as a military dependent, Jim spent his childhood traveling with his family to points around the world, including England, Germany, France, North Carolina, Alabama and...

Donna Black

Jan 11, 2023

Donna Rae Black, January 27, 1940-January 11, 2023

Castle Rock, CO

Donna Rae lived a fulfilling life as mother, horsewoman, businesswoman and friend.

She loved horses and lived vicariously through her children and grandchildren. In her earlier years she enjoyed making macrame, cooking and riding...

Marilyn Velasquez

Jan 11, 2023

Marilyn Lee Velasquez passed away peacefully surrounded by family and loved ones in Denver, Colorado on January 11th, 2023, at the age of 83 after complications from the flu. Marilyn was born on November 26th, 1939, in Fall City, Nebraska to parents Marvin E. and Ivadale A. Jones. She is survived by her loving husband, Dennis; daughter, Denise; sons,...

George Latham-Durrant

Jan 10, 2023

George Gordon Latham-Durrant died at home on the 10th January 2023 at the wonderful age of 89. He was born in Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire, England on the 11th April 1933. After graduating from Cheadle Hulme Grammar School, he went on to gain mechanical engineering qualifications.

After serving in the Royal Air Force, he went to work at his...

Kermit Claytor

Jan 10, 2023

Kermit Melroy “Mel” Claytor, age 89, born on January 30, 1933, died on January 9, 2023.  He graduated from Tucson High School. He graduated from University of Arizona with a Bachelor of Science Business Administration with an emphasis on Statistics and completed the Army ROTC Program in 1957.  He served in the United States Army Transportation Corp and was...

Eleanor Stuckenschneider

Jan 10, 2023

Eleanor A Stuckenschneider, age 94, passed away peacefully in Cheyenne, WY on Tuesday, January 10, 2023.

Eleanor was born on February 20th, 1928 in Argyle, MO. She also lived in Jefferson City, MO, Denver, CO and Cheyenne, WY. Eleanor worked as an accountant for Safeway until her retirement, was an avid golfer and bowler, winning awards in...

Ben Ichikawa

Jan 10, 2023

Ben K. Ichikawa of Aurora, Colorado passed away peacefully on January 10, 2023 at the age of 98.  Ben was born May 28, 1924 in Fort Lupton, Colorado to Nisaburo and Tsutano (Kawauchi) Ichikawa.

As he was growing up on the farm, Ben enjoyed working with and being around the animals.  In 1943, Ben showed a Grand...

Leroy Edmund Cunliffe

Jan 10, 2023

Roy passed away peacefully surrounded by family and loved ones in Provo Utah on January 10, 2023, at the age of 80 after complications from dementia. He was born November 18, 1942, in Salt Lake City Utah to parents Leland Albert Cunliffe and Freda June Atwood. Roy joins his beloved bride, Joyce Mae Wolf, in eternal rest.

Roy is...

Berton Borgmann

Jan 9, 2023

Berton Howard Borgmann, 67, died in Aurora, Colorado on January 9th due to postoperative complications.

Born on November 27th, 1955 in Montrose, Colorado to Howard (dec.) and Aletha Borgmann, Bert was raised in Broomfield, Colorado. A 1974 graduate of Broomfield High School, he then attended Colorado State University. After graduation, Bert worked in the CSU Sports Information...

Wallace White

Jan 9, 2023

Wallace Lee "Wally" White was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. He grew up as one of three sons, graduated from Warren High School, then attended Butler University in Indiana for two years.

In 1950, Wally was drafted into the Army and deployed to Seoul, Korea. He was honorably discharged when the tour was complete.

In 1957,...