Obituaries

Recent Obituaries in Denver, CO

Michael Amidei

Michael Amidei

May 13, 2016

Michael Donald Amidei, AKA Handsome Mike, 62, of Highlands Ranch, Colorado, passed away on Friday, May 13th, 2016, while on a golf trip in San Antonio, Texas. He was born August 16th, 1953, in Walsenburg, Colorado to parents Don and Vera Amidei. He was a proud father, a loving brother, an adoring husband, the most fun grandfather you'd ever meet,...

Mary Brazier

Mary Brazier

May 13, 2016

78, passed away Friday, May 13, 2016 in Denver, Co. Born June 17, 1937 in Clitherall, Minnesota, daughter to the late Fredrick and Amy (Gustafson) Anderson. Survivors include her sons Neil and Dwayne Brazier, her granddaughter Rochelle Jones, her siblings Betty Ness, Helen Gartner, Andy Anderson, Roy Anderson, Edie Golden and several nieces and nephews. A Memorial Service will be...

Lester  L. Haussler

Lester L. Haussler

May 13, 2016

Lester L. Haussler was born September 22, 1942 to Lester J. and Lelia (McCoy) Haussler. Les grew up in and around Arapahoe, NE, and was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Church. He graduated from high school with the class of 1961 and attended McCook Jr., Dana, and Kearney State Colleges earning degrees in Economics and Sociology. He served in...

Gerania Baez

Gerania Baez

May 13, 2016

Gerania Debord Baez, age 62, born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, was a resident of Aurora, CO passed away Friday, May 13, 2016. Gerania was a member of Queen of Peace Catholic Church and served the community as a Eucharistic Minister for 8 years. She served along side her husband, a Deacon serving the community of Queen of Peace since...

Charles  Allen Kutter

Charles Allen Kutter

May 12, 2016

Charles Allen Kutter, age 63, passed away May 12, 2016. Charles was born October 5, 1952 to Harold and Doris Strickland. At age 7, Charles was adopted by the Kutter family and lived in Hankinson, North Dakota. He was baptized and confirmed at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Hankinson, North Dakota. When Charles was 13, the family moved to New Effington, South...

Debbie Wickware

Debbie Wickware

May 12, 2016

Debbie Wickware, August 21, 1959 - May 12, 2016. Age 56, of Thornton. Debbie grew up in upstate New York and moved to Colorado with her family in 2007. She is survived by husband Jeffrey Perotti; son, Kenneth Wickware; siblings Bonnie Yerry, Betty Lou Yerry, John Yerry; 2 nieces; and 1 nephew. Relatives and friends may call from 12 pm-2...

Gerda Ecker

Gerda Ecker

May 12, 2016

Gerda was born on May 7, 1921 in Germany and passed away peacefully, at the age of 95, on May 12, 2016. After leaving a troubled Germany, Gerda resided in London from the age of 16. She migrated to the United States and lived in St. Louis, Missouri before joining her son in Denver in 1985. She is survived by...

Angela  Felicita Martinez

Angela Felicita Martinez

May 12, 2016

Angela Felicita Martinez of Denver, Colorado passed away on May 12, 2016 at the age of 79. A Visitation will be held on Monday, May 16, 2016 starting at 5:00pm until 8:00 PM at Horan & McConaty Family Chapel, 7577 West 80th Avenue, Arvada, Colorado. A Visitation will also be held on Tuesday, May 17, 2016 starting at 10:00 AM...

Angelina Rendon

Angelina Rendon

May 12, 2016

Angelina Rendon was born in Blythe, California on September 1, 1925 to John Rodriguez and Atanasia (Arriaga) Rodriguez, and passed away in Lakewood, Colorado on May 12, 2016 at age 90. Angelina was preceded in death by her husbands, John J. Montoya in December of 1995, and Jose A. Rendon in July of 2012. Angelina is survived by her children...

Mary  Jean Hottman

Mary Jean Hottman

May 12, 2016

On Thursday May 12, 2016, Mary Jean Hottman died peacefully with her family at her side. Mary Jean celebrated her 90th Birthday on February 26th of this year. She was born in 1926 in Odebolt, Iowa, and was raised on a farm outside of town by her parents, Neil Currie and Alice Smith Currie, along with her older sister, Margaret...

