Obituaries

Viola I. Talmadge Mestas

Died: Sunday, February 17, 2019

Viola I.

Dorothy Taylor Mitchell

Died: Saturday, February 16, 2019

Dorothy Taylor Mitchell, also known as Dorothy Jean, Dottie, Mom, and Grandma, died peacefully at her home. Dottie was a good friend, a good listener, and great asker of questions.

John C. Commander

Died: Thursday, February 14, 2019

John Curtis Commander, a longtime resident of Idaho Falls, passed away February 14th, 2019 at the Balfour Wellshire Nursing Care Unit in Louisville, Colorado.

Shirley K. Newell passed away on February 13, 2019. After meeting her late husband at a dance in Ohio, they moved around a lot as he was in the NOAA Corps, living in VA, CA, FL, WA, and in Boulder and Broomfield, Colorado.

Karen Kay Bacon

Died: Wednesday, February 13, 2019

Karen Kay Bacon was welcomed into the arms of her Heavenly Father on February 13, 2019, at St. Joseph Hospital in Denver, after a short and courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. She was born on August 31, 1949 in Denver, Colorado to Wayne and Marjorie (Cozad) Koehler.

James Alan "Jay" Shelley

Died: Monday, February 11, 2019

James Alan Shelley (Jay) passed away unexpectedly on February 11, 2019. He was 32 years old and lived in Westminster, Colorado. He came into the world at Boulder Community Hospital on August 5, 1986. He was the 3rd child of his parents, Wayne Shelley and Tamoria Sliz.