Obituaries
Recent Obituaries in Denver, CO
Paula J. Plant
May 28, 2024
Paula J. Plant, born on March 6, 1943, in Lincoln, Nebraska. She passed away peacefully, May 28th, 2024; leaving behind a legacy of love and creativity. She was the cherished only child of Victor and Alma Eitel. Throughout her early years, Paula's family moved frequently before finally settling in California.
While attending Long Beach College, Paula met her future husband, Bill....
Dorothy Fern Adams
May 27, 2024
Dorothy Fern (Moore) Adams, affectionately known as Dot, passed away on May 27, 2024, in Castle Rock, CO. Funeral services will be held on June 6th at Horan & McConaty Mortuary at 5303 E. County Line Rd. Centennial, CO. She will be buried at Fort Logan National Cemetery.
Dorothy was born to Lauretta (Christner) and James Moore on May 12,...
Terry Allen Johnson
May 27, 2024
With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of Terry Allen Johnson, 70, of Aurora, CO, who passed away at home on May 27, 2024, after a 15-month battle with Glioblastoma (GBM).
Terry was born on December 6, 1953, to Amos and Joan Johnson in Gothenburg, NE. After Terry graduated from Wasson High School, located in Colorado Springs, CO in 1972, he...
Devin A. Archuleta
May 27, 2024
Devin A. Archuleta of Denver, Colorado passed away on May 27, 2024 at the age of 38. Loving, father, son, brother, grandson and friend.A Visitation will be held on Wednesday, June 12, 2024 beginning at 5:00PM until 8:00pm at Horan & McConaty Family Chapel, 3101 South Wadsworth Bouelvard, Lakewood.Please share your memories of Devin and condolences with his family by...
John Overton Harrison
May 27, 2024
John Overton Harrison
Sunrise September 27, 1937
Sunset May 27, 2024
John was born on September 27th, 1937, in Colfax, Louisiana, the sixth child born to Ned James Harrison Sr, and Susie Lee Harper-Harrison. His early years were shaped by life on the farm, where he learned the value of hard work alongside his father Raising animals and cultivating the land were essential...
Sarah Manion
May 26, 2024
Vibrant, charismatic, funny, kind, heart fully open to life’s beauty and promise, Sarah Manion was born in Denver on August 8, 1967. She returned her borrowed stardust to the universe on May 26, 2024, at age fifty-six–entirely too soon for such an incredible life force, a vitality so potent we thought it was infinite.
The third child of Jean and Larry...
Archie Dean Ransom
May 26, 2024
Archie Dean Stevenson was Born January 10, 1936, in Hennepin Oklahoma, to Mother Arlie Alexander and Father Otis Stevenson.
Archie grew up in Garvin County, Oklahoma, where she Graduated from Douglass High School, May 1954. She received a scholarship from Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois and entered their Nutrition and Food Service Program with interest in Health Services. After two years...
Gudmunda Jona Rowland
May 26, 2024
Munda, of Boulder, passed away May 26, 2024. She was married to her husband Bill for 54 years. She is survived by her children; William, Jr., Cathy (Bill) Hudson, Cheryl (Frank) Scheitler, Stephen, Eric (Molly), Brian (Michele); grandchildren, James (Jill) Hudson, Billy Hudson, Joe & Francesca Scheitler, Leif & Kyra Rowland, great grandchildren; Wyatt, Harper & Karys Hudson. Munda, originally...
Nancy Ione Smalle
May 26, 2024
Nancy Ione Smalle passed away peacefully on May 26, 2024 at the age of 83 at Sky Ridge Medical Center. She was born on April 27, 1941 in Santa Monica, CA to Robert and Ione Brooks.
She is survived by her husband of 48 years, Louis, son, David, grandson, Carter, and sister, Barbara. She was preceded in death by her mother,...
Marietta Eden
May 26, 2024
Personally written by Marietta;
Marietta Harmon Eden was born June 30, 1935 at her grandparents’ home in Auburn, Nebraska. Her parents were John R. Harmon and Blanche (Keedy) Harmon. Marietta grew up in Auburn until 1942 when the family moved to Schenectady, New York during World War II. After the war they moved back to Nebraska. She attended high school and...
