April 29, 1931 ~ April 12, 2021 Betty Lorraine Boice was born on April 29, 1931, to Edwin and Mary Boice in Manassa, Colorado. She was the second daughter in a family of five daughters (LaRee, Verla, Maevonne, Betty, and Gladys) and two sons (Dale and Dean). She grew up[Read More…]
Tag: Obituary
Obituary: Nancy Ellen Green
April 12, 1938 ~ April 12, 2021 Nancy Ellen Green passed away peacefully on April 12, 2021, her 83rd birthday. She was born in Torrington, Wyoming, to John and Helen Anderson in 1938. She was the oldest of five children. She spent most of her childhood in the great state[Read More…]
Obituary: Dean Burke
April 18, 1928 ~ April 3, 2021 Lifelong Piceance Creek resident Dean Burke passed away on Saturday, April 3, 2021, at the Walbridge Wing in Meeker, Colorado, at the age of 92. Dean was born on April 18, 1928, in Meeker, Colorado, the 12th of 15 children born to Fred[Read More…]
Obituary: Donnalee Pitney Brady Thornton
June 16, 1939 ~ April 1, 2021 Donnalee Pitney Brady Thornton, 81, of Mt. Pleasant, Utah, passed away peacefully in her home, on April 1, 2021. Donnalee was born in Maybell, Colorado, to Clyde Barton Pitney and Jesse Fern Jacobsen, on June 16,1939. She married her first love, Lorain Brady,[Read More…]
Obituary: Ann Cogswell Caldwell
July 17, 1941 ~ March 26, 2021 Ann Cogswell Caldwell passed peacefully, surrounded by loved ones, on to greener pastures after 79 years of a full, joyful and wonderful life. Ann was born on July 17, 1941, to Dr. and Mrs. Wilton Cogswell Jr. and grew up with her five[Read More…]
Obituary: Enid Esther Steffen
Feb. 9, 1941 ~ March 15, 2021 Enid Esther Steffen was born on Feb. 9, 1941 to Antone Bryan (Whitey) and Mary Jean Eliasen near Elk Creek in eastern Rio Blanco County. Enid was the fourth of 15 children in the Eliasen family. She was raised in Rio Blanco County[Read More…]
Obituary: Hazel Sizemore Edwards
Sept. 17, 1927 ~ March 13, 2021 Hazel Edwards, 93, a lifelong resident of Rio Blanco County passed away Saturday, March 13, 2021. Hazel was born in Meeker, Colorado, to parents Oscar and Lulu Sizemore. She was raised with two older brothers Roscoe Sizemore, Roy Sizemore, and younger sister Thelma[Read More…]
Obituary: Jean M. Welder
Aug. 30, 1929 ~ Jan. 22, 2021 Long time Meeker resident Jean Welder passed away while residing at the Walbridge Wing in Meeker, Colorado. Jean was born in Sault Ste Marie Michigan to William S. and Ethel M. Price, the middle of five children. She was a member of the[Read More…]
Obituary: Timothy Wayne Smith
May 4, 1956 ~ Feb. 17, 2021 Timothy Wayne Smith (Tim Smith), 64, died peacefully in his home in Erda, Utah, on Feb. 17, 2021. Tim was born on May 4, 1956, at the Middletown hospital in Middletown, Ohio, to mother Clara Mae (Bowman) Smith and father John Frederick Smith.[Read More…]
Obituary: Estella “Elaine” Webber
Dec. 13, 1938 ~ Feb. 4, 2021 Estella “Elaine” Webber was born on Dec. 13,1938, to Antone Bryan (Whitey) and Mary Jean Eliasen on the Sleepy Cat Ranch. Elaine was the second of 15 children in the Eliasen family. She was raised in Rio Blanco County and graduated from the[Read More…]
Obituary: Bernice R. Sell
May 5, 1936 ~ Feb. 15, 2021 Bernice R. Sell passed away peacefully the morning of Feb. 15, 2021, after a short battle with the recurrence of cancer coupled with pneumonia. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother. Bernice was born May 5, 1936, in Invail, Nebraska,[Read More…]
Obituary: Consuelo (Connie) Devereaux
June 30, 1930 ~ Feb. 11, 2021 Former longtime resident of Meeker and Grand Junction, Colorado, Consuelo (Connie) Devereaux, passed away in Peoria, Arizona, on Feb. 11, 2021, at the age of 90. She is preceded in death by her former husband Daniel (Jim) Devereaux, sons Gary Green and Daniel[Read More…]
