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Delmer Schlegel
Jun 7, 2017
Delmer Schlegel
December 29, 1957 - June 7, 2017
Delmer Lee Schlegel, 59, of Rocky Ford, CO, passed away Wednesday, June 7th, at his residence. Delmer was born in Rocky Ford, CO on December 29, 1957, a son of Edna May (Trembly) Schlegel and the late Elmer Carl Schlegel. He worked at Bender Oil right...
Bertha Thomas
Jun 4, 2017
Bertha Thomas
June 4, 2017
Bertha Bernice (Bea) Thomas, 95, of Rocky Ford, CO, passed away Sunday, June 4th, at her residence. . Bertha was born in Denver, CO on October 28, 1921, a daughter of the late Letha (Ludden) Heinricy. Per her request, there were no local services. Inurnment of the cremains will be...
Ross Olin Turner
May 26, 2017
Ross Olin Turner
June 21, 1936 - May 26, 2017
Ross Olin Turner, 80, of Fowler, CO, passed away on Friday, May 26, 2017, at Parkview Medical Center, Pueblo, CO. Ross was born in Pueblo, CO, on June 21, 1936, a son of the late Bessie Marie (Forester) and Robert Melville Turner. He graduated from...
Andres Medrano
May 25, 2017
Andres "Andy" Medrano
August 23, 1933 - May 25, 2017
Andres Lopez (Andy) Medrano, 83, of Rocky Ford, CO, passed away Thursday, May 25th, at his residence. Andy was born in Harlingen, TX on August 23, 1933, a son of the late Lena (Lopez) and Jose Medrano. He was the husband of Domicinda (Rivera) Medrano,...
Ernestine Moore
May 24, 2017
Ernestine Moore
April 2, 1917 - May 24, 2017
Ernestine Moore, 100, of Rocky Ford, CO, passed away Wednesday, May 24th, peacefully, at Arkansas Valley Regional Medical Center-Nursing Center East, La Junta. Ernestine was born in Rocky Ford, CO on April 2, 1917, a daughter of the late Coral (Killitz) and Ernest Edgar, Sr. She...
Aki Ushiyama
May 23, 2017
Aki Ushiyama
August 24, 1924 - May 23, 2017
Aki Ushiyama, 92, passed away peacefully on May 23, 2017. She was born August 24, 1924 in Barr Lake, Colorado but lived the majority of her life in Rocky Ford, Colorado. Aki is survived by five children: Gerry (Mary) Ushiyama, Diana (Gregory) Sakamoto, Ronnie Ushiyama, Bob...
Jayleianna Rivas - Trujillo
May 20, 2017
Jayleianna Rivas - Trujillo
December 12, 2015 - May 20, 2017
Jayleianna Rivas-Trujillo, 1, of Rocky Ford, CO, passed away Saturday, May 20th, suddenly, at Memorial Health System, Colorado Springs, El Paso County. Jayleianna was born in Winfield, KS on December 12, 2015, a daughter of Maryah Renee (Trujillo) Trujillo and Jarod Dylan Rivas She...
Mark E. Davis
May 20, 2017
Mark E. Davis
October 10, 1954 - May 20, 2017
Mark Davis, 63, passed away from a sudden heart attack while en route from Walden, Colorado to his home in Manzanola, Colorado, on Saturday, May 20th. Mark Edwin Davis was born October 10, 1954 in Boone, Iowa to Virgil Edwin Davis and Irene Clarabelle (nee...
Vivian Orville Swedhin
May 16, 2017
Vivian "Swede" Orville Swedhin
April 25, 1926 - May 16, 2017
Vivian Orville (Swede) Swedhin, 91, of Rocky Ford, CO, passed away Tuesday, May 16th, at the Pioneer Health Care Center in Rocky Ford, CO. Vivian was born in Vroman, CO on April 25, 1926, a son of the late Florence A. (Cooper) and Walter...
William Joseph Eagen
May 2, 2017
William "Joe" Joseph Eagen
March 25, 1931 - May 2, 2017
William Joseph Eagen, 86, of Rocky Ford, CO, passed away Tuesday, May 2nd, while in the company of family, at his residence. "Joe" was born in Pueblo, CO on March 25, 1931, a son of the late Winfred (Martin) and William Aloysius Eagen. He...
