Paul Richard Montoya Sr.

IT IS WITH GREAT SADNESS AND A VERY HEAVY HEART THAT WE ANNOUNCE THE DEATH OF OUR BELOVED PAUL RICHARD MONTOYA GOD CALLED HIM HOME ON FEBRUARY 8, 2025 AT THE AGE OF 72. ON MARCH 16TH PAUL WOULD HAVE REACHED 73 YEARS OF AGE.
PAUL IS THE YOUNGEST SON OF OLIBIAS AND IDA MONTOYA (NUANES). HE WAS BORN IN BRIGHTON AND LIVED IN BRIGHTON HIS ENTIRE LIFE.
PAUL ATTENDED BRIGHTON SCHOOLS AND COMPLETED HIS GED. WHILE IN JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, HE EXCELLED IN BASKETBALL AND BASEBALL. HE WAS THE STAR OF THE GAME - WHILE PLAYING BASKETBALL, STUDENTS AND FRIENDS WOULD YELL "GIVE THE BALL TO PAUL" - GIVE THE BALL TO PAUL! HE WOULD DRIBBLE THE BALL DOWN THE COURT BYPASSING TALLER, BIGGER BOYS TO MAKE THE 2 POINTS AND ULTIMATELY WINNING THE GAME WITH HIS TEAMMATES.
PAUL MARRIED THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE, RAMONA RITA LUJAN ON APRIL 22, 1972. PAUL AND MONA HAD ONE SON, PAUL, JR. BIG PAUL LOVED HIS SON, UNCONDITIONALLY. PAUL WAS ALWAYS, ALWAYS THERE FOR PAUL, JR.
PAUL WORKED VERY HARD IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY HIS ENTIRE LIFE; MORE RECENTLY WITH CONCRETE PRIDE, A BUSINESS OWNED BY OUR NEPHEW GARY VIGIL, JR. PAUL ALSO WORKED FOR HENSEL PHELPS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY FOR MANY YEARS. PAUL WAS A GOOD FRIEND, ALWAYS READY TO LEND A HELPING HAND OR A SUPPORTIVE WORD.
PAUL LOVED GOD. HE CONSTANTLY PRAYED FOR EVERYONE NAMING US INDIVIDUALLY; THEN ASKING GOD TO BLESS HIM IF THERE WAS STILL ROOM TO BLESS HIM TOO. HE WAS BAPTIZED IN CHRIST 0N SEPTEMBER 28,1952 BY FATHER LYONS, IN ST. AUGUSTINE'S. HIS GODPARENTS WERE MANUAL AND CHARLOTTE GABALDON.
PAUL LOVED HIS PROWLER; TAKING LONG RIDES TO THE MOUNTAINS, HE LOVED HIS TRUCK, HIS FORD F-150, AND HIS HONDA CRV. PAUL LOVED TO SING; HE LOVED THE OLDIES; HE LOVED DOOWOP, AND MEXICAN MUSIC.
HE WAS ALWAYS SINGING HIS FAVORITE SONGS; NOT KNOWING THE LYRICS AND MAKING UP THE LYRICS AS HE SANG. HE'D SAY TO LOU: SIS, DO YOU THINK I SHOULD TRY OUT FOR AMERICAN IDOL OR AMERICA'S GOT TALENT: THEN HE'D LAUGH.
PAUL LOVED MEXICAN FOOD ESPECIALLY CHICKEN ENCHILADAS, AND HE LOVED STEAKS; PAUL LOVED SPORTS, HE LOVED THE BRONCOS, ALWAYS YELLING AT THE TV TOWARD BAD CALLS BY THE REFS. HE FOLLOWED COLLEGE FOOTBALL SAYING COLLEGE GAMES WERE BETTER THAN THE PROS. HE LOVED WATCHING ALL THE COLORADO COLLEGE TEAMS ESPECIALLY CU, CSU, ARMY, NAVY, AND AIR FORCE! HE LOVED THE NUGGETS. HE ATTENDED MANY BRONCO GAMES WITH HIS BROTHER, GEORGE AND HIS NEPHEW, VINCENT.
PAUL ESPECIALLY LOVED HIS FAMILY. HE LOVED HIS FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS AND THEY LOVED HIM. PAUL ALWAYS HELPED HIS NEIGHBORS AND THEY HELPED HIM.
PAUL LIVED WITH HIS MOTHER, IDA, AND WITH HIS SIBLINGS TOOK CARE OF HER. HE STAYED WITH HER EVERY NIGHT UNTIL HER DEATH. AS A NEIGHBOR PAUL TOOK HIS NEIGHBORS TO DOCTOR APPOINTMENTS OR TO THE GROCERY STORE.
PAUL WAS A GENEROUS MAN. HE SHARED HIS TIME WITH JESSE ELDERS, A LITTLE BOY THAT HE LOVED AND CARED FOR. JESSE IS NOW 17. PAUL WAS REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO ATTENDING JESSE'S UPCOMING GRADUATION IN MAY, THIS YEAR.
MOST OF ALL, PAUL LOVED HIS GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT- GRANDCHILDREN. HE WAS BROKEN HEARTED AT THE LOSS OF HIS GREAT- GRANDDAUGHTER, AVIYANA. PAUL SUFFERED FROM NUEROPATHY ON HIS HANDS, LEGS AND FEET, BUT HE DIDN'T LET THE NUEROPATHY KEEP HIM DOWN. HE KEPT GOING!
HIS GRANDSONS; PAUL III, ALONZO AND GRANDDAUGHTER, DARIAN MEANT THE WORLD TO HIM. HIS GREAT GRANDSONS, ORLANDO ROCCO, ACHILLES AND NOAH WERE HIS PRIDE AND JOY. PAUL LOVED, LOVED, LOVED HIS FAMILY UNCONDITIONALLY.
PAUL IS SURVIVED BY THOSE GRANDCHILDREN: PAUL III, ALONZO, DARIAN, GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: ORLANDO, ACHILLES, ROCCO AND NOAH; HIS SIBLINGS: ALFRED (ROY) MONTOYA, GEORGE (EVELYN CASIAS) MONTOYA, VIRGINIA GRIEGO, LOUISE (JOE) HERNANDEZ AND KATHY (GARY) VIGIL, NUMEROUS NIECES, NEPHEWS, GREAT NIECES, GREAT NEPHEWS, COUSINS AND ONE AUNT, OKIE NUANES.
PAUL IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, OLIBIAS AND IDA MONTOYA, HIS WIFE, RAMONA LUJAN-MONTOYA, BROTHERS: MANUAL MONTOYA, LAWRENCE MONTOYA, SISTERS: ISABEL ROMERO, BEATRICE, EMMA JEAN AND LUCILLE MONTOYA, PRISCILLA MONTOYA AND HIS PRECIOUS GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER AVIYANA MONTOYA, BROTHERS IN- LAW, ELMER GRIEGO AND RAYMOND MONTOYA; SISTERS IN-LAW, DOREEN ROTH AND VIRGINIA SOLANO MONTOYA PAUL'S LOVE, KINDNESS AND STRENGTH LEFT AN UNFORGETABLE, INDELIBLE MARK ON ALL WHO KNEW HIM. PAUL IS AT PEACE IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD. FLY HIGH PAUL, WE LOVE YOU, WE WILL CHERISH OUR MEMORIES OF YOU, AND WE WILL FOREVER MISS YOU.
THE FAMILY IS REQUESTING ALL TO BRING NON-PERISHABLE FOOD ITEMS FOR ST. AUGUSTINE'S FOOD PANTRY ON THE NIGHT OF THE ROSARY AND/OR THE DAY OF THE FUNERAL
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