Obituaries
Recent Obituaries in Denver, CO
Gary John Jackson
Feb 6, 2024
Gary John Jackson, age 70, passed away on February 6, 2024. Gary was a native of Colorado who grew up in the Park Hill neighborhood of Denver.
He married Kristin Elmer, the "girl next door"; they enjoyed 40 years of love and laughter together. Gary graduated from the University of Colorado with a Bachelors degree in History. Gary loved riding...
Murray Damon Bath
Feb 6, 2024
Murray was born in London England to Dorothy Ellen Bath (Dot) and Kenneth Charles Bath on March 9, 1941. In that first year, he and his mother were evacuated to the coast to escape German bombings. His father, a photographer for the RAF, was stationed in Iceland but Dot and Murray stayed in London. In 1944, brother Leigh Howard Adrian...
Lacey Angela Wright
Feb 6, 2024
Lacey Angela Wright, aged 38, passed away on February 6, 2024, at St. Anthony’s Hospital in Lakewood, Colorado. Born on November 16, 1985, in Utah, Lacey spent her childhood in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, where she attended local schools and blossomed into a vibrant soul with a profound love for the outdoors. Her passions were manifold, including skiing, hiking, kayaking, paddle...
Nancy C. Stathopulos
Feb 6, 2024
Athanasea “Nancy” Constan Stathopulos, beloved mother, yiayia, aunt, sister and friend, peacefully left this world on February 6, 2024. She passed after fighting a tough battle with pancreatic cancer. Capturing the extent of Nancy’s positive impact on this world in a few short paragraphs is an impossible task. She treasured her family, especially her three children until her grandchildren seized...
Marvin Heath
Feb 5, 2024
Marvin Eugene Heath was born on May 5, 1953, at March Air Force Base near Riverside, California where his dad was stationed, the first child of Clifford Marvin Heath and Delores Jean (Fagler) Heath. He died at his home in Denver, Colorado on February 5, 2024. Marv spent his early years in California until his father’s discharge from the Air...
Gertrude "Trudy" Ida Hinkle
Feb 5, 2024
Gertrude Ida Hinkle, known affectionately as Trudy, graced the world on February 22, 1939, in Gary, Indiana. She left this world unexpectedly in her Denver home on Monday, February 5, 2024, at age 84.
Trudy was the apple of her family's eye, adored by her parents, Meinhard and Louise, who immigrated to the United States from Germany. Her childhood was filled...
Margaret H. Springer
Feb 5, 2024
Margaret Hammond (Dowds) Springer was born on August 8, 1926 in Durango, Colorado to Hugh and Margaret Dowds. She died peacefully on February 5, 2024 at the age of 97. Margaret was one of seven children growing up in Durango. She met a young U.S. Army soldier named William Springer who was returning home from the European Theater in 1945....
Virginia Louise Black
Feb 5, 2024
Virginia Louise Black 9/25/27 - 2/4/24
Jinny was born in Rocky Ford, Colorado to Custis and Dorothy Green on September 25th, 1927. Custis and Dorothy lived in the cemetery, where he was the caretaker, and she was born in the small dwelling in the cemetery. Custis later became the funeral director and bank president in La Junta, Colorado. Jinny was the...
Nicholas "Nick" Dean Leavitt
Feb 5, 2024
Nicholas “Nick” Dean Leavitt passed away on February 5, 2024, in Denver, Colorado at the age of 43.
Nicholas is survived by his wife (Michelle Brown), his beloved son (Winston Brown Leavitt), and a Baby Girl due in May 2024. Nick is also survived by his parents (Dennis & Julie) and three brothers (Dennis Jr., Frank, and Ben).
Nick was born on...
Sharon Bakke
Feb 5, 2024
Sharon Bakke entered eternal life on February 5, 2024. She was born in Denver on November 2, 1955, to Eugene Over and Doris Frederick. She attended public schools in Lakewood and graduated from Colorado State University with a degree in computer science.
