Visitation will be at 6 p.m. Monday, followed by a rosary at 7 p.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, with interment at 1 p.m. at Veterans Memorial Cemetery of Western Colorado.
Survivors include his wife, Helen; four sons, James A. and Andrew L., both of Rangely, Thomas of Castle Rock and Albert K. of Pueblo; three daughters, Katherine Sams of Fruita, Lisa M. Tracy of Castle Rock and Donna J. Kramer of Long Beach, Calif.; one brother, Abel of Colorado Springs; four sisters, Lorraine Romero of Taos, New Mexico, Juanita Vargas of Ely, Nevada, Adeline Sanchez of Center and Mary Cordova of Fruita; 15 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren.