Rosalie Lewis (Von Grueningen)
Apr 18, 2019
Rosalie Lewis
January 16, 1923 – April 18, 2019
Rosalie was born to John Paul and Mabel von Grueningen on January 16, 1923. At the age of five, her family moved to Madison, Wisconsin, where she grew to adulthood. Always interested in art and music, she began violin lessons at age eleven, a passion which continued throughout her life....
Calvin Riley Halterman
Apr 15, 2019
Calvin Riley Halterman
April 1, 1925-April 15, 2019
Calvin Riley Halterman, age 94, went to be with his Lord on April 15, 2019, while in his home with loved ones around him.
He was born on April 1, 1925 to Elijah and Myrtle (Long) Halterman in Twin Falls, Idaho. The family moved to Hayden, Idaho and Calvin resided there...
Clarissa Lorene Chambers (Tiffee)
Apr 14, 2019
Clarissa Lorene Tiffee Chambers
Oct 10 1920 April 14 2019
Clarissa Lorene Tiffee was born Oct 10, 1920, in Detroit Texas to Charles Catlet and Cleveland
White Tiffee. She was the youngest of five children. At a very young age, the family moved to Rosten, Texas and then to Soper, Oklahoma. Clarissa attended grade school and high school at...
Juan Virgel Maestas
Apr 12, 2019
Juan Virgel Maestas, of Delta, Colorado was born in Alamosa Colorado on July 4th, 1948 to the parents of Procopio Maestas and Henrietta Cardenas Maestas and left in Death to Eternal Life on April 12th, 2019. Juan was 70 years old and was diagnosed with Leukemia Bone Marrow Cancer less than a year ago.
Juan V. Maestas, The Wolfman, married...
Gerald Louis Teansky
Apr 12, 2019
Gerald (Jerry) Louis Teansky
Jerry was born June 9, 1939 and passed away at home on April 12, 2019, with loved ones around him.
He was born In Crawford, Nebraska and moved to Hemingford, Nebraska where he grew up until graduating.
He married Frances (Jean) Osborn, March 18, 1958. Together they had four children Victoria (Vickie) & Richard Geer,...
Dixie Rinehart
Apr 10, 2019
Spacesuit glove inventor dies at 80
Dixie Rinehart, one of eight people named on the patent for the Apollo spacesuit, departs body for his own heavenly travels
Inspired by symbolism, the complexity of God’s designs and the beauty in ancient cultures, Dixie Rinehart led a creative life full of personal and historical accomplishments. Rinehart died due to complications from...
Rocky Samuel Fister
Apr 9, 2019
In Loving Memory
On Tuesday April 9th, 2019, Rocky Samuel Fister, loving husband and father of four, passed away peacefully with his family by his side at the age of 67.
Rocky was born on October 26, 1951 in Montrose, CO to William and Rosa Fister (Mosher). He grew up in Olathe, CO and attended Olathe High School. Through Rocky’s...
Constant "Con" Miland Roberts
Apr 8, 2019
Constant (Con) Miland Roberts passed away peacefully with his family by his side at the age of 90 on April 8, 2019, at his home on the one-hundred-year-old farm in Montrose. Con lived here with his wife Alice Lucille Gant Roberts. Con and Alice new married for sixty-eight years. In early years, Con and his brothers went into sheep business...
Gerald Michael Nix
Apr 7, 2019
Gerald Michael Nix
Jerry was born in Norwood, CO on January 19, 1954, to Robert Nix and Neva Dell Penasa, and passed away on April 7, 2019. Jerry spent his early years in Silverton, Telluride, and the Nucla area. He graduated from Silverton in 1972 and went on to further his education at Trinidad State Junior College. He eventually settled...
Bertha Belle Keylon (Chavez)
Apr 5, 2019
Bertha B. Keylon, Age 74, passed away on April 5, 2019 at her residence in Grand Junction.
A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, April 12, 2019 at Crippin Funeral Home, 802 E. Main Street, Montrose, CO
Concluding service and interment will follow at Grand View Cemetery.
