Obituaries

Sep 21, 2023

Mary Ochoa-Montez, 69, died Thursday, September 21, 2023 at her Montrose home with her husband by her side.

Mary was born on October 13, 1953, in Lockhart, TX, to Faustino and Guadalupe Ybarra. She is one of seven siblings.  Mary married her high school sweetheart, Mike Ochoa, on August 18, 1973. They were blessed with three children, Marlowe, Michael David,...

Sep 20, 2023

Sep 20, 2023

Kathleen Joanne Tenney (Sherman), 76, of Montrose, CO, passed away peacefully on the evening of September 20, 2023, at Valley Manor Care Center under care of Hope West Hospice while dealing with complications of dementia, diabetes, and myeloma cancer.

Kathleen, lovingly known as “Kathy”, was born to Frederick Milton Sherman, and Mary Margaret Sherman (Boylan) at Montrose Osteopathic Hospital on...

Sep 11, 2023

Dallas Stoner Turley

September 3, 1955 – July 11, 2023

Dallas Stoner Turley, born in Ohio, grew up in Michigan and Iowa and a resident of Montrose, Colorado, passed away on 11 July 2023. He was a devoted father, a respected engineer, and a cherished member of the community. Dallas led a remarkable life, leaving behind a legacy of love,...

Sep 9, 2023

Sep 8, 2023

Sandra Williams

Lifetime resident of the Norwood area, Sandra Marie Willliams, passed away on Friday, September 8 at Hope West Ferris Hospice in Grand Junction following an accident at their ranch on Coventry Hill. She and her husband Leonard “Willie” Williams had just celebrated their 63rd wedding anniversary on September 6th.

Sandy was a ranch wife and mom in...

Sep 6, 2023

Ramona Pauline Good

September 27, 1929 – September 6, 2023

Psalms 19:14 NIV “May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.”

A celebration of life for Ramona P Good, will be held on Thursday,       June 13, 2024, at 11:00 am at the Montrose Christian...

Aug 28, 2023

Veronica Decker

On August 28th Vickie suddenly departed this earth to be with her savior Jesus Christ.

Vickie was raised in Irvine Kentucky and spent her youth between Kentucky, Tennessee and California before ultimately landing in Montrose where she met her loving husband of 25 years, James (Jim) Decker.

She was an avid reader and make up enthusiast who sold...

Aug 26, 2023

Clyde Mack Causey Jr., 85, of Montrose, Colorado, died Saturday, August 26, 2023, following a long battle with multiple sclerosis and esophageal cancer.

He had many illnesses during his life, including polio and rheumatic fever, and not only survived them but thrived.

Mack was born May 24, 1938, at Cape Girardeau, Missouri, to Jetoria Woods Causey Merry and Clyde Causey...

Aug 26, 2023

SAMUEL SILVO DEJULIO

Born:  January 13, 1927

Died:  August 26, 2023

Interred in Grand View Cemetery, Montrose, Colorado

 

Sam was born in the wayside stop of Noelle, Colorado (Placerville). He was raised on Dallas Divide ranch with his 5 sisters and 3 brothers. There they built a house and lived many years.

After they moved to Montrose, Colorado He...

Aug 24, 2023

Charles Adam Burch passed, unexpectedly, on August 24, 2023 at the age of 52.

Charlie was born in 1971 and raised on a ranch west of Olathe. He attended the Olathe schools and graduated high school in 1989.  From early childhood he enjoyed taking things apart to see what made them work. This interest afforded him a life time of...

Aug 24, 2023

Longtime Montrose resident Del Kinkel, born September 12, 1928, passed away on August 24, 2023, at the age of 94 at Elk Ridge Health and Rehab with family by his side. Del was born in Pueblo, Colorado, to Walter and Cora Kinkel. He graduated from Central High School in 1947 and, at the age of seventeen, joined the Marine Corps....

Aug 24, 2023

Aug 23, 2023

Aug 23, 2023

Carole Ann (Hale) Schmalz departed this world on August 23, 2023. She was born on March 27, 1941, to Don L. Hale and Erma L. (Bronaugh) Hale. In her mother’s words, “She was so cute with lots of dark hair…We were so proud of Carole that we even had ‘discussions’ about who got to carry her…”

They were a very...

Aug 16, 2023

On Wednesday, August 16, 2023, Ruth “Elaine” Simo of Montrose, Colorado passed away at the age of 76.  She was a loving wife, mother, sister, grandmother and her legacy of generosity, baking and quilting will be everlasting in the hearts of those who knew her.

Elaine was born in Wyandotte, Michigan to Alice Neikirk (Recker) and Paul Neikirk.  She attended...

Aug 15, 2023

Thomas Andre Jensen, 60, of Norwood Colorado passed away on August 15, 2023, surrounded by family and loved ones after his extraordinary battle with cancer.  Tom was born September 25, 1962 in Montrose Colorado, the third child of Edward and Jessie (Davis) Jensen.  Tom lived in and around the Norwood area his entire life.  Tom attended Norwood High school where...

Aug 13, 2023

In Loving Memory of Rurik John Johnson 

Rurik John Johnson (62) of Minnetonka, Minnesota passed away unexpectedly on August 13, 2023. Peace is with those he left behind knowing he was doing some of his favorite things: vacationing in Colorado, visiting Gem/Rock shows, art galleries, dinosaur and other natural history museums and visiting relatives. 

Born March 25, 1961...

Aug 10, 2023

Jewel Edward Schottel

September 15, 1940-August 10, 2023

Jewel was born in Montrose, CO to Preston and Lillie Schottel. Jewel grew up helping on the family dairy and after graduating from Montrose High School in 1958 joined the U.S. Navy serving as a Sonar man on the U.S.S. O’Brien.

A native of Montrose, Jewel helped on the family farm raising...

Aug 5, 2023

Marie Alta Andress/Church

September 6th, 1926-August 5th, 2023

Marie was born at home in Montrose Co. to pioneer family, William F. (Butch) Virgina (Virgie) Arndt. Marie was the last child of 6 children. She married the love of her life, Keith Andress June 30, 1947, the marriage ended upon his death. She married William Church in July of 1982.  Marie...