Obituaries
Recent Obituaries in Denver, CO
Minekichi Espinoza
Mar 3, 2020
It is with great sadness we announce the passing of Minekichi Espinoza (Mick) at Sky Ridge Hospital on Tuesday March 3, 2020. He died peacefully with his much loved wife, JoAnn and children (Deveny, Eric and Scott) by his side.
Beloved husband and best friend of JoAnn Day-Espinoza.
Loving father of Deveny (Jason) Oberheu, Eric (Laurie) Day and Scott (Erica)...
Sarah Ann Noone Petty
Mar 3, 2020
Sarah Ann (Salley) (Noone) Petty, age 96, passed away peacefully at Western Hills Health Care Center, Lakewood, CO, on Tuesday, March 3, 2020.
She was born in Salina, KS, on September 13, 1923, to James B. Noone and Katherine M. (Foran) Noone. The family moved to Denver, CO, in the in the late 1930's, to escape the dust bowl. She...
Kenneth ""Ken"" McLeish
Mar 3, 2020
Kenneth ""Ken"" McLeish, 66, of Westminster, Colorado passed away on March 3, 2020 at the Denver Hospice Inpatient Care Center in Denver. Born on September 24, 1953 in Salzburg, Austria to Robert and Betty Jo (Armstrong) McLeish.
Ken lived in Austria, Delaware, Cuba, and Costa Rica before returning to the U.S. to San Antonio and Houston Texas as a teenager.
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Joseph ""Joey"" Charles Cella
Mar 3, 2020
Joseph ""Joey"" Charles Cella, 35 of Denver, Colorado passed away on March 3, 2020. Joey was born to Anthony Cella and Susan Sweigart in Aurora, Colorado on April 28, 1984.
Following high school, Joey joined the United States Navy. He later went on to own his own construction company and was studying to become an electrical engineer.
Joey loved playing...
Jerome Amos Sundgaard
Mar 3, 2020
Jerome Amos Sundgaard passed away March 3, 2020 at his home in Littleton, CO from complications of a combination of rare bone marrow diseases: myelodysplastic syndrome and myeloproliferative disorder.
Jerome was born February 20, 1941 in Montevideo, MN and graduated from Milan High School in 1959. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from Concordia College in Moorhead, MN, pursuing a...
Joel Foster Livingston
Mar 3, 2020
Joel Foster Livingston, age 86, passed away on March 3, 2020.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations made to Brookdale Hospice or Christ on the Mountain Catholic Church.
Please share memories and condolences with Joel’s family by signing the guestbook below.
Visitation: March 10, 2020 6:00 pm Christ on the Mountain Catholic Church13922 West Utah AvenueLakewood, CO 80228303-988-2222
Recitation of...
Gloria Kirk
Mar 2, 2020
Gloria Brown Kirk, daughter of Myrtle Hendrix Brown and Robert Everette Brown was born March 5, 1930 in Curryville, Missouri. She was the youngest of 17 children.
She passed away peacefully on Monday evening, March 2, 2020. She was 89 years old.
Gloria grew up on a farm near Curryville and attended Bowling Green High School. She met James Kirk...
Lorraine Smith
Mar 2, 2020
In Memory of Lorraine (Lauri) Smith
Born in Modesto, California, November 9, 1967
Departed this Earth from Denver, Colorado, March 2, 2020
There are too many stories to share them all and, anyway, each of us has our favorites. Perhaps these recollections will create for you strong and clear imagery; snapshots of Lauri's 52 years. Too few years by far.
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Thomas Christian Jellinger
Mar 2, 2020
Thomas Christian Jellinger, 96, of Westminster, Colorado, died March 2, 2020. Tom enjoyed life in Bella Vista, Arkansas, after retiring from Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. Tom Jellinger was the son of Thomas and Allie Jellinger, but most of all was the husband of Romilda Bertsch Jellinger. Tom and Ro built a rich and loving marriage and lived their...
Margaret A. Kral
Mar 2, 2020
Margaret Ann Kral, loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend, passed away peacefully on March 2, 2020 in Lakewood, Colorado at the age of 95.
Margaret was born and grew up in Brooklyn, New York with her sister, Adelaide and brothers Charlie and Fred. Often known by her immediate family as ""Sis,"" Margaret attended ""Girls High School"" in Brooklyn, whose...
Mary Katherine Malnati Dillon
Mar 2, 2020
Mary K. was born March 24, 1939 in Denver, CO and lived in Denver her entire life. Mary K. had two separate careers both of which she dearly loved. Mary K. taught elementary school and was a State Licensed Teacher for both the Denver Public Schools and the Denver Catholic Archdiocese (Sacred Heart and St. Vincent De Paul). Mary K....
Richard ""Mac"" McManus
Mar 2, 2020
Richard ""Mac"" McManus, age 76, passed away at University Hospital on Monday, March 2nd after suffering a fall on January 18th.
Born May 12, 1943 in Rockville Centre, New York. Mac lived in New York, New Jersey, Indiana and Colorado. He worked as an attorney, judge and a hearing officer. Mac was a member of St. Thomas More Catholic Church,...
Sharon Kay Brown
Mar 2, 2020
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Reynolee E. Roob
Mar 2, 2020
Reynolee E. Roob passed away peacefully March 2nd. Ren, as her friends and family called her, was born in Wisconsin in 1929.
She was a proud graduate of the University of Wisconsin, and began her teaching career in Bloomer, WI and continued it in Colorado at Denver South High School and Denver West High School. Throughout her career, she primarily...
Dorie Jean Barkauskas
Mar 2, 2020
Dorie Jean Barkauskas of Denver, Colorado passed away March 2, 2020 at the age of 90.
Please share your memories of Dorie and condolences with her family by signing the guest book below.
Priscilla Tolmich
Mar 1, 2020
Priscilla Archuleta Romero Tolmich, 92, of Denver, Colorado passed away of natural causes on March 1, 2020. She was surrounded by family at her side when she was called home.
She is a native of Colorado, born to Margaret Baca and Benjamin Archuleta on August 24, 1927 in Walsenburg, Colorado. She lived in Trinidad, Colorado with her mother, Margaret, and...
Scott L. Morrison
Mar 1, 2020
Scott Leland Morrison, 27, of Denver, Colorado passed away on March 1, 2020. Scott was born on August 13, 1992 in Pocatello, Idaho.
A Memorial service will be held in Scott’s honor on Sunday March 15, 2020 starting at 3:00 PM, located at Phillips United Methodist Church, 1450 South Pierce Street, Lakewood, Colorado 80232.
Memorial Service: March 15, 2020 3:00 pm...
Phillip Young Koldewyn
Mar 1, 2020
Husband, father, grandfather, and professor of 35 years at Claremont McKenna College, Phillip Young Koldewyn died on March 1, 2020 at his home in Centennial, Colorado. He was 89 years old.
Phillip was born in Loma Linda, California on March 2, 1931 to William and Rebecca Koldewyn. He was the first of four children. After graduating from high school in...
Thomas M. Amberg
Mar 1, 2020
Thomas M. Amberg, of Arvada, Colorado passed away on March 1, 2020.
Thomas Michael Amberg was born to George and Maxine Amberg in Sault St. Marie Michigan, on April 6, 1941. His three sisters, Marlene, Nancy and Pat welcomed their little brother. Thereafter were born Margaret, Francis and Rosemarie. The family moved to Alliance Nebraska as George managed Montgomery Wards,...
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