Obituaries
Elwyn Kay Becher
May 17, 2009
Elwyn Kay Becher passed away May 17, 2009 in Pueblo. Kay was born Dec 17, 1925 in Rye, CO, one of three children to Hiram and Opal Becher. He was a veteran of the US Navy having served in both WWII and Korea. Kay was a member of Wesley United Methodist Church, the Navy PT Cruisers, a longtime secretary of...
Bridget Rene Garcia
May 15, 2009
Bridget Rene Garcia passed away May 15, 2009 in Pueblo. Bridget was born February 17, 1975 in Pueblo and was a graduate of Central High School. She was preceded in death by her father Dale Garcia in 2004 and her grandfather Eli Manzanares. Bridget is survived by her mother Annette Garcia, a brother Randy (Amaris) Garcia of Pueblo, a sister...
Laura Mae Puga
May 11, 2009
Laura Mae Puga passed away May 11, 2009 in Pueblo, Colorado. Laura was born May 31, 1932 in Pueblo to Oscar E. Gunnar Dehn and Laura Dehn. She was employed in dietary service at the Colorado State Hospital for many years before her retirement. She was preceded in death by her husband Joe R. Puga in 2006. Her survivors include...
Byron Tucker
May 2, 2009
Byron Tucker, 70, passed away May 2, 2009 in Pueblo after bravely battling cancer for over a year. Byron was a lifelong educator with a career spanning more than three decades as a public school principal in Jefferson County. Byron loved gardening, hiking, cooking and traveling, but his greatest joy was his family. His survivors include his wife Eva; children,...
Hazel Mae Leonardelli
May 2, 2009
Hazel Mae Leonardelli passed away May 2, 2009 in Pueblo. Hazel was born Dec 6, 1922 in Lubbock, Texas. She went to school in Oklahoma and attended college in New York. After college she spent six years as a missionary in Peru, South America. While there, she married Oscar Trisollini. They had one child, Leo Kim Trisollini. After Oscar’s death,...
Willis Personette
Apr 29, 2009
Willis Personette passed away Apr 29, 2009 in Pueblo. Willis was born Sept 2, 1920 in Brookville, Indiana to Roy and Ella Mae Personette. He was a veteran of the US Army having served as an airplane engine mechanic during WWII. Willis was preceded in death by his wife Ella Mae in 1985 and his son Willis Wayne Personette in...
Angelina Juinta
Apr 28, 2009
Angelina Junita was born May 14, 1909 and passed away April 28, 2009, fifteen days short of her 100th birthday. She was a lifelong resident of Pueblo and a long-time employee of Crews-Beggs Mercantile Stores. She was well known for her skills as a seamstress and her intricate crochet work. Angelina was preceded in death by her parents, Giuseppe and...
Patricia L. Wear
Apr 26, 2009
Patricia L. Lewis Wear passed away April 26, 2009 in Pueblo. She was born Sept 11, 1944 in Pueblo to Clarence and Ina Lewis. Pat enjoyed trips to Cripple Creek, lunching with her friends and spending time with her family. She was preceded in death by her parents, brothers, Albert, Donald and Robert and sisters, Betty and Shirley Lewis and...
Doris Louise Higgins
Apr 23, 2009
Doris Louise “Pudge” Higgins went to be with her Lord and savior April 23, 2009. She was born July 14, 1938 in Drumright, OK. Doris and her husband Herbert met in Drumright and moved to Pueblo in the mid 1950’s, where he retired from CF&I after 37 years. Doris loved to be with her friends and family. Her house was...
Lois Eleanor Gray
Apr 22, 2009
Lois E. Gray, passed away April 22, 2009 at her home in Ordway, Colorado. Lois was born Feb 25, 1938 in Hinsdale, Illinois to Edwin G. Wayman and Harriet Anna Talbot. She was preceded in death by her husband Delbert Dean Gray and her son Delbert Dean Gray, Jr. Her survivors include her sons William Gray, of Ordway and Richard...
