Obituaries

Recent Obituaries in Denver, CO

Edward Dickhoff

Edward Dickhoff

Jan 1, 2022

Edward (Ed) Bernard Dickhoff, husband, father, brother, friend, passed away peacefully at his home on April 26, 2022. He was 84 years old.

Ed was born on November 10, 1937, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Ed was the oldest child with two brothers and one sister. Ed graduated from Roger Bacon High School in Cincinnati and received his associate...

Ellen Bennett

Ellen Bennett

Jan 1, 2022

Ellen Jean Bennett (Merry) was born on March 24, 1932 in Rapid City, South Dakota. She lived on her family’s farm in South Dakota with her parents and younger sister Ardith. Tragedy struck early in her life when she lost her father to cancer when she was 12 years old. Her mother remarried and tragedy struck again when her stepfather was killed...

Harold Rojec

Harold Rojec

Jan 1, 2022

Harold Joseph Rojec (Hal) of Aurora, Colorado passed away on October 12, 2022, at the age of 87. Loving dad, grandpa (Papa), and great-grandpa, Hal was preceded in death by his wife Hidegarde Rojec in 2005. Hal is survived by his children: Vicki (Alan), Mark (Patti), and Sherri (Greg). Hal also had 9 grandchildren (Emma, Joe, Jeff, Brett, Stewart, Molly, Sam, Eric,...

Gwendolyn Luby

Gwendolyn Luby

Jan 1, 2022

Gwendolyn Adele Luby, 92, of Lakewood, passed away Monday, January 31, 2022. She is preceded in death by her husband, Robert. Funeral service will be held Tuesday, February 15, 2022, 11am, Horan & McConaty Family Chapel, 3101 S. Wadsworth Blvd. Burial will be held that same day at 2pm, Staging Area A, Fort Logan National Cemetery.

Shirley Ouellette

Shirley Ouellette

Jan 1, 2022

Shirley was the third child born to Bernadette and Thomas Nault in Clifton, KS on November 15, 1938. She was one of eleven children. On June 15, 1957, she married her husband Paul Gene Ouellette, who she was able to spend 57 years with him until his passing ten years ago. On January 22, 1959, Shirley and Paul welcomed their first...

Sam "Salvatore" Catanzaro

Sam "Salvatore" Catanzaro

Jan 1, 2022

Salvatore John Catanzaro, known by all as Sam, passed away peacefully on December 12, 2022 at age 92. Our father was born April 27, 1930 in Chicago, Illinois to an Italian shoemaker and Italian mother who was one of 11 siblings. His father passed away when he was nine years old, leaving his mother Frances, an older brother Vic...

Helen Petrich

Helen Petrich

Jan 1, 2022

Helen Rose Petrich, 92, passed away on April 9, 2022 in Arvada, CO. A consummate mother and homemaker, Helen loved cooking, baking and spending time with her family. Wednesday night dinners were a staple during her time in Colorado – much anticipated and cherished by everyone. The great food, desserts, conversation and spirited card games will be sorely missed....

Alfred Fahlstedt

Alfred Fahlstedt

Jan 1, 2022

Alfred Gary Fahlstedt, 72, of Highlands Ranch, passed from this life into the arms of our Lord on October 19, 2022 while snorkeling on the beautiful island of St. John, USVI.

He served as an officer in the US Air Force during the Vietnam War, obtaining his master’s degree during those years and then obtained his law...

Robert "Bob" Arnold

Robert "Bob" Arnold

Jan 1, 2022

Robert “Bob” E. Arnold of Aurora, Colorado passed away November 09, 2022. A Visitation will be held on Monday, November 14, 2022 at two o'clock in the afternoon. The Visitation will be held at the Horan and McConaty Family Chapel at 1150 E. Dartmouth Avenue, Aurora, Colorado 80014. Bob was born on December 11, 1929 to Joseph Arnold...

Millie Bonati

Millie Bonati

Jan 1, 2022

Millie Wennrich was born in New London, Connecticut, second of four daughters. She graduated from Norwich Free Academy and UConn where she met Dick Bonati, her husband of 62 years. Together, they raised two daughters and a son at their home in Norwalk, Connecticut.

