Class of 1946

The 1946 Class from Brighton High School was 77 students.

Richard Leroy "Dick" Butz

Born: December 16, 1928
​Died: May 21, 2024
Cause: Old Age
Cemetery: Ft. Logan Nat. Cemetery, Denver, CO
Note:

Obituary: Schrader, Aragon, & Jacoby

Melvin Joseph Stoecklein

Born: August 31, 1928
​Died: March 21, 2022
Cause: 
Cemetery: Elmwood Cemetery, Brighton, CO
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Obituary: Tabor Funeral Home

Mildred "Millie" Edna Zeiler

Born: May 26, 1928
​Died: October 06, 2021
Cause: 
Cemetery:
Note: Married to Fred Thaden

Obituary: Tabor Funeral Home

​Ernst John Westermann

​Born: May 25, 1928
​Died: November 27, 2020
Cause: 
Cemetery:
Note:

Obituary: Legacy.com

Elisabeth Ann Gaunt​

Born: May 25, 1928
Died: December 24, 2019
Cause: 
Cemetery:
Note: Married to Rodney Bell-Class of '46

Obituary: Ponca City News

Laverna Elizabeth Brown

​​​Born: September 19, 1928
Died: April 22, 2018
Cause: 
Cemetery:
Note: Married to Ernest Younger

Nina Alice Ginther

​​Born: February 28, 1929
Died: January 31, 2018
Cause: 
Cemetery:
Note: Married to Delford Schloo

Obituary: Tabor Funeral Home

​Bruce Owen Barthal​

​​Born: November 04, 1928
Died: December 14, 2017
Cause: 
Cemetery: Cremated
Note:

Obituary: Funeral Innovations

Bertha Lorraine Trostel

​​Born: February 09, 1929
Died: September 06, 2017
Cause: 
Cemetery:
Note: Married Walter Dick and Danny Abel

Obituary: Tabor Funeral Home

Russell Dare Hause

​Born: April 02, 1927
Died: March 26, 2017
Cause: 
Cemetery:
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Obituary: Tabor Funeral Home

Gene Leslie Andrews

​Born: May 07, 1928
Died: September 02, 2016
Cause: 
Cemetery: Crown Hill Cemetery, Wheat Ridge, CO
Note:

Obituary & Online Memorial; Findagrave.com

Claire Gail Barrett

​Born: July 21, 1923
Died: August 01, 2016
Cause: 
Cemetery:
Note: High School credits completed in Air Force

Online Tribute: P. L. Fry & Son

Betty R. Naeb

Born: June 24, 1928
Died: July 03, 2014
Cause: 
Cemetery: Ft. Logan National Cemetery, CO
Note: Married to George Foster

Obituary: Tabor Funeral Home
Online Memorial: Findagrave.com 

Kenneth Kuniyoshi Funakoshi

Born: September 13, 1928
Died: 2014
Cause: 
Cemetery:
Note: Lived in San Diego at time of death

Obituary:  

Elsie Koch

Born: May 24, 1928
Died: May 21, 2013
Cause: 
Cemetery: Ft. Logan National Cemetery, Denver, CO
Note: Married to Floyd Johnson

Online Memorial/Obituary: Findagrave.com  

Leona "Lee" Shizuye Motooka

Born: January 07, 1929
Died: July 11, 2012
Cause: 
Cemetery: Green Hills Mem. Pk, Rancho Palos Verde, CA
Note: Married to Tony Hayashi

Obituary/Online Memorial: Findagrave.com  

Raymond Carl Caranci

Born: May 29, 1927
Died: March 27, 2012
Cause:
Cemetery: Coal Creek Cemetery, Louisville, CO
Note: 

Obituary: Boulder Daily Camera

Rodney Stanford Bell Jr.

Born: January 8, 1929
Died: August 2, 2011
Cause: 
Cemetery:
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Obituary: Denver Post 

Ruby Katherine Wegner

Born: June 28, 1928
Died: July 26, 2010
Cause: 
Cemetery: St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery, Norfolk, NE
Note:

Obituary: Tabor Funeral Home

Virgil Elwood Arnold

Born: March 29, 1924
Died: April 25, 2008
Cause: 
Cemetery:
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Obituary:  

Hisa Horiuchi

Born: March 10, 1928
Died: August 25, 2006
Cause: 
Cemetery: Cremated, Elmwood Cemetery, Brighton, CO
Note:

Obituary: Tabor Funeral Home

Bernice Ethel Klug

Born: March 21, 1929
Died: August 12, 2006
Cause: 
Cemetery: 
Note: Married to Walter Dittmer

Obituary: Tabor Funeral Home 

Tomio "Tom" Mayemura

Born: April 11, 1928
Died: February 19, 2006
Cause: 
Cemetery: Green Hills Mem. Pk, Rancho Palos Verde, CA
Note:

Online Memorial: Findagrave.com

Stanley Howard Egan

Born: February 23, 1928
Died: April 20, 2005
Cause: 
Cemetery: Elmwood Cemetery, Brighton, CO
Note:

