Obituaries
Recent Obituaries in Denver, CO
Belva Parsons Ricks
Apr 25, 2020
Belva Parsons Ricks, 70, of Westminster passed away on April 25, 2020, at Tru Community Care Center in Longmont. Born on May 4, 1949, in Richfield, Utah she was the third daughter and fifth child of Duane V. and Maritta B. (Anderson) Parsons. Belva married David G. Ricks on September 15, 1967, and together they shared 52 years of marriage.
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Alfreda Mendenhall Guy
Apr 24, 2020
Alfreda Mendenhall Guy was born in Denver January 31, 1942. She passed away on April 24, 2020. She attended East High School and the Univeristy of Colorado where she was a member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority.
Alfreda was born to Freda and Dr. John Mendenhall. She was preceded in death by her first husband John Orr and second...
Betty Louise Foos
Apr 24, 2020
Betty Louise Foos, of Thornton, Colorado passed away on April 24, 2020. She is survived by her daughter, Amy Jean Pearson (Foos); grandchildren, Ashley (Alex) Kosley, Amanda Pearson, and Alexandra Pearson; great grandchildren, Madison and Cayden; sisters, Marjorie Riggs, and Lillian Kaestner; Aunt of; Gretchen (Eric) Smith, Tom (Tammy) Riggs, Karia Lee Basta (Tom), Michelle (Chris) Halbach, and Steven Kaestner;...
John L. Tanzillo
Apr 24, 2020
Our Dad was born October 1, 1928 to John and Elizabeth Tanzillo in Pittsburg Pennsylvania, he was the oldest of 3.
One brother who preceded him in death, Edward Tanzillo and his Youngest Sister Beverly Finnerty, who lives in Florida with her husband James Finnerty.
He leaves behind two Children, Nannette Newth and Jacquelynn Phelps. Four Grand Children William Stohlton,...
Merlin Lee Dennis
Apr 24, 2020
Surrounded by his loving family, Merlin died peacefully at his home in Centennial, Colorado on Friday, April 24. Merlin was born on January 27, 1932 in rural Phillips County to Orville and Viola (Larson) Dennis. He attended Agra High School and then Kansas State University where he was a member of Farm House Fraternity and Blue Key Honorary Society. Graduating...
Martin Aurelio Macias
Apr 24, 2020
Martin Aurelio Macias was born on February 23, 1933, to Jennie (Ruiz) and Aurelio Macias. He married the love of his life, Rachelle Arambula on October 11, 1958 and celebrated 61 years of marriage, October 2019.
Martin was born in Brighton, Colorado and proudly served in the United States Navy during the Korean War. He and Rachelle purchased their first...
Stephanie Ann Liptak
Apr 23, 2020
Stephanie Ann Liptak, 78, was a resident of Roxborough in Douglas County, Colorado for almost 30 years. She passed away on April 23, 2020. Stevie was born on Cinco de Mayo in 1941 to John and Mary Smith of Tuscola, Illinois. She was married to the love of her life, Gregory Liptak for 49 years.
Stevie was active in the...
Robert Joseph Stein
Apr 23, 2020
Robert (Bob) Joseph Stein, 77, of Morrison, Colorado passed away on April 23, 2020 with his wife by his side and his daughter on the phone.
Bob, born Sept. 9, 1942, was the first of five children to Joseph Aloysius Stein and Betty Jean (Philbin) in Denver, Co. He attended Christ the King grade school which his father built and...
Mary Elsasser
Apr 23, 2020
Mary Elsasser was born to Charles and Clara Krouse in Denver, Colorado on October 13, 1927. She entered into eternal life at the age of 92.
She is preceded in death by her first husband, Richard Garrels, who was a casualty of the Korean War; second husband, Lorne Elsasser; sister, Monica Strong and grandson, Dustin Rupoli.
She is survived by...
Ronald H. Jacobs
Apr 22, 2020
Ronald Hedstrom Jacobs, born October 23, 1945, in York, PA to Ann and Jeremiah Jacobs II, passed away peacefully on 4/22/20 at Cherrelyn Health Care Center from presumed Covid-19.
