Recent Obituaries in Denver, CO

Nov 1, 2022

Zsuzsanna (Zsuzsi) Ilona Torda-Brandreth, of Greenwood Village, CO, passed away unexpectedly on November 1, 2022. She was only 59 years old. The family is both devastated and shocked by her death. Zsuzsi was born on March 16, 1963, in Budapest, Hungary to Dr. Péter Torda and Zsuzsanna (Keszthelyi) Torda.

Zsuzsi graduated with a Masters Degree from the...

Oct 31, 2022

Preceded in death by his father Edmund S. Drajem; mother Rose (Laban) Drajem; brother Lawrence Drajem; wife Lena (Blawski) Drajem. He is survived by his sons Lawrence (Janet) Drajem, Mark (Jody) Drajem; daughters Lynn (Brian) Roche, Rosemary Drajem; numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Ed was born in Tonawanda, New York to Edmund and Rose Drajem. When Ed was...

Oct 31, 2022

John Anthony Sausen, age 81, passed away in his sleep after a long battle with heart disease, on October 31st, 2022.

Born January 2nd, 1941 in Los Angeles, California. John grew up in Wyoming, Minnesota, it was there his love for the outdoors began as he started working on the family farm at 6 years of age...

Oct 30, 2022

Ryan “Ryno” Nowlan, 17, a student at Eaglecrest Highschool, tragically passed away in a car accident on October 30, 2022.

Born April 6, 2005 in San Diego, CA , he was raised in Denver, CO where he played Varsity Football, ran track for his high school team, and loved to play pickup basketball with his amazing friends.

Oct 30, 2022

On Sunday, October 30, 2022, Maureen “Mo” Mae (Misner) Beal passed away at the age of 86 from metastatic bladder cancer and dementia with her family by her side. Mo was born on September 25, 1936, in Bend, Oregon where she was active with Sun River Janitorial, a housekeeping business she and her husband Dick built and managed for...

Oct 30, 2022

Born in San Luis (the oldest town in Colorado), Cordie graduated from high school and moved to Denver. She was in a beauty contest at the JACL where she met her future husband Will Kagohara from Greeley. They married in 1953. She worked for most of her career at Denver Public Schools as a baker. She was a devoted wife, mother...

Oct 30, 2022

William Earl ("Bill") Bruce, age 86, fell asleep in the Lord at St. Anthony Hospital in Lakewood, Colorado on October 30, 2022, surrounded by family. He exhibited great courage in the face of a terminal diagnosis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, which he received just one month prior to his death.

Bill was born on September 8, 1936...

Oct 30, 2022

Ernest Eliodoro Valdez of Thornton, Colorado passed away peacefully on October 30th, 2022 at the age of 91. Ernie was born on March 21, 1931 in Del Norte, Colorado to Jose Isaac Valdez and Aurelia Maria (Dupont) Valdez.

Ernie graduated highschool from Sargent High school in 1949 where he excelled as a student athlete in football, basketball,...

Oct 30, 2022

Joseph Stoddard Merrill passed away on October 30, 2022, at the age of 55 at his residence in Parker, Colorado.

Born on April 13, 1967, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Willard and Marjorie Merrill, he was the eldest of 5 children.

Joe graduated from Brigham Young University with a masters degree, followed by earning his certification as a CPA.

Oct 29, 2022

Donald Warfield of Lakewood, Colorado passed away on October 29, 2022 at the age of 90.

Beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. Raised on a South Dakota farm, proudly served during the Korean War, graduate of University of Denver. A retired accountant, Don was an avid fitness enthusiast through his 80s and loved both the outdoors and volunteering at church....

Oct 29, 2022

Margaret "Gretel" Tracy died peacefully in the morning hours of October 29, 2022 at Swedish Medical Center in Englewood, CO.  Margaret was born in Trier, Germany on January 29, 1933 and married John T. Tracy Jr. on August 12, 1956.  She was known as Margareta Tracy until she became a naturalized citizen of the United States on September 17,...

Oct 29, 2022

Charlotte ( Laura ) O. Garcia – Born to Eulogia and Leocaido Martinez in Albuquerque NM in 1923. Died October 29th in Northglenn Co. Survived by her sons Julian (Chris), Don, and Victor. Preceded in Death by her late husband Jose, her daughter Jeanette DeLashmit, her son Ken , and her son Ron. Also survived by grandchildren Dina Buitjen,...

Oct 28, 2022

Andrew Charles Elson, Jr (Charlie) beloved husband, father, and grandfather passed away Friday October 28th at The Denver Hospice in Lowry.  Charlie was born in Kansas City, Kansas, to Andrew and Frankie Elson. His childhood in Kansas was filled with time spent on the family farm where his love of cooking began.  He studied engineering at Kansas State University...

Oct 27, 2022

Eric D. Johnson died on Thursday, October 27, 2022 at the age of 76. After a nearly two-year journey with pancreatic cancer, he died peacefully at home in Silverthorne, Colorado.

Eric was born on January 6, 1946 in Buffalo, NY, to parents Sigurd and Mary Johnson. He was the oldest of three siblings. In his youth, Eric...

Oct 27, 2022

Dedicated Husband, father of four and Sergeant for the Colorado State Patrol, James William Copley (Jim, Jimmy, Sarge) passed away on October 27, 2022, in his home in Littleton Colorado, surrounded by his family and friends. Jim had been fighting CVID for nearly 8 years and was 46 years old at the time of his passing. Jim was born...

Oct 26, 2022

Cecilia M. (Ceil) Jacobsen, loving wife, mother, grandmother, teacher, and friend, passed away on October 26, 2022 in Littleton, Colorado after a long, full life.

Ceil was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1937 and raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan. As a first generation American, her early years were greatly influenced by her German grandparents, whom she dearly...

Oct 26, 2022

Carol Madsen Christensen is reuniting with her long-lost loved ones after she departed this life on October 26, 2022, in Fort Collins, Colorado.

“Christmas Carol” was born on Christmas day in 1929 in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Andrew Clinton “Clint” Madsen and Elizabeth “Beth” Fox Madsen. Carol was the third of ten siblings who survived to...

Oct 26, 2022

James Michael Anthony was born to his parents, Mary and Winfred Anthony, on August 5, 1938, at a hospital in Los Angeles County, California,  Jim lived on Catalina Island until his family moved to Phoenix, AZ, in 1946.

He graduated St. Mary’s Catholic high school in Phoenix Arizona in 1956. He then joined the Army, serving his...

Oct 25, 2022

Sherrill Novotny Morgan of Highlands Ranch, Colorado was the daughter of Ladislav Otto and Gladys Webert Novotny. Born in Marshalltown, Iowa, on October 14, 1936, she spent her early childhood in Marshalltown until the family’s move to Colorado Springs, Colorado in 1941.

Sherrill went to Colorado Springs High School and graduated in 1954. She enrolled at the...

Oct 25, 2022

Patricia “Patty” Ann Snow, 67, died at home while on hospice for cancer on October 25th, 2022.

Patty was born April 9th of 1955 in France due to her parent’s Katherine and Marvin Snow being stationed there during their service in the US Army.

Patty grew up in the Denver area before moving to Montrose, CO in...