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Beatrice Gallegos
Sep 23, 2016
Beatrice "Bea" Gallegos
October 29, 1925 - September 23, 2016
Beatrice (Bea) Gallegos, 90, of Rocky Ford, CO, passed away on Friday, September 23rd, peacefully surrounded by her children and 2 grandchildren at Arkansas Valley Regional Medical Center, La Junta. Bea was born in Rocky Ford, CO on October 29, 1925, a daughter of the...
Elsie Christine-Elizabeth Smith
Sep 21, 2016
Elsie Christine-Elizabeth Smith
September 14, 1924 - September 21, 2016
Elsie Christine-Elizabeth Smith, 92, of Evergreen, CO, formerly of La Junta and Sugar City, passed away on September 21, 2016 at the Lifecare Center of Evergreen. She was born to John and Katrina Margaretha (Marcus) Heil on September 14, 1924 in Sugar City, Colorado. Growing...
Frank Mickey Cisneros
Sep 16, 2016
Frank Mickey Cisneros
September 26, 1939 - September 16, 2016
Frank Mickey (Mickey) Cisneros, 76, of Rocky Ford, CO, passed away, Friday, September 16th, 2016 suddenly, at his residence. Frank was born in Fort Worth, Texas on September 26, 1939, a son of the late Eleanor Torrez Sanchez and Frank Cisneros, Sr. He was the...
Willard Gene Clark
Sep 13, 2016
Willard Gene Clark
June 25, 1931 - September 13, 2016
Willard Gene Clark, 85, of Rocky Ford, Colorado passed away Tuesday, September 13, 2016 while in the presence of his youngest son at Arkansas Valley Regional Medical Center, La Junta, Colorado. Willard was born in Maxwell, New Mexico, on June 25, 1931, a son of...
Conner Caleb Lott
Sep 3, 2016
Conner Caleb Lott
September 3, 2016 - September 3, 2016
More information will appear as it becomes available.
SERVICES
Services pending
Saturday, September 3, 2016
Ford-Ustick Funeral Home
305 N. 8th Street
Rocky Ford, Colorado 81067
Jean L. Proctor
Sep 3, 2016
Jean L. Proctor
July 14, 1926 - September 3, 2016
Jean Lucille (Mast) Proctor of Rocky Ford passed away peacefully September 3, 2016 in Ordway, CO. She was 90 years old. Jean is preceded in death by her husband for 66 years Leonard W. Proctor and her son Leonard W. (Bill) Proctor II. Jean was...
Jose Andres Aragon
Aug 25, 2016
Jose "Andy" Andres Aragon
March 8, 1943 - August 25, 2016
Jose Andres (Andy) Aragon, 73, of Rocky Ford, CO, passed away on Thursday, August 25th, peacefully, at the Crowley County Nursing Center in Ordway, CO. Jose was born on March 8, 1943, a son of the late Mary (Salazar) and Joe Aragon. He was...
Paula A. Ortiz
Aug 15, 2016
Paula "Polly" A. Ortiz
October 15, 1934 - August 15, 2016
Paula A. (Polly) Ortiz, 81, of Rocky Ford, CO, passed away on Monday, August 15th, 2016 peacefully at the University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, CO. Paula was born in French, NM on October 15, 1934, a daughter of the late Maria (Chavez) and Antonio...
Lyman Roy Edgar
Aug 11, 2016
Lyman Roy Edgar
September 13, 1914 - August 11, 2016
View Channel 9 News Dedication  Lyman R. Edgar, longtime agricultural and community leader and dedicated family man died early Thursday, August 11 in Rocky Ford, Otero County, Colorado. He was 101 Lyman was born September 13, 1914 on the Edgar family farm south of Rocky...
Jose Cordova
Aug 7, 2016
Jose "Cruz" Cordova
December 14, 1947 - August 7, 2016
Jose (Cruz) Cordova, 68, of Rocky Ford, CO, passed away on Sunday, August 7, 2016, suddenly in an auto accident. Jose was born in Trinidad, CO on December 14, 1947, a son of the late Ruth (Sanchez) and Cruz Cordova. He was a member of...
