Recent Obituaries in Denver, CO

Jan 12, 2021

In 1956, most 24 year old women were already married and well on their way to establishing a family. But Lavina Stumpf was on an adventure. Not having found her Prince Charming among the farm boys around her hometown of Pierz, Minnesota, she decided that her future would be found in the big city. So she convinced her sister...

Jan 11, 2021

Kazuko Shiroma Ortiz, 87, of Thornton passed away on January 11, 2021 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Lafayette. Born on October 9, 1933 in Okinawa, Japan she was the daughter of Shuko and Ushi (Shinjo) Shiroma. Kazuko married Edward Ortiz Jr. in August of 1962 and together they shared 58 years of marriage.

When she was young...

Jan 11, 2021

Otis McKay was born July 23, 1936, the youngest out of eleven, to Lonnie McKay and Mary “Bailey” Etta McKay in Pascola, Missouri.

As a son of sharecropper, he developed his intense work ethic and his sense of adventure with his siblings: Lonnie, James, Cecil, Bennie, Robert, Leroy, Lula Mae, Hattie Mae, Emma and Mary .

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Jan 10, 2021

Nancy Belle Carbaugh (née Woestemeyer), age 87, passed away on January 10, 2021 in Littleton, CO.  She was born in Kansas City, KS and spent most of her youth in Rifle, CO.  She graduated from Rifle HS and moved to the Denver area in 1951.  She married her childhood sweetheart, Robert Madonna (d. 1982), in 1954 and enjoyed her...

Jan 10, 2021

After a long, full, loving life, Janet MacGregor Erjavec passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family on January 10, 2021.  Born on March 31, 1927, in Sioux City, Iowa to Ronald and Hildred (Kenna) MacGregor, minutes after her twin brother Robert, following their older brother Duane by two years.  She graduated from Mason City High School in 1945...

Jan 10, 2021

Charles Harold Orwald, age 86, died in his sleep at home on January 10, 2021.

Charles was born August 5,1934 in Ulen, Minnesota.  As a teenager he lived with an aunt and uncle in Seattle, Washington for a few years.

Chuck enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in 1953. He served in Korea; Okinawa and Iwo Jima,...

Jan 10, 2021

Dorothy Rose Fehringer passed away January 10, 2021 at her home in Denver Colorado. She was 83.

Born in Sterling Colorado June 18, 1937. She was the sixth of twelve children and grew up on the family farm in Iliff, Colorado. Dorothy married Linus J. Fehringer in 1967 who preceded her in death. She is survived by her two children, Gerard of...

Jan 9, 2021

John Baptist Chacon, 81, died January 9, 2021 in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

John was born February 27, 1939 to Giovanni “John” DeFelice Chacon and Dolores (Garcia) Chacon in San Acacio, Colorado.

John was a fifth generation Colorado native.

After being raised on the family’s ranch in San Acacio, he moved to Denver, attended...

Jan 9, 2021

Randy Dean Deal born on February 8, 1968 in Denver, Colorado passed away on January 9, 2021.

He leaves behind his wife of 24 years, Christine Wallace Deal, his daughter Darien Amelia Deal and his son Kenneth Dean Deal of Aurora. He is preceded in death by his parents, Roger Kenneth Deal and Carol Ruth Deal (Tezak)....

Jan 9, 2021

Carson Karol Kite age 16, passed tragically on January 9, 2021 after suffering major injuries in a a car accident and has left an unimaginable void in our lives and hearts.

Carson was born on September 21, 2004 in Shreveport, Louisiana.  He lived in Louisiana, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Nevada and Colorado.

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Jan 9, 2021

Beloved wife, mother, grandmother and educator, Karen Wintheiser Michie joined the heavenly angels on January 9, 2021 following a lengthy illness. Born December 8, 1953 to Harold and Ardelle Wintheiser, Karen lived in Fort Wayne, Indiana until 1958 when the family moved to Colorado. Karen graduated from Englewood as the high school's salutatorian and received her Bachelor of Science degree...

Jan 9, 2021

Daughter of Warren D. Tilton and Eugenia Wright, sister of Edith Tilton Hickes and brother of Warren D. Tilton Jr.

Surviving family consists of son John S. Craig, daughter Margaret Craig-Chang, son-in-law Gary Chang, grand daughter Ann Lee Chang, grand son Arthur Craig Chang.  Husband Elswick Newport (retired Colonel, US Army) preceded her death on September 24, 2020....

Jan 8, 2021

Walter J. Sweetman

March 10, 1937 - January 8, 2021

Walter Jarvis Sweetman was born in Sioux Falls, SD, the son of Charles and Nina-Mae Sweetman and sibling to Mike, Lucia and Sarah. He grew up primarily in Iowa and South Dakota, and attended both Creighton and Marquette Universities, graduating with a degree...

Jan 8, 2021

Joan Marie Walker Kalet Brush died peacefully on January 8, 2021 at the Brookshire Nursing Home in Denver, CO. The cause of death was advanced Alzheimer's disease which Joan battled since 2004.

Joan was born on September 30, 1934 to Dr. Roland J. and Louise Willet Walker of Auburn, NY. She was predeceased by her brother John...

Jan 8, 2021

Pauline Simpson, 83, of Northglenn, Colorado passed away on January 8, 2021. She was born in Havelock, Canada on September 12, 1937.

Pauline is survived by her children Jill Rand and her husband Bill, Scott Seppers and his wife Kristie; her grandchildren Brittany Singleton and her husband Cory, Brandon Rand, Breanna Croxton, Benjamin Seppers; her great grandchildren Jackson Singleton,...

Jan 8, 2021

Helen C. Sanger, 81, passed after a long battle with non-COVID-related pneumonia at the Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland, Colorado on January 8, 2021.

Helen was born November 25, 1939 in Denver, Colorado. She grew up on a farm in Ovid, Colorado, and spent years working with her parents, Joe and Magdalena Urban, and her 15 siblings.

Jan 7, 2021

Christopher “Chris” Michael Gibbs, a.k.a. Critifer, Christina Lulubelle, Christabel, Christina, and Knot Head, age 36, passed at Denver Health on January 7, 2021 after suffering major injuries from a car accident on December 29, 2020.

Chris was born on July 22, 1984 in Aurora Colorado and lived in Colorado for most of his life.  Chris’ passion was creating...

Jan 7, 2021

Christine (Chris) Papajohn of Littleton, Colorado, passed away on January 7, 2021 at the age of 65 after a yearlong battle with Acute Myeloid Leukemia.

Born in 1955 to George and Bula Earnest, Chris spent her childhood in Denver with her siblings Mark, Ron, and Jean. In 1975, Chris was working with her best friends, Carol and Barb, and soon met Barb’s brother, Mike Papajohn. It was fate and the two were married in 1976. Mike and Chris had two children, Cassy and Michael....

Jan 7, 2021

Joan Marie Nelson of Centennial, originally of Denver, passed away peacefully of natural causes at age 98 on January 7.

She is the beloved mother of six children, Joseph (Joy; Scottsdale AZ), Barry (Michelle; Centennial CO), Mary Anne (Manuel; La Veta CO), David (Kathy; Castle Rock CO), Lorene (David; Stanford CA), and Stephen (Laura; Littleton CO). Joan...

Jan 7, 2021

Mary Dempsey Murphy died at Porter's Residential Hospice at the age of 83. She passed peacefully in her sleep on January 7, 2021. Mary was born to Frank and Malvie (Mullinax) Stone, and later raised and adopted by George Willie and Rosalie (Kilgo) Dempsey in Rome, Georgia. She grew up attending North Broad Baptist Church as a young girl...