Melissa Pena

Melissa Pena, 47, passed away on Friday July 4, 2014 in Englewood, Colorado. There will be a wake for Melissa on Thursday July 10, 2014 at 7pm at the Southern Ute Chapel in Ignacio, Colo. The funeral service will be on Friday July 11, 2014 at 10am at the Southern Ute Multi-Purpose Room in Ignacio, Colo.
Melissa graduated from Ignacio High School in Ignacio, Colo in 1984. Soon after graduation, she moved to Denver to attend college. She worked in a variety of jobs. She especially loved working at the Trading Post, where she met many other natives. She enjoyed dancing at pow-wow’s and making jewelry. She loved the Denver Broncos, her family and her friends.
Melissa is survived by husband, Francis Pena, children: DeVonne Madril of Aztec, New Mexico; Crystal Madril of Denver, Colo; Autumn & Sage Medicine Blanket of Ignacio, Colo, sisters: Anna Watts of Ignacio, Colo; Suzette Humpy of Denver, Colo, brother: Mitchell Watts of Ignacio, Colo., seven grandchildren and numerous relatives.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Jerry Humpy and Ellenette Watts Humpy and grandparents, Max and Ellen Watts, and numerous relatives.