Obituaries
Recent Obituaries in Denver, CO
Paul Hemschoot, Jr.
Oct 3, 2022
Our beloved Paul J. Hemschoot, Jr, has joined with the Lord Jesus in heaven. He is survived by his wife Tess; children Peter, Marie, Lonie and Joe; granddaughter Mckenzie; siblings Mary Anne, John (deceased), Helen, Jim and Margie; nephews and nieces. Paul is a life member of FACC (Filipino-American Community of Colorado). Thank you to all prayers and support. Visitation...
Mark Layne
Oct 3, 2022
Mark Hubert Layne, age 64, passed away at his home in Morrison, Colorado, on October 3, 2022. Mark was born on January 24, 1958 in Loup City, Nebraska, the second of 4 children born to Pastor James Eugene and Juliana (Harwerth) Layne. He graduated from Walnut Ridge Baptist Academy in Waterloo, IA with the class of 1976. Mark later...
Bernadine Burton
Oct 3, 2022
Bernadine Evelyn Burton of Lakewood, Colorado passed away on Monday, October 3, 2022 at the age of 84. She is survived by her loving husband of 64 years, Jan Allen Burton, sons Jon (Siggy) Burton and Jere (Karen) Burton, grandchildren Jennifer (Eric) Bauer, Ian Burton and Matthew (Jenii) Burton, great-grandchildren Jaydn and Jace Bauer. Bernadine will also be missed...
Diane Bush
Oct 2, 2022
Diane Lynn Bush passed away on October 2, 2022. She was 75 years old and passed peacefully with loved ones at her side.
Diane was born in Tiffin, Ohio on June 5, 1947. After graduating from high school, she attended Colorado State College, now the University of Northern Colorado, where she received a Bachelor of...
Alexander Collins
Oct 2, 2022
A Voice Remembered . . .
Alex was a talented artist, a loving son who struggled with mental illness, and drug abuse. He died Sunday evening October 2, 2022. He is at peace now, finally free. Alex grew up in Genesee and Evergreen in the beautiful Colorado mountains. He attended Ralston Elementary School, Evergreen High...
Gloria Cacioppo
Oct 1, 2022
Gloria Cacioppo, who family said had a heart of gold and a continuing positive attitude that affected both the way she lived and others around her, died October 1, 2022, at the age of 96.
Gloria Smedley was born January 3, 1926, in Brooklyn, New York. She was raised by her grandparents, Elin and Oscar, in the...
Terezinha "Lis" Campbell
Oct 1, 2022
Terezinha (Lis) Campbell, age 77, passed away October 1 in Denver Colorado.
Lis was born November 11, 1944, to the late Alda and Gaudencio Caravalho in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Prior to retirement, she worked many years teaching Portuguese at the United States Department of State’s Foreign Language Training and as an excellent salesperson in...
Mary Cline
Oct 1, 2022
Mary Cline, 72, passed away in her sleep at home in Aurora CO on 09-29-22. She had contracted and passed away due to COVID-19.
Born on May 29, 1950 in Hutchinson KS, she lived all over the US. She moved from Kansas to Georgia to Indiana and Connecticut. She settled finally in Denver where...
Catherine Wasko
Oct 1, 2022
Catherine Wasko, age 75, passed away peacefully on October 1st, 2022, at the lifecare center in Westminster Co.
Catherine Ann Zigler was born on April 22nd, 1947, to Ralph Zigler and Ann Haberkorn Zigler, in Denver, Colorado. Catherine attended school in Denver and graduated from East High school in 1965. On June 1st, 1968, Catherine married Matthew...
Willard Herrman
Oct 1, 2022
Willard J. “Bill” Herrman, 94, of Westminster, Colorado, passed away on October 1, 2022, after a brief illness. He was born December 30, 1927, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, to John and Viola A. Vander Have.Benjamin F. Herrman adopted Bill after he married Viola in 1930.
Bill graduated from high school in 1945. He married Delores J. Allison...