Ron is survived by his daughter Heidi Barron and son-in-law Jeff, their two sons Jacob (Jake) and Spencer, his sister Penny Gentzler (York, PA) and brother Jerry Jacobs III (Bonita Springs,...
Patricia Bildstein Klipsch Swanke
Apr 22, 2020
Patricia Bildstein Klipsch Swanke
August 26, 1932 to April 22, 2020
Patricia was a widow, mother, grandmother and great-grand mother. She passed April 22nd from complications of Alzheimer's at Lincoln Meadows Senior Community (Memory Care) Parker, CO.
She is survived by her children Michelle Vallow of CO, Cynthia Kaye of GA and John Klipsch of MD as well as six...
Arnell Bernard Coufal
Apr 22, 2020
Arnell Bernard Coufal, age 73, passed away at his home in Littleton on April 22, 2020.
Born on July 17, 1946 in Denver, Colorado, to Arnold and Velda Coufal, he graduated from South High School in Denver. Arnell retired from the Denver Fire Department, where he was an engineer operating a pumper truck.
Arnell loved being a granddad to his...
Melodie Rappé Francis
Apr 22, 2020
Melodie Rappé was born on September 30, 1942 to Logan and Mary (Livingston) Rappé in Fort Sill, Oklahoma. As the oldest child of a career Army officer, Melodie spent her childhood moving from base to base, and so spent time in Kansas, post-War Germany, Alaska, and ended up in San Diego where she graduated from Coronado High School in 1960.
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Shirley Ann DiPrimo
Apr 21, 2020
Shirley Ann DiPrimo, 91, was a former longtime resident of Salem and Mt. Vernon, Illinois. she passed away in Littleton, Colorado, on April 21, 2020, of natural (non-covid19) causes.
She is survived by her children, Mario Kenneth DiPrimo, Vincent Anthony DiPrimo, and Gina Rossana Johnson; 4 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren.
Marvin J. Younger
Apr 21, 2020
Marvin Joseph Younger passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family, on April 21, 2020 in Denver, Colorado. Marvin was married to his loving wife, Jean, for 67 years. He served in the US Navy at the end of W.W. II. Marvin was a member of the North Washington Fire Department from 1953-1985 where he retired as a Lieutenant. He also...
Ardith ""Ardie"" Race
Apr 21, 2020
On Tuesday, April 21, Ardith (Ardie) Race, loving wife and mother, passed away at age 73.
Ardie was born on November 15, 1946 in Blair, Nebraska. She was raised in Kansas and Colorado by her parents Bill and Sarah Latchford. Graduated from Englewood High School, Englewood, CO. She married Harry Race on April 23, 1965. Her passing was only 2...
Richard James Hoffer
Apr 21, 2020
On April 21, 2020 Richard Hoffer left us to be reunited with his wife, Agnes Hoffer on his 86th birthday.
Richard was born in Dickinson, North Dakota on April 21, 1934. He and his family lived in Montana, Utah, Idaho, Louisiana, West Virginia and finally landed in Colorado. He earned an Associates degree in Civil Engineering and retired as a...
Roy W. Stockwell Jr.
Apr 21, 2020
Roy W. Stockwell, Jr. passed away at Porter Hospice on Tuesday, April 21, 2020 at the age of 96. He was born on November 25, 1923, to Roy and Grace (Adams) Stockwell in Anoka, Nebraska. He attended high school in Spencer, Nebraska, where he played football and basketball. He later attended business school in Grand Island, Nebraska, and then went...
Diane Edwina Beehler Moore
Apr 21, 2020
On April 21, 2020, a loving and beautiful soul was finally set free to shine forever. Four days shy of her 86th birthday, Diane Edwina Beehler Moore passed away in Denver CO with her daughter by her side, holding her hand, while soft opera played. She died after a heroic struggle against Parkinson's Disease, and more recently, covid-19. She was...
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