Obituaries
Recent Obituaries in Denver, CO
Amanda Stubbs
Jan 1, 2020
Amanda Lucile Stubbs was born in Denver, Colorado on May 17, 1982 to Randall and Loraine Stubbs, and sadly passed away July 14, 2020.
Amanda is survived by her parents Randall and Lorie, and by her brother Mitchell. Also surviving are her aunt Jan Collins of Denver, and aunts and uncles Julie Finn (Steven) of Antioch, CA,...
Susan Boydston-Burroughs
Jan 1, 2020
Susan Camille Boydston-Burroughs, 68, passed away November 5, 2020. Susan was born February 13, 1952 to Jim and Marinell Boydston in Cody, Wyoming. Susan attended school in Cody and went on to earn a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Northern Colorado. Susan's teaching degree was with emphasis on severe and profound students in special education with a...
Sharon Karnes
Jan 1, 2020
Sharon K. Karnes, 78, of Lakewood, passed away Friday, November 27, 2020. She was born in Scottsbluff, Nebraska September 12, 1942 to Jerry and Berta Dickinson. Sharon received her Bachelors degree from Metropolitan State University in Denver in 1978 focusing on accounting. She received many scholastic awards. After graduation she taught business courses at Arapahoe Community College and Barnes...
Sheila Davis
Jan 1, 2020
Sheila Geaneen (Schlepp) Davis, 73, passed away on Saturday, August 8, 2020. She is preceded in death by her loving husband of 47 years, Jack Robert Davis Jr. Sheila was born October 25, 1946, in Cheyenne County, Kansas, to Rudy and Erna Schlepp. Sheila moved to Denver, Colorado, shortly after graduating from high school and attended cosmetology school and...
Leon Simpson, Jr.
Jan 1, 2020
Leon Simpson, Jr., age 81, passed away at The Denver Hospice in Denver, Colorado on July 27, 2020. His wife of 46 years of marriage, daughter & son-in-law were in his presence as he passed to go home to the Lord.
Born to Leon Simpson, Sr. & Mary Simpson in Yazoo City, Mississippi in 1939.They made their way...
Reuben Varoz
Jan 1, 2020
Reuben Stanley Varoz was born on March 19, 1950 in Denver, Colorado and died on, Sunday, December 6, 2020. Stan is survived by his loving wife, Carol Varoz, son, John Varoz; 2 grandchildren, Kyra and Syrus Varoz; 2 great-grandchildren, Brayden and Clarity Haden; his siblings, Lorraine (Tony) Alvarado; Joe (Josie) Varoz; Veronica (Raymond) Rodriguez; and Tina Moore; In-laws Ron...
Cynthia Jones
Jan 1, 2020
Cynthia Ann McCall was born on January 16, 1950 In Washington DC to her mother Alice D. Williams and her step-father Virgil Johnson. Cynthia passed away on July 29, 2020 leaving us peacefully.
Cynthia has lived in various places such as her hometown of Washington DC, Maryland, Virginia, Texas and her last home of Englewood Colorado
...Vincent Zarlengo
Jan 1, 2020
Vincent Zarlengo, born December 4, 1944, to Lucile Zarlengo and Anthony F. Zarlengo in Denver Colorado, passed away unexpectedly during emergency heart surgery on September 4, 2020.
Vince graduated from Holy Cross Abbey High School in Canon City, CO. He graduated from Regis University, Denver, with a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting and then graduated from the University...
James "Jim" Noble
Jan 1, 2020
James “Jim” Dee Noble, 80, of Evergreen, passed away October 24, 2020. Jim was born to Edith (Hanlon) and Howard Noble in Montrose, CO. Jim grew up shepherding and ranching on the western slope. He moved the family’s livestock, summering in Ridgway and wintering in Mack. In 1960, he married Patsy Bartlett in Ouray, CO. Their daughter Christine was...
Craig Bowman
Jan 1, 2020
Craig Martin Bowman was born in 1947 in St. Louis, Missouri. He passed away on October 21, 2020, at Aurora Hospital due to a stroke.
