Recent Obituaries in Denver, CO

Jan 1, 2022

Elizabeth “Betty” Pelham age 74, of Denver, Colorado passed away on May 6, 2022 peacefully in her sleep at her home.  She was born on March 5, 1948 in the small town of Osmond, Nebraska and was the daughter of the late Willis and Lorraine Nissen. She was raised on a family farm with her younger sister Diane and...

Jan 1, 2022

Connie Fearn (Greening) Patton (b. July 31, 1950) passed away at home on July 26, 2022. The third of seven children, she graduated from Mapleton High School in 1968. She enlisted in the United States Army in 1973. She was stationed in Frankfurt, Germany when she met her husband Eddie, whom she married in 1973 and divorced in 2008. After...

Jan 1, 2022

Clifford Grasmick, 97, relocated to his heavenly home on December 11, 2022. His earthly life, December 8, 1925 – December 11, 2023 is represented not so much by those far apart dates, but how he used the time represented by that dash and the two surrounding spaces. Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he and his parents moved when he was very...

Jan 1, 2022

Barbara Ann Buckley (neé Kaferly)

It was a well-known fact among the Kaferly/Buckley family members that if you owned a dog or a cat, in all likelihood your pet would fall in love with Barbara. Her gift with animals went beyond the usual household pets and extended to an array of...

Jan 1, 2022

Bernadette Agnes (Sundem) Schmidt of Lakewood passed away on December 19, 2022. She is survived by her loving husband of 55 years, Dean Schmidt, and daughter, Jacque Schmidt.

Bernadette was preceded in death by her parents, Elmer and Dorothy Sundem, and her sister, Barbara Frasier.

She was born in Aberdeen, South Dakota on January 6, 1947...

Jan 1, 2022

Lewis Eklund Butler was born in a "place above clay land" – Tlaquepaque, Mexico – to Maggie and Frank Butler in October of 1967. Joined by an older brother and sister, Lewis spent his early years in a rambling historic home befitting an Allende novel. Today, the town is known as a “Pueblo Mágico,” as it so richly retains...

Jan 1, 2022

Jennifer Tokay Knuesel, age 50, died in the hospital in Thorton on November 2, 2022. Though born in Virginia, at the age of 4 she and her family moved to Colorado. At the age of 29, she married Donald Knuesel. Soon after, their two daughters were born, growing up in Castle Rock, Colorado.

Jennifer was an avid...

Jan 1, 2022

A remarkable woman – wife, mother, grandmother, and friend – has ended her Baptismal journey. Phyllis died on Wednesday, November 9th and her husband Paul held her hand to the end.

Phyllis Sharon was the middle child of seven born to Minnesota farmer Carlisle (d.2000) and Alice (d.2002) Gunderson of Twin Lakes, MN. She was born in...

Jan 1, 2022

Grant Cobb was a good and kind man who had a good long life. He was born in Denver, CO in October of 1929, just days before Wall Street crashed and the Great Depression began.  However,  he described his childhood as just wonderful. He had many stories about growing up around Tennyson Street with his adored older sister and his...

Jan 1, 2022

Cletus E. (“Bud”) Byrne Jr., (91)

A St. Louis boy born and bred; Bud graduated from McBride High School. After serving in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict, Bud returned to St. Louis, where he graduated from St. Louis U. with a degree in accounting and began a fifty-one year career in the investment business.

Jan 1, 2022

Mary Feist passed away peacefully September 8, 2022, at the age of 84 at her home in Denver. She was born in Greeley Colorado. She loved her home where she lived in Denver for 58 years with her husband Adam. Mary enjoyed her vegetable and flower gardens, sewing and crafts.

She was preceded in death by 10...

Jan 1, 2022

Bonita L. Hutcheson, 91, of Sheridan, Colorado, passed away March 18, 2022. She is preceded in death by her husband Ord Hutcheson. Funeral Mass will be held Wednesday, April 13, 2022, 11am, Holy name Catholic Church, 3290 W Milan Ave, Englewood, Colorado. Private burial will be held at Fort Logan National Cemetery. Family requests donations to St. Vincent de Paul...

Jan 1, 2022

Robert Louis “Bob” Sickafoose passed away on June 10, 2022, at the age of 89, in Littleton, Colorado. He was the oldest son born to Paul E. and Elizabeth (Betty) (Zintel) Sickafoose on April 24, 1933, in Elkhart, Indiana. He had two younger brothers, William Dean and James Dale.

Bob completed high school in 1951 at James...

Jan 1, 2022

Larry Seep passed away in late October 2022, at his home in Littleton, Colorado. He is survived by his brother, Albert Edwin “Ted” Seep and his sister, Kathy Seep Hendricks as well as his sister-in-law, Mary “Willie” Seep, brother-in-law, Ron Hendricks, and numerous nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his wife, Roxanne Schulze; his parents, Al and Nellie...

Jan 1, 2022

Jack Bosco passed away on February 15, 2022 in Parker, Colorado.

Born in 1939 in San Francisco, California, the son of Marian and Jack Bosco. He attended the University of San Francisco where be obtained his Bachelor Degree in Business Management.

Jack enjoyed photography and shooting. He always put faith, family, and friends first. Jack...

Jan 1, 2022

Marilyn "Posie" Stenger Soisson, 92, of Lakewood, Colorado, died at her home January 22, 2022, after a short illness.

Born in Lancaster, Ohio December 3, 1929 to Dr. and Mrs. Leo E Stenger, she attended Marymount College In New York and graduated from Ohio State University with a degree in hospital dietetics.

On July 11,...

Jan 1, 2022

Judith Ann Parker 83, of Littleton, Colorado, widowed wife of Donald Lee Parker and daughter of Reynolds S. and Martha E. Martin, left her earthly home to be with her precious Lord and Savior on December 19, 2022.

She is survived by her 3 sons, Gregory K. Parker, Jeffrey Tod Parker, and Brett A. Parker,...

Jan 1, 2022

James “Jim” Joseph McCabe died Friday, September 23, 2022, peacefully at his home in Denver.

Jim was born on May 21, 1933, on the South Side of Chicago to James Martin McCabe and Eileen Frances Griffin. Jim’s father worked for the Santa Fe Railroad, a job which eventually led west to Butte, MT. His father then joined...

Jan 1, 2022

Paul Dean Tayloe, Jr, age 75, passed away on March 20, 2022.  He was born in Hazard, KY, to his loving parents Dorothy and Paul,Sr.  Dean is survived by his brother Daniel of Lexington, KY; his cousin Nancy Faulkner Crawford of Hazard, KY; and his child Paul Andrew Tayloe of Denver, CO.

Dean graduated from Eastern Kentucky...

Jan 1, 2022

Helen Salazar Martin, 70, died unexpectedly after a short illness at University Hospital in Denver on December 7, surrounded by her family and close friends. Helen was born in Pueblo, Colorado, on November 2, 1952, to Minnie and Toby Salazar.

She grew up with her older brother Joseph (Ron) and attended Seton High School. Helen then moved...