Bennie Aragon
Apr 30, 2017
Bennie Aragon
December 9, 1930 - April 30, 2017
Bennie Aragon, 86 of Rocky Ford, Colorado passd away peacefully on Sunday, April 30, 2017 at the Crowely County Nursing Center in Ordway, Colorado. Bennie was born on December 9, 1930, a son of the late Mary and Joe Aragon. He was a member of the...
Charles Brose
Apr 28, 2017
Charles Brose
August 25, 1938 - April 28, 2017
Charles Rodger Brose, 78, of Rocky Ford, CO, was found deceased on Friday, April 28th, at his residence. Charles was born in San Bruno, CA on August 25, 1938, a son of the late Edith (Williams) and Charles Otto Brose. He served in the U.S. Marines....
Harold Ron Pacheco
Apr 24, 2017
Harold Ron Pacheco
October 31, 1957 - April 24, 2017
Harold Ronald (Ron) Pacheco, 59, of La Junta, CO, passed away Monday, April 24th, unexpected at his residence. Harold was born in Rocky Ford, CO on October 31, 1957, a son of the late Frances Ellen (Blea) and Harold Nicholas Pacheco. Ron worked as a...
Pam Eddings
Apr 24, 2017
Pam Eddings
April 24, 2017
Pamela Jean (Pam) Eddings, 51, of Rocky Ford, CO, passed away Monday, April 24th, unexpectedly at her residence. Pamela was born in Colorado Springs, CO on June 6, 1965, a daughter of the late Vicki Marie (Orosco) Myers. She graduated from high school in Colorado Springs, CO. Pamela enjoyed her...
Bob Lucero
Apr 8, 2017
Bob Lucero
September 17, 1931 - April 8, 2017
Bob Camilo Lucero, 85, of Fowler, CO, passed away Saturday, April 8th, at his ranch. Bob was born in Trinidad, CO on September 17, 1931, a son of the late Celia Henry (Henry) and Ignacio Lucero. He was the widower of Isabelle Juanita (Baca) Lucero, they...
Teddy Johnson
Apr 4, 2017
Teddy Johnson, Jr.
April 6, 1969 - April 4, 2017
Teddy Lynn Johnson, Jr., 47, of Ordway, CO, passed away Wednesday, April 5th, at Arkansas Valley Regional Medical Center, La Junta, Otero County. Teddy was born on April 6, 1969, a son of the late Ida (Johnson) Cowens and Teddy Lynn Johnson, Sr. Per his...
Lyle G. Davis
Apr 3, 2017
Lyle G. Davis
April 22, 1923 - April 3, 2017
Lyle Glendell Davis, 93, of Ordway, CO, went to be home with his Lord on Monday, April 3rd, at Parkview Medical Center, Pueblo. Lyle was born in Leon, IA on April 22, 1923, a son of the late Eulah Mae (Evans) and Joseph Henry Davis....
Richard Power
Apr 2, 2017
Richard Power
November 11, 1939 - April 2, 2017
Jay Richard "Dick" Power 77, of Rocky Ford, died Monday, April 2, 2017 at Pioneer Health Care Center in Rocky Ford. A memorial service will be 11am Monday at the First United Methodist Church in Rocky Ford with Pastor Marty Lee officiating. Dick was born November...
William Holsclaw
Mar 31, 2017
William "Bill" Holsclaw
March 31, 2017
William Marlow Holsclaw, age 79, passed away peacefully in the presence of his loving family on Friday, March 31, 2017 in Rocky Ford, Colorado. A native son of Colorado, Bill lived a rich and remarkable life in the years between his birth and his regrettable passing. As a young...
Susie Lila Norene Bostwick
Mar 31, 2017
Susie Lila Norene Bostwick
October 1, 1918 - March 31, 2017
Susie Lila Norene (Meek) Bostwick, 98, of Rocky Ford, CO, passed away Friday, March 31st, at Pioneer Health Care. Susie was born in San Angelo, TX on October 1, 1918, a daughter of the late Bertha Isabel (Stewart) and Archie Admiral Meek. She graduated...
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