Obituaries

Obituaries in La Junta Colorado and

Gilbert Bryant

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Keith E. Defoe

Keith E. Defoe

Nov 17, 2009

Keith DeFoe, 65, of Pueblo West, Colorado died November 17, 2009 near Fort Worth, Texas, in a head on collision. Private interment was at Fort Lyon National Cemetery.

Elizabeth Irene Platt

Elizabeth Irene Platt

Nov 10, 2009

Elizabeth Irene Platt, 62, of Swink passed away November 10, 2009, at the Arkansas Valley Regional Medical Center. She was born April 19, 1947 in Engleville, Colorado to Raymond & Evelyn (Montoya) Dominguez. She married Larry Platt on December 8, 1973 in Rocky Ford. She loved spending time with her grandchildren and children. She and Larry were always together. Elizabeth...

Alfred "Faf" Salazar,  Jr.

Alfred "Faf" Salazar, Jr.

Nov 9, 2009

Alfred “Faf” Salazar, Jr., 62, of La Junta, passed away November 9, 2009, in Pueblo. Recitation of the Rosary will be Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009, at 9:30 a.m. and the Funeral Mass will follow at 10:00 a.m. with both services at Our Lady Guadalupe/St. Patrick Parish with Father Charles Sena officiating. Interment will follow the Mass at Calvary Cemetery with...

Marie Elizabeth Schulz

Marie Elizabeth Schulz

Nov 4, 2009

Marie Elizabeth Schulz, 91, passed away on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at the Arkansas Valley Regional Nursing Care Center. She was born on October 22, 1918 in La Junta, Colorado to George & Amanda (Thompson) May. She graduated from La Junta High School in 1937. She married Carl G. Schulz on May 19, 1941 in La Junta; he preceded her...