Obituary:  Tabor Funeral Home

Malcolm Harry Scofield, Jr

Born: March 20, 1927
Died: October 29, 2004
Cause: 
Cemetery: Ft Logan National Cemetery, Denver, CO
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Online Memorial: Findagrave.com  

Verle Edwin "Pete"Bisbee

Born: October 22, 1927
Died: September 06, 2004
Cause: 
Cemetery: Ft. Logan National Cemetery, Denver, CO
Note: Obit says Class of 1945. He is listed in the 1946 
         class list
Obituary: Tabor Funeral Home 
Online Memorial: Findagrave.com

Shoichi "Jim" Shimamoto

Born: January 09, 1928
Died: April 11,, 2004
Cause: 
Cemetery: Roosevelt Memorial Park, Gardena, CA
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Obituary: Los Angeles Times
Online Memorial: Findagrave.com  

Marie Oralia Duran

Born: November 18, 1927
Died: March 18, 2003
Cause: 
Cemetery: Fort Logan National Cemetery, Denver, CO
Note: Married to Filbert Trujillo

Obituary: Rocky Mountain News
Online Memorial: Findagrave.com

Gordon Frank Penfold

Born: October 05, 1928
Died: February 23, 2002
Cause: 
Cemetery: Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Los Altos, CA
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Obituary: San Jose Mercury News 
Online Memorial: Findagrave.com

Iola Jean Hunt

Born: August 27.1926
Died: January 20, 2001
Cause: 
Cemetery: Memorial Gardens, Grand Junction, CO
Note:Married to Robert Ellis

Obituary:  

Joy Lynetta Rucker

Born: August 12, 1928
Died: October 27, 2000
Cause: 
Cemetery: 
Note: Married names were Barton, Scelleto, and Holt

Obituary: Denver Post 

Marjorie Dee Reed

Born: January 11, 1928
Died: September 02, 2000
Cause: 
Cemetery: Roselawn Cemetery, Ft. Collins, CO
Note: Married to Thomas James "Jim" McFall

Obituary/Online Memorial: Findagrave.com  

Paul James McKay

​Born: February 12, 1928
Died: January 25, 2000
Cause: 
Cemetery:
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Obituary: Las Vegas Sun

Neil Lamont Carleton

Born: August 12, 1929
Died: July 31, 1999
Cause: 
Cemetery: Riverside Cemetery, Sterling, CO
Note: Weld County Deputy Dist. Attorney

Obituary: The Denver Post 

Lester Richard Timmerman

​Born: November 07, 1928
Died: September 24, 1998
Cause: 
Cemetery: Memorial Gardens, Grand Junction, CO
Note:

Online Memorial: Findagrave.com

Toshi "Beth" Sato

Born: April 01, 1928
Died: January 07, 1998
Cause: 
Cemetery:
Note: Married name was Yamaoka

Obituary:  

Robert Kimball Winton

Born: November 19, 1928
Died: October 09, 1995
Cause: 
Cemetery: Forest Lawn Memorial Garden, Glendale, CA
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Ob:  

Evelyn Grace Bevier

Born: January 04, 1929
Died: August 12, 1995
Cause: 
Cemetery: Crown Hill Cemetery, Denver, CO
Note: Married to Fred Ginther

Obituary: Rocky Mountain News

Charles Anthony Erger

Born: September 09, 1928
Died: April 12, 1994
Cause: 
Cemetery: Elmwood Cemetery, Brighton, CO
Note:

Obituary: Rocky Mountain News 

Donald George Gaylor

Born: January 12, 1928
Died: April 13, 1991
Cause:
Cemetery: Elmwood Cemetery, Brighton, CO 
Note:

Obituary: Rocky Mountain News

Charles Louis Bremkamp

Born: March 23, 1928
Died: November 01, 1986
Cause: Heart Attack
Cemetery:  Forest Park Westheimer Cemetery, Houston, TX
Note:

Obituary: Houston Chronicle 

Joyce Lorraine Ehlen

Born: September 30, 1928
Died: August 29, 1976
Cause: 
Cemetery: Highland Cemetery, North Judson, IN
Note: Married Richard Arlt

Obituary:  

Jack Gerald Hight

​Born: July 31, 1925
Died: April 26, 1976
Cause: 
Cemetery: Mountain View Mem Park, Boulder, CO
Note:
Obituary:  Findagrave.com

Shirley Garland Craig

Born: December 13, 1928
Died: June 08, 1975
Cause: 
Cemetery: Haxtun Cemetery, Haxtun, CO
Note: Married to Ralph K. Scott, Jr

Online Memorial: Findagrave.com

Melvin J. Kreutzer

Born: January 31, 1928
Died: May 1972
Cause:
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Online Memorial:  

Irene V. Deines

Born: November 06, 1925
Died: September 24, 1966
Cause: 
Cemetery:
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Obituary:  

Stephen Joseph Schenfeld

Born: May 26, 1928
Died: October 06, 1953
Cause: Nephritis
Cemetery: Elmwood Cemetery, Brighton, CO
Note: Nephritis was known as Bright's Disease then. It is a kidney disease that was fatal in the 1950s

Online Memorial: Findagrave.com