Millie began her career in New York City when the glass ceiling for...

Gloria Latocha

Gloria Latocha

Jan 1, 2022

Gloria was born on June 19, 1945 in Sommerville NJ. She attended Bridgewater Raritan High School. She married the love of her life, John C Latocha on February 13th, 1971. They welcomed their first child in 1972. Just six months later, they started a new adventure in Denver, Colorado. There, Gloria and John raised their three daughters. While Judy, Patty,...

Patrick Murphy

Patrick Murphy

Jan 1, 2022

Patrick J. Murphy of Thornton, CO passed away Sunday May 8th, surrounded by his loving family.

Patrick was born in Grand Island, Nebraska on April 12th 1945 to Ernest and Shirley Murphy. His grandmother Katherine helped raise and shape him into the wonderful man he would become. He moved to Denver as a teenager and attended Mount...

Milton Moore

Milton Moore

Jan 1, 2022

Milton M. “Bubba” Moore, 70, of Indian Hills passed away on Saturday, October 1 in Thornton surrounded by his loving family after a long struggle with diabetes and renal failure. A giant of a man with a personality to match, he was prayerful, patient, and loving to the end, making an enormous impact on his loved ones,...

Judith Apple

Judith Apple

Jan 1, 2022

Judi Apple was 61, just 1 day shy from being 62. She passed in her home surrounded by her family in Evergreen, Colorado on Thursday June 23rd from liver failure.

Judi was born in Denver in 1960. She lived in Denver, Westminster, Arvada and Evergreen. Judi met Brad in jewelry class at South High School in 1976; they...

Thaddeus Pietrzak

Thaddeus Pietrzak

Jan 1, 2022

Thaddeus(Ted) Pietrzak, age 57, died at home in Castle Rock, CO on November 19, 2022.  He was born in Deadwood, SD and spent a majority of his life in El Cajon, CA.  He attended Valhalla High School, and later earned a Bachelor of Arts - Operations Management and Analysis from Ashford University.

Ted worked many years for...

Margo Pratt

Margo Pratt

Jan 1, 2022

On June 5, 2022, Margo Lynn Pratt (Nieto) passed away peacefully in her own home in Littleton, Colorado at 65 years of age.

She was born November 25, 1956 to Alexander and Dorothea Nieto and is survived by her only child Christopher Alan Nieto-Pratt.

She was also proud to drape her son's gown at his...

Richard Marti

Richard Marti

Jan 1, 2022

Richard Marti was born on July 23, 1973 and passed away on November 12, 2022, at the age of 49. He is survived by his mother Marta, wife Rebecca, brother Oscar, his children, nieces, nephew, and extended family here and abroad.

Richard's personal hero was his mother. She loved him unconditionally and supported him in every way....

Warren Brown

Warren Brown

Jan 1, 2022

Warren Charles Brown, 86, of Denver, passed away Friday, September 2, 2022. He was born in Denver, Colorado on September 26, 1935 to Earl G. & Caroline L. Brown. He is preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Shirley J. Reddick.

Warren attended Barnum Elementary and graduated from West High School June 1953. He graduated...

Audrey Rogers

Audrey Rogers

Jan 1, 2022

Audrey Rogers, 95, of Parker passed away on July 25, 2022, at Porter Hospice Residence, Littleton, Colorado.

Born on March 28, 1927, to Joseph and Mary (Unsworth) McCallister and raised in Raton, New Mexico, Audrey married her high school sweetheart, Wayne Rogers, in 1943.  They moved frequently during Wayne’s career as a petroleum engineer, raising three children...

Eleanor Jones

Eleanor Jones

Jan 1, 2022

Eleanor Marie Jones

12/15/1930 ~ 9/27/2022

Eleanor Marie Jones was born on December 15, 1930 in Denver, Colorado and died on September 27, 2022 at the age of 91 in Lakewood, Colorado.  She was preceded in death by her husband, William “Bill” Jones.  She has three daughters: Debbie Boos (Pete), Donna Bollacker (Dan) and Dorene Masterson...