All Obituaries / Tributes

Kevin Hopp (Cortez, Colorado) was born September 25, 1974 in Chicago Illinois and passed away Tuesday, March 30, 2021 in Grand Junction, Colorado. He is survived by his sisters, Lisa (Mitchell) Wolf and Dawn (David) Cohn, niece Kaitlyn Cohn, nephews Steven and Brian Wolf and good friend, Jackie Williams. ​Kevin was preceded in death by his parents, Richard and Mary Hopp, and brother Tony.   Kevin grew up in Niles, Illinois moving to Mundelein while in high school. He was a free spirit...

When you think of a good man, you think of the True Cowboy. George Anthony Terpstra the True Cowboy passed away March 30, 2021. George was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico February 18, 1964. He was a Dairyman, Cattleman, Horseman, a Great Fisherman, Awesome Welder, Husband, Father, Brother, and Son. George was the type of person anyone could count on.  If he said he would do it, it was done. He was not only an honest hard-working Cowboy, He was also a Family man that loved his Family...

Ralph Goehringer of Gunnison passed away unexpectedly March 18, 2021. Ralph was born on May 2, 1961 in Reno, Nevada to Hugo and Gerda Goehringer. Ralph grew up in Glen Ellen, California and graduated from Sonoma Valley High School in 1979. Ralph raised his son in Sonoma, California and moved to the Gunnison Valley in 2008. He is survived by his son Christopher Goehringer and fiancee Julie Blomster of Santa Rosa, CA, mother, Gerda Goehringer, of Gunnison, CO, sisters Heidi (Danny)Dwyer of...

Mildred Wilkinson of Grand Junction, CO, went home to be with her heavenly Father on March 9, 2021 at the age of 90.  She went to sleep in this life and opened her eyes in heaven.     Mildred was born November 20, 1930 to Bryan and Mildred Nichols in Rifle, CO.   Mildred moved from Rifle to the Grand Valley in the ninth grade where she grew up and attended Fruita Union High School.     Mildred loved to paint memories from her travels. The walls of her...

Judith Ann Brokaw “Judy”, 75 of Grand Junction passed away March 3, 2021 Mother of Kevin Campbell, Kelly Campbell, Brian Campbell (Angela), Tracy Korda (Larry) and Charles Thomas Campbell II Grandmother of Josh Korda, Leann Garner (Chris), Jamie Bruno, Melissa Bruno, Sean Campbell (Tiffany), BriAnna Campbell, Brittany Campbell, Brooke Campbell, Brandie Campbell and Brian Campbell Jr. Great-grandmother of Christian Garner, Liam Garner, Alexandra “Lexi” Aranda, Gianni...

Tony passed away Feb 9th 2021 at St Mary's Hospital in Grand Junction Co. from complications due to Covid 19.  A Memorial service will be held Feb 27, 2021 at the Sillwater Cowboy Church in Fruita Co. Tony was born June 20th 1966 in Two Harbors MN to Susan (Harling) and James Shereck. Tony is survived by his Mother Susan Koski (Orv Millang) and step Father Jerry Koski. 3 Sisters, Dawn Bauer, Christine (Steve) Kellar, Terri (Tim) Rader, Step Brother Mark (Jill) Koski, Step Sister...

KATHLEEN THOMPSON (A beautiful soul taken way before her time) What to say??? Where do I start??? To everone who knew her she touched their heart She shocked and amazed ALL…..with the crazy things she’d do, She was beautiful and compassionate even this is true. Intelligent…….She was smart as hell, Loving…..She would pick you up if you fell. Lost and broken…. Is what peple would say, But the life she had didn’t hold her back from living...

Janet Ann Smallwood died peacefully on February 1, 2021, at the Mike and Kay Ferris Care Center in Grand Junction, Colorado, following a lengthy illness. Janet was born the first child of Charles and Myrtle Casteel on December 31, 1940, in Glenwood Springs, Colorado; the addition of sister, Joan and brother, Joe, came along soon after.  Janet attended school in Glenwood Springs into her high school years when she then married Elmer Smallwood.  She and Elmer had three sons: ...

Virgie Karen (Martin) Schafer of Grand Junction was born August 29, 1942 in Terra Haute Indiana to Helen and Lavern Martin.  She was called home on January 26, 2021.   She  attended Iron Dale elementary school thru the 8th grade, and graduated from Adams City High in 1960.   She was married in 1961 and had 2 beautiful daughters. A few years later, she married Lewis Schafer a timber worker and moved to Corpus Christy Texas.  Every weekend the family went to the...

December 22, 1936 - January 25, 2021 Charles "Chuck" Wellington Rose It is with great sadness that we must announce the death of Charles Wellington Rose. He had turned 84 in December. Chuck was one of nine children born to John and Maggie Rose and was their only son. He spent his childhood on their tobacco farm in Lee City, Kentucky. Where at an early age he became the spokesman for his parents who had lost their hearing and could not speak due to Meningitis they experienced...