Recent Obituaries in Denver, CO

Jan 22, 2022

Mark Mueller passed away on January 22, 2022 at the Holly Creek Retirement Community in Centennial, Colorado. He was born to Mark and Ruth (Murdock) Mueller in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on January 3, 1926. The family moved to Kansas City for a short time, then to Denver in 1928.  Mark liked to say he wasn’t a Denver native - he...

Jan 22, 2022

Kenneth Campbell Dameron died at home on January 22, 2022 at age 97 after a brief illness. He was born in Hamilton, Washington, on February 20, 1924. Kenny graduated from Auburn High School in Auburn, Washington, in 1942; then enlisted in the US Navy serving in the South Pacific during WWII. After the war, he worked for Seattle Transit...

Jan 22, 2022

Elizabeth Marie Ross, age 71 of Aurora, Colorado passed away on January 22nd, 2022 from a sudden medical emergency. She was born on November 12th, 1950 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the daughter of Howard Stiewe Sr. and Marie Ficher.  She was a graduate of Riverside High School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1968.  She married Daniel Raymond Ross on August 2nd,...

Jan 21, 2022

Ann McCarty, 95, passed away on Friday, January 21, 2022.

Visitation followed by Rosary will be held on Wednesday, February 2, 2022 from 11am to 6pm, with Rosary beginning at 6pm at Horan & McConaty Family Chapel, 1091 S. Colorado Blvd. Denver, Colorado 80246. Funeral Mass is on Friday, February 4, 2022 at 10am at Good Shepherd...

Jan 21, 2022

Survived by four children; ten grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild. Preceded in death by husband Joh Leo Fennelly.. She was the worlds best mother. Celebration of Life Friday, February 11, 2022, 10:30 am, Horan & McConaty, 3101 S. Wadsworth Blvd., Lakewood, CO.

Jan 21, 2022

Lawrence Michael “Mike” Underwood, beloved husband, father, and Gaga, passed away suddenly on January 21, 2022 at age 69.

Mike was born October 26, 1952 in Denver, Colorado to Robert and Janice Underwood. He graduated from George Washington High School and continued on to the University of Northern Colorado. He graduated in 1974 with a degree in...

Jan 21, 2022

Elsbeth Anneliese (Bobbie) Iwata, of Centennial, passed away peacefully at home on Friday, January 21, 2022.  Bobbie was born in 1932 in Nurnberg Germany, to Fredrich and Barbara Oertel.  She is preceded in death by her first husband, George Iwata and survived by her husband of 30 years, Rante Kaiya, her sons Glenn(Barb) and Gary(Edie) Iwata and four grandchildren,...

Jan 21, 2022

Ruth Penney, age 94, died in her home in Highlands Ranch on January 21, 2022.  Ruth started her career as a secretary in New York City where she met and married Charles Penney.  Ruth and Charles had two children, Susan and John, and Ruth spent the next 15 years as a homemaker and loving mother.  She then worked as...

Jan 21, 2022

Betty C Edler passed away peacefully on January 21, 2022, after a decade-long battle with dementia and Alzheimer’s.

Betty was born October 5, 1932 in Clinton, Iowa to Rev Charles Hyatt Duvall and Musetta Christine Duvall.  Betty graduated from the University of Denver Nursing School in 1954.  It was in her pursuit of nursing that she met...

Jan 21, 2022

Leona A. Dignan, 89, of Northglenn, passed away on Friday, January 21, 2022.

She was born in Denver, Colorado on August 3, 1932 to Jerry and Mary Colacito. She graduated from North High School and married Owen K. Dignan. They had five children together, Brian, James, Teri, Jerry and Daniel. She worked for Associated Grocers as a...

Jan 21, 2022

Dolores Marie Caputo(Dee), 92, passed away on Friday, January 21, 2022.  She was born

1/1/1930 in Akron, Colorado, to Leo Schmitz & Margaret (Berens) Schmitz. She was the youngest

of 4 siblings. The family moved to Denver when she was 10 years old.

Dee completed her education, graduating from North High School in...

Jan 20, 2022

Big Al had a great run – passing away just four weeks shy of his 93rd birthday.

Albert Schock was born on a farm in eastern Montana near the town of Fallon. After losing the farm, Al, his two sisters, mom and dad all moved to Marsh. Here his father worked on the railroad; they soon moved...

Jan 20, 2022

Janet Rae (Henning) Williams, age 74 years, passed away at the Brookdale Rehabilitation Center in Greenwood Village, Colorado on January 20th, 2022. Janet was born on July 18, 1947, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand Junction, Colorado to her parents Ray and Evelyn Henning. She was a graduate of Abraham Lincoln High School in Denver, Colorado and received a...

Jan 20, 2022

On January 20th, 2022, Frances June Steele peacefully passed to her Heavenly home. Her beautiful life will forever be cherished in the lives of her husband, Donald Steele; the families of her stepchildren Donnie Steele and Diana Martinez (both of Phoenix, AZ); brother Leland and Sharon Gurss (Thornton, CO); and the families of her three nephews, Greg Gurss (Folsom,...

Jan 20, 2022

Joyce Ballew Rich passed away January 20, 2022, at Mapleton Care Center, Lakewood, due to complications related to Lewy Body Dementia, at the age of 80. She was born on August 14, 1941, in Kansas City, MO. Joyce attended Elementary through High School in Liberty, MO. She graduated from the University of Kansas, with a B.S. in Education, in...

Jan 20, 2022

Our family is saddened to announce the passing of Lucille Stanaway at her current home at the Gardens of St. Elizabeth.  Born Lucille Bernadette Canjar in Denver, Colorado, the youngest child of 10.  Lu is survived by her loving husband and best friend, James R. Stanaway, Mary (Drobnick) Canjar, Bill and Susan Stanaway, Tim and Marie Stanaway, Sister Selina...

Jan 20, 2022

Emilio Sanelli of Denver, Colorado passed away on January 20, 2022 at Brookdale Senior Living in Greenwood Village. He was 92. Born on December 29, 1929 in Magna, Utah, he was the son of Dominic and Angela (Ciccotelli) Sanelli.

He graduated from Cyprus High School in Magna, Utah in 1947.

Emilio married Georgiana Zito of...

Jan 20, 2022

Raymond “Bob” Merciez was a caring husband, father, brother, grandfather, and friend. On Thursday, January 20th, 2022, he left this world fifteen days after his 90th birthday. Preceded in death by son Clarence (Pee Wee) Merciez. Survived by his wife: Dee Merciez;  children Bob (Rick) Merciez, Julie Merciez, Natalie Hart, Jacki Sanchez; 12 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren. He...

Jan 20, 2022

Donna Duensing, 77 years young, laid to rest, January 20, 2022. Loving wife; mother of two; two granddaughters; two great-granddaughters; two step-sons; 4 step-grandsons.

Jan 20, 2022

Edwin Small, age 102, died peacefully on January 20, 2022, after the onset of pneumonia. Edwin was born in Denver, to Robert and Gladys Small. He married Dorothy Linck in 1947, and lost his beloved wife in 1984.  He is survived by his two sons, Stephen Small of Centennial, Colorado, and David Small of Scottsdale, Arizona, and two grandchildren,...