She began her career with Burroughs Corporation in Santa Barbara, California, providing large systems within the banking sector. After...
Richard Lee Nielsen
Feb 5, 2024
Richard Lee Nielsen passed away February 5, 2024. He was a son, brother, husband, father, father-in-law, grandfather, and great-grandfather. He went by many names, Duke to friends and family, dad to his only child, and once he became a grandfather “Papa” to us all.
He was a lifelong learner, a writer, a coach and mentor, a teacher, an adventurist. He graduated...
Sandra K. McCuen
Feb 5, 2024
It is with a heavy heart that we share the passing of Sandra Kaye McCuen (Martin) on February 5, 2024.
Sandy was born on July 25, 1945, in Butler, Pennsylvania to Charlotte May Martin (Hoffman) and James Leroy Martin. She was a graduate of Knoch High School (1963) and the D.T. Watson School of Physical Therapy (1967). She was a compassionate...
Joseph Sydney Caudill
Feb 5, 2024
Joseph Sydney Caudill, age 79, died suddenly Monday, February 5th, 2024 of congestive heart failure at Denver Health Hospital.
He is survived by his loving wife of 47 years, Clare E. Doll, a high school math teacher for over 30 years and a member of the St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church parish in Denver, CO. Joe is predeceased by his...
Carol Lea Husner
Feb 4, 2024
Carol Lea Husner, 78, of Aurora, CO, passed away on February 4, 2024. She was born on November 16, 1945, in Denver, CO.
Carol is survived by her daughters, Doreen Husner and Wanda van Zonneveld. She was preceded in death by her father, William Glenski, her mother, Helen Glenski (Zurcher), and her husband, John Husner.
Anyone who may have had the pleasure...
Julia Hanson Barter
Feb 4, 2024
In the care of Fort Logan National Cemetery
Surrounded by her family, Julia Barter, 97, passed away after a brief illness on the afternoon of Sunday, February 4th. Born in Old Mines, Missouri in 1926 to Patrick and Nelia Hanson, Julia was graduated with honors from high school at a time when college was out of reach for many women. Julia...
August "Gus" Pickard
Feb 4, 2024
August “Gus” Pickard passed away due to complications of congenital heart disease on February 4th, 2024. Gus was born on December 10th, 2023 to parents Sara Puening and Will Pickard. Right from birth Gus was strong and curious. He loved to hold his head up and take in the world with wide-eyed wonder. A lover of pandas, he would happily...
Michael Loren Pendland
Feb 4, 2024
Michael Loren Pendland was born March 11, 1957 and passed peacefully with family at his side on February 4th, 2024. Mike is preceded in death by his father, Loren Pendland, and his brother, Garry Pendland.
He is survived by his son, Loren (Michelle), his mother, Marilyn Pendland and sister, Kathy McCue. He leaves behind his niece,Chantel (Josh)
3 grandchildren ,...
Carol Ann McDonald
Feb 4, 2024
Carol Ann McDonald, age 74, passed away on February 4th 2024. Carol primarily was a homemaker, but also worked various jobs over her life to help provide for her family.
She married her husband, Richard on November 14, 1970. Richard and Carol were married for 50 years before Richard passed away on April 9, 2021.
Carol is survived by her daughter Brenda...
Patricia Ann Gilbert
Feb 4, 2024
Patricia Ann Gilbert “Patty Ann”, age 85, went home to be with the lord on February 4, 2024. She grew up near Eastlake, Colorado on a dairy farm where her family served as farm hands, raising and caring for the dairy cattle. While in High School the family moved to Adams City where she graduated from Adams City High School....
Phillip Guy Edwards
Feb 3, 2024
Phil was born on September 14, 1942, to Elwood Edwards and Marvyl (Wheaton) Steffonich in Denver, Colorado.
He grew up in Golden and spent the majority of his life in Wheatridge, Colorado. In 1963, Phil was married to Lillian Entihar. Together they had three children. Phil was passionate about water skiing, motorcycle riding, and art. There was nothing he couldn’t fix, and...
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