Winston R. Chaffin
Apr 2, 2019
Winston R. Chaffin
January 16, 1942 – April 2, 2019
Winston R. Chaffin, age 77, passed away at his residence in Montrose, Colorado 0n April 2, 2019. Winston was born January 16, 1942 in Kansas, to David and Vera Chaffin. Winston married Janelle L. McCullough in Bend Oregon. He worked as an engineer and technician for rural electric powerlines....
Marian Kuhn (Gillet)
Mar 31, 2019
Marian Carpenter Gillet Kuhn “Terry”
4/26/1927 to 3/31/2019
Terry passed away peacefully Sunday night surrounded by her family.
She was born in Evanston, IL to James Monroe Gillet and Alda Catherine Carpenter Gillet. She grew up in Evanston during the depression and World War II with her brothers Morrison and Charles (both now deceased) and her sister Margorie. She graduated...
James "Marvin" Harding
Mar 26, 2019
James “Marvin” Harding completed his journey here with us on Tuesday, March 26th just five days short of his 84th birthday. His great sense of humor will be deeply missed, but we will be left with an abundance of special memories. If you were lucky enough to know him, you would agree that he was someone very special.
Marv had...
Jesse James Austin
Mar 20, 2019
Jessie James Austin
Jessie James Austin was born in Rural Montrose County, Colorado, on October 3, 1955, to Lawrence Jess Austin and DeVelVa May Patterson. Jessie had three children, Sarah Lynn Austin (Salt Lake City, Utah), Raymond Earl Austin (Montrose, Colorado), and Glenn Lowe Austin (Salt Lake City, Utah). Jessie was a sheep herder, mobile home puller, a dad, a...
Mark A Smiles
Mar 19, 2019
Mark A. Smiles
Mark Smiles, of Montrose passed away March 19, 2019.
Mark was loved dearly by his family, friends and community. There was never a person he met that wasn’t instantly his friend. He loved the outdoors. Whether he was fishing, camping, swimming in the ocean or simply mowing his lawn, he loved being outside.
Mark leaves...
Jan Mcelroy
Mar 12, 2019
Jan McElroy passed away Tuesday March 12th, 2019 at the age of 80. She was born in Bessemer Alabama on December 24th, 1938. She moved to Concord California and graduated from Mt. Diablo High School in 1957. She had resided in Montrose Colorado for the past 22 years.
She enjoyed reading, live concerts, Magic Circle Theater plays, football games...
Ellen A Smith (Tagader)
Mar 10, 2019
ELLEN A. SMITH
April 24, 1953 – March 10, 2019
Ellen Smith passed away at Montrose Memorial Hospital on March 10, 2019. She was 65. Ellen was born in Worland, Wyoming to Jim and Pat (Medinus) Tagader. The family briefly moved to Casper, then moved to Aurora, CO where Ellen went to elementary and junior high school, then to...
Carmel Ermelinda Alires (Martinez)
Mar 1, 2019
Carmel Ermelinda Martinez-Alires, age 69, passed away on Friday March 1, 2019, in Montrose Colorado.
Carmel “Carmen” was born in Montrose, Colorado to parents Joseph Raymond and Clara Martinez. She was raised in Montrose and moved to California at age 17 where she would marry and start her family. Carmen moved between Colorado and California over the years where she...
Doris L Manganello Svaldi (Sorden)
Feb 28, 2019
Doris Louise Sorden Manganello Svaldi
July 6, 1930 – February 28, 2019
Doris Louise Sorden Manganello Svaldi age 88 of Montrose, passed away February 28, 2019 at the Colorow Care Center in Olathe, CO. Doris was born 1 of 11 children July 6, 1930 in Mason, Oklahoma to Arch Lawrence Sorden & Lena Marie Whiteley. She moved with her...
Lauren Renee Gillespie
Feb 26, 2019
Lauren Renee Gillespie, beloved daughter, sister, and fiancé, died Tuesday, February 26 at her home in Montrose, Colorado.
Lauren was born on Leap Day, February 29, 1988 in Buena Park, California. Lauren was an avid animal lover and in 2016 she graduated from Front Range Community College as a registered Veterinary Technician. She touched the lives of many and will...
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