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Recent Obituaries in Denver, CO
Bonnie Quillen
Aug 4, 2022
Bonnie Quillen passed away August 4, 2022. Beloved wife, grandmother, mother, sister, and friend. She is survived by her husband of 49 years, three children, and five grandchildren. Having grown-up in Storm Lake, IA a farmer's daughter her love of the outdoors was life long. She nurtured her adventurous spirit throughout her life visiting more than 15 countries and...
Paula Ronan
Aug 4, 2022
Paula Ronan, 65, of Altoona, Pennsylvania, passed away in her home in Aurora, Colorado on August 4th, 2022. She is survived by her daughters, Kirstin Abrams (37) and Taryn Schott (25), her younger brother Jody Ronan (61) and a collection of “adopted” kids who will miss her dearly. She was preceded in death by her mother Leona Mary Carrig...

Xiang Lee
Aug 4, 2022
On Thursday, August 4, 2022, Xiang Lee, loving wife and mother of four children, passed away at the age of 57.
In 1982, Xiang married Chong Lee and together, they raised three daughters (Pamula, Paula, and Pauline) and one son (Adam).
Xiang had a great passion for cooking – providing food was her love language....
Griselda Mejias
Aug 3, 2022
Griselda C. Mejias, age 96, passed away peacefully in the Little Sisters of the Poor Mullen Home for the Aged in Denver Colorado on August 3, 2022. She was born March 15, 1926 in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico to Francisco Castillo and Maria Torres. Griselda married Rafael Mejias Diaz, December 31, 1950 who preceded her in death on June 4,...
Matthew Wilson
Aug 2, 2022
Matthew Hamilton Wilson, age 57, died at his home on August 2, 2022. Born March 15, 1965, in Denver at Rose Hospital, he was a lifelong Denver resident. Matthew graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School in Denver and went on to work as a Floor Clerk at the ARC Thrift Store on South Broadway for 36 years, being the...
Claire Schaub
Aug 1, 2022
Claire Schaub left us on August 1, 2022 to join her Lord Jesus and loving husband Lewis in heaven. She passed peacefully in her sleep at the age of 97.
She is survived by her sister, Vivian Coleman of New Bedford, MA and her eleven children, (Louise, Sophie, Janet, Bill, Diana, Peter, Annette, Mary, Paul, Michelle and...
Elizabeth Twitchell
Aug 1, 2022
Elizabeth Twitchell 82, of Arvada Co, formerly of Niantic and Terryville CT, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Aug 1 ,2022. She is survived by her son David of Arvada CO, a daughter Leigh of Ledyard CT, and a sister Catherine of Terryville CT. Liz was born in Connecticut and lived there for most of her life until...
Clement Knobbe
Aug 1, 2022
Clement Francis Knobbe was born on February 26, 1922 in Omaha, NE. He passed away peacefully on August 1, 2022.
As a child, Clem had an insatiable curiosity about nature and science. When his mother asked him why he was late getting home from school one day, he told her that he had spent the entire afternoon...
Doris Wise
Aug 1, 2022
Doris Rea Wise of Grand Junction, Colorado passed away on August 1, 2022 at the age of 91. Loving mother to Cindy Younger. She is preceded in death by her husband Clarence W. Wise.
A Graveside Service will be held on Thursday, August 11, 2022 at 9:00AM at Fort Logan National Cemetery, 3698 South Sheridan Boulevard, Denver...
Johnny Crow
Jul 31, 2022
On July 31st 2022, we lost our North Star.
The last hoorah of a brilliantly-bright and massive star always ends in a big bang. They live and die according to the code of a supernova, as “It is better to burn out than to fade away.”
In a less than average lifespan, Johnny lived a...
Joan Reichert
Jul 31, 2022
Joan Arlene Reichert, age 88, passed away peacefully July 31, 2022. She was born February 28, 1934 in East St Louis, Illinois to Arnold Louis and Georgia Minette Rogerson Siebecker. Joan married Raymond John Reichert, February 14, 1953 who preceded her in death in 1997.
Joan was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and sister. She was a...
Kirk Clark
Jul 31, 2022
Kirk Blystone Clark, age 81, passed away at the Assured Assisted Living Memory Care Home in Parker, CO on July 31, 2022 from Parkinson’s Disease.
Kirk was born October 16, 1940 in Eau Claire, WI. His parents were Wayne Gladstone Clark and Margaret Mae Blystone. He has two brothers: Wayne B. Clark, of West Allis, WI, and...
David Carter
Jul 31, 2022
David James Carter, 89, died Sunday, July 31, 2022, at Sky Ridge Medical Center in Lone Tree, Colorado.
His loving spirit is carried on by his daughters, Adele (Harold Scatterday, III) Carter and Gayle (Dell Brooks) Carter; his brother, Charles Edward (Mary Lou) Carter; his much-loved in-laws, nieces and nephews and their families; his extended family; and...
William Lang, Jr.
Jul 30, 2022
William “Bill” Robert Lang, Jr. died peacefully at home on July 30th, 2022, surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Beverly, Massachusetts on September 16th, 1938, to his parents William “Bob” Lang and Eva Lang.
Anyone who met Bill could immediately tell where he was from by his unmistakable Boston accent. He grew up in...
Gary Vaughan
Jul 30, 2022
On July 30th, 2022, Gary Campbell Vaughan our father, husband, brother, uncle and friend passed away.
Gary was born in Salt Lake City to Charles Edward Vaughan and Marion Lucille Campbell. On January 9th, 1956, in Pocatello, Idaho Gary married Lenora Mary Robinson. They would spend the next 66 years together.
After working 44 years...
Deanna Lively
Jul 30, 2022
Deanna W. Lively of Thornton, Colorado. August 20, 1948 to July 30, 2022.
Deanna was born in Canon City, Colorado to Lottie and James Mendenhall. She is survived by husband James Lively, children Heather Beare and James Lively, grandchildren Tanya Beare and Michael Beare (Bailee Cavazos), great-grandchild Harlow Beare Cavazos. She is proceeded in death by her...
Helen Stephens
Jul 30, 2022
Helen Mae Stephens, age 96, passed away on July 30, 2022, due to the accumulated infirmities of advanced age.
Helen Stephens was born in Goessel, Kansas, on October 29, 1925, to farmers Theodore and Mary Schmidt. She was the first born of five children, to be followed by Wilbert, Mildred, Donald, and Esther. She was raised on...
Michael Sandoval
Jul 29, 2022
Michael “Mike” Sandoval, age 77, died on July 29th at Lutheran Medical Center. It was sudden, as he was on the road to recovery after a fearful cardiac arrest a month and a half prior.
He leaves behind a wife (Lydia Sandoval), a son (Steve Sandoval), 4 grandchildren (Audrey, Brittany, Kayla, and Steven), 5 great grandchildren (Lexie,...
Scott Johnson
Jul 28, 2022
It is with great sadness that the family of Scott Shipman Johnson announce his sudden unexpected passing at the age of 56 on July 28, 2022 in Centennial, Colorado.
Scott was born in Santa Monica, California on September 9, 1965. Scott grew up in the Denver area, attended Cherry Creek High School and later the University of...
Luella (Lu) Murphy Schiller
Jul 28, 2022
Luella L. (Zahn) Murphy-Schiller of Highlands Ranch, CO, and formerly of Aberdeen, SD passed peacefully with her daughter Mary and sister Rose Mary by her side on July 28, 2022.
A Catholic mass will be held at St. Francis Cabrini Church on August 24, 2022, at 1:30 pm Mountain Time. Horan and McConaty Mortuary, Centennial, CO, is...
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