Ruth Eleanor Godfrey

Ruth Eleanor Godfrey, 82, of Canon City died Feb. 22.

Ruth was born in Providence, R.I., on Sept. 27, 1927, the daughter of the late Arthur Leroy and Ruth Evelyn (Arnold) Edson. 

Ruth was a 29-year member of the Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints.

She enjoyed cooking, crochet, knitting, scrap booking, genealogy, and puzzles, but her favorite things, her God, her church, and spending time with her family, were the things she loved the most. 

Ruth was preceded in death by her parents and her son, Dennis C. Hamm.

She is survived by her loving husband John Godfrey of Colorado,  sons Roger (Janet), Hamm of Rhode Island; Robert Hamm, of Virginia; David (Grace) Hamm, of Massachusetts;  Duane (Mary) Hamm of Rhode Island; and daughters Sandra (Raymond) Pelland of North Carolina; and Linda (Jerry) Vorhies of Colorado. She also has 14 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren  

Services were held Feb. 26 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Canon City.

Interment was at Union Highland Cemetery in Florence. 

On line condolences may be made at charlesanthonyfh.com 

Mary L. Fay

Mary L. Fay of Canon City, formerly of Florence, died Wednesday, Feb. 24, in Canon City.

She was born May 11, 1954 in Denver.

She had been baptized in the Church of the Nazarene in Florence.

Survivors include her husband Darrell D. Anderson of Canon City; three children, Chris Schriner of Salina, Kan., Lori Herman of Lawrence, Kan., and Julie Schriner of Lakewood, Fla. Also surviving are two grandchildren, Michael Herman and Alyssa Herman, and numerous other relatives and friends.

Services will be held in Denver. There was cremation.

Holt Family Funeral Home of Canon City is in charge of arrangements.