Recent Obituaries in Denver, CO

Margaret Helen Braun

Feb 13, 2023

Margaret was one of 12 children born to Jacob and Clara Roskopf in Hartington, Nebraska where she graduated from Holy Trinity/Cedar Catholic High School in 1941. In 1945, she enlisted in the Army and was stationed at the Pentagon in Washington D.C. as a stenographer.  Starting on Sept. 26th, 1946, she served in Munich Germany where she enrolled in...

Veronica Little

Feb 13, 2023

V eronica Rose Little was born on November 3, 1927, on a farrn in Sioux City, Iowa. She was the 11th of 12 children born to Johand Rose (Trierweiler) Besch. Her father and mother were farmers when she was born and she attended Cathedral through High School. Veronica loved her life in Iowa and spent time there every year...

Virginia Morrison

Feb 13, 2023

On Monday, February 13, 2023, my beautiful and loving wife Virginia Jo (Womack) Morrison passed away at the age of 82.  Virginia was born on December 19, 1940 in Grand Junction, Colorado, to John and Wilma (Moore) Womack.  At an early age, when Virginia’s parents separated, she and her sister, Elva, came to Englewood, Colorado, to live with her...

Jack Kohne

Feb 13, 2023

Jack Kohne was one of the millions of babies born during the "great depression". While his parents struggled financially, he grew up in a happy home. He was surrounded by a loving extended family. He was a precocious child who would find a lot of things to get into, much to the chagrin of his mother.

He...

Irene Buben

Feb 12, 2023

Irene Buben, beloved wife and mother passed away peacefully on February 12th, 2023, at the age of 93. She was born on December 3rd, 1929, in Jermyn, Pennsylvania, to John Onufrak and Anne Strosky. Irene was married to the love of her life, the Very Reverend Michael J. Buben, on September 14th, 1952, at Saint Michael Orthodox Church in...

Patricia Lehew

Feb 12, 2023

Patricia Dale (Sturgeon) LeHew, 76, passed away unexpectedly from heart failure in her home on February 12, 2023.

Patricia was born in Chicago, Illinois, on August 1, 1946.  She was one of three children of Robert Dale Sturgeon and Maxine Jane (Pendergast) Sturgeon.  She is survived by her four children, eleven grandchildren, a younger brother and his...

Donald Debeer

Feb 12, 2023

Donald Dean DeBeer, son of William and L. Louise (Lamm) DeBeer, was born 2 June 1935 in Sharon Springs, Kansas and passed away 12 February 2023 in Westminster, Colorado. He was 87 years old.

During his childhood, Don lived in Sharon Springs; Colorado Springs and Grand Junction, Colorado; Oakland, California; and Newberg, Oregon. He also spent a...

Imogene King

Feb 12, 2023

Imogene King, aged 94, died at Denver, CO on Sunday, February 12, 2023.

Born May 28, 1928, in Sterling, CO, she lived in Denver most of her life.

Survivors include son Greg King and wife Kim of Grapevine, Texas.  Imogene was preceded in death by her husband Devere.

James Hynes

Feb 11, 2023

James Joseph Hynes passed away peacefully on February 11, 2023 at the age of 75. He was born in Denver, Colorado on March 23,1947 to Daniel and Ethel Hynes.

On June 10,1972 he married Carol Worth at Holy Transfiguration Orthodox Church in Denver. It was Jim’s great joy to be received into the Orthodox Faith on April 16,...

Elma Johnson

Feb 11, 2023

Elma Johnson, age 84, passed away peacefully on Sunday, February 11th, 2023. Born in Carl, West Virginia, to Arden and Juanita McClung. She graduated from Richwood High School, West Virginia in 1956 and then went on to work for GEICO Insurance Company where she met her husband, Richard Johnson. In 1970, they moved to Lakewood, Colorado along with the...

David Melena

Feb 11, 2023

David Charles Melena, 69, died from heart failure Saturday, Feb. 11, in a Denver, Colo., hospital.

Dave was born to Woodrow and Vivian Melena in O’Neill, Neb, Nov. 12, 1953. He graduated from O’Neill High School in 1972 and University of Nebraska--Lincoln in 1976. For a couple decades, Dave worked in banking in Omaha and took friends...

Dominic Petrocco

Feb 10, 2023

Dominic Albert Petrocco, 83, of Denver, went Home peacefully Friday, February 10, 2023, after a long illness.

Dominic grew up in the Welby area, surrounded by Italian immigrant truck farmers. His grandmother, Maria, purchased 10 acres in the early 1900’s and the Petrocco family worked side by side for many years. Petrocco Farms continues to thrive. Today the...

Robert Shilling

Feb 10, 2023

Robert “Rob” Shilling, of Littleton, Colorado, passed away peacefully in Hospice after a long illness on February 10, 2023, with his wife at his side.

Rob was born November 12, 1946 in Troy, Ohio to Harry E. Shilling MD and Janet Zimmerman Shilling and was raised there. He graduated from Muskingum College in 1969 with a Bachelors...

Paul Harrison

Feb 9, 2023

Paul Gregory Harrison passed away peacefully in his Freedom house in Westminster Colorado, the evening of 9 February, 2023.

He was born December 27th 1965 in New Orleans Louisiana as the biggest baby in the nursery and raised in Aurora, Colorado.

He is survived by his loving family: his mom Cecilia Becker, his sister Cecilia...

James "Jim" Royals

Feb 9, 2023

Born and reared in the South, Jim attended both high school and undergraduate studies in Georgia and then graduate school in California.  After eighteen years as a real estate broker and residential builder, he began teaching courses at two colleges and a prominent real estate school in Atlanta based on books he had written on the two subjects.  After...

James Leonard

Feb 9, 2023

James Colton Leonard, a beloved husband, father, community leader, and engineer, passed away on February 19, 2023, at the age of 81. Jim was born on April 13, 1941, in Oakland, CA to Hobart and Betty Leonard. He grew up in Virginia City, NV in a loving home, where he developed a passion for science and engineering. Jim graduated...

James Montgomery

Feb 8, 2023

James Douglas Montgomery, age 76, died in Aurora, Colorado on Wednesday February 8, 2023.

Born July 19, 1946 in Cheyenne, he lived in Denver, Colorado and worked at Vickery Motorsports for over forty years until retiring in 2019. Doug was a veteran of the United States Navy and had served during the Vietnam War. His dedication inspired...

Winona Moritz

Feb 8, 2023

Winona Elaine Moritz, our beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and dear friend passed away on Wednesday, February 8th at the age of 86.  Winnie was a Colorado native having attended Arvada High School and the University of Colorado.   She was a Colorado girl through and through and was so proud of her home state.

Throughout her life, she...

Donald Vecchio

Feb 8, 2023

Donald A. Vecchio  “Don” died February 8, 2023, a few months short of his 91st birthday. Don was a man of faith who loved life and lived it to the fullest.

Don was the only child to Dominic and Mary Vecchio. They raised him in North Denver where he graduated from North High School. Don received his...

Grace Sievers

Feb 8, 2023

Grace Margaret McIntyre Sievers, age 99, passed away peacefully at San Marino Retirement Community, Westminster, CO, on February 8, 2023. Just 2 months shy of her 100th birthday, she was still residing in Independent Living.

Grace was born April 13, 1923, to Charles Harrison McIntyre and Mary Elizabeth Kinnier McIntyre in Primrose, Nebraska. Her mother died in...