Donna Marie Smith Marolf
Sep 1, 2024
Donna Marie Smith Marolf
June 28, 1935 – Sept. 1, 2024
Donna passed away at her ranch home in Montrose, CO on Sept 1, 2024, surrounded by her loving family. Donna was born June 28, 1935, to Jack and Mae Smith in Pea Green (Delta) Colorado. She was second of seven children. She married her childhood friend Edwin Marolf on Sept 4,...
Talon James Barrier
Aug 31, 2024
Talon James Barrier (ZIP)
Talon J Barrier was born on Nov 5, 1998, and sadly passed away, at the young age of 25, on Aug 31, 2024.
Born in Grand Junction, Co to Robert Barrier and Shyla Adamson, Talon was a stubborn kid who loved to smile and turned into a young man that could make anyone around him smile. Talon was...
Robert "Bob" Eugene Murphy
Aug 30, 2024
Robert (Bob) Eugene Murphy – June 17, 1946 – August 30, 2024
Robert (Bob) Eugene Murphy was born on June 17, 1946, in Chicago Heights Illinois, to George and Dorothy Murphy. Bob died peacefully at home, in Redvale, Colorado, surrounded by his loving family. Bob is proceeded in death, by both of his parents, his wife Mary, some siblings, his grandson...
Leona F. Scarbrough Davis
Aug 28, 2024
Leona Scarbrough Davis, born August 31, 1938, and fondly known for her love of saying she was born on the last day of the August, passed away on August 28, 2024, just shy of her 86th birthday. Leona was born in Redvale, CO, to Vernon and Marian Houser and attended school in Norwood. On July 11, 1956, she married the...
Richard L. Hayes
Aug 27, 2024
Richard L. Hayes – December 26, 1938 – August 27, 2024
Richard L. Hayes, 85, of Montrose, CO passed away on Tuesday, August 27, 2024, at his home with his family by his side. Richard was born in Washington, Iowa.
Richard was employed as an Aggregate Superintendent by Granite Construction to build the Ridgway Dam.
Richard is survived by his Wife, Phyllis Hayes;...
Joseph Verald Mooney
Aug 25, 2024
Joseph Verald Mooney, age 77, of Montrose, Colorado, passed away on Sunday, August 25, 2024 at his home. Joe was born in Lincoln, Illinois on May 29, 1947 and graduated from Farmington High School, Illinois. He was the son of Verald and Wanda Mooney. Joe is survived by his wife, LaDonna, son and daughter, Darrin and Amanda, his two sisters,...
Bernice M. Ruby (Mulik)
Aug 23, 2024
Bernice M. (Mulik) Ruby, 83, died peacefully on August 23, 2024 in Montrose, CO, after suffering a stroke. Originally from McAdoo, PA, Bernice was born on July 30, 1941 to John and Mary (Malega) Mulik and graduated from McAdoo High School as valedictorian of her class in 1959. She obtained a degree in Medical Technology in 1961 and worked for...
Billie Rae Whitfield
Aug 22, 2024
Billie Rae Whitfield of Montrose Colorado, 95, took the hand of Jesus on August 22, 2024, while residing at Colorow Care Center in Olathe, Colorado.
Born December 30, 1928, at Blackwell, Oklahoma. Billie Rae Whitfield was daughter to Ray and Leona (Million) Weaver. She spent her childhood and attended school in Boise City, Oklahoma, graduating in a class of 12 in...
Sally Lu Senger
Aug 22, 2024
Sally Lu Senger, was born March 23rd 1938 in Winonna Minnesota to Chalmer and Pearl Johnson. She passed away on August 22,2024 at Colorow Care Center.
Sally grew up and went to high school in Cheyenne, WY. She later earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Arizona State University. She loved the heat in Arizona and made many friends there. Sally...
David "Dave" Parker
Aug 19, 2024
David "Dave" Parker was born June 7, 1933, in Ansley Nebraska to Lemuel and Alma Parker. Dave was the third of seven children.
He was raised on a small family farm near Broken Bow Nebraska. As a young adult he traveled around Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Kansas working several jobs, including a bakery where he met Marcella Urban. This was the beginning...
