Brenda Lee Kelly, 80, passed away on May 27, 2023, at Riverbend Health and Rehabilitation Center in Loveland, Colo.

Clarke Fred Echols Sr., of Loveland, Colo., passed away after a short illness on Dec. 20, 2022, at the age of 78 years.

Glen Yarberry of Highlands Ranch, 93, died on April 16 at Wind Crest Assisted Living, with his sons by his side, having listened to Tommy Dorsey his last days with everybody who came by to visit.

Thomas Orin Corzine was born Sept. 6, 1942, to Chester and Eilene (Thomas) Corzine in Canyon, Texas. He went to be with the Lord following a brief illness on June 1, 2023.

Longtime Monte Vista resident Ray Warren Berry, 85, died June 4, 2023, at the River Valley Inn Nursing Home in Del Norte, Colo.

Edward Christopher Welling passed away due to cancer on Saturday, May 20, at the age of 65.

Adams State University will honor the life and memory of John Edgar McDaniel, Ph.D., emeritus professor of history, at 10 a.m. on Saturday, June 10, in Richardson Hall Auditorium.

William J. Woodward, Jr., CDR, USN (Ret) of La Jara, Colo., died peacefully on Feb. 3, 2023, at his home in Las Vegas, Nev.

Ricky S Mortensen, 71, of Del Norte, Colo., passed away peacefully in his home on Saturday, May 27, 2023, surrounded by his loving family.

M. Elsie Cerny, 83, of Rogers, Neb. passed away on Saturday, May 27, 2023 at the Emerald Care Center in Columbus, Neb.

San Antonio resident Joseph Baldino Romero (Joe B), 85, was called home to be with our Lord on May 15, 2023, surrounded by his son Rocky, daughter Rhilda, nephew Johnny, niece Marlene and husband Anthony, granddaughter Kimberly and Kimberly's mother Maggie and Shelly.

Shirley Lou Carbutt Paine was born Feb. 3, 1935, in Chama, N.M., to Robert O. Carbutt and Lucy DePriest. She departed this world May 24, 2023.

Manassa resident Damian “Day” Large, 40, was called to heaven on May 24, 2023.

Our beloved Dawn Dixon, 52, was called home on May 19, 2023, as a tragic result of a car accident.

Longtime resident Sandra Marie Cruz, 69, passed away on May 22, 2023.

John “Jack” Riggin passed away May 20, 2023, in Cheyenne, Wyo.

Dennis Martinez, 69, of Winnemucca, Nev., passed away peacefully with his son Dominic by his side on March 25, 2023

Antonito resident Alberto D. Pineda went to be with the Lord on May 17, 2023, surrounded by his loving family.

Dennis LeRoy Lane, 72, passed away on April 30, 2023, from a hard-fought battle against Cancer.

It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of Paul Dean “Dennis” Espinoza, 69, of Monte Vista.