Obituaries

Feb 26, 2019

An obituary is not available at this time for Raymond Ross Bearden. We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Tribute Wall.

Feb 25, 2019

Walter “Wally” N. Orvik passed away at his home in Fruita, CO, after battling multiple health issues. He was born in Lakota, North Dakota to Walter L. Orvik and Mary S. (Reep) Orvik. Wally graduated from Michigan High School in 1958. He married, then later joined the U.S. Armed Forces and was stationed in Munich, Germany.

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Feb 25, 2019

An obituary is not available at this time for Thomas R. Thornal. We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Tribute Wall.

Feb 25, 2019

An obituary is not available at this time for Louis Leonard Popish. We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Tribute Wall.

Feb 24, 2019

An obituary is not available at this time for Mary Margaret Haws. We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Tribute Wall.

Feb 24, 2019

An obituary is not available at this time for Judy Gorshing Lauer. We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Tribute Wall.

Feb 23, 2019

An obituary is not available at this time for Christie L. Cole. We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Tribute Wall.

Feb 23, 2019

Thomas Elvin Hitt, Jr. 73, of Rifle, Colorado passed away on February 23, 2019 at his home with family by his side. Thomas, Tommy, Tom was born in Denver Colorado to Thomas Elvin and Florence Noramae Hitt. Tom graduated from Glenwood Springs High School in May 1964. While in high school, Tom excelled at basketball and earned the nickname...

Feb 22, 2019

Millicent Whitney Scott was born on 2/27/1931 in West Monroe Louisiana. Milli was the youngest of nine girls and was raised in south Mississippi, about 80 miles north of New Orleans, just south of the border between Louisiana and Mississippi.

Milli was an outstanding student and upon graduation had earned the Valedictorian of the class. However, the...

Feb 22, 2019

An obituary is not available at this time for Billy David Bowen. We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Tribute Wall.

Feb 21, 2019

An obituary is not available at this time for Renee E Anderson. We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Tribute Wall.

Feb 21, 2019

An obituary is not available at this time for John Eugene Jones. We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Tribute Wall.

Feb 21, 2019

An obituary is not available at this time for Bonnie Ann Mateo. We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Tribute Wall.

Feb 20, 2019

An obituary is not available at this time for Ramon Madrid. We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Tribute Wall.

Feb 20, 2019

When the columbines emerge from the damp ground this spring, we’ll remember Doris Oletta Zadra, whose love for all things growing marked her journey through this life. She left us on Feb. 20, 2019, but her spirit lives on in her three children, eight grandchildren, sixteen great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandson, along with scores of others whose lives touched hers....

Feb 19, 2019

Kendra Kay Melkus, age 52, passed away on February 19, 2019 at St Mary’s Hospital in Grand Junction.

Kendra was born May 12, 1966 in Grand Junction. She was the daughter of Lorie (Rosa) Eckman and Tommy D. Melkus.

She was a proud graduate of Grand Junction High School and was always cheering for the...

Feb 18, 2019

An obituary is not available at this time for Russell Don Walker. We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Tribute Wall.

Feb 18, 2019

On February 18, 2019, Walter Tennyson Burkhard died suddenly at his home in Grand Junction

at the age of 82. Born on December 18, 1936 in Newark, New Jersey, Walt was the third child of

William Lawrence Burkhard and Nellie Edith Tennyson. Colorado natives displaced by the Great

Depression, Walt’s family moved from...

Feb 17, 2019

An obituary is not available at this time for Patricia A Gehrig. We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Tribute Wall.

Feb 17, 2019

Robert Everett Brown February 6, 1946 - February 17, 2019 Bob passed away February 17th surrounded by his family at St. Mary’s Hospital after a brief illness. He was born in Glenwood, MN to Robert and Eileen Brown. At the age of 6 months, Bob’s parents moved to Colorado. Bob graduated from Rifle High in 1965, and was drafted...