Obituaries
Obituaries in La Junta Colorado and
Miles Norman Clark
Dec 8, 2023
Miles Norman Clark
November 17, 1952 – December 8, 2023
Miles Norman Clark, 71, longtime resident of Crowley County, passed away Friday, December 8, at Parkview Medical Center surrounded by his wife and children. Miles was born on November 17, 1952, in Yuma, Colorado to Norman and Shirley (Josh) Clark.
Miles graduated from Yuma High School in 1971 where he was a member...
Jerre Lynn Henderson
Dec 8, 2023
Jerre Lynn (Stewart) Henderson was born in Austin, Texas, on September 25, 1945. She finally got her wish to go to Heaven on December 8, 2023. She was the first of 6 siblings born to Clyde and Aline (Murray) Stewart. She had many cousins that she loved as siblings, too.
Jerre married the love of her life, Donald Henderson, on November...
Cynthia Medina
Dec 4, 2023
Cynthia May Medina, 74, of La Junta Colorado passed away unexpectedly at AVRMC, on December 4, 2023, in La Junta, Colorado, surrounded by her family. Cynthia was born on December 18, 1948, to Clyde Bowen & Viola Garcia.
In 1965, Cynthia married Jose H. Medina and had six children. Later in life she married Sergio Bailon.
Cynthia impacted so many lives with...
Brinda Kay Goodwin
Dec 3, 2023
Brinda Kay Goodwin, 62, passed away at her La Junta home on December 3, 2023. She was born on August 2, 1961 to Joan Fayette (Lusk) and Arthur Karl Randall.
She is survived by her sons, Justin Davis, Granitt Bowe Goodwin, and Robert-Ray Blaze Russel Goodwin; daughter, Mariah Joane Jones; four grandchildren; sister, Grace Margret (Roland) McGuire; brother, Ray Allen (Stanett)...
Luke Wyatt Marriott
Dec 3, 2023
Luke Wyatt Marriott
August 31, 2005 – December 3, 2023
Luke Wyatt Marriott, 18, passed away unexpectedly on December 3, 2023 in La Junta, CO. He was born on August 31, 2005 in Wheat Ridge, CO to Letha (Coram) and Paul Marriott.
Luke was an amazing young man with a stellar work ethic. He loved to do things with his hands and...
A.W. "Bill" Abel
Dec 1, 2023
A.W. “Bill” Abel, 88, of La Junta left his home for the final time on December 1, 2023 to join his wife Ruth in heaven, to whom he was married for 65 years. He was born September 19, 1935 to August and Mildred (Thurston) Abel in Kansas City, MO.
In his younger years, he enjoyed bowling and golf, but he was...
David Bradley Schulz
Nov 27, 2023
David Bradley Schulz
May 25, 1958 – November 27, 2023
David B. Schulz, 65, passed away November 27, 2023 at Parkview Medical Center in Pueblo, CO due to heart complications. He was born May 25, 1958 at the Marine base in San Diego, CA to Robert & Kathleen (Klinefeld) Schulz. He was raise in Michigan until 1972. The family later moved to...
Janet Rae Pinamonte
Nov 22, 2023
Janet Rae Pinamonte
June 25, 1932 – November 22, 2023
Janet Rae Pinamonte, 85, passed peacefully Wednesday, November 22nd 2023 at her La Junta home surrounded by loved ones. She was born, June 25th 1938 in Pueblo, CO to Corrina Nichols & Leonard Markland.
Janet loved playing sports, especially softball and was a talented violinist. In 1956, Janet graduated from Central High School...
Rafael Marquez, Ii
Nov 20, 2023
Rafael Marquez, Jr.
October 5, 1975 – November 20, 2023
Rafael Marquez, 48, of Rocky Ford, passed away unexpectedly on November 20, 2023 at the home of his mother. He was born on October 5, 1975 in Rocky Ford, Colorado. He lived in Florida for 29 years and then moved back to Rocky Ford in 2014 with his mother Mary Gallegos.
Rafael was...
Lottie Marie Curtsinger
Nov 20, 2023
Lottie Marie Curtsinger, 96, passed away peacefully on November 20, 2023 at Belmont Lodge Healthcare Center in Pueblo, CO. She was born March 27, 1927, in Pryor, Oklahoma to Millard and Lottie (Jefferies) Curtsinger. Lottie Marie was the eldest of three children. Seeking better opportunity, the family left Oklahoma for Colorado, eventually settling near Swink, CO where Marie graduated from...
