obituaries

Dec 6, 2021

Jack Dean Crouse passed away in his home in Queen Creek, AZ on Monday, December 6, 2021, at the age of 70 after a short illness.  Jack was born August 31, 1951, to Jack Dempsey Crouse and Bernice Marie (Finn) Crouse in Fairfield, California.  Jack had two older sisters Pamela and Cheryl.

Jack’s father died in 1958...

Dec 1, 2021

Barbara Louise (Wilson) Childress was born March 11, 1929 to James Franklin and Dorothy Emma (Klein) Wilson in Wray, Colorado. She passed away December 1, 2021 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Services are pending. Cremation was requested.

Schmidt-Jones Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Nov 15, 2021

Steven Lee Clegg (AKA) “Black Hat”, was born to Neal and Dorothy (Bush) Clegg on April 6, 1950. He passed away on November 15, 2021 quietly in his home with his wife by his side.

Steve attended Haigler Public school through his sophomore year then transferred to Wray High School as he was recruited to play on...

Nov 15, 2021

Marilyn Rae Moncrief was born in Elwood, Nebraska on April 19, 1931, to Raymond William Moncrief and Esther Marie Morris of Elwood.  She had five siblings; Wanda, Delores, Kenneth, Judy and Carol Moncrief.

Marilyn grew up in Sterling and attended Sterling High School and graduated with the Class of 1949.  While pursuing her high school diploma, she...

Nov 6, 2021

Barbara Ann Scott died from COVID-19 November 6, 2021, at Saint Anthony Hospital in Lakewood Colorado. She was born at home on March 9, 1935, about 11 miles northwest of Wray, Colorado on the farm where her paternal grandparents and parents lived.

Barbara was the first-born child of Charles Livingston Brown, Jr. a.k.a. CL and Pearl Margaret...

Nov 5, 2021

Angeline (Babanicols) Vrame (Mother of Nancy Helling, Greg Vrame & Doug Vrame) born September 20, 1938 in Chicago, Illinois to Harry and Diamando (Greanias) Babanicols. She grew up in Chicago, and attended Morrill Elementary, Homer Greek School at St Nicholas Church, and Lindblom Technical High School. She graduated from Northwestern University in nearby Evanston, Illinois with a degree in...

Oct 30, 2021

Kathie D. Lords was born January 6, 1951, in Wray, Colorado to John and Rhea Barnett. Her older sister, Pat, was so-o-o glad to have a live “dolly” to play with, and 18 months later they got a little brother, James, who didn’t really enjoy the role of “dolly!”

Kathie began her education in Denver (kindergarten) and...

Oct 15, 2021

Don Crow, 78, of Wray, Colorado, died Friday, October 15, 2021, at his home following a hard-fought battle with cancer.

Donald George Crow was born in Pueblo, CO on June 24 th , 1943, the son of George Vernon and Lois Elizabeth (Geroux) Crow. He grew up in Westcliffe, CO, attending school and graduating from Custer County...

Oct 11, 2021

Bonny "Dean" Perry was born to William Charles Perry and Roselie Berniece (Pugh) Perry on November 23, 1929, in rural Haigler, Nebraska. At three years of age Dean went to live with his maternal grandparents Ralph and Lulu Leake. Bonny attended a rural country school outside of Haigler, Nebraska until the 9 th grade when he started Haigler High...

Oct 3, 2021

William James Magruder, known by his friends and family simply as Bill, Dad, Grandad, or Grandpa, and lovingly as Grandpa backhoe, came into the world May 29,1933 in Hugo, Colorado to parents Malvern and Mary (Flageole) Magruder and lived in Simla, Colorado until he was 7 years old.

Later, Bill moved to Vernon, Colorado where he would...

Sep 29, 2021

Jennifer Brooke Gelvin was born December 27th, 1971 in Wray, Colorado to Edmond E and Rebecca C (Grate) Gelvin.  They lived at Kitzmiller Ranch and in Laird, CO until the family settled north of Wray.  She graduated from Wray High School in 1990 and moved to Boulder where she nannied for Uncle Bill and Aunt Jean Thomas while attending...

Sep 22, 2021

Alta Irene (Haskell) Daschofsky passed away at the age of 88 years on September 22,2021. She was born the third child of Gerald & Lola Haskell on January 5, 1933 in Beecher Island, Colorado.

She married in 1951 and moved to Boise, Idaho in 1954 where she lived and worked until 2004. She then moved back to...

Sep 14, 2021

Stephen Ray Pittman 3/02/1953-9/14/2021 Stephen Ray Pittman (68) was born to John Jr. & Ellen “Louise” Pittman in Las Animas, Colorado in 1953.

When he was 5 years old they moved to Wray Colorado, where he lived and worked off and on until 1991. While Steve grew up in Wray, Colorado he participated in multiple sports and...

Sep 8, 2021

Nancy Annette (Cornish) Kimsey born March 8, 1939, at her Grandma Gilstrap’s boarding house in Wray, Colorado to Velma Aughe and later adopted by Robert Cornish. She passed away peacefully on September 8, 2021 at the Hillcrest Care Center in Wray, Colorado.

Nancy grew up in Wray, loved school, very smart in Math and Spelling, was on...

Sep 5, 2021

Pamela Russell was born December 12, 1946 and passed away September 5, 2021. Cremation was requested with no services.

Schmidt-Jones Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Aug 30, 2021

Christopher Conklin Zuege, age 63, was born March 17, 1958 in Denver, Colorado, and passed away August 30, 2021 in Birmingham, Alabama after a 2 year battle with cancer. He is survived by his two children Caitlyn Zuege and Connor Zuege, his mother Carol Zuege, sister Lisa Mitchell and her husband Gene, and brother Scott and his wife Sherry, along...

Aug 30, 2021

Jake Leroy Bigner was born on March 21,1938 to Jake and Louise (Tatum) Bigner. He entered eternal life on August 30, 2021, at the age of 83.

Jake was born in Hawk Springs, Wyoming and lived east of Wray as a young child.  He attended Wray schools graduating from Wray High School, class of 1957.  One of...

Aug 19, 2021

Jerome M. Currier passed away on August 19, 2021, at his home in Wray, CO. He was born December 5 th , 1988 in Denver, CO to Maria Starks Wren and Doug Currier, being raised in the Denver/Seibert area.  He attended High Plains Public Schools in the Vona/Seibert school district and moved to Wray in 2007 to begin his...

Aug 16, 2021

Haigler, Nebraska – Karen M. McVey passed away on Monday, August 16, 2021, at the ranch near Haigler after a year-long fight with cancer.

She was born June 7, 1953, at North Platte, Nebraska to Wesley Steel and Joy Binegar Steel. She attended Hall Grade School and graduated from North Platte High School in 1971.

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Aug 12, 2021

Vera L. West was born November 2, 1926 and passed away on August 12, 2021 at the age of 94 in the Wray Community District Hospital. Cremation was requested with no services.

Schmidt-Jones Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.