Rita Jo Van Driel
May 26, 2024
Rita Jo Van Driel age 82 passed away on May 26 in Arvada, CO. Rita Jo was born in Sterling, CO to Roy and Marcella Pimple and graduated from St. Anthony’s Catholic High School in 1959. She married Charles Van Driel on June 10, 1961. They lived in Dodge City, KS from 1971 to 1977 when they moved to Lakewood,...
Stephen William Shultz
May 26, 2024
Stephen William Shultz, age 75, died in his home in Aurora, Colorado, on May 26, 2024. Steve was born in Atchison, Kansas, in 1949, to William and Rosemary Shultz (Nass). Steve spent the majority of his life in Colorado where he met and married Nancy Thornton. Wed in 1970, Steve and Nancy celebrated their 54th anniversary earlier this year.
Although he...
John David Gimlin
May 25, 2024
John David Gimlin, age 51, died in his home in Lakewood, Colorado, May 2024. John was born July 11, 1972 in Monte Vista, Colorado. He was a graduate of Del Norte High School in 1990. He went on to earn his Bachelors degree in Journalism from the University of Northern Colorado in 1995. His final year of college John was...
Gerald Alan Lemberg
May 25, 2024
Gerald Alan Lemberg age 81, passed away in Aurora, Colorado on May 25, 2024. “Jerry” as he was lovingly referred to, was born on January 2, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois and grew up in Miami, Florida. He loved to learn, earning a Master’s Degree after attending Tulane University as well as the University of Miami. He also loved writing, and...
Joseph Florencio Chavez
May 24, 2024
In remembrance of Joe F. Chavez, beloved and respected by family and friends alike, who passed away peacefully at home on May 24, 2024.
Born in Ordway, Colorado on November 21, 1923, he rose from humble beginnings to mayor of Thornton where he and his wife had settled and raised their family. He traveled many paths from his childhood on the...
Chung Hiltbrand
May 24, 2024
Chung-Hsiang Wang Hiltbrand (January 1, 1943 - May 24, 2024) After a lifetime of dedication and compassion to her family and the Buddhist faith, Chung “Pei-Pei” Hiltbrand passed into the afterlife on May 24, 2024 at the age of 81 in her Aurora home. Chung was born in Taiwan where she lived with her parents and 5 younger siblings when she met...
Cheri L. Feighner
May 24, 2024
Cheri L. Feighner, 78, loving mother of two, and cherished wife of William Feighner, passed away in the early evening hours on Friday, the 24th of May in her home after a battle with cancer. Cheri was born in 1945 in Denver, Colorado. Cheri is fondly remembered as a loving and giving woman, who was very strong and a...
Glenda Dee Carsten
May 24, 2024
Glenda Dee Carsten, 82, known as "Dee” to many, passed away unexpectedly on May 24, 2024, in Denver, Colorado. She was born October 28, 1941, in Hastings, Nebraska to Glenn and DeNeese (Rader) Haggard. She married Roger Carsten on October 9, 1981, in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Dee’s career included working in hospital business offices, company executive offices and in banking before retiring...
Joyce Ann Haskell
May 24, 2024
Joyce Ann Hansen Haskell, 79, was born in Weiser, Idaho in 1945. She was the oldest child of Ed and Verena Hansen. She had 3 younger siblings and loved to boss them around. She played the trumpet and was on the dance team. She hated to work on her dad’s farm, so she went to Rick’s College and found a...
Dianna Lee Walker
May 23, 2024
Dianna “Butch” Walker, age 79, of Littleton, Colorado (formerly of Simms, Montana) passed away on May 23, 2024.
Butch was born on October 25, 1944 in Spokane, Washington and raised by her parents Charley and Yvonne Frey. Butch spent the early years of her life in the Mission Valley, graduated from St. Ignatius High School, and attended Western Montana College. During...
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