Orlando Victor Medina
Nov 19, 2023
Orlando Victor Medina
July 25, 1968 – November 19, 2023
Orlando Victor Medina also known as “Nano” was 55 years old, he was born, Thursday, July 25, 1968, in La Junta Colorado to Victor Medina and Gloria Medina. He passed away on Sunday, November 19, 2023, in Denver Colorado.
He was a man who had the most contagious laugh, and he could crack...
Vernie Mae Ellis
Nov 19, 2023
Vernie Mae (Wilson) Ellis born April 30, 1939 at Hartville, Missouri to Clifton Claud Wilson and Anna Elberta (Woody) Wilson. Vernie was the eldest of the nine children. She attended grade school in Hartville, Missouri and graduated from high school at Altamont, Kansas.
Vernie and Irvin Lou Ellis were married at Parsons, Kansas on December 24, 1961. They were blessed with...
Thomas Oliver Mcfatridge
Nov 13, 2023
Thomas Oliver McFatridge
April 4, 1935 – November 13, 2023
Thomas “Tom” McFatridge, 88, of Rocky Ford, CO passed away on Monday, November 13, 2023 at his Rocky Ford home in the loving presence of his wife Kay. He was born April 4, 1935 to George and Lena (Sails) McFatridge in Corning, Arkansas. He was the youngest of ten children. Tom relocated...
Constance Ann "Connie" Elder
Nov 11, 2023
Constance Ann “Connie” Elder
December 4, 1929 – November 11, 2023
Connie Elder, 93, peacefully passed away Saturday, November 11, 2023 at the Crowley County Nursing Center in Ordway, Colorado, from a long illness.
Connie was born Wednesday, December 4, 1929, in Monroe, Michigan. The daughter of Henrietta M. Lemerand and Alonzo Benjamin Bragdon. Connie was raised in Monroe and attended St. Mary’s...
Elizabeth Jane Rush
Nov 10, 2023
Elizabeth Jane Rush
August 31, 1924 - November 10, 2023
Elizabeth Jane Rush, 99 of La Junta, passed away on November 10, 2023 at Evergreen Gardens in La Junta. She was born on August 31, 1924 in Sergeants, CO to Clair & Myrtle (Lynch) Anderson.
Elizabeth is survived by daughters, Mary Ann James, of Ulysses, KS and Becky (David) James of Amarillo, TX;...
Eva Louise "Tommi" Keller
Nov 5, 2023
On November 5, 2023, at 10:50 am Eva left this world to be with her daughter Marleen, surrounded by her loving husband of almost 50 years.
Eva Louise Keller was born on March 29, 1932, in Olney Springs, Colorado to Willis & Marguerite Gribble. She had 4 older brothers, Francis, James, Jack, and George, and 5 younger brothers, Claude, David, Milton,...
Lee Marvin Whorton
Nov 1, 2023
Lee Marvin Whorton
April 21, 1929 – November 1, 2023
Lee Marvin Whorton, 94, passed away on November 1, 2023 at the Fowler Health Care Center in Fowler, CO. He was born Sunday, April 21, 1929 in Nickerson, Kansas to Oscar & Ruby (Hamlin) Whorton.
Lee was a long time resident of La Junta, Colorado. He worked for the Santa Fe Railroad until...
Bettyjean Wierth
Oct 28, 2023
BettyJean Wierth, 78, of Olney Springs, CO, passed away October 28, 2023 at Crowley County Nursing Center in Ordway, CO. Betty was born and raised in New Braunfels, TX to Edwin and Marie (Glenewinkel) Lehmann.
Betty is survived by her husband, Dean Clifford Wierth, two sons, Clifford Froelich, Jr. and Bruce Froelich, step-daughter, Summer Wierth, her sister Jeanette Ormond, and her...
Eugene "Gene" Grasmick
Oct 27, 2023
Eugene (Gene) Grasmick
April 10, 1933 - October 27, 2023
Eugene Grasmick, 90, of Staunton, Virginia passed away Friday, October 27, 2023. He was born Monday, April 10, 1933, to Pete & Elizabeth (Ring) Grasmick. Gene grew up in the Arkansas Valley living in La Junta, Rocky Ford, and Swink.
He married Lillian Mae Miller in 1949 and from that union, they had...
Nicholas Jimenez, Jr.
Oct 22, 2023
Nick Jimenez, Jr. age 65 was called to sing with the angels on October 22, 2023 after a brief illness. He was surrounded by his loving family at the time of his death in Pueblo, CO at the Joni Fair Hospice House. Nick Jimenez, Jr., was born on August 14, 1958 to Nick, Sr. and Mildred (Perez) Jimenez at the...
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