Gail Chiyoko Yoshida Caldwell, 84, passed away Monday, April 21, 2014, at the Walbridge Wing in Meeker, Colo. She was the second daughter born to to Hamakichi and Hana Yoshida in Fujisawa Takazagun, Japan.
Obituaries
Obituary: Thomas Jefferson Fritzlan
Thomas Jefferson Fritzlan passed peacefully on Saturday, April 5, 2014, at the Colorado State Veterans Home in Rifle, Colo. He was 86.
Death Notice: Dick Green
William Richard “Dick” Green, 88, of Montrose died Jan. 7, 2014, at San Juan Living Center in Montrose, Colo. A memorial service with military honors will be held on Thursday, April 24, 2014, at 1 p.m. at the Veterans Memorial Park cemetery of Western Colorado in Grand Junction, Colo. Arrangements[Read More…]
Obituary: Nina Mintz
Nina Lucille (Lasley) Mintz was born Nov. 23, 1914, near Chanute, Kan., to Lee and Louise (Lefever) Lasley. She left this earth for her heavenly home March 29, 2014, from the ranch at Meeker.
Obituary: Odessa G. Balloga
Odessa G. Balloga was born May 11, 1923, in Galena, Kan., to May (Greenwood) and William Cox. She died March 30, 2014, at the age of 90.
Obituary: Meldrin Martin “Maynard” Olsen
Meldrin Martin “Maynard” Olsen, 65, of Neola, Utah, passed away March 15, 2014, of complications from a brain tumor. Olson was born May 15, 1948, in Roosevelt, Utah, to Carlos Clifford and DeeAtha Anna South Olsen. He lived his entire life on the same property he was practically born on.[Read More…]
Death Notice: Nina Mintz
Funeral services for Nina Mintz, 99, will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, April 4, 2014, at the United Methodist Church in Meeker.
Obituary: Harold Lloyd Bland
Harold Lloyd Bland, a longtime resident of Rangely, Colo., passed away March 19, 2014, at his home in Cripple Creek, Colo.
Obituary: Vern Arthur Amick
Vern Arthur Amick was born May 4, 1925, to Arthur R. and Myrtle Amick. He joined his 4-year-old brother, Harold. His birth took place in the home on the “old Fairfield place,” currently owned by Terry and Diane Mobley. Vern passed away at his home in Meeker on Monday, March[Read More…]
Obituary: Mary Arlene Brown
Mary Arlene Brown passed away Feb. 25, 2014, in Las Vegas, Nev., due to complications from emergency surgery. Her children, Marlin Brown, Marilee Rippy (both of Glenwood Springs, Colo.) and Melissa Kindall (of Meeker, Colo.) were at her side.
Obituary: Clayton Claude Graham
Clayton Claude Graham passed away March 10, 2014, in Meeker, Colo. He was born Dec. 20, 1934, in Rifle, Colo., to to Elmer and Hazel Graham, the youngest of five children. He was raised in Rifle.
Death Notice: Vern A. Amick
Vern A. Amick of Meeker, born May 4, 1925, and the uncle of Diana Watson, passed away Monday, March 17, 2014. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, March 21, 2014, at the Methodist Church.
