obituaries

Jan 23, 2020

Ian Hermann McBeth was born November 24, 1975 in Aschaffenburg, Bavaria, Germany to William and Anneliese McBeth where his father was stationed with the US Army. The McBeths moved to the United States in 1976, with Ian splitting his early years between his father’s hometown of Gordon, Nebraska and Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas before the family settled...

Jan 19, 2020

Rosemary Margaret Callahan was born April 24, 1948 in Wray, CO to Joseph and Jeanne Callahan. She died January, 19, 2020 in Ft. Collins, CO.

Rosemary grew up in Wray, and graduated from Wray High School in 1966. She received her Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Colorado and then taught school in Niwot, CO before returning...

Jan 10, 2020

Helen Marie (Deterts) Brown was born on January 21, 1924 to Eert and Geskee (Stekker) Deterts in Vernon, Colorado. Helen attended school at the Vernon Lutheran School and graduated in 1942.

She married Robert E. Brown in December of 1946 in Denver, Co and together had two daughters, Sharon Kay and Jolene Grace.

Helen drove...

Jan 4, 2020

Frank Buchanan Smith was born September 6, 1934 in Garnett, Kansas to Jasper Martin and Laura Belle (Miller) Smith. He passed away peacefully at his home in Wray, Colorado on January 4, 2020 after battling a long illness.

Frank attended schools in Independence, Kansas and at West Brown school which was close to Dearing, Kansas where his...

Jan 3, 2020

Judith “Judy” Anne Reed was born February 25, 1941 to Floyd and Alberta (Coryell) Rowe in Phoenix, Arizona.

The Rowe family moved to Flagler, CO when Judy was a young girl. She attended Flagler Schools, graduating from Flagler High School in 1959.

Judy was baptized into the Christian faith on May 25, 1948, and was...

Jan 2, 2020

Roger Lee White was born May 28, 1954 in Corona, California to Dorothy Mae Brown and Rodney R. White. He peacefully passed away at home January 2, 2020 after a valiant battle with cancer.

Roger lived most of his life in the Laird and Wray communities except a short period of time in Arizona and Minnesota. He...

Dec 29, 2019

Howard Lee Myers was born May 24, 1931 in Yuma, Colorado to Fred Austin and Josie Olive (Davis) Myers. He passed away December 29,2019 in Greeley, Colorado. Howard was the 6 th child of the family. At a mere 3 ½ pounds, Howard’s crib was the dresser drawer. His mom bathed him in front of the cook stove with...

Dec 26, 2019

Harry Blecha was born to Joseph Frank and Mary (Dezort) Blecha on March 6, 1922 near Burchard, Nebraska. He was one of nine children, having three brothers and five sisters. He rode the train with his family to Platner, Colorado at age 3. The family moved to a ranch north of Haigler, Nebraska when he was 6. He attended...

Dec 24, 2019

Loreen Rogers Harshman was born November 2 nd , 1926 at Elsie Nebraska to Jesse Rogers and Frieda (Smith) Rogers. She is the 2 nd of 4 daughters born to the couple.

Loreen attended Grade School in a one room school near her parent’s farm. She lived and work for a family in Grant, Nebraska to attend...

Dec 11, 2019

On August 03, 1974 Leslie Ruth Cappels was born to Eileen Gayle Martin Cappels and Richard Dwight Cappels. The Cappels family lived in Sunnyvale, California where they resided happily for years to come. When Leslie was two-years-old, her younger brother Richard Dwight Cappels II entered the world. Leslie spent her childhood in California participating in dance and other extracurricular...

Nov 30, 2019

Carol Anita (McElhose) Reitmeyer was born on December 27, 1932 in DesPlains, Illinois. Her Parents were James and Hazel (Moyers) McElhose. She had one brother, Howard. She passed away on November 30, 2019 at Clermont Park in Denver, Colorado.

Carol was married to Herman Reitmeyer on August 19, 1967 in Denver, Colorado.

She worked as...

Nov 22, 2019

Dallas Lohman was born in Wray CO, November 12, 1962 to Dallas Duain and Pauline (Cox) Lohman. He lived and worked many places including Ft. Worth, Texas and Greeley, CO before moving back to Wray in 1997. Dallas loved working with his hands. He had an upholstery shop, auto repair shop, worked for E & E Excavating, Firm Automotive,...

Nov 11, 2019

Lunettie Fern (Weed) Juranek was born July 30, 1932 to Myron Herbert Weed, Sr., and Edna Bird (Wheaton) Weed in Haigler, Nebraska at her grandmother’s house. She passed away at the Wray Community District Hospital November 11, 2019 at the age of 87.

Lunettie attended country school from first to eighth grades and ninth to twelfth grade...

Nov 2, 2019

On August 25, 1946, Robert James Coulter and Alta [Showalter] Coulter were blessed with the birth of their son, Robert James Coulter, Jr. in Corydon, Iowa. He came to be known as Jim to all friends and family. Raised as a single child, due to the loss of his baby sister, Anne; Jim consistently created families all around him....

Oct 24, 2019

CHARLES J. “BUCK” WILSON, 92 was born December 31, 1926 to James Franklin and Dorothy Emma (Klein) Wilson in Rural Yuma County, Colorado and passed away October 24, 2019.

A Rosary will be held at the St. Andrew Catholic Church in Wray, Colorado on Friday, November 1, 2019 at 7:00 p.m.

A Mass...

Oct 23, 2019

Tanya Marie Andrews was born at Wray Community Hospital on May 16, 1954, to Eldridge Dwayne “Deak” Andrews, and Viola Mae (Welp) Andrews.  She was known as “Tanny” to all who loved her.  She passed away on October 23, 2019.  Tanny brought joy to so many people throughout her life. She had a wonderful, caring personality and was a...

Oct 11, 2019

Lynn Dean Adamson passed away on October 11, 2019 at the age of 86 at Wray Community Hospital. Lynn was born on November 14, 1932 to Isaac and Bertha (Adams) Adamson. He had one older sister, Verlene; one older brother, Charles; and a twin brother by 15 minutes, Glenn. He attended his first few years of school north of...

Oct 1, 2019

Dolores “Dee” Blecha was born October 26, 1951 in Roslyn, New York to John and Dolores Fabianski.  She grew up in Westbury, New York, graduating from W.T. Clarke High School in 1969.  Soon after, she moved to Colorado to attend the University of Northern Colorado to pursue her dream of being a teacher.  While student teaching in Greeley she...

Sep 20, 2019

Marion Marguerite Crites was born January 7, 1924 to Roy William and Irene Elizabeth (Hoover) Howard in Cheyenne County, Kansas. She went to be with Jesus September 20, 2019 in Wray, Colorado.

Marion attended school in St. Francis, Kansas until she was a Sophomore in high school. She worked at various jobs until she met Fred L....

Sep 16, 2019

Daisy Laurene (“Laurene”) Hale Finkner was born January 28, 1932, to Frank Lorin and Daisy Colman Hale in a sod home thirty-five miles southwest of Akron, Colorado. Laurene was the second youngest of seven children, and given the distance from town, she was delivered by an older sister. She graduated from Lindon High School, then attended Colorado State College...