Today's Obituaries
Daniel Slanovich
Canon City, CO
Daniel Louis Slanovich, 82, was born August 19, 1934 on the family ranch south of Chandler, Fremont County Colorado and departed this life on June 19, 2017 in Denver, Colorado. Dan is survived by his brother, Augustine (Gus) Slanovich, sister, Helen Skrabec and numerous nieces...
Yesterday's Obituaries
Lois Gilbert
Canon City, CO
Lois Higgins Gilbert passed away June 15 at her home in Canon City. She was born March 13, 1929 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Her family moved to Houston where she attended junior high and then graduated from Lamar High School. In 1947, she married Binford Gilbert, and they were...
June 21, 2017 Obituaries
Lillian Wallace
Canon City, CO
Lillian Wallace, 89, of Canon City, passed away June 16, 2017. She was born April 23, 1928 in Kingman, Kansas to John and Harvilla (Shepherd) Ehmke, who preceded her in death. On May 13, 1947, Lillian married Lynn Wallace. He preceded her in death in August 30, 1991. She was...
June 20, 2017 Obituaries
Ann Marie Schmaltz
Canon City, CO
Ann Marie Schmaltz, 61, of Canon City, passed away at her home on Saturday June 17, 2017 after a brief battle with cancer. She was born September 22, 1955 in Billings, Montana to Sylvester P. and Alta Mae (Ward) Schmaltz. Ann Marie grew up in Williston, North Dakota and Coon...
June 17, 2017 Obituaries
Milan Lenarsic
Canon City, CO
Milan Lenarsic, 88, of Canon City, passed away June 3, 2017. He was born in Slovenia on June 7, 1928 to Franc Lenarsic and Marija Pecovnik. He was the seventh child of ten, eight boys and two girls. They all worked hard on their small farm when they were young, as the family...
June 14, 2017 Obituaries
Kevin Schwinn
Canon City, CO
Kevin Eugene Schwinn joined the Lord and was reunited with those that passed before him on June 10, 2017. Kevin was born May 24, 1961 in Exeter, California to Kathrine Chaney and was the oldest of five siblings. Kevin always had a great love for the outdoors and that love...
June 13, 2017 Obituaries
Jennifer Jordan
Canon City, CO
Jennifer Sue Jordan Blessed the World The Year 1947 on the cusp of October 5th and 6th and made it prevalent her Zodiac Sign of Libra...'Universal Balance & Justice'. Ms. Jordan exhibited the Entrepreneurial Spirit as a Multi Business Owner, and shrewd at Business she was, as...
Lonnie Lasha
Canon City, CO
Lonnie Leroy Lasha, 65 - of Florence, Colorado has travelled to his eternal hunting camp on the 8th of June, 2017. Lonnie was born November 6th, 1951 to Leo and Martha Lasha of Florence. Born and raised in Florence, Lonnie graduated from Florence High School in 1970. After...
June 10, 2017 Obituaries
James Mayhew
Canon City, CO
James Glenn Mayhew, 81, of Canon City, went home to be with the Lord on June 7 th , 2017. He was born on April 4 th , 1936 in Nampa, Idaho to Glenn and Marjorie Mayhew. Jim was the eldest of nine children. He had seven sisters and one brother. Jim was married in Colorado...
June 9, 2017 Obituaries
Mary Helen Langston
Canon City, CO
Mary Helen Langston passed away peacefully at home under the care of Sangre De Cristo Hospice last Thursday June 1st from Pancreatic cancer. She was born the last of four children to her mother Pearl Rogers and father, Amos Rogers of Dalton Georgia on July 3rd 1948. Her two...
June 7, 2017 Obituaries
John Dietrich
Canon City, CO
On June 2, 2017, John W. Dietrich, 91, was called home to the Lord's waiting arms and reunited with his loving wife, Joan. John was born to Arthur and Alice Dietrich on January 24, 1926 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was the third of four children. During World War II, John was...
Elton Phye
Canon City, CO
Elton "Piper" Phye, 92, lifetime resident of Canon City, born April 21, 1925 to Leroy and Ollie (Schornhurst) Phye, passed away May 27, 2017. A veteran of the US Navy, Elton served during World War II and later worked as a master electrician for the Department of Corrections....
Mandy Lynene Tryon (Wood)
Canon City, CO
Mandy Lynene (Wood) Tryon, age 36, passed away suddenly but peacefully on May 26, 2017 in her home in Aurora, Colorado. She was born in Canon City, Colorado on August 27, 1980 to Larry and Amy (Davis) Wood. Mandy grew up in rural Custer County and Westcliffe, Colorado and was...
