Sunset Mesa Funeral Directors

The U.S. Attorney's Office may seek to appeal a recent federal court ruling that vacated the sentences of Megan Hess and Shirley Koch, previous owners of Sunset Mesa Funeral Directors in Montrose. The mother and daughter operated a multi-year scheme to obtain human remains and sell them from their Donor Services business.

FEATURE STORY: The recent decision by the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals to vacate the sentencing of Montrose Funeral Home owners Megan Hess and her mother Shirley Koch, who plead guilty to mail fraud in one of the state’s most egregious body brokering schemes, brought out rage from Colorado State Representative Matt Soper.

The recent decision by the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals to vacate the sentencing of Montrose Funeral Home owners Megan Hess and her mother Shirley Koch, who plead guilty to mail fraud in one of the state’s most egregious body brokering schemes, brought out rage from Colorado State Representative Matt Soper.

Adam Frisch, Democrat candidate for Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District, is calling for President Biden to step aside following the recent Presidential Debate. Frisch made his comments public in a video posted on his X account.

A trio of bills aimed to reform Colorado’s funeral industry were signed by Governor Jared Polis on May 24th. The bill signing took place at the Governor's Residence at Boettcher Mansion in Denver. Colorado State Representative Matt Soper, who worked on several pieces of legislation to reform the mortuary industry following the FBI raid of Sunset Mesa Funeral Directors and Donor’s Service in 2018, attended the historic bill signing.

A trio of bills aimed to reform Colorado’s funeral industry were signed by Governor Jared Polis on May 24th. The bill signing took place at the Governor's Residence at Boettcher Mansion in Denver. KVNF's Senior Report Lisa Young recently spoke with Colorado State Representative Matt Soper on the importance of the bills.

The town of Paonia welcomed newly elected Mayor Paige Smith who replaced outgoing Mayor Mary Bachran during the April 23 Paonia Board of Trustees meeting, reports the Delta County Independent. Kathy Swartz was sworn in for a full term after finishing former Trustee Thomas Markle's term. William Brunner and Walter Czeck were sworn in, replacing Morgan MacInnis and Dave Knutson.

On today’s KVNF Farm Friday Brad Tonnensen from the Organic Agriculture Research Station at Rogers Mesa tells us about some upcoming events.

Family members of the victims in the body-brokering scam conducted by the owners of the Sunset Mesa Funeral Home in Montrose met on Friday, September 22, at Confluence Park in Delta to remember their loved ones and to release remains that had been returned to them. Sunset Mesa was raided and shut down by the FBI in 2018, and its owners are serving time in a federal prison.