Obituaries

Mar 16, 2022

DAVID CELLA

Dave Cella, loving husband, father, grandfather, and friend passed peacefully on March 16, 2022 at the age of 92 after a valiant fight with Alzheimers. He will be remembered for his sense of humor, and love of the outdoors.

Dave was born to Dave and Betty Cella on December 24, 1929 in Wallingford, Connecticut. After graduating high school,...

Mar 14, 2022

Lin Stiles beloved husband and father died Monday March 14th in Montrose Memorial Hospital, surrounded by his loving family. He was 74 years old.

Born in Murphy, NC March 6th he worked around the country doing many things including his work on Morrow Point Dam but found his lifelong work logging and driving truck in the mountains of Georgia and...

Mar 4, 2022

Robert “Robbie” Dean Black

Robert “Robbie” Black, 32, died March 4, 2022 in Montrose CO.  He was born December 18, 1989 at Fort Knox Kentucky, the son of Chad Black and Jodine Roberts Glover.

Robert was raised and went to school in Montrose.  He married Rae Loy in 2017 and they had two children together, Chesa and Ayden Black. They...

Mar 3, 2022

Wanda L. Schneider

  Wanda Laura Schneider, 94, of Montrose, passed away peacefully on March 3, 2022, at Montage Creek in Montrose surrounded in love by family.  Wanda was born May 13, 1927, in Canon City, CO to Rexford and Alta Reed.  She spent her childhood in Canon City and graduated from Canon City High School in 1945.  After...

Mar 3, 2022

Genevieve Louise Medina-Quintana

Was born in Durango, CO on March 03, 1939; in March of 1956 she married the love of her life, Tony B. Quintana in Aztec, New Mexico, re-locating to Silverton CO. and later moving to Montrose, CO where she lived most of her life. On March 3, 2022 with her family all around her, she made her...

Mar 3, 2022

Kenneth Steven Tilton

Kenneth Steven “Steve” Tilton, 65, died peacefully Thursday, March 3, 2022, at his home in Telluride, Colorado.

Born in Alton, Illinois on January 29, 1957, he was the son of Cynthia J. (Thompson) and Kenneth C. Tilton.

Steve graduated from Alton Senior High School. After attending the University of Illinois for one year, Steve transferred to Arizona...

Mar 1, 2022

Feb 26, 2022

Longtime Norwood resident, Ralph Joseph Weaver, passed away on February 26, 2022, at his home. Ralph was born on May 11, 1935, in Mancos, Colorado to Joe and Lucille Weaver. Ralph attended school in both Rico and Telluride before graduating from Telluride High School.

Following school, Ralph enlisted in the Air Force and served for four years stationed in Japan...

Feb 25, 2022

Gwen T. M. Serra

Gwendolyn Theresa Marie Serra passed away on Tuesday, January 25, 2022, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand Junction after a long battle with Calciphylaxis and kidney disease.  Gwen was born August 21, 1931 in Cripple Creek, Colorado to Richard and Lois Leber.  Both of her parents came from hard rock mining families and Richard was a...

Feb 24, 2022

 

Ralph “Leroy” Hart went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, February 24, 2022, at home surrounded by his family.

Leroy was born on June 10, 1932, in Shattuck, OK, to Ralph and Hannah (Stewart) Hart. Leroy lived in Shattuck until he was 8 years old when he and the family  moved to Cahone, Colorado.

Leroy married the...

Feb 24, 2022

Lois Ellen Anderson (née Baker) passed away on February 24, 2022 in Montrose, Colorado. She was 96 years old.

Lois was born to Thomas Frank Baker and Ethel Baker on November 30, 1925 in Olathe Colorado and spent her entire life in Olathe and Montrose.  After briefly attending Colorado A&M College (now Colorado State), Wallace “Wally” Anderson returned from World...

Feb 20, 2022

William (Bill) Lewis Hensley, 73, passed away on February 20, 2022, peacefully at his home in Montrose, Colorado. He was born on April 24,1948 in Rushville, Nebraska to W. Ganz and Betty (Haslow) Hensley.

Bill grew up and graduated from Gordon High School in Gordon, Nebraska in 1966. After high school he joined the Army in 1970-1976, achieving E6 status....

Feb 19, 2022

Lydia Trujillo of Ouray, Colorado, passed away on February 19th in her home surrounded by her children and many members of their families.  She was 94 years old.

Lydia was born in Abiquiu, New Mexico, to Rafael and Gregorita Jaramillo on January 9th 1928. When Lydia was about 7 years old, she moved to Montrose, Colorado, with her father and...

Feb 16, 2022

James William McCormack passed away in his home in Montrose Colorado, on February 16, 2022.  James was born in 1929 in southeastern New Mexico on the family homestead one month before the famous stock market crash that began the great depression. James was raised in rural New Mexico without running water and windmill generated electricity. His graduating class of 12...

Feb 14, 2022

Feb 12, 2022

Terry Schoonover, 77, passed away peacefully on the 12th day of February 2022 at his home in Montrose, Colorado. Terry was born on the 2nd day of September 1944 in Montrose, Colorado to Earl and Alice Schoonover. He spent his childhood years in California and joined the military straight out of high school at the age of 17. Terry was...

Feb 11, 2022

Aubree Grace Urie, daughter of Marlana and Alex Urie was born and died at St. Marys Hospital on February 11, 2022. A memorial service is planned for 2:30 PM, Friday February 18, 2022 at Crippin Funeral Home Chapel.

Feb 10, 2022

Linda Sue Kelso, 70, went to her heavenly home to be reunited with the love of her life on Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022, at Montrose Memorial Hospital in Montrose, Colorado. On May 29, 1951, Linda was born in Montrose, Colorado, to Lyle (Chan) Robins and Alice (Seymour) Robins. She grew up in Olathe, where she met the love of her...

Feb 10, 2022

Feb 6, 2022

Cheryl Elaine Rubbelke, 69, of Montrose, Colorado, passed away with her son and daughter in law by her side on Sunday, February 6, 2022. Cheryl had suffered a massive stroke 12 days earlier.

Born April 5, 1952, in St. Paul, Minnesota, to Miles and June Rubbelke.

She is survived by her son, Michael Paul Munroe, and his wife Denise, of...