Obituaries
Obituaries in La Junta Colorado and
Eddie Deherrera
Nov 21, 2011
DeHerrera, 63, passed away on Monday, November 21, 2011 at his Rocky Ford home. He was born October 16, 1948 to Flavio & Josephine (Segura) DeHerrera in Center, Colorado. He graduated Rocky Ford high school class of 1967. He is survived by his wife, Patsy M. DeHerrera-Vigil of La Junta; daughters, Dee Dee (Kenneth) Medina of Pueblo; Desiree (Christopher) Hachey...
Delfina Cecilia Salas
Nov 20, 2011
Delfina Cecelia Salas, 71, of Rocky Ford, passed away at the Fowler Health Care Center. She was born Dec. 27, 1939 to Antonio D. & Rumalda (Whatley) Marez in La Junta. She is survived by her son, Alvin Salas; brother Eugene (Connie) Marez; sister Joyce Ayala; and numerous nieces, nephews and other relatives. Delfina was preceded in death by her...
Ralph G. Broce
Nov 20, 2011
Ralph George Broce, 88, passed away on Sunday, November 20, 2011 at his Kim home. He was born September 9, 1923 to George & Nola (Blankney) Broce in La Junta, Colorado. He married M.E. Thompson on September 27, 1944 in Raton, New Mexico. Ralph graduated from Kim High School and served in the United States Army during World War II....
Doris J. Baker
Nov 19, 2011
Doris J. States-Baker, 78, was born March 24, 1933 in Pueblo, CO to Ralph O. & Vena Elizabeth (Beach) States. She attended schools in Stone City, CO and Penrose, CO. Her junior year in high school the family moved to the Rocky Ford area and she attended and graduated from Rocky Ford High School in 1951. Also that year she...
Ada Beth Finkner
Nov 16, 2011
Ada Beth (Cranson) Finkner, 89, went peacefully to be with her Lord, on November 16, 2011, surrounded by family. Ada Beth was born on January 2, 1922, the second of 8 children in the home of her parents on the Cranson’s Golden Rule Dairy, in North La Junta. She was the last surviving member of her family. Ada Beth attended...
Ada Pauline Talbert
Nov 15, 2011
Ada Pauline Talbert, 78, passed on Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at her Cheraw home. Ada was born on January 18, 1933 in Pueblo, Colorado to John Evan & Lenore (Parker) Watkins. She married James F. Talbert on March 25, 1969 in Salida, Colorado. Pauline graduated from Buena Vista High School in 1951. She was a co-owner and bookkeeper at Adam’s...
Margaret E. "Eddie" Peacock
Nov 15, 2011
Margaret Edwidene “Eddie” Peacock was born in Walsenburg, CO on May 24, 1930 to Barney and Maude (Cash) Mintz. The Mintz family moved to La Junta in time for Eddie to start her freshman year at La Junta High School. As a senior, Eddie was crowned LJHS Homecoming Queen and later that same evening, she was crowned Miss Rattler at...
Lois Le Jeanne Phillips
Nov 4, 2011
Lois Le Jeanne Phillips, 79, of La Junta, passed away Friday, November 4, 2011 in Colorado Springs. Lois was born October 8, 1932 in Vandalia, Illinois to Everett & Eva Bell (Rhodes) Morris. Lois married Phalace “Phil” Grant Phillips, Sr. in Gulfport, MS in 1955; he preceded her in death on November 29, 1998. Lois served in the United States...
Jay W. Miller
Nov 2, 2011
Long-time resident and supporter of the La Junta community, Jay W. Miller, 90, passed on Wednesday, November 2, 2011. Memorial service will be held at St. Andrews Episcopal Church at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, November 18, 2011. Jay was born in Burkburnett, Texas on November 17, 1920 to John W. and Annie Laura Miller. He was raised in Fort Collins,...
Lynda M. Pantoya
Nov 2, 2011
Lynda M. Pantoya, 63, of Rocky Ford, passed away Nov. 2, 2011 in Pueblo. Lynda was born September 28, 1948 in Rocky Ford, CO to Cipriana Mary Madrid and Eliseo Joe Sr. Masias. She attended school in Rocky Ford and enjoyed working at her father's restaurant in Colorado Springs during the summertime. After graduation, she married Frank Pantoya in 1970,...