Joel  Jordan Lara

Joel Jordan Lara

May 11, 2016

Joel Lara of Denver, Colorado passed away on May 11, 2016. A visitation will be held on Friday, May 20, 2016 at Two O'clock in the Afternoon at Horan & McConaty Family Chapel - 9998 Grant Street, Thornton, Colorado. A funeral service will be held in his honor on Friday, May 20, 2016 at Three O'clock in the Afternoon at...

Paul  F. Trumble

Paul F. Trumble

May 11, 2016

Paul Trumble, born June 1, 1936, in Lincoln, Nebraska, died May 11, 2016, in Denver, CO. Graduated from St. Francis de Sales Catholic High School in Denver 1955. Served in the United States Army 1960-1962. Married Jacque Pfannenstiel on August 9, 1962. Paul and Jacque opened the first of twenty-two Kwik Stop Food Stores in 1974 in North Platte, Nebraska....

Ivan  E. Kercher

Ivan E. Kercher

May 11, 2016

Ivan E. Kercher, 83, passed away May 11, 2016. Ivan was born in Mitchell, SD to William and Agnes Kercher. He grew up in Belt, Montana, graduating from Belt Valley High School in 1951. Shortly thereafter he joined the United States Army. Ivan served in Korea during the Korean War as a radio operator. He was present at the signing...

Ronnie Lance

Ronnie Lance

May 11, 2016

Celebration of Life service for Ronnie (Ron) Lance, age 58 from Castle Rock, CO will be held at 2 pm Sunday, May 15 at Horan & McConaty Funeral Home in Centennial, CO. Ronnie passed away on May 11, 2016 Ronnie is survived by his wife, Carolyn Kennedy Lance; daughter Kristin Lance, son and daughter-in-law Jared and Audrey Lance; parents Carolyn...

Don  L. Cumley

Don L. Cumley

May 11, 2016

Don L. Cumley of Arvada, Colorado passed away on May 11, 2016 at the age of 82. Don Laurie Cumley was born February 28, 1934 to Don Collins Cumley and Nellie Marie Jones in Wray Colorado. His father often stated ""My only crop for the year."" Don grew up on the family farm. He attended Wray High School. After graduating...

Major General Clifford John Kronauer  Jr.

Major General Clifford John Kronauer Jr.

May 11, 2016

Major General (ret.) Clifford John Kronauer Jr. was born in El Paso, Texas on August 10, 1920 to Linne and Clifford Kronauer into the loving home of his grandparents, Print and Julia Rhode. General Kronauer began his distinguished and highly decorated military career attending the New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell, NM in the graduating class of 1940, having attained...

Betty Jean Van Pelt

Betty Jean Van Pelt

May 11, 2016

Betty Jean (Wallace) Van Pelt was born to Oma Mason Wallace and Violet Wallace, 11/19/1929 in Ohio. She passed away May 11, 2016, with her husband, Jack by her side, at Sunrise of Pinehurst in Denver. She was raised with her sister, Helen (Wallace) Eckert in North Canton, Ohio. She attended North Canton schools and graduated in 1947 and went...

George  Joseph Granato

George Joseph Granato

May 10, 2016

George Joseph Granato passed away at age 91, May 10, 2016. He was born on March 30, 1925 to John and Catherine (Marchio) Granato in Denver, Colorado. George is survived by his devoted wife of 67 years Julia A. (Palermo) Granato, their two daughters Georgetta (Granato) Makelky and her husband Pete, and Patricia J. (Granato) Fischer and her husband John....

John Mesch

John Mesch

May 10, 2016

John A. Mesch, 82, of Denver, Colorado passed away May 10, 2016. John is survived by his wife, Marilyn; children, Tim (Val) and Dan (Martha); stepchildren, Roger, Greg (Kim), and Mike (Heather); grandchildren and great grandchildren. John is preceded in death by his wife, Shirley and grandson, Zach. A visitation will be held Tuesday, May 17, 2016 from 3-5 p.m....

Terence  T Quirke,  Jr.

Terence T Quirke, Jr.

May 10, 2016

Terence Thomas Quirke, Jr. died on May 10, 2016 at the age of 86. He was born in Minneapolis, MN in 1929, the youngest son of three children born to Terence and Anne Quirke. He was raised in Urbana, IL and attended the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana and received his PhD in economic geology from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis....