Iola Pearl Walker (Cope)
Nov 27, 2019
A LIFE WELL LIVED
Iola Pearl Walker went to be with the Lord on November 27, 2019. She was born on July 3, 1922 to Alexander and Maude Cope in Meade, Kansas. In 1937, the Cope family moved from the harshness of the Oklahoma dustbowl to the beauty of the San Juan mountains where they settled in Ridgway,...
Ruth E. Heath (Schleich)
Nov 27, 2019
Montrose lost a pillar of the community on November 27, 2019, when Ruth Heath passed away peacefully at HopeWest Hospice Care Center in Grand Junction. Ruth E. Heath was born in Montrose, Colorado on March 11, 1928. Her parents were John Schleich and Elizabeth (Schaaf) Schleich. She attended elementary school at Oak Grove, Riverside and for a short while in...
Evelyn Louise Kessler (Fortner)
Nov 21, 2019
Evelyn Louise Kessler
June 2, 1938 – November 21, 2019
Evelyn Louise Kessler, age 81, passed away on Thursday, November 21, 2019 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand Junction. Evelyn was born June 2, 1938 in Olathe, Colorado to Ralph and Lois Brown Fortner. She was raised and graduated high school in Montrose. Evelyn married Quentin G. Kessler on...
Virginia Stella Hadley (Deltonto)
Nov 20, 2019
Virginia Stella Hadley, age 87, gently passed away with her daughter by her side on November 20, 2019. Born November 27, 1931 in Montrose, Colorado to Pete and Susie DelTonto, she was the fifth child born of thirteen siblings. Virginia loved being a mother and housewife with two daughters, Dianna Hadley and Sharon Boddy (deceased). She also helped raise two...
Effie Blowers (Mills)
Nov 18, 2019
Effie Blowers
May 22, 1926-November 18, 2019
Effie Blowers, age 93, longtime Western Slope resident, passed away Monday, November 18, 2019 at her home. Effie was born May 22, 1926 to Claude Mills and Myrtle (Marlow} Mills in Montrose, CO. She spent her childhood in Montrose and graduated from Montrose High School. Effie married Philip (Bud) Blowers on December 14,...
Donald Francis Cooling, Sr.
Nov 17, 2019
Donald Francis Cooling, Sr., age 85, of Montrose died on Sunday, November 17, 2019 at Montrose Memorial Hospital, surrounded by his loved ones. Don was born August 14, 1934 in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa to Francis and Aileen Cooling. He grew up on a farm with 6 siblings in Iowa. He was a charismatic and full of life young man;...
Richard Vernon Siedschlag
Nov 4, 2019
Richard Vernon Siedschlag, age 66, died unexpectedly November 4, 2019 on the job site in Montrose. He was born August 1, 1953 in Waupun, WI to Ernest R. & Mary L. Siedschlag. He graduated from Waupun High School in 1971, married his high school sweetheart Robin K. Schepp on July 1, 1973. He worked in construction often working two jobs...
Joanne Fairchild (Spohn)
Nov 1, 2019
Joanne Fairchild of Montrose valiantly lost her battle with cancer and passed peacefully on November 1st, 2019 at the HopeWest Care Center in Grand Junction. There was a constant vigil at her side from her children, sisters and husband.
She was born December 31st, 1953 and raised in north Denver. They lived in the same house their Dad was raised....
Travis Earl Best
Oct 29, 2019
Travis Earl Best
December 17, 1946 October 29, 2019
On October 29, 2019, Travis E. Best of Olathe, CO, his long battle with Parkinson’s disease over, passed away peacefully with his wife, Becky, and dear friends by his side. Although we are terribly saddened that we have lost him, Heaven is rejoicing to have him home.
Travis was born in...
Floyd Allen Mcguire
Oct 29, 2019
Floyd Allen McGuire
September 4, 1940 – October 29, 2019
Our beloved husband, brother, father, grandfather, and friend, Floyd Allen McGuire, you will be missed every day.
Floyd was born to parents Ralph and Lela McGuire on September 4, 1940 in Shattuck, Oklahoma. He was the second child of three; with older brother Harold and younger sister Carol. Floyd...
Floyd A Mcguire
Oct 29, 2019
Mr. Floyd A. McGuire, age 79, of Montrose, Colorado, Passed away on Tuesday, October 29, 2019 at Montrose Memorial Hospital.
A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 9, 2019 at Crippin Funeral Home. 970-249-2121
Frances (Fran) Lucille Rosga (Brunk)
Oct 28, 2019
Frances (Fran) Lucille (Brunk) Rosga passed from this life on October 28, 2019 at Valley Manor in Montrose, Colorado. She was 92 years old.
Frances Lucille was born on June 26, 1927 to Imogene and Frederick Brunk in Marion, Indiana. As a young woman, she worked as a telephone operator at Camp Atterbury, Indiana, took flying lessons, and traveled out...
Monna Lou Mills (Gilbert)
Oct 25, 2019
Monna Lou Gilbert was born on April 19, 1932 in Sharon, Oklahoma to Charley and Nina (Smith) Gilbert. She was a wonderful older sister to her brother Bobby and a loving and helpful daughter to her parents. The following was shared by cousin Paul and others; I don’t remember saying Monna Lou Gilbert, in fact seldom do I remember saying...
Helen Dianne Storey (Templeton)
Oct 23, 2019
Helen Dianne Storey(Templeton), 75, passed away on October 23, 2019, in Grand Junction, at The Lodge. Services will be held at a later date.
She was born November 28, 1943, in Cedaredge, Colorado, to Gifford and Merle Templeton. They brought her home to Nucla, Colorado where she lived most of her life. After graduating from Nucla High School in 1961...
Wilma Warnica
Oct 23, 2019
Jean Warnica passed away at HopeWest Hospice in Grand Junction, Colorado on October 23rd, 2019. She was 87 years old.
Wilma Jean Morris was born May 25, 1932 five miles south of Montrose, Colorado at her grandparents’ farm on Spring Creek Mesa to Mary (Patching) Morris and Ruben Morris. She lived at Montezuma when she was a baby and later...
Roger Scott Brown
Oct 22, 2019
Roger Scott Brown, 73, died suddenly at home on Tuesday, October 22, 2019. Roger was born in Lynn, MA to Ralph and Clara (Eaton) Brown in June of 1946. He grew up on Boston’s North Shore, graduating from Saugus High School in 1964. He attended Franklin Institute in Boston for automotive technology after high school, finishing in 1966. He was...
Alice Marie Robins
Oct 21, 2019
Blessed to have known her, sad to say goodbye…
September 7, 1930 – October 21, 2019
Alice Marie Robins
Lover of flowers. “Hater” of weeds
Alice Robins passed away at her home on Monday, October 21, 2019
following a severe stroke. Alice was the youngest of 15 children
born to Floyd and Mary Alice Seymour from Flint, Michigan.
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Karl "Bill" Guthmann
Oct 18, 2019
Our world lost a boisterous and joyful smile and laugh on the morning of Friday, October 18, in Montrose, CO. Karl “Bill” Guthmann passed away unexpectedly in the early morning hours at the age of 62. Born April 10, 1957 in the back of a 1957 Chevy near Columbus, OH, Bill spent his childhood in Croton and Johnstown, Ohio. He...
Harold Dwain Frasier
Oct 13, 2019
Harold Dwain Frasier was born June 8, 1925. Son of Elwin G. Frasier and Glendola Marple Frasier in Montrose, CO. He attended school at Oak Grove Elementary and Montrose High School. Harold entered the U.S. Navy at the age of 17 ½ with his parents’ consent, after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, he served 5 ½ years in the South...
Melva (Darlene) Driskill (Coon)
Oct 11, 2019
July 17, 1939 to October 11, 2019
Melva “Darlene” Driskill was born in Tribbey, OK to Arnold and Ann Coon, she was the third of four siblings. They moved to Lamar, CO where she met the love of her life Robert Driskill. They married, had five children Rick, Teresa, Bryan, Mark, and Pamela. They were happily married for thirty...
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