Obituaries

March 8, 1934 – Sept. 28, 2018 Nellie LaJoy, a long time Carbondale resident, passed away on Sept. 28.  Nellie felt blessed to be loved by her family and friends and to live in this amazing place.   Nellie was born in Glen Cove N.Y. to Joseph and Anna Douso. She was the youngest daughter […]

Nov. 17, 1919 – Sept. 28, 2018 Hester Louise Aiken Miner, age 98, of Hoover, AL, passed away Friday afternoon, Sept. 28, 2018. The graveside service will be at Rosebud Cemetery in Glenwood Springs, CO at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018. Born and raised in Carbondale, CO, Hester left home at the young […]

Anna Shook Peleaz unwillingly, but ever so gently, set her Earthly body down to rest on the morning of July 7, 2018. In the arms of her birth parents, her brother and her beloved husband, she surrendered to the ravages of her cancer and bid farewell to the people she loved most in the world. […]

June 21, 2013 – May 30, 2018 Oliver was born in Denver to Harlan and Tamara Nimmo on June 21, 2013. Oliver died on May 30, 2018 in the wee hours of the morning. He was 22 days short of being 5 years old. Oliver was born with Hirschsprung’s Disease which affected his intestines, robbing […]

John Lawyer, former municipal judge of Carbondale, passed away peacefully at home with his family after 99.5 terrific years on Earth. Born in Macomb, Illinois, John soon moved with his parents John C. Lawyer and Bess Dague Lawyer and his sister, Ruth to Evanston, IL where John grew up enjoying swimming in Lake Michigan. Swimming […]

Wallace Alvari Eugene de Beque, III passed away peacefully at home last Friday after a long life and a brief illness. He was 96 years-old. Wally was a true son of the West. He was born in Carbondale to Margaret Anne Dinkel and Wallace de Beque, Jr. He is the grandson of two Colorado pioneers […]