Obituaries
Recent Obituaries in Denver, CO
Charles J. Swahn
Mar 25, 2015
Charles Swahn was born in Brooklyn New York to Edward and Patricia Swahn on June 28, 1932 and died on March 25, 2015. He is survived by his wife Margaret, his four children;Chris and Geri Swahn, Pamela and Eric Schultz, Melissa and John Supron, and Samantha and Michael Majeres, his grandchildren; Jessica, Amanda, Christian, Ryan , Andy, Shannon, Wesley, John,...
Jared Stern
Mar 25, 2015
Jared Stern of Aurora. Memorial Service Saturday, April 4, 2015, 2:00pm, Horan & McConaty Family Chapel, 5303 E. County Line Rd., Centennial. Please share your memories of Jared and condolences with his family by signing the guestbook below.
Virginia ""Ginna"" Delap
Mar 24, 2015
Ginna ended her 30 year struggle with multiple sclerosis on March 24, 2015 at Porter Hospice with her family by her side. A Memorial Service celebrating Ginna's life will be held at Four Mile Historic Park, 715 South Forest Street, Denver 80246 at 3:00 PM on Saturday, April 11, 2015. Ginna was born on March 8, 1944 in Calgary, Alberta,...

Armand De Pizzol
Mar 24, 2015
Armand De Pizzol is survived by his wife of 48 years, Marie; children Sam (Shelly), Maria (Bill) Day; Kristina (Brian McAllister), Mary Beth, Kristin (Joe Kimitch), Christopher (Catherine); 11 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild; sister Janet Apgar. Viewing will begin at 10 am Monday, April 6, Rosary at 10:30, Funeral Mass will follow at 11 am. Services to take place at Our...
Margaret ""Peggy"" E. Bright
Mar 24, 2015
Margaret ""Peggy"" Bright was born on July 5, 1923 in Wheaton, Illinois. Her parents were Louis and Grace Brunick, both immigrants who came over on the ""boat"" from Austria and Scotland respectively. Peggy's brothers were Paul and Jack. She graduated from Wheaton High School in 1941. She married Joseph Bright in 1943, and went along with him to various Air...
Valasa ""Laci"" D. Papke
Mar 23, 2015
Valasa Papke (1921-2015) Valasa (Laci) Holmes Papke departed this earth Monday, March 23, 2015. She was 93. Born in Spokane, WA, she grew up in Lemmon, SD. She married George Papke who pre-deceased her in 1994. Laci & George moved to Castle Rock in 1970. A caring mother, loving wife, superb hostess, fantastic cook, and astute listener, Laci enriched each...
Beatrice Olea Kemp
Mar 23, 2015
Beatrice Olea Kemp passed away March 23, 2015 at the age of 96. She was born July 10, 1918 to Gaius and Cora (Buser) Reinbold in Palestine, Illinois. Her husband, Russel John Kemp and son Allen Kemp, preceded her in death. She is survived by her son, Lonnie Kemp and his wife, Joan Kemp; sister, Eula McCreer; daughter-in-law, Anne Kemp;...

Selma M. Duran
Mar 23, 2015
Selma passed away on March 23, 2015 at the age of 81. Recitation of the Rosary will be held on Thursday, March 26, 2015 6:30PM , Funeral Mass wil be held on Friday March 27, 2015, at 10:30AM, both services will be at Horan & McConaty family Chapel, 3101 South Wadsworth Boulevard, Lakewood. Interment will follow Funeral Mass at Fort...

Mary Allene Loffreda
Mar 23, 2015
Mary Allene Loffreda, lifelong Denverite, died early Sunday at a hospice. She had her 95th birthday on March 20. The rosary will be at 7 p.m. Thursday at Horan McConaty Mortuary, 1091 S.Colorado Blvd. The funeral mass will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Risen Christ Catholic Church, 3060 S. Monaco Blvd. The epitome of ""mom,"" Mary was perceptive, gracious,...

Benjamin Kraut
Mar 23, 2015
Preceded in death by wife, Roslyn Kraut. Survived by sons Gerry (wife Linda) and Manny (wife Joann); granddaughters Erica DeMarch (husband Darren) and Tracy Bramlett (husband Anthony) and 3 great-granddaughters, Farrah Bramlett, Ella DeMarch, and Sienna DeMarch. Please share your memories of Benjamin and condolences with his family by signing the guestbook below.