Smiles C. Dunn
Aug 18, 2024
Smiles C. Dunn was born in 1928 in Vernon, Texas. Her parents talked so much about how pretty her smiles were that the nurses thought that was her name and that is what ended up on her birth certificate. Her family moved to Dallas where she spent her teenage years and graduated from Crozier Tech High school. She fell in...
Edward Lee Trollinger
Aug 16, 2024
Edward Lee Trollinger of Montrose, Colorado, passed away on August 16, 2024. He was born April 28, 1958 in Aurora, Colorado to Don and Edith Trollinger and had one brother, Heinz (Sandy) Janke. Ed spent his early childhood throughout the world due to his father’s Air Force deployments, but later settled in Cheyenne, Wyoming where he graduated from Cheyenne Central...
Donald Lee Jackson
Aug 16, 2024
Col. Donald L. Jackson
Don Jackson died Friday, August 16th, 2024, in Montrose Memorial Hospital. Born on May 12th, 1941, in Olathe, Colorado, to Raymond Jackson and Savannah Robertson Jackson. In the spring of 1943, the family purchased the small farm just east of Olathe where Don grew up. He attended Olathe Grade School and graduated from Olathe High School.
After initially...
Allen Paul Johannessen
Aug 12, 2024
Allen Paul Johannessen completed his earthly journey on August 12, 2024, and has gone to a much-deserved rest in the arms of Jesus. It was a long and often difficult journey, but thanks to Touch of Care for all their love, care and support.
Allen was born on May 26, 1938, in Clear Lake, Iowa to Paul and Mandella Amundson Johannessen....
Joanne (Joann) Valencia
Aug 11, 2024
Joanne (Joann) Valencia, 69, of Montrose, Colorado, passed away unexpectedly but quietly in her sleep on August 11th, 2024. She was born on December 23, 1954, in Chicago, Illinois.
Joanne is survived by her husband Henry Valencia, her son John (April) Rachel of Myrtle Beach, SC, daughter Pauline (Brian) Taylor of Demotte, IN, sisters Penny Schuette of Largo, FL, Patricia Luka...
Cornelio Romo
Aug 10, 2024
Cornelio Romo (86) of Montrose, Colorado, passed away at his home on August 10, 2024.
Cornelio was born to Crispin Romo and Cesaria de la Cruz on September 16, 1937, in Rancho Chamacueros, Mexico. He came to the United States in 1969 in search of the best life possible for his family, who will carry on his legacy of hard work...
Benjamin Dale Del Tonto
Aug 8, 2024
Benjamin DelTonto Obituary
Benjamin Dale DelTonto was born in Montrose Colorado on September 15th 1972 to his mom Hazel (Sutherlin) and father Joseph DelTonto. Ben grew up on the family farm on the east side of Montrose with his 6 other siblings. Ben was the youngest of them, 9 years younger than his next closest sibling Roy DelTonto. Throughout those years...
Paul Dakota Schlegel
Aug 7, 2024
Paul Dakota Schlegel was born in Rapid City, South Dakota, on March 1, 1942, to Clifford and Marion Schlegel. Their family continued to live in South Dakota until Paul was five years old at which time they moved to Merced, California, when Paul’s dad became the editor of the Merced Sun newspaper.
Growing up in the region known as the Gateway...
Thomas Edward Fleming
Aug 5, 2024
Thomas Edward Fleming, 88 of Montrose, Colorado passed away peacefully on Monday, August 5, 2024, surrounded by his close family.
Tom was born on July 18, 1936, Lincoln Nebraska to Cecil Vinton Fleming and Minnie Belle (Weathers) Fleming.
The family moved from Lincoln, Nebraska to Denver, Colorado. Where Cecil worked for the Gates Rubber company during World War II, the family moved...
Robert Warren Keefer
Aug 4, 2024
Robert (Bob) Warren Keefer died of natural causes at his home in Montrose, Colorado, on Sunday, August 4, 2024. He was 95 years of age. He was a veteran of the military; a teacher of history and geography to many; and most importantly an amazing father to thirteen children, grandfather to twenty, and great-grandfather to at least twelve wonderful souls.
Bob...
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