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Recent Obituaries in Denver, CO
Ryan Andrew Wilton
Mar 4, 2020
Ryan Andrew Wilton, 16, of Centennial, Colorado, passed away March 4, 2020. Ryan was born April 30, 2003 in Denver, Colorado to John and Christin Wilton.
Ryan was very witty, kind and charismatic, and an easy person to love. He could make people laugh, comfort them, lift their spirits and provide a sense of peace. He was always looking out...
Kenneth Lee Vaughn
Mar 4, 2020
Kenneth Lee Vaughn, 80, of Lakewood, Colorado was born on June 30, 1939 in Sabinsville, Pennsylvania. He grew up in Kewanee, Illinois before attending Colorado School of Mines. He graduated from Mines in 1961 with a degree in Geological Engineering. After graduation he married his wife Gayle and served 2 years of military service in the U.S. Army Chemical Corp...
Florence ""Jane"" Pierce
Mar 4, 2020
Florence Jane Pierce (""Jane"") passed away on March 4th, 2020. Jane was the youngest of five children in her family. She was a Certified Public Accountant and started the first all-female accounting firm in Colorado. Prior to her career as a CPA, she was the Chief Clerk of the Bankruptcy Court. She attended the University of Colorado, where she met...
Chad H. Zimmerman
Mar 4, 2020
Chad H. Zimmerman passed away peacefully on Wednesday, March 4, 2020, in Aurora, Colorado.
He was born on December 9, 1983, in Jackson, California, to John and Betsy Zimmerman, and raised on the Front Range of Colorado. Chad graduated from Newton Middle School in Littleton, CO, and Pine Creek High School in Colorado Springs, CO, and was a 2009 graduate...
Josephine T. Belenski
Mar 4, 2020
Josephine, 83, of Commerce City, Colorado passed away on March 4, 2020. She is survived by her sons, Alan (Judi) Belenski and Gary (Kerry) Belenski; 4 grandchildren; and 4 great grandchildren.
Private Services will be held to honor Josephine.
Please share your favorite memories of Josephine and condolences with her family by signing the guestbook below.
George J. Stolley
Mar 4, 2020
George J. Stolley, age 92, passed away on March 4, 2020 in Aurora, Colorado. George was born on October 19, 1927 in Cedar Bluffs, Nebraska to George A. Stolley and Lillian Stolley. George was retired from the Navy, where he spent his career working as a mechanic.
George is preceded in death by his wife, Jeanne Stolley.
George is...
James ""Jim"" S. Harrington
Mar 4, 2020
Jim Harrington, age 55, of Centennial, CO passed away on March 4, 2020.
Jim was born in Sioux City, Iowa. He graduated from High School in The Woodlands, TX and then attended West Point, before graduating from Colorado State University.
He worked in the Information Technology field with various companies to include Hewlett-Packard and Agilent Technologies.
Jim is survived by...
Daniel R. Cristofano
Mar 4, 2020
Daniel Richard Cristofano was born August 23rd 1930 in Denver Colorado, the son of Marco and Maria Cristofano. He passed away March 4, 2020.
He married Mary Ann Belmonte in 1959. They had three children Daniel D. Cristofano (m. Diane), (Fort Worth, Texas) John M. Cristofano, (Southeast Asia), and Debbie A. Cristofano (Denver, Colorado). Mary Ann passed away in 1980.
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Minekichi Espinoza
Mar 3, 2020
It is with great sadness we announce the passing of Minekichi Espinoza (Mick) at Sky Ridge Hospital on Tuesday March 3, 2020. He died peacefully with his much loved wife, JoAnn and children (Deveny, Eric and Scott) by his side.
Beloved husband and best friend of JoAnn Day-Espinoza.
Loving father of Deveny (Jason) Oberheu, Eric (Laurie) Day and Scott (Erica)...
Sarah Ann Noone Petty
Mar 3, 2020
Sarah Ann (Salley) (Noone) Petty, age 96, passed away peacefully at Western Hills Health Care Center, Lakewood, CO, on Tuesday, March 3, 2020.
She was born in Salina, KS, on September 13, 1923, to James B. Noone and Katherine M. (Foran) Noone. The family moved to Denver, CO, in the in the late 1930's, to escape the dust bowl. She...
Kenneth ""Ken"" McLeish
Mar 3, 2020
Kenneth ""Ken"" McLeish, 66, of Westminster, Colorado passed away on March 3, 2020 at the Denver Hospice Inpatient Care Center in Denver. Born on September 24, 1953 in Salzburg, Austria to Robert and Betty Jo (Armstrong) McLeish.
Ken lived in Austria, Delaware, Cuba, and Costa Rica before returning to the U.S. to San Antonio and Houston Texas as a teenager.
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Joseph ""Joey"" Charles Cella
Mar 3, 2020
Joseph ""Joey"" Charles Cella, 35 of Denver, Colorado passed away on March 3, 2020. Joey was born to Anthony Cella and Susan Sweigart in Aurora, Colorado on April 28, 1984.
Following high school, Joey joined the United States Navy. He later went on to own his own construction company and was studying to become an electrical engineer.
Joey loved playing...
Jerome Amos Sundgaard
Mar 3, 2020
Jerome Amos Sundgaard passed away March 3, 2020 at his home in Littleton, CO from complications of a combination of rare bone marrow diseases: myelodysplastic syndrome and myeloproliferative disorder.
Jerome was born February 20, 1941 in Montevideo, MN and graduated from Milan High School in 1959. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from Concordia College in Moorhead, MN, pursuing a...
Joel Foster Livingston
Mar 3, 2020
Joel Foster Livingston, age 86, passed away on March 3, 2020.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations made to Brookdale Hospice or Christ on the Mountain Catholic Church.
Please share memories and condolences with Joel’s family by signing the guestbook below.
Visitation: March 10, 2020 6:00 pm Christ on the Mountain Catholic Church13922 West Utah AvenueLakewood, CO 80228303-988-2222
Recitation of...
Gloria Kirk
Mar 2, 2020
Gloria Brown Kirk, daughter of Myrtle Hendrix Brown and Robert Everette Brown was born March 5, 1930 in Curryville, Missouri. She was the youngest of 17 children.
She passed away peacefully on Monday evening, March 2, 2020. She was 89 years old.
Gloria grew up on a farm near Curryville and attended Bowling Green High School. She met James Kirk...
Lorraine Smith
Mar 2, 2020
In Memory of Lorraine (Lauri) Smith
Born in Modesto, California, November 9, 1967
Departed this Earth from Denver, Colorado, March 2, 2020
There are too many stories to share them all and, anyway, each of us has our favorites. Perhaps these recollections will create for you strong and clear imagery; snapshots of Lauri's 52 years. Too few years by far.
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Thomas Christian Jellinger
Mar 2, 2020
Thomas Christian Jellinger, 96, of Westminster, Colorado, died March 2, 2020. Tom enjoyed life in Bella Vista, Arkansas, after retiring from Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. Tom Jellinger was the son of Thomas and Allie Jellinger, but most of all was the husband of Romilda Bertsch Jellinger. Tom and Ro built a rich and loving marriage and lived their...
Margaret A. Kral
Mar 2, 2020
Margaret Ann Kral, loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend, passed away peacefully on March 2, 2020 in Lakewood, Colorado at the age of 95.
Margaret was born and grew up in Brooklyn, New York with her sister, Adelaide and brothers Charlie and Fred. Often known by her immediate family as ""Sis,"" Margaret attended ""Girls High School"" in Brooklyn, whose...
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