obituaries

Apr 30, 2025

Steven Howard Morgan was born in Wray on October 28, 1952 to Howard and Rosalie (Armagost) Morgan. He passed away on April 30, 2025.

Steve attended elementary school in Eckley through 8th grade, then attended high school in Yuma. He was raised on a farm south of Eckley. He enlisted in the US Navy in 1970 where...

Apr 20, 2025

Denise Was born April 20th 1961 to Dennis and Claudia Gretch. She was born and raised with her younger brother Dennis in Sterling Colorado. The family had a school bus converted to a camper. They spent many nights in it fishing and water-skiing.

She married Myron "Rusty" Flint in 1979. They had 2 sons, Micheal and Melvin....

Apr 19, 2025

Jean Lucille Haist, born on September 5, 1945, in Kalamazoo, Michigan, spent her early years in Englewood, Colorado. She was the daughter of Virginia Jean Haist and Donald Morgan. Jean was a loving mother to her three children, Jane (Perry), James Junior, and Jonathan Hill, whom she had with her first husband, James Hill. After parting ways with James,...

Apr 17, 2025

Patricia Gail Perry was born on February 8, 1944, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, to William (Bill) and Eleanor Stachoske Perry. At the time, her father was serving in Europe with the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II, and it wasn’t until he returned home after the war in late 1945 that he got to meet his baby...

Mar 22, 2025

William “Bill” Wayne Gaynor went to be with his Lord and Savior on March 22, 2025. Bill was born on June 2, 1940, to Wayne Jennings Gaynor and Marjorie Louise (Flicker) Gaynor at St. Benedict’s Hospital in Sterling, Colorado. The family resided on a farm near Atwood, Colorado. Four years later they welcomed a daughter, Kay Ellen, to the...

Mar 3, 2025

Thomas Arthur Quiggle (TQ) was born to Robert Dale Quiggle and Alice (Butch) Drummond on August 22, 1947.  He grew up in Wray Colorado. Tom graduated from Wray High School in 1965 where he participated in football, wrestling and baseball. He traveled all over the country exploring the livestock business. In 1982, he married Kathy whom he considered the...

Mar 2, 2025

Michael Lee Taylor was born April 3rd, 1954, the second child of Richard and Margaret (Barrett) Taylor in Sidney Nebraska. He joined his older sister Susan. A few years later his brother Jerry and baby sister Carol completed the family. They grew up in the Crook area farming and ranching.

Mike graduated from NJC in 1974 and...

Feb 21, 2025

Steve Allison was born August 28, 1945 in Wray, Colorado, to Steve and Betty Allison.  He passed away on February 21, 2025. He grew up on a farm near Vernon, Colorado.  The family moved to Wray when he was in the 7th grade, but he still worked on the family farm and ranch.  When Steve was a teenager, he...

Feb 14, 2025

Sally Warrick, born in Kansas City, MO, was lovingly adopted as an infant by George and Ruth Warrick and became a cherished sister to Sue. Sally grew up on the family farm near Nickerson in Reno County, Kansas, where her father raised sheep and wheat. She attended Salem Brethren Church and Union 5 Country School during her early years....

Feb 11, 2025

Michael Dennis Lohman, known to many as Mike, was born on February 8, 1964, to Dallas and Pauline Lohman. He passed away peacefully on February 11, 2025, at the age of 61. Mike was a man who exuded comfort and was cherished by all who knew him. As the ultimate gentleman, he was always there to listen, give compliments,...

Feb 8, 2025

Stanley “Neil” Matney, born on September 10, 1937, in St. Francis, Kansas, to Stanley and Nellie (Baxter) Matney, passed away peacefully at his home on February 8, 2025, in Wray, Colorado, surrounded by many loved ones. On October 19, 1958, Neil married the love of his life, JoAnn (Weickum). They settled in Fort Collins, where they raised their children,...

Jan 29, 2025

Evelyne Joy Brown, born on March 19, 1925, in Yuma County, Colorado, to Oscar and Ethel (Peterson) Hicks, passed away peacefully at Hillcrest Care Center on January 29, 2025. Evelyne spent most of her life in Yuma County, with a brief period away while her husband, Elmer Brown, served in the Army in Europe during World War II.

Jan 20, 2025

Cleora Louvetta Fix, the oldest child of James Theodore Albert Welp and Alice Maude (Hanshaw) Welp, was born October 17, 1931, at the Wray Hospital. In 1933, she welcomed her brother, Dallas Albert Welp, into the world. Albert & Alice rented the “Parker Place”, a farm in the same section as where Albert grew up, a couple miles north...

Jan 17, 2025

Marylou Brown

Marylou Brown was born in Laird, Colorado on May 27, 1937 to Lena and John Post. Marylou passed away on January, 17, 2025 at Hillcrest in Wray, Colorado.

Marylou was a longtime resident of Wray, CO. She attended grade school in Laird. Marylou worked many jobs in Wray. She was always ready to...

Jan 11, 2025

Beatriz Aurora Murphy

July 30, 1974 - January 11, 2025

Jesus said to her, ‘I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in me will never die.' John 11:25-26

Beatriz Aurora Murphy entered into the presence of...

Jan 3, 2025

Bonnie Dawn Blazer, born on September 11, 1936, in Wray, Colorado, to Fern Dade and Edythe Carol "Brown" Whomble, passed away on January 3, 2025, in Wray, Colorado. A memorial service will be held on Monday, January 13, 2025, at 10:00 AM at Wray Calvary Lutheran Church in Wray. Bonnie will be remembered fondly by all who knew her....

Dec 26, 2024

Patricia Jeanette Gillett Wood went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, December 26, 2024 at 4 pm and passed peacefully at her home.

Patricia Jeanette Gillett Wood was born on May 21, 1936 to Lester and Edna Donovan Gillett in the farmhouse at Vernon, Colorado. Patty was the middle child of three. The only girl...

Dec 20, 2024

Alta Marie Richards, born on April 6, 1933, in Wray, Colorado, passed away in her hometown on December 20, 2024.  She was the beloved daughter of Harry Leroy Gies and Mary Ellen Gies. Growing up, she attended school in Laird, Colorado and in January 1950, Alta married the love of her life, Doyle Richards.  To this union, three children...

Dec 19, 2024

Marjorie Ann (Kehn) Brug was born on November 7, 1935, in Greeley Colorado to John and Lydia Kehn. Marge accepted her angel wings and went to be with the Lord on December 19, 2024. She spent most of her life in the Greeley area. She attended school in Greeley to the 9th grade when she had to quit to...

Dec 17, 2024

Marietta Florence Lundgren, born to William Arthur and Hazel Mae [Spelts] on November 24, 1943, in Denver, Colorado, passed away peacefully in her sleep on December 17, 2024, at Hillcrest Care Center. Marietta's early years were spent in Denver before her family moved to Clarksville and then to Eckley, Colorado, where she attended grade school and part of high...