Obituaries
Recent Obituaries in Denver, CO
William ""Bill"" Johns
Apr 6, 2020
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Johns, William (Bill), age 71, of Denver, Colorado passed away surrounded by family on April 6, 2020 after a courageous battle with cancer. Bill was born in Denver to Henry and Vera Johns, on February 18, 1949. Bill graduated from Cathedral High School in Denver and The University of Colorado in Boulder. He served on active duty with the...
Magnus ""Max"" Braunagel
Apr 6, 2020
Magnus (""Max"") Braunagel was born in a German community in North Dakota in 1925. He was raised on a farm during the Depression and Dust Bowl years and rode his horse to a one-room schoolhouse, where he learned English as a second language. A scholar from even a young age, Max left home to attend high school in Bismarck, North...
Margaret Jane Bellino Troisi
Apr 6, 2020
Margaret Jane Bellino Troisi was born July 13th, 1933 and passed away April 6, 2020. Growing up in the post Great Depression era, she was born and grew up in the small town of Fleming, Kansas. She was one of three children, with a brother Jack Bellino and sister Pat Bellino. Her family lived in a four-room house with an...
Melody Lynn Gallegos Rainguet
Apr 6, 2020
Born in Denver at St. Joseph Hospital On May 24, 1950 in a late spring blizzard which almost kept her parents, Gilbert and Colleen, from reaching the hospital in time. Melody lost her long battle with ovarian cancer on April 6, 2020. She died at home with her husband and high school sweetheart of 55 years, Jim, by her side.
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Veronica M. LeDoux
Apr 5, 2020
Veronica LeDoux, of Thornton, Colorado passed away on April 5, 2020.
Service information will be posted at a later date.
Please share memories of Veronica and condolences with her family by signing the online guestbook below.
Janet Ann Dieckmann
Apr 5, 2020
Janet Ann Dieckmann, 71, passed away on Sunday, April 5th, 2020 after a near 7 year heroic battle with breast cancer.
She was born on September 14, 1948 in Englewood, CO to Richard and Nancy Devers and was the middle of three children. Janet met her husband, Richard Dieckmann, at a Halloween party in October of 1967. On April 20,...

Margaret Mary Means
Apr 5, 2020
Margaret Mary Means, 95, died peacefully in Denver, Colorado on April 5, 2020.
Born Margaret Mary Graham on June 27, 1924 in Baltimore, Md. to Harry F. Graham and Ellen B. Chilcote. Married William A. Means of Gainesville, FL on March 17, 1945. Lived for many years in Rockford, Illinois before coming to Colorado.
Survived by her daughters Cecelia Lynn...
Wilson Dennehy
Apr 5, 2020
Wilson Dennehy, age 82, Died of natural causes on April 5, 2020. He was born on February 3, 1938 in Lake Forest, IL and was the son of Virginia Wilson Dennehy and Charles Dennehy.
Mr. Dennehy is survived by his siblings Charles Dennehy and Sister Virginia Dennehy and three children Elizabeth Dennehy Bunker, Michael W. Dennehy and Charles L. Dennehy;...
Patricia L. Reid
Apr 5, 2020
Patricia Lee Reid, age 86, passed away peacefully at her home on Sunday, April 5, 2020. Patricia was born June 19, 1933 in Alburg, Vermont to Howard and Calla Poquette. She graduated from Bishop Degoesbriand Hospital School of Nursing in 1954 and from Boston College with a BSA in 1956. Patricia married her husband, Thomas Reid, of Boston, MA on...
Leonard Eugene Hill
Apr 4, 2020
A man is born, he lives his life, and he dies. From the first breath to his last there are those who love him for a short time and those that love him for a lifetime. He lives his life and builds his legacy by impacting those that love him and those that he loves. The greater the love, the...
Roberta ""Janelle"" Nare
Apr 4, 2020
Roberta ""Janelle"" Nare, 75, was born October 7th, 1944 in Golden, Colorado, where she lived with her beloved grandmother for several years. After the passing of her grandmother, Janelle spent her adult life residing in the Denver Metro Area.
Janelle had a very fulfilling life. When she was younger, she spent time volunteering at MaxFund in Denver. She loved traveling,...
Charles Stanley Edwards
Apr 3, 2020
Charles Stanley Edwards, passed away early Friday morning, April 3rd, 2020, in the comfort of his home in Aurora, Colorado- with family by his side. Ironically, he was born a Friday morning, April 28th, 1933, to the loving parents, Herbert and Gladys Edwards in the town of Peoria, Illinois. This month, marked his 87th year of what he considered âan...
Janice Ann Jansen
Apr 3, 2020
Janice Ann Jansen passed peacefully on April 3rd. She was born on November 27, 1942 in Dallas to Raymond and Olga Fehmer. She received her Elementary Education degree from the University of North Texas in 1964 and taught for many years in Texas and Tennessee. She married Larry Jansen in 1966 and was a loving mother to their three children.
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James Francis Dwyer
Apr 3, 2020
Due to the sad circumstances in the world right now we are unable to honor our dad with a formal service, but we hope to have a mass and a celebration of his life as soon as things return to normal. In the meantime we have created this video to remember him by.
Please click here to see a video...
William Otto Dougherty III
Apr 3, 2020
William Otto Dougherty III, 73, of Aurora, Colorado, passed away at home on April 3, 2020. He was born to William and Ilene Dougherty on September 4, 1946 in West Reading, Pennsylvania.
As a young man, William joined the United States Army, and served with honor. He later met, and married Ellen Zar. William enjoyed life in Colorado with Ellen....
Patricia Ann Lowe Meeks
Apr 2, 2020
Patricia Ann Lowe Meeks was born in Enid, Oklahoma on October 21,1928 to Henry and Veda ""Gay"" (Combs) Lowe and died on April 2, 2020 at the age of 91. She was a revered teacher who instructed hundreds of students in a career that spanned six decades in public school classrooms. She graduated from Enid High School at the age...

Robert Leonard Wiswell
Apr 2, 2020
Robert passed away on April 2, 2020.
There will be services for him at a later date. Please check back for updates.
Please leave a comment as condolence for his family below.
Frank Staab
Apr 2, 2020
Frank Staab, age 89, died at Littleton Adventist Hospital on April 2, 2020. He died of natural causes.
He was born in Kansas in 1930. In addition to living in Hays, Kansas, he spent much of his life in Chicago, Illinois, and Denver, Colorado. He worked for the railroad, Coors Brewery, and Bellco Credit Union until his retirement in 1993....
James Dale Ralston
Apr 2, 2020
James Dale Ralston was 71 when he passed away at his home in Denver, CO with his wife Mimi, and his son Jason by his side, on April 2, 2020.
Jim was born in 1948 in Chehalis, Washington and is the loving son of the late Ralph Dempsey Ralston and Opal Delight West Ralston, younger brother of Don Ralston (Frosty,...
Samuel Philbrick Kelley Jr.
Apr 2, 2020
Samuel Philbrick Kelley, Jr., 85, beloved husband of Barbara S. Kelley, died Thursday, April 2, 2020 from complications resulting from the Coronavirus. Born in the Philippines, and raised on Army posts around the world, with a special fondness for his time in New England, Sam retired to Colorado and was a longtime resident of Monument. Most recently Sam and Barb...
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