Obituaries
Obituaries in La Junta Colorado and
Willa Eileen Chase
Jan 10, 2010
Willa Eileen Chase January 13, 1953 – January 10, 2010 Willa Eileen Chase, 56, passed away Jan. 10, 2010 at her Lamar home. A memorial service will be held on Friday, January 15, 2010, at 10:00 a.m. at Peacock Memorial Chapel. Willa was born on Jan. 13, 1953 in La Junta, Colorado to Roy & Alma (Burt) Bullard. Willa is...
Ruthie G. Frye
Jan 7, 2010
Ruth Alice Green Frye was born July 3, 1926, in Casper, Wyoming, to Custis Roe Green and Dorothy Prudence Ustick Green. The family moved briefly to Rocky Ford and then made their home in La Junta. Ruthie graduated from La Junta high School and attended Otero Junior. College. She married her 8th grade sweetheart, Bill Frye, when they were both...
Frances Shasteen
Dec 31, 2009
Frances True Meyers Shasteen, 103, lifetime La Junta resident, passed away in her sleep on Thursday, December 31, 2009, at the Arkansas Valley Regional Nursing Care Center. Visitation will be Friday, January 8, 2009 from 10:00 a.m. to noon at Peacock Memorial Chapel. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Friday, January 8th at the First Christian Church with Reverend Ron...
Eugene "Gene" Wilson
Dec 27, 2009
Eugene “Gene” Wilson, 79, of La Junta was welcomed home by Our Lord after passing away peacefully at home on Sunday, December 27, 2009. Memorial services will be held on Thursday, December 31, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. at Peacock Memorial Chapel with Reverend Terilynn Russ of the La Junta United Methodist Church officiating. He was born on February 3, 1930...
Gilbert Bryant
Dec 25, 2009
Gilbert Bryant, 62, of La Junta passed away December 25, 2009, West of Fowler in an automobile accident. Visitation will be held Monday, January 4, 2010 from 3:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Peacock Memorial Chapel. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, January 5, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. at Peacock Memorial Chapel with Reverend M.J. Romano of the First Presbyterian...
Faye I. Wauson
Dec 23, 2009
Faye Irene Wauson, 79, went to be with Jesus on Wednesday, December 23, 2009 at the Arkansas Valley Regional Medical Center surrounded by her family. Visitation will be held Sunday, December 27, 2009 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. at the Peacock Memorial Chapel. Funeral services will be held on Monday, December 28, 2009 at 10:30 a.m. at the First Baptist...
Clara Cleo Wadleigh
Dec 22, 2009
Cleo was born August 31, 1919 in Las Animas County, Colorado 40 miles south of La Junta. Her parents, Clarence and Clara Reed were ranchers. Cleo was the seventh of eight children. Cleo started the first grade at Higbee School. She later attended school at Round Prairie and at Pinion Park Schools. These were one room schools. In 1938 she...
Howard Eldon Stutzman
Dec 18, 2009
Howard Eldon Stutzman was born to Samuel E. Stutzman and Barbara (Slagell) Stutzman on August 17, 1929 in Hydro, Oklahoma and passed away on December 18, 2009 in La Junta, Colorado. Howard was raised in Hydro, Oklahoma and attended Cedar Rural School. He attended High School in Weatherford, Oklahoma and Hesston Academy in Hesston, Kansas. Following graduation from Hesston, Howard...
Sally Christine Dietrich
Dec 16, 2009
Longtime La Junta and Las Animas resident Christine Dietrich (neé Dickey) died Wednesday night Dec. 16, 2009 at theAVRMC Nursing Care Center She was born in Altheimer, Ark, to Ralph Alonzo Dickey and Sallie Garrett Dickey on June 15, 1915. Drawn to music from an early age, and gifted with absolute pitch, Mrs. Dietrich majored in music at Henderson State...
Frank Dietrich
Dec 14, 2009
Formerly of Las Animas and more recently a resident of Casa del Sol, Frank Dietrich died Monday, Dec. 14, three weeks short of his 96th birthday, at the AVRMC Nursing Care Center. Born Jan 4, 1914 to Frank Adam and Louise Edwards Dietrich and raised in Pittsburgh, Pa., as a young man Mr. Dietrich fell in love with the Southwest...
Kenneth Lee Scott
Dec 8, 2009
Kenneth Lee Scott, 50, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at his La Junta home. Memorial service will be Monday, Dec. 14, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. at Peacock Memorial Chapel with Father Bernhard Ebert officiating. Visitation will be Sunday, December 13th from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Peacock Memorial Chapel. He was born on July 16, 1959...
Gilbert J. Montano
Dec 6, 2009
Gilbert J. Montano, Sr., 76, of La Junta, passed away Sunday, December 6, 2009 at the Arkansas Valley Regional Medical Center. Private services will be held at a later date. Gilbert was born on June 29, 1933 to Tony Martinez & Mary Tafoya in Maxwell, New Mexico. He married Simonita M. Sandoval on April 29, 1960 in La Junta, CO....
Ewell E. Hunnicutt
Dec 3, 2009
Ewell E. Hunnicutt , 86, passed away Dec. 3, 2009 at his La Junta home. Ewell was born on Sept. 26, 1923 to Earl & Edna (Price) Hunnicutt, in a dugout on the ranch his family homesteaded and later spent the majority of his life. He attended schools in the Kim area. In August 1943, prior to his senior year,...
Sally R. Fagan
Dec 2, 2009
Sally R. Fagan, 79, passed away Dec. 2, 2009 at her Rocky Ford home. Funeral services will be Monday, December 7, 2009, at 10:30 a.m. at the First Church of the Nazarene with Reverend Brian Williams officiating. Interment will follow at Fairview Cemetery. Sally was born on June 12, 1930 to Bob & Winnie (McNutt) Pennington in Manzanola, Colorado. She...
Barbara Chandler Miller
Dec 1, 2009
Barbara Chandler Miller , 89, of La Junta, passed away Dec. 1, 2009 in Denver. Memorial service will be Saturday, Dec. 12, 2009, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church with Father Bernhard Ebert officiating. Barbara was born and raised in Fort Collins, CO, on Nov. 18, 1920 to Lowell and Doris Chandler. In her younger years she was...
Barbara E. Lance
Nov 23, 2009
Barbara E. Lance, 93, of La Junta, passed away November 23, 2009, in La Junta. Funeral services will be Monday, November 30, 2009, at 10:30 a.m. at the First Church of the Nazarene with Reverend Brian Williams officiating. Interment will follow at Fairview Cemetery. Visitation will be Sunday, Nov. 29, from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. at Peacock Memorial Chapel. Barbara...
Juan Aragon
Nov 22, 2009
Graveside funeral services for Juan Aragon, 93, of Swink were held Wednesday, November 25 at 11:00 a.m. Burial was in Calvary Cemetery in La Junta under the direction of Peacock-Larsen Funeral Home. Officiating will be Pastor Virgil Ortega. Mr. Aragon died peacefully Sunday at the Arkansas Valley Regional Nursing Care Center, surrounded by his family. Juan Aragon was born December...
Curtis D. Byers
Nov 21, 2009
Curtis Dale Byers, 47, of La Junta, passed away November 21, 2009, in La Junta. Funeral services will be Saturday, November 28, 2009, at 11:00 a.m. at the First Baptist Church in Las Animas. Visitation will be Friday, Nov. 27, from Noon to 5:00 p.m. at Peacock Memorial Chapel in La Junta. Curtis was born on March 5, 1962, in...
Paul J. Whatley
Nov 21, 2009
Paul J. Whatley, 86, of La Junta, passed away November 21, 2009, at the Spanish Peaks Regional Health Care Center in Walsenburg. Per his request cremation has taken place and there will be no services. Paul was born on January 25, 1923, in La Junta, Colorado to Robert & Faustina (Martinez) Whatley. He married Emma Caponera on July 18, 1944...
Annie V. "Ann" Bond
Nov 20, 2009
Annie V. “Ann” Bond, 68, of La Junta, Colorado passed away Friday, November 20, 2009 at St. Mary Corwin Hospital in Pueblo, Colorado following a long battle with cancer. Born December 2, 1940 in Yuba City, California to Arthur Gilbert and Elizabeth (Sanderson) La Montagne, Ann grew up in Sutter, California. Ann met Orville Lester "Larry" Bond of Crowley, Colorado...
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