Violet Jean Workman
Elizabeth, CO
Violet Jean Workman, 87, passed away June 1, 2017 surrounded by her loving family. She was born September 28, 1929 in Canon City to Oswald White and Edna Dye. Jean, as everyone knew they better call her, spent her early days enjoying her passion for music (Marty Robbins) and...
June 5, 2017 Obituaries
Sister Joan Hentges
Canon City, CO
Sister Joan Hentges, O.S.B. born Nov. 28, 1931 in Mitchell, SD to the late Theodore F. and Gertrude Mary, nee George, Hentges, passed away May 14, 2017 at St. Scholastica Monastery in Chicago. She was preceded in death by her sister Jean (the late Philip) Greenwood, her infant...
June 1, 2017 Obituaries
Anton Aron
Canon City, CO
Anton "Tony" Aron, 90, of Canon City, passed away May 29, 2017. He was born in Serbia on March 7, 1927 to Carl and Magdalena (Loyal) Aron. Tony moved to the United States in 1953 and was a resident of Fremont County since 1980. He owned and operated a successful plumbing...
Charles Croasdell
Canon City, CO
In loving memory of Charles Michael "Mick" Croasdell. Mick was called home to his maker May 26, 2017, after a brave fight with cancer at his home in Canon City, Colorado. He was 64 years old. He was born in Pueblo, Colorado, on May 29, 1952 to John J. and Teresa (Felice)...
Maria Luisita Ellis (Solano)
Canon City, CO
Maria Luisita Ellis (Solano), a long-time resident of Pueblo and previously of Canon City, went home to be with our Lord Wednesday the 24th of May peacefully at home with her family by her side. Born in 1941 in Portland, CO., Maria graduated Canon City High School in 1960 and...
Geraldine Smith
Canon City, CO
Geraldine "Jerry Lou" Smith, 83, of Canon City, passed away May 28, 2017 with her family by her side. She was born February 3, 1934 in Pueblo CO. to Clarence and Alma (Bouchard) Schwab of Westcliffe, CO. The Schwab family were original pioneers of the Wet Mountain Valley....
May 31, 2017 Obituaries
Juanita A. Haskell
Lamar, CO
Juanita A. Haskell passed away peacefully at her home in Canon City, Colorado on Friday, May 12, 2017 at the age of 85. She was born on June 29, 1931 in Beatrice, Nebraska to Lester A. and Testa Fern (Puckett) Wright. She married the love of her life, Kenneth L. Haskell, in...
May 26, 2017 Obituaries
Mae Loretta Campbell
Canon City, CO
Mae "Loretta" Campbell, 82, of Canon City, was called home May 22, 2017, at Skyline Ridge Nursing Home. She was born April 27, 1935 in Mineral Wells, Texas to Jesse and Nota Fallin. In 1940, Loretta was baptized at the Indian Creek Baptist Church on the Brazo River in Mineral...
May 24, 2017 Obituaries
Max L. Plummer
Canon City, CO
Max L. Plummer, 56, passed away May 21, 2017, in Pueblo. Survived by his wife of 13 years, Peggy Massie; mother, Carolyn Cress of Concord, NC; children, Jeremy (Robin) Plummer of Patuxent River, Md. And Shelley (Ryan) Darnell of Albemarle, NC; siblings, Billie Plummer of...
May 23, 2017 Obituaries
Harold Stringer
Canon City, CO
Harold Stringer 65, of Florence Colorado, passed away on May 20, 2017, at home. He was born in Twin Lakes, Colorado. He shared his life and was married to Pauline Stringer for over 50 years. Together they have three children; Bobby Stringer, DeeDee McEvoy (Jon), and Jerry...
May 22, 2017 Obituaries
Shirley Furphy
Canon City, CO
Shirley Louise Furphy, 89, of Canon City, born September 25, 1927 in Fountain, CO to John (Jack) W. and Ellen Avery Aldridge, passed away May 18, 2017 in Canon City. A graduate of Cotopaxi High School, she later worked for Estes Industries, City of Canon City, and Fremont...
May 20, 2017 Obituaries
Jeffrey Walcott
Canon City, CO
Jeffrey David Walcott, age 38, passed away unexpectedly May 12, 2017, in Canon City, CO. Jeffrey was born October 7, 1978 in Dorchester, MA. In 1996, he graduated from Medfield High School in Medfield, MA. That same year, he moved to Canon City, where attended college at the...
May 19, 2017 Obituaries
Susan M. Dessimoz
Canon City, CO
Susan M. Dessimoz, age 73, passed away at her home in Cañon City, Colorado on March 30, 2017. Susan was born on September 24, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois to Rene and Mary (Finnegan) Dessimoz. She was a 1961 graduate of Resurrection High School. She devoted her life to helping...
Jean Louise Englund
Kenosha, WI
Jean Louise Englund (née Robillard) passed away early in the morning on Monday, May 15, 2017, after an extremely brief battle with cancer. As in her life, she was surrounded by many loving family members and friends throughout her battle. Her faith in God gave her great...