Sharon Lee Hiller
Nov 1, 2011
Sharon Lee Hiller, 69, passed away Nov. 1, 2011, in Pueblo. She was born Oct. 28, 1942 in Denver, Colorado. Per Sharon's request there will be no services. Peacock-Larsen Funeral Home & Arkansas Valley Crematory is in charge of arrangements.
Winford C. Bean
Nov 1, 2011
Winford C. Bean, 78, of Trinidad, passed away on Tuesday, November 1, 2011 at the Joni Fair Hospice House in Pueblo. He was born on December 7, 1932 in Villagreen, Colorado to Jim Charles & Pearl (Carter) Bean. He married Doris D. Caler in Texarkana, Arkansas in 1956; she preceded him in death on June 9, 1988. Winford served in...
Buddy L. Mayo, Sr.
Oct 29, 2011
Buddy Laverl Mayo was born Feb 3, 1920 in Beaver, Oklahoma. He was the youngest of nine children born to George Richard Mayo and Hattie Almeda Graham Mayo. He passed away October, 29, 2011 at the age of 91, at the Arkansas Valley Regional Medical Center Nursing Care Center in La Junta, Colorado. At the age of 3 months, he...
Alice "Stella" E. Harrington
Oct 25, 2011
Alice Estella “Stella” Harrington, 94, went peacefully to be with her Lord, on October 25, 2011. Stella was born in Eddyville, Iowa on December 18, 1916 to the union of Charles C. & Mary Alice (Gallagher) Carson. She was the last surviving grandchild of Kit Carson, the Famous Frontiersman. Stella married W. H. “Jake” Harrington in La Junta, Colorado on...
Evelyn Jacob
Oct 24, 2011
Evelyn Jacob, 77 of La Junta, passed away Monday, October 24, 2011 peacefully making the journey home to be with her Lord and savior. She was born on October 15, 1934 on a farm in Hoxie, Kansas to Orville & Rosalie (Chamberlain) Johnson. She loved living on the farm. She has lived in La Junta since 1972. Evelyn is survived...
Leonard N. Stephan
Oct 24, 2011
Leonard Nelson Stephan, passed away October 24, 2011, in Rocky Ford, at age 87. He was the second of four children born to Lee and Hazel Stephan. He was born on December 13, 1923 in Mason City, Iowa. He grew up in Nortonville, Kansas and graduated in 1941. Leonard served as a Technical Sergeant in the Marine Corps from 1942-1946....
Virginia "Virgie" Ruth Berg
Oct 20, 2011
Virginia R. “Virgie” Berg, 82, of La Junta passed away Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011, at Swedish Medical Center in Englewood, Colorado. She was born Aug. 30, 1929, in Frazee, Minnesota to F. Oscar & Ruth (Ror) Anderson.She is survived by her husband, Bob, children, Steve and wife, Mary, Janet, Darilyn, Rob and wife, Sue, grandchildren, Julie, Emily Lathrop and husband,...
Jack Willison Miller
Oct 20, 2011
Jack Willison Miller, 67, passed away on Thursday, October 20, 2011 at his La Junta home. He was born on November 24, 1943 to Malcolm McCaulah & Hattie Marie (Van Dyke) Miller in Columbus, Ohio. He married Marlene T. Price on July 24, 1966 in Germantown, Ohio. He attended schools in Albany, Ohio. He joined the United States Air Force...
Fred A. Hare
Oct 19, 2011
Fred Alvin Hare, 80, of La Junta passed away Wednesday, October 19, 2011 at the Pikes Peak Hospice in Colorado Springs. He was born December 12, 1930 in Camden, NJ to Fred & Anna Marie (Wagenbaur) Hare. He spent his early years at their home in Delair, NJ raising chickens and turkeys and working on their small farm. In 1951...
Mary Deleon
Oct 19, 2011
Mary DeLeon, passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family at her La Junta home on October 19, 2011, she was 90. She was born on November 9, 1920 in La Junta, Colorado. In her younger years Mary was a farm laborer, a dishwasher at France’s Café and Potties Café, worked at Western Canning and Pryor’s Manufacturing Co. She did...
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