He was born to Maxine Bowman, but was raised in an orphanage until he was adopted as a teenager by Blaine and Elizabeth Turner. With this adoption came five brothers: Wayne, Mike,...
Forrest Plesko
Jan 1, 2020
Forrest Lance Plesko, formerly of Superior, passed away peacefully in his home on June 30, 2020. He was 74.
Forrest was born in 1945 and grew up in the Village of Oliver. His father, Vince, worked in the die room at the steel plant and his mother, Fran, was a homemaker. From an early age Forrest loved...
Lori Houchen
Jan 1, 2020
Lori was born in Gail, Texas September 1935. She was raised by “adopted” Grandparents since she and her mother were abandoned by her father. In 1954, she and her family moved to Lincoln, Nebraska where she enrolled in the University of Nebraska. While there she met Francis Houchen, her husband of 65 years. They started their family in Alma,...
Audrey Kair
Jan 1, 2020
Audrey Gail Kair, age 94, died at University of Colorado Hospital on December 11, 2020. She is survived by her husband Norman of 60 years, children Linda and Michael, four grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.
Daughter of Thurman and Maud Brooks, she was the youngest of 10 children. Most referred to her by her middle name Gail. Gail...
Marilyn Holcomb
Jan 1, 2020
Marilyn Lee Holcomb, 76, of Highlands Ranch, Colorado, passed away peacefully September 23, 2020. She was born November 10, 1943 in Ogden, Utah to Eva Jeanne and Robert Lee Sneddon.
Marilyn was born in Ogden, Utah. She was a coach’s daughter and cheered for all the football teams her father coached and scouted. She loved meeting new...
James "Jim" Stallings
Jan 1, 2020
James “Jim” Stephen Stallings, age 75, died peacefully at his home on the early morning of August 27, 2020 surrounded by loving family as he succumbed to the effects of late term cancer.
Jim was born July 25, 1945 in Chicago, Illinois. As a young child his parents relocated to Colorado. Jim lived in the...
Bernice Elizabeth Broadstreet
Jan 1, 2020
Bernice Elizabeth Tippett Maloney Broadstreet, age 97, died peacefully on October 17, 2020 at the Gardens at Columbine, her assisted living home in Littleton, Colorado, in the presence of loving family members and under the excellent care of Gardens staff and Divine Hospice and Palliative Care professionals.
A Colorado mountain girl, “Bernie” was born on January 11, 1923 in...
Betty Fixman
Jan 1, 2020
Betty Jo Fixman
September 15, 1928 ~ September 19, 2020 (Age 92)
Betty Jo Fixman, beloved mother, and grandmother passed away peacefully at home in Littleton, Colorado on September 19, 2020 at the age of 92.
Born September 15, 1928 in Canon City, Colorado to Earl and Eva (Woodard) Stevens. Known...
Lucy Kendzior
Jan 1, 2020
Lucy Kathren (Schaaf) Kendzior, 80 of Aurora, CO passed away peacefully on October 23, 2020. She is a loving Mother, Grandmother, Great-Grandmother, Aunt, Sister. Friend, Faithful Deaconess and servant to her community. She was an amazing designer/GC that loved to transform houses into beautiful homes, decorating was her passion. She was devoted to her church and loved spending time...
Rev. Dr. Kathleen Lenover
Jan 1, 2020
Kathleen’s belief was that her own higher self, before birth, chose her parents, family, lifestyle, body type and friends. This was for the purpose of her soul’s evolution.
Born to Russell Lenover and Henrietta Kuper, Kathleen lived her early years in her grandmother’s boarding house. The youngest of three, she adored her older brothers, Louie and Dink....
Melvin Buck
Jan 1, 2020
On Tuesday September 22, Melvin Buck, loving husband, father and grandfather, passed away in Aurora, CO, at the age of 84.
Mel was born in Michigan to Melvin and Dorothy Buck, where he grew up on a farm and was the youngest of four children. He graduated from Ovid High School and received his B.S. degree from...
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