Rodney Sandner
Canon City, CO
Rodney "Rod" Sandner passed away April 25, 2017 in the comfort of his home in Cañon City, CO. He was born July 10, 1945, in Sun Valley, Idaho, where his father "Al" was stationed during World War II. In December 1945, at six months of age, he moved with his parents to Cañon...
May 18, 2017 Obituaries
Rita Benzmiller
Canon City, CO
Rita Margaret (Wolff) Benzmiller was born on July 28, 1940 in rural Minnesota. Upon graduating with a degree in Medical Technology, she went to work in Duluth, where she met and married James "Doc" Benzmiller. They moved to Colorado where Rita promptly enrolled in cooking...
May 13, 2017 Obituaries
Josephine Blankenship
Canon City, CO
Josephine (Jo) Blankenship, 76, of Canon City, passed away Friday, May 5, 2017, in Woodland, California. She was born July 15, 1940, in Estepona on the Costa del Sol in southern Spain, the daughter of Frank Lopez and Gabriela Rubio Lopez. With her parents and sister, Jo...
Vada Garvin
Canon City, CO
Vada Irene Garvin, 68, lost her battle with cancer on May 1, 2017. She was born April 27, 1949 to Ival "Basil" and Eva (Kilgore) Hill in Pueblo, Colorado. She married her loving husband Richard Garvin in 1975 and they have three children. Vada will be remembered as the...
May 12, 2017 Obituaries
Danny Herrera
Florence, CO
Daniel "Danny" Herrera, 68, of Florence passed away May 9, 2017. He was born May 23, 1948 to Fred and Mary (Leyba) Herrera in Florence, CO. Danny loved many things, but his favorites were going to Cripple Creek and yard sales. He would spend his Thursday evenings mapping out...
Henry "Don" Mullican
Canon City, CO
Henry "Don" Mullican, 86, passed away Monday, May 8, 2017, in Canon City. Don was born in Delta County, Texas, to Henry Ronald and Agnes Mullican at their family home. He served his country in the US Marine Corps, after which he married his sweetheart, Helen Ann Brandt on Dec....
May 11, 2017 Obituaries
Richard Blattner
Canon City, CO
Richard L. Blattner, of Canon City, passed away May 7, 2017. Rich was born January 23, 1947 in Lamar, Colorado to Alfred Lee and Lucille Blattner. He is survived by his wife, Janis Blattner; sons, Stacy, Jason; daughter, Jennifer; stepson, Brian; sister, Sue (Mark) Osten;...
May 10, 2017 Obituaries
Albert Adams
Canon City, CO
Albert Adams, 84, passed into eternal life and into the arms of his beloved wife of 62 years on May 7, 2017. He was born December 30, 1932 in Leota, Kansas to John I. Adams and Florence E. (Miller) Adams, who preceded him in death. Albert married the love of his life, Betty...
Robert Overbey
Canon City, CO
Robert "Bob" Anthony Overbey, passed away on May 6, 2017 in Canon City, CO. He was born May 21, 1960 in Chicago, IL, to Walter and Patricia (Kelly) Overbey. Robert is survived by his parents; brother, David (Sue); sons, Shawn (Shantel), Shane (Valerie); grandchildren, Xavier,...
May 8, 2017 Obituaries
Thomas Nelson Moorhead
Canon City, CO
Nelson Moorhead died peacefully at his home on May 4, 2017. Nelson had turned 103 years old on April 6 and had the opportunity to visit with family and friends while celebrating his birthday. The funeral will be Wednesday, May 10, 2017 at 2 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in...
May 6, 2017 Obituaries
Gale Esch
Canon City, CO
Gale Ann Esch departed this life on May 01, 2017 while surrounded by her family. Gale was born June 21, 1943 to George and Thelma Polster of Colorado Springs. She met Thomas Esch, the love of her life and they were married in 1970. Gale was gifted with an extraordinary talent...
May 5, 2017 Obituaries
Rodney Buxman
Canon City, CO
Rodney George Buxman passed away Tuesday, May 2, 2017. He was 70 years old. He was born August 21, 1946 in Beaver, Oklahoma to George & Bernice (McCurdy) Buxman. He lived in Oklahoma until 1956 when his family moved to Florence and then to Canon City, Colorado. During his...
May 3, 2017 Obituaries
Daniel Adamic
Canon City, CO
Daniel Henry Adamic, age 90, passed away and went to be with "HIS LADY" April 26,2017, in Canon City, Colorado, with his family by his side. He was born in Canon City, Colorado, to Anton Adamic Jr. and Jane (Skerjanec) Adamic. He lived his entire life in the Fawn Hollow and...
