Obituaries
Recent Obituaries in Denver, CO
Wayne Bernard Grosso
Oct 7, 2025
Wayne Bernard Grosso, 84, of Lakewood, passed away October 7, 2025. He is preceded in death by his parents, Pete and Louise Grosso and step mother, Barbara Grosso.
Wayne is survived by his loving wife, Yolonda; his children: Christopher (Giselle Metcaf-Grosso), Stephen (Kathy Lawatsch), Robert, Karen (Greg Marquez) Auvinen and Nancy (Orion Chandler) . Grandfather of: Cassandra, Torin, McKenzie, Aidan, Jaden,...
Maria Christina Radston
Oct 6, 2025
Maria Christina Radston, born February 22, 1952 and passed October 6, 2025 at the age of 73. Born in Havana, Cuba, Maria then moved to Miami, Florida where she met the love of her life, George Radston. Throughout their years together, they lived in various places, both U.S. and abroad.
Maria was an amazing wife to George, loving mama to Jennifer...
Juvenal Ibarra Escobedo
Oct 6, 2025
Juvenal Ibarra Escobedo, querido esposo, padre, y abuelo, fallecio el dia 6 de octubre del 2025 en su hogar en Arvada, Colorado, rodeado de su amorosa familia. Fue nacido el dia 19 de agosto del 1962 en La Victorina, Zacatecas, Mexico a sus padres Rafael y Juana Ibarra.
Juvenal crecio en La Victorina, Zacatecas, Mexico. Cercas de alli conocio a su...
Mary Jo Chojnowski
Oct 5, 2025
Mary Jo Chojnowski (McNutt) passed away on October 5, 2025, in Lafayette, CO. She was born to Don and Mary McNutt at St. Vincent’s hospital in Toledo, OH on April 26, 1942. Mary Jo grew up in Toledo and attended DeVilbiss High School. During the summers of her youth, the family spent time at the cottage her father built on...
Lois Snider
Oct 5, 2025
Lois Carol (Jones) Snider passed away peacefully at home on October 5, 2025. She and her husband, Donald “Don” Snider, were native Denverites. Lois was preceded in death by her husband Donald, and her beloved daughter, Janet Snider McNellis-King, her grandson, Nicholas Delmonico, her sisters Lorraine Jones Marchesi Koykendall and Gloria Jones Powell, and her brother, Luther “Lou” Frank Jones,...
Craig Hanson
Oct 3, 2025
Craig Hanson: Visionary. Mentor. Dog Lover. Caregiver. Friend.
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Every great story unfolds in three acts. Craig Hanson’s is no exception. And since he seemed to always like things in 3s, we’ll tell Craig’s story that way: three acts styled with dazzling creativity and compassion; and infinitely beautiful ways he taught us how to live.
Act One: The Dreamer
Craig was born in Harmony,...
Rick Geesen
Oct 2, 2025
Richard “Rick” Geesen, age 64, died at home in Aurora, Colorado on October 2, 2025. Rick was born at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Denver. He attended Thornton High School and joined the Marine Corps after graduation. Rick met his wife, Marisa Williams, in high school. The pair moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1981 and married there in 1985. While in...
Gerald Lee DeHague
Oct 2, 2025
Gerald (Jerry) DeHague, age 77, died at his home in Denver, CO on October 2, 2025. Originally from Burlington, Iowa, he was a proud graduate of Burlington High School, class of 1966. He continued his education at Western Illinois University in Macomb, Illinois where he earned a bachelor’s degree in Geography in 1970, and a master’s degree in Geography in...
Ronald Dean Carlson
Oct 2, 2025
Ron, age 80, passed away in Aurora, Colorado on October 2, 2025. He was born in Marquette, Kansas and graduated from Marquette High School in 1963. He attended Bethany College in Lindsborg, where he met his future wife. Shortly after graduation, he began his Air Force career and returned to marry Sharon Benson July 6, 1968 in Hordville, Nebraska.
His 22...
Anna (Bunny) Elizabeth Malick
Oct 1, 2025
Anna “Bunny” Malick (Heckler), beloved wife, mother, grandmother, teacher, and friend, passed away peacefully on October 1, 2025, at the age of 87.
