Death Notices, Oct. 24, 2012

By Staff
Tuesday, October 23, 2012

■ Ella N. Owens Bennett, 91, Paonia, died Oct. 21, 2012, at Paonia Care and Rehabilitation Center.

No services will take place.

Survivors include one son , Jack Owens of Mimbres, N.M.;  one daughter, Jeannie Courter of Parker; four grandchildren; three stepgrandchildren; and three stepgreat-grandchildren.

■ Roger Albert Brown, 75, Grand Junction, died Oct. 22, 2012, at Hospice & Palliative Care of Western Colorado.

Service will be private.

Survivors include one son, William Roger of Palisade; two daughters, Glenda Gay and Tina Brown, both of Grand Junction; one brother, Eddie of Montrose; three sisters, Beverly Warren, Phyllis Keesler and Ruth Young, all of Kent, Wash.; 11 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Memorial contributions to Hospice & Palliative Care of Western Colorado, 3090 North 12th St. Grand Junction 81506.

■ Former Delta resident Billy Gonzales, 47, Grand Junction, died Oct. 21, 2012, at his home.

A rosary will be said at 7 p.m. Friday at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Delta. Services will take place at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the church. Inurnment will be at Mesa View Cemetery in Delta.

Survivors include his girlfriend, Kristina Gallegos of Grand Junction; five brothers,  John and Sandy, both of Canon City, Gene of McAlester, Okla., Joe of Pueblo West and George of Las Vegas; and two sisters,  Christina of Salem, Ore., and Rosie of Phoenix.

Memorial contributions to St. Michael’s Catholic Church, 628 Meeker St., Delta 81416.

■ Milo D. Severson, 69, Grand Junction, died Oct. 20, 2012, in Park County.

Services will take place at 11 a.m. Friday at Callahan-Edfast Mortuary.

Mr. Severson was a meter technician for Xcel Energy.

Survivors include his wife,  Millie; four sons, Jeffrey Smith of Solvang, Calif., Timothy of Renton, Wash., Eric of Santa Barbara, Calif., and Kevin of South Ogden, Utah; two brothers, Donald and Russell, both of Minnesota; one sister, Randi Campise of Illinois; and four grandchildren.

Memorial contributions to Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, 5705 Grant Creek Road, Missoula, MT 59808.