Marian Lorraine Thulson
Oct 1, 2022
Marian Lorraine Thulson (née Johnson) of Centennial, Colorado died October 1 at age 94 under God’s mercy. She is survived by her 5 children and 4 of their spouses (Stephen and Darlene, Mark, James and Kristina, Peter and Anne, and Kristine and Alan Stevenson), by 17 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren, and by her sister Joyce Testerman and husband Chuck....
Charles "Chuck" Pless Jr.
Oct 1, 2022
Charles “Chuck” Henry Pless Jr., 74, passed away from natural causes on October 1, 2022 in Arvada, Colorado.
Born in Queens, New York April, 1948 to Charles and Barbara Pless. Chuck was a car enthusiast, passionate skier, devoted family man and cherished friend, lover of rock-n-roll, regimented camper and killer fire builder. His love of skiing and the...

William Holden
Oct 1, 2022
William Alvin Holden passed away at home on Saturday, October 1, 2022.
He is preceded in death by both of his parents, William, and Edna Holden; his daughter, Patricia Thick; and his stepson, Trevor Jordan.
William is survived by his wife Glenda; daughter, Linda Laird; son, William Michael Holden; 11 grandchildren; and 4 great grandchildren....
Julia Milner
Sep 30, 2022
Julia Mae Milner, 96, passed away September 30, 2022. She was born in Hollywood, California.
Julia attended school at Elkhead and Hayden, Colorado finishing high school in Huntington Beach, California.
She married Alan Milner in 1949 and lived in the Denver area for 73 years.
She co-owned Aspen Design & Manufacturing for 30 years.
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Mary Harmon
Sep 30, 2022
Mary Louise (Howard) Harmon, age 75, of Ramah, Colorado passed away peacefully Friday September 30, 2022, at Chelsea Place Memory Care Community in Aurora, Colorado.
Mary was born November 23, 1947, to James and Lorayne (Goeke) Howard of Rosewood Heights, Illinois. Mary was a 1965 Roxanna High School graduate. January 2, 1966, she...
Sally Marks
Sep 30, 2022
Sally Colbaugh Marks, age 79, passed away peacefully on September 30, 2022 in Colorado, surrounded by her loving family. Sally is survived by her daughter, Sibby Dawson (Bruce), her son, Chris Marks (Beth), her four grandchildren, Holly Wirth (Taylor), Christopher Dawson, and Caroline and Anna Marks, as well as her sister, Nancy Colbaugh. She was predeceased by her husband...
Catherine "Katie" Fisher
Sep 29, 2022
Catherine “Katie” O’Brien Fisher of Denver, Colorado passed away on Thursday, September 29, 2022 at the age of 70.
She is survived by her loving husband of 49 years, Steven Fisher; son Matthew (Marisa) and daughter Bridget (Nairn), and grandchildren Riley, Madelyn, and Llewyn; brothers Thomas (Connie) and David (Kelley), and sisters Ann (Bryan Willis) and Amy...
David Jackson
Sep 29, 2022
David Jackson, age 40, fell asleep in the Lord on Thursday, September 29, 2022, after battling cancer under the care of the oncology department at UCHealth in Aurora, CO.
Born in Colorado Springs, CO on Sept. 23, 1982, David was raised by Gary S. Jackson and Nadine Melania Jackson along with his siblings Sarah Jackson and Anna Jackson.
...Loren Brown
Sep 29, 2022
Loren W. Brown, age 74, of Westminster, Colorado, passed away on September 29, 2022. Loren was born on October 2, 1947 to Charles and Georgia Brown in Colby, Kansas.
Loren grew up in the Denver and Westminster areas. He went on to serve honorably in the US Army, achieving the rank of Sergeant. He was awarded the...
Barbara Cross
Sep 28, 2022
Barbara Elaine Page Cross, 78, of Castle Pines, Colorado passed away peacefully on September 28, 2022, with her family by her side. She was born to the late Henry “Dale” and Mildred Page on June 26, 1944, in Junction City, Kansas. Barbara graduated from Junction City High School in 1962.
Barbara married Dennis Cross on November 22,...
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