Death Notices: January 20, 2009

By Staff
Tuesday, January 20, 2009

•  Carolyn D. Beldon, 76, Grand Junction, died Jan. 18, 2009, at the Hospice Care Center.

Cremation has taken place. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Callahan-Edfast Mortuary Chapel.

Mrs. Beldon owned and retired from Carolyn’s Bernina Sewing Center.

Survivors include two sons, Clark Milholland of Nevada and Ray Milholland of Grand Junction; two daughters, Diane DeOnier and Rene Erickson, both of Grand Junction; two brothers; two sisters; and nine grandchildren.

Memorial contributions to Hospice & Palliative Care of Western Colorado, P.O. Box 60307, Grand Junction 81506.

•  Carolyn V. Hacker, 92, Grand Junction, died Jan. 17, 2009, at Mantey Heights Care Center.

A Mass will be at 10 a.m. today at St. Joseph Catholic Church.

Survivors include two sons, Charles of Hot Springs, Ark., and Tom Farmer of Grand Junction; one daughter, Charmaine of Grand Junction; one brother, Sam Salatino of Grand Junction; two sisters, Mary Strain and Betty Salatino, both of Grand Junction; and one grandchild.

Memorial contributions to Holy Family Catholic School, 786 26 1/2 Road, Grand Junction 81506.

•  Frances McPherson, 67, Austin, died Jan. 17, 2009, at Delta County Memorial Hospital.

No services are planned.

Survivors include her husband, Roger R.; three sons, Roger A. II, Briar Scott and Eric Wayne, all of Casper, Wyo.; one daughter, Regina Renae Woods of Swartz Creek, Md.; three brothers, Wilford Gallegos, Rudy Gallegos of Rawlings, Wyo., and Johnathan Gallegos of Littleton; four sisters, Beatrice Sather of Fort Collins, Isabel Dietrich of Florida and Jenny Groll and Georgianna Romero, both of Littleton; and seven grandchildren.

•  Alma G. Ohler, 88, Grand Junction, died Jan. 15, 2009, at St. Mary’s Hospital.

Services will be Friday at the Unity United Church of Christ in Berlin, Pa.

•  Adrian Rae Treaster (Baker-Hinkley), 27, Grand Junction, died Jan. 18, 2009, at the Hospice Care Center.

Services will be at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Seventh-Day Adventist Church.

She was a parts manager.

Survivors include her father, Larry Hinkley of Thornton; her mother, Susan Hinkley of Ironton, Mo.; her grandparents, Marvin and Eunice Snyder, of Ironton; one brother, Aaron Hinkley of Thornton; and one sister, Stephanie Busby of Grand Junction.

Memorial contributions to Hospice & Palliative Care of Western Colorado, PO Box 60307, Grand Junction, 81506.

•  Leo J. Watts, 75, Delta, died Jan. 18, 2009, at Delta County Memorial Hospital.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Mesa View Mortuary Chapel.

Mr. Watts was a retired land surveyor.

Survivors include one daughter, Karen Saltysiak of Delta; two sisters, Stella Wilson of Grand Junction and Wilma Hubbard of Salt Lake City; and three grandchildren.

Memorial contributions to a charity of one’s choice.