Eugene ""Geno"" Wesley Longstrom
Mar 23, 2015
Eugene ""Geno"" Wesley Longstrom passed away on March 23, 2015. He was born on January 3, 1939. A memorial service will be held for Eugene on Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at Ten O'Clock in the morning and a reception will follow at Eleven O'clock in the morning at 9998 Grant Street Thornton, Colorado 80229. Graveside services will be held on...
Adalynn Anastasia Prentice
Mar 23, 2015
Our Beautiful Adalynn Anastasia Prentice born December 22, 2014 to her parents Charles and Melissa Prentice went on to be with the Lord March 23, 2015. Adalynn had just celebrated her 3 month birthday with her family, friends and caretakers. ""Addy"" as we called her was loved by many, she touched all who knew her and even those who did...

John F. ""Doc"" Baur
Mar 22, 2015
""I have had a wonderful, amazing life. I couldn't have asked for more"". Those were some of John F. ""Doc"" Baur's last words before he passed away on March 22, 2015. John was born in Milwaukee on April 25, 1922 where he was raised by his Mother Lorraine and his Father Emil with his two sisters, Rosemary and Helen. He...

Glenn Reed
Mar 22, 2015
82, of Aurora, passed away on Sunday, March 22. Glenn is survived by his loving wife of 52 years, Carol; his daughter Zanthia Albrecht-Reed (Brian); his daughter Raquel Isenhart (Chas); six grandchildren and numerous family members and friends. A funeral service will be held on Saturday, March 28, 2015 at 11 am at Horan & McConaty Family Chapel, 11150 East...

Phyllis Thornburg
Mar 21, 2015
Services to be held at 11 AM, Monday, May 18, 2015 at Most Precious Blood Catholic Church, 2250 South Harrison Street, Denver, CO. Please share your condolences below.
Elizabeth Catherine Gariti
Mar 21, 2015
Elizabeth Catherine Coady Gariti (aka ""Liz"" and ""Bette"") aged 79, passed away in Broomfield, CO on Friday, March 20, 2015, after a year-long battle with complications of a stroke. Liz was born in Chicago, one of six children of the late John Thomas Coady and Maxine Coady Walsh. She is a graduate of Longwood Academy, Chicago, and Marquette University, Milwaukee,...

Stella Pauline Zukas
Mar 21, 2015
Stella Pauline Zukas, 93, of Littleton, died on March 21, 2015 in Centennial, Colorado. Stella Pauline Chorney was born in Upper Nazareth Township (Bath) Pennsylvania on August 21, 1921. She attended Julia Richman High School located at East 67th Street and Second Avenue Manhattan, New York. Her 1940 high school yearbook has this quote next to her picture; ""Stella is...

Frank Arthur Aloise
Mar 20, 2015
Frank A. Aloise, 91, passed away on March 20, 2015 in Denver, Colorado. He was born in Salida, Colorado to the late Biajo Aloise the the late Maria C. Turano Aloise. There will be a Funeral Service held on Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at Ten-thirty in the Morning at Horan & McConaty Family Chapel, 3101 South Wadsworth Boulevard, Lakewood, Colorado....

Walter C Pendleton
Mar 20, 2015
84, of Denver passed away on Friday March 20, 2015. He is survived by his wife of 60 years Dorothy, his three children Geraldine (George) Ventura, James (Linda) and Mary (Lee) Ogden. He is also survived by seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren. A service in honor of Walter will be held on Thursday March 26, 2015 at 10:30am, at...
Eleonore Christa-Luise ""Ellen"" Blommel
Mar 20, 2015
Eleonore Christa-Luise ""Ellen"" Blommel (née von Ostrowski) died peacefully in her sleep at her residence in The Village at Lowry at 2:45am on March 20, 2015 in Denver, Colo., at the age of 84. Eleonore is survived by her daughter Patricia B. Smith and son Eric J. Blommel, both of Denver, and siblings Winfried von Ostrowski, Christa Vahle, and Juergen...
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