Falco Maria Montoya

September 29, 1928 - December 6, 2013

Our beloved mother, and grandmother has gone to the angels.

Falco resided in Grand Junction for the majority of her life before moving to Utah to live with her daughter, Angela. She had many friends and enjoyed her time as a foster grandma at District 51 for several years. She enjoyed many outdoor activities, playing bingo, trying her luck at the slot machines, and spending quality time with each and every one of her children.

She is survived by eight children, Linda (Pedro) Duran; Angela (Cesar) Tolentino; Steve (Viola) Rivera; Rose Marie (Ted) Hurtado; Tommy (Shirley) Rivera; Arlene (Carlos) Trujillo; Rita Trujillo, Bernadette (Warren) Rodriguez, and a very special neice, whom by all aspects was another daughter, Arlene Mondragon. She had 24 grandkids; 34 great-grandkids, and three great-great-grandkids.

She will be greatly missed and will forever live on in our hearts.

Falco is preceded in death by her husband, Fred Rivera; siblings, Pat, Lola, Manuelita, and Joe; two sons, Fred, and Micheal, and one daughter, Barbara.

A visitation will be held at Callahan-Edfast Mortuary, on Thursday, December 12 from 5 - 7:00 p.m. A rosary will be recited at 7:00 p.m. at the mortuary. The funeral service will be at St. Joseph's Catholic Church on Friday, December 13 at 11:00 a.m. She will be buried at Orchard Mesa Cemetery.

Published in The Daily Sentinel on Dec. 12, 2013