Born August 28, 1938, in Ambler, Pennsylvania, Anna grew up surrounded by faith, family, and community. She pursued a lifelong career in education, where she touched the lives of countless students through her dedication and compassion.
Anna married Richard...
Yumi Rosemary Hanson
Oct 1, 2025
In loving memory of Yumi Rosemary Hanson
유미 로즈마리 핸슨을 추모하며
Our beloved Yumi passed away on October, 1st 2025, just before her 3rd birthday, after a short but hard fought battle against leukemia.
우리의 소중한 유미가 짧지만 힘든 싸움으로 백혈병에 맞서다 2살의 나이로 2025년 10월 1일에 세상을 떠났습니다.
Yumi was born in Grapevine, Texas on November, 1st 2022 to parents, Mitch and Sophie...
Georgina "Gina" Pavlakovich
Oct 1, 2025
Georgina (Perito) Pavlakovich was born in Denver Colorado on November 10, 1930.
Love of God, family, life, and friends was undisputed with mom's deep, unselfish affection, care and commitment to her faith and all those she touched. LOVE shepherded her life as the matriarch.
Mom, Nana, Gina's life spanned 10 decades: 30's - A sweet Italian girl (Shirley Temple look alike) born...
Martin John Schmitzer Jr.
Sep 30, 2025
Martin John Schmitzer Jr, age 55, died unexpectedly at Littleton Adventist Hospital on September 30th, 2025. He was born on February 5th, 1970 at a USAF Hospital in Wiesbaden, Hessen, Germany. He was a 1988 graduate of Olmsted Falls High School. Martin went on to earn a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering degree from the University of Cincinnati. While...
Jonnie Lombardi
Sep 30, 2025
Jonnie Lee Lombardi, 78, of Arvada, Colorado, passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by her loving family, on September 30, 2025.
Born on April 2, 1947, in Denver, Colorado, Jonnie was the beloved daughter of the late Lucille (Lombardi) Schroeder and John Kirk. She graduated from Ranum High School in 1965 and spent the early years of her life raising her...
Robert Arthur LaPalme
Sep 29, 2025
Robert Aurthur LaPalme, age 89, passed peacefully away in his home in Centennial Colorado on September 29, 2025.
Born on August 16, 1936 to Arthur and Valerie LaPalme (Kane) in western Massachusetts, he graduated from high school early and enlisted in the United States Air Force in 1955. He served in Vietnam in 1958 and after discharged from the Air Force...
Lula Bessie Overstreet
2025
Lula got her baccalaureate degree in education from Panhandle A&M College in Goodwell OK in 1953. She became an elementary (early grades) school teacher and taught for the better part of 32 years. Lula loved sending birthday cards, Christmas cards, and genealogy information, whether they wanted that information or not, to her relatives and Robert's relatives. She and Robert liked...
JoAnn Cugini Levesque
Sep 29, 2025
JoAnn Cugini Levesque, a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend, passed away on September 29, 2025, surrounded by her loving family, at the age of 77.
JoAnn was born February 9, 1948, on Staten Island, New York, the daughter of the late Daniel and Marie (née Perosi) Cugini. She was preceded in death by her brother, Christy Cugini, and...
Janet Elizabeth Hesterwerth
Sep 28, 2025
Our mother, Janet Elizabeth Hesterwerth, passed away peacefully in the early morning of Sunday, September 28th, 2025, at The Gardens of Columbine in Littleton, Colorado under the care of Dignity Hospice. Just two months short of her 93rd birthday, at 92, her wish was to die in her sleep surrounded by her children – Cheryl, Brent and Janine – along...
Roma Carolyn Rehkow
Sep 28, 2025
Roma, age 88 was born in Haigler, NE in her grandmother, Lottie Roach’s front room to Helen and Clarence Rath. Growing up in the 1940’s, she was very lucky to enjoy summers “In Town” with her maternal grandparents Lottie and Charlie Roach and “On the Farm” with her paternal grandparents, Elizabeth and Christian Rath not far away in St. Francis,...
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