Rebecca Alice Oswald
Aug 4, 2016
Rebecca "Becky" Alice Oswald
September 18, 1951 - August 4, 2016
Rebecca Ann (Becky) Oswald, 69, of Rocky Ford, CO, passed away on Thursday, August 4th, peacefully, at Arkansas Valley Regional Medical Center-Nursing Center East, La Junta. Rebecca was born in Hesston, KS on May 27, 1947, a daughter of the late Ruth (King) and...
Judy Alice Nelson
Aug 1, 2016
Judy Alice Nelson
September 18, 1951 - August 1, 2016
Judith Alice Nelson, 64, of Rocky Ford, CO, passed away on Monday, August 1st, 2016 suddenly, at her residence. Judith was born on September 18, 1951, a daughter of the late Grace Darlene (Ralston). She was a Homemaker. She is survived by Daughter Crystal, wife...
Seferino Lopez
Jul 23, 2016
Seferino Lopez
August 26, 1936 - July 23, 2016
Seferino "Sifer" Villado Lopez, 79, of Crowley, CO, passed away on Saturday, July 23rd, while in the company of family at Joni Fair Hospice House, Pueblo, CO. Seferino was born in Olney Springs, Co. on August 26, 1936, a son of the late Sabina (Villado) and...
Linda Annette Griffin
Jul 5, 2016
Linda Annette Griffin
September 12, 1950 - July 5, 2016
Linda Annette Griffin, 65, of Rocky Ford, CO, passed away on Tuesday, July 5th, at her residence. Linda was born in La Junta, CO on September 12, 1950, a daughter of Shirley Elaine (Hall) Griffin, of La Junta and the late Robert Eugene Griffin. She...
Fred Arthur Piatt
Jun 20, 2016
Fred Arthur Piatt
June 8, 1929 - June 20, 2016
Fred A. Piatt, Jr, 87, of LaJunta, CO, formerly of Rocky Ford departed this life to be with the Lord on Monday, June 20, 2016. Fred was born on June 8th, 1929 in Syracuse, KS, to Fred A. and Edith Cauthon Piatt. Fred was raised...
Dorothy Louise Ratliff
Jun 4, 2016
Dorothy Louise Ratliff
April 3, 1927 - June 4, 2016
Dorothy (Dottie) Louise Lackey Ratliff, 89, passed away in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on June 4, 2016. Dottie was born in Rocky Ford, Colorado on April 3, 1927. In the 1940s, she worked as a telephone operator for Mountain Bell in Rocky Ford. On May 22,...
Alvaro Mendoza
May 17, 2016
Alvaro Mendoza
April 6, 1948 - May 17, 2016
Alvaro Mendoza, 68, of Rocky Ford, CO, passed away on Tuesday, May 17th, peacefully, at his residence. Alvaro was born in Madera, Chihuahua, Mexico on April 6, 1948, a son of Luis Mendoza and the late Manuela (Figueroa) Mendoza. He was the husband of Martha E....
Myra Moore
May 15, 2016
Myra Moore
August 25, 1924 - May 15, 2016
Myra Kay Moore, 91, of Rocky Ford, CO, passed away at 3:00 PM, Sunday, May 15th, at Pioneer Health Care Center. Myra was born in Eatonville, WA on August 25, 1924, a daughter of the late Lottie (Schaefer) and John Edward Chappell. She was the wife...
Ken Mccully
Apr 28, 2016
Ken McCully
August 1, 1952 - April 28, 2016
Kenneth Wayne (Ken) McCully, 63, of Monument, CO, passed away Thursday, April 28th, at his residence. Kenneth was born in Chickasha, OK on August 1, 1952, a son of the late Gladys Opal (Roberts) Fellers and James Wayne McCully. He worked as a Salesman "Ken the...
Amy Konishi
Apr 27, 2016
Amy Konishi
November 3, 1925 - April 27, 2016
Amy Konishi, 90, of Rocky Ford, died Wednesday April 27, 2016, of a massive heart attack at Parkview Hospital in Pueblo. She was born November 3, 1925, in Rocky Ford to Otomatsu and Tamiye Nakayama. Amy grew up south of Rocky Ford in Grand Valley where...
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