Obituaries
Recent Obituaries in Denver, CO
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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.
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....
Corey James Yeardley
May 10, 2016
Corey James Yeardley, 43, of Aurora, Colorado, passed away May 10, 2016. He was born June 24, 1972 in Anaheim, California to Marsha M. Cummings and James F. Yeardley.
Corey is survived by his wife, Jennifer Yeardley; daughters, Taybor and Haley Yeardley; mother and stepfather, Marsha and Don Cummings; brother and sister-in-law, Mark and Shannon Yeardley; and several nieces and...
James C. Mingee
May 10, 2016
James Cleveland Mingee, 90, beloved husband, father and grandfather, passed away May 10, 2016 in Aurora, Colorado. He was born September 22, 1925 in Picayune, Mississippi to William M. and Eunice V. Hinson Mingee. He graduated from Central High School in Jackson, Mississippi in 1943. James served in the United States Navy from 1943-1946; the US Naval Reserve from 1947-1957,...

Leroy James ""Jim"" Sides II
May 10, 2016
Leroy James ""Jim"" Sides II, age 70, died in Denver, Colorado on May 10, 2016. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, he spent most of his life in Denver where he graduated from Cherry Creek High School and went on to attend Colorado College and University of Colorado. He worked as a landscaper for Valley Crest Landscaping Company until his retirement. Survivors...
Grace A. Smith
May 10, 2016
Grace, 82, of Lakewood, Colorado, passed May 10, 2016. Preceded in death by her husband, Marvin W. Smith; siblings, Donald (Alice) Schweitzer, Loren (Diana) Schweitzer and Ruth Schweitzer. She is survived by her daughters, Laurie (Randall) Goldman and Christie (Leo Hebert) Smith; grandchildren, Kourtney (Trey) Bentley, Kaitlynn (Caleb) Sanders, Steven Goldman, Dana Goldman, Lindsay (Brad) Ross, Shannon (Bruce) Pachikara; great...
Col. Otto Reed Haney
May 9, 2016
Otto Reed Haney, born 18 September 1916, died May 9, 2016, just months short of his 100th birthday. Col. Haney was born in Waynesville, Missouri to Harry Raymond and Loto Haney. The Missouri farm boy joined the Army Air Corp in 1940 with his first assignment after flight school graduation at Hickam AFB, Hawaii in December, 1941. As WWII broke...

Annette Short Haggerty
May 9, 2016
ANNETTE SHORT HAGGERTY, 87, of Denver, CO, passed away on Monday, May 9, 2016 at Aurora Medical Center. Wife of the late Joseph F. Haggerty. She is survived by 4 children, 9 grandchildren, and 3 great-grandchildren. A Memorial Mass will be held on Friday, May 13th, 10:30am at Most Precious Blood Catholic Church 2250 S. Harrison St. Denver, CO. Please...
Meredith ""Katie"" Shelafo
May 9, 2016
Survived by husband, Chester Shelafo; brothers, John & Gary Mullins, JT Rhoden & family; sons, Drew & Michael and many grandchildren. Katie was a longtime resident of Littleton, Colorado. She was born in Fairbury, Nebraska. A Memorial Service will be held in her honor on Saturday, May 21, 2016 at 4:00 PM at Littleton Elks Lodge #1650, located at 5749...

Sharon Marie Rodie
May 9, 2016
Sharon Rodie November 5, 1954 - May 9, 2016 61, originally of Pueblo, CO, passed into eternal life on May 9, 2016. Sharon was loved by father George Radacy; mother Marian Mehle; husband Mark Rodie; sister Susan Ernst. Services will be held in Sharon's honor on Monday, May 16, 2016, 10:00 am at Most Precious Blood Catholic Church, 2200 South...
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