Thomas F. Spencer
Apr 16, 2009
Thomas F. Spencer passed away April 16, 2009 in Pueblo. He was born on October 14, 1929 near the Missouri River Leavenworth, Kansas. Mr. Tom Spencer was the son of Grover C. and Clara H. (Bollin) Spencer whom have preceded him in death. He was a past president and honorary lifetime member of the Colorado Cattlemen’s Assn.; past president and...
Mary Jo Emiley
Apr 10, 2009
Mary Jo Emiley passed away on Friday,April, 10, 2009 in Pueblo, Colorado. Mary Jo was born November 4, 1921 in Anderson, Indiana to John and Ethel Burkert. Mary Jo is survived by her children Jerry (Dorothy) Eubanks, Thomas Eubanks, Judy (Mike) Files and Pam (Bob) Nelson. At her request, no viewing or services. Cremation, Davis Crematory.
Charlie Stimmel
Apr 3, 2009
Charles L. “Charlie” Stimmel passed away suddenly April 3, 2009 in Pueblo. He was born Jun 21, 1942 in Frederick, Maryland to Charles and Ethel Stimmel. Charlie was a veteran of the US Army and a Bronze Star recipient, he served in the “Big Red 1” during Vietnam. Before his retirement in 1996, he was a 25 year employee of...
John Robertus
Mar 25, 2009
John Robertus went to be with the Lord on March 25, 2009. John was born April 6, 1925 in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, the youngest of six children to Henry and Katherine Robertus. He was a proud veteran of the US Army having served in the Southern Phillippines and the Western Pacific Theatres during WWII. John was employed by Associated Grocers for...
Hazel "Sue" Sadler
Mar 14, 2009
Hazel “Sue” Sadler passed away Mar 14, 2009 in Pueblo. Sue was born Nov 14, 1925 in Cade, Oklahoma the youngest child of James and Dovie Morris. She was employed as a Master Gardener Coordinator for the CSU Extension Service for many years before her retirement in 2006. Sue was a member of the King of Kings Lutheran Church and...
Paul Ernest West
Mar 9, 2009
PAUL ERNEST WEST passed away Mar 9, 2009 in Pueblo. Paul was born Feb 19, 1921 in Washington, PA to Georgia and Hal West. Following his graduation from Waynesburg High School in PA, Paul served in the US Army during WWII. He was awarded the Good Conduct Medal, the American Campaign Medal, the European African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with...
Marjorie E. Meier
Mar 8, 2009
Marjorie E. Meier, of Pueblo, Colorado, formerly of Beatrice, Nebraska passed away March 8, 2009 in Pueblo. Marge was born October 25, 1918 in Goff, Kansas to Critten and Cordelia Moore. Marge spent most of her life in Beatrice, working for Formfit Company. After Formfit closed, Marge became an active foster grandparent working at area day care centers. She was...
Phyllis A. Conklin
Mar 7, 2009
Phyllis A. Conklin passed away March 7, 2009 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Phyllis was born in Cunningham, Kansas on September 3, 1919 to Thomas and Zella Sitton and had lived in Pueblo since 1945. She was a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church as well as the Order of Eastern Star. Phyllis was employed for many years in the Dental Office...
Donald Wayne Jahn
Mar 2, 2009
Donald W. Jahn passed away March 2, 2009 in Pueblo. Donald was born Apr 13, 1947 to Fred and Myrtle Jahn and was a lifelong Pueblo resident. After graduating from East High School in 1965, Donald enlisted in the US Navy where he served his country during the Vietnam War. He was employed locally as an auto mechanic and worked...
Velma Ruth Elliott
Feb 19, 2009
Velma R. Elliott passed away Feb 19, 2009 in Pueblo. Velma was born Sept 23, 1916 in Pueblo to Arthur and Katherine Samples. She was employed as the secretary at Hellbeck Elementary School for 20 years before her retirement. Velma was a member of the First Baptist Church where she served as a Deaconess, taught Sunday School and belonged to...
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