Debra Jean (Myers) Leighton
Jul 6, 2018
Debra Jean Leighton passed away on July 6, 2018 in Greeley. Debi was born in Wray, Colorado July 5, 1954 to Hugo “Wheat” and Hazel (Phillips) Myers. She graduated from Wray High School in 1972. On July 10, 1971 Debi eloped with the love of her life, Terry Leighton. Debi and Terry remained happily married until her passing. Debi...
Belva E. (Shappell) Olson
Jun 8, 2018
Belva Eileen (Shappell) Olson was born April 1st, 1932 in Haxtun, Colorado to Clarence (Whitey) M. and Elizabeth Ruth (Enyeart) Shappell. She entered into the presence of the Lord on Friday, June 8th, 2018 at Hester Memorial Home in Benkelman, NE at the age of 86 years of age.
Belva had schooling in her younger years in...
Pauline Ellen (Brown) Guinn
May 21, 2018
Pauline Ellen (Brown) Guinn, 88, of Wray passed away peacefully on May 21, 2018 at her home. She was born March 23, 1930 in Vernon Co, the youngest of 9 children born to Orba and Ruth Brown. Pauline grew up in Beecher Island and married Maurice "Punk" Guinn at the Methodist Church in St. Francis, Ks on March 23,...
Violet Virginia (Trembly) Smith/Relph
May 8, 2018
Violet Virginia Trembly was born on a Kansas Farm Southwest of Haigler in Cheyenne County Kansas on May 1, 1930 to Floyd Benjamin and Mattie Estella (Douglass) Trembly. She passed away on May 8, 2018.
Violet attended Grandview Country School. She graduated in 1947 from Haigler High School just after her folks had bought...
Lyle Edwin Lukas
Apr 25, 2018
Excerpts from memories written by Lyle Lukas
I was born about twelve miles north of St. Francis, Kansas, on November 26, 1926. My father was Philip Lukas, who migrated to this country in the early 1880’s from Nordorf, So. Russia and my mother was Magdalena (Raile) Lukas, who also migrated to this country in the early 1880’s...
Ruth Virginia (Gurss) Brethauer Andrews
Apr 11, 2018
Ruth Virginia (Gurss) Brethauer Andrews passed away April 11, 2018 at the age of 97 in the Wray Community District Hospital in Wray, Colorado. Ruth was born on July 12, 1920 to Ernest and Hettie Belle (Gifford) Gurss at the family home south of Laird, Colorado a few rods from the Kansas border. Ruth was the youngest of five...
Lyle Linn Linman
Apr 7, 2018
Lyle Linn Liman, age 60, passed away peacefully after a hard-fought battle with brain cancer at his home in Wray, Colorado on April 7, 2018.
He was born September 20, 1957 in Delta, Colorado. He was the second of four sons born to William “Bill” and Lila Linman. He spent his childhood on the family ranch in...
Myron Herbert Weed, Jr.
Apr 3, 2018
Myron Herbert Weed, Jr. was born May 2, 1934 in Haigler, Nebraska to Myron Herbert Weed, Sr. and Edna (Wheaton) Weed. Herb was one of five children: Darla “May” (Weed) Rose, Lunettie “Sister” (Weed) Juranek, Eileen Weed, and Walter Weed.
He grew up near Laird, Colorado where he attended school. Throughout his school years, Herb played basketball...
Ruth C. ( Delcamp) Evans
Apr 2, 2018
RUTH C. EVANS, 80 was born March 13, 1938 to Jon and Mary (Byrtus) Delcamp in Osage, Wyoming. She passed away April 2, 2018 in Wray, Colorado.
A Celebration of Life will be held at the Wray Elks Lodge BPOE #2409, 36355 U.S. Hwy. 385, Wray, Colorado 80758 on Saturday, April 7, 2018 at 3:00...
Cleta M. (Speicher) Sloan
Mar 24, 2018
Cleta Marie (Speicher) Sloan was born to Harold Vernon Speicher & Velma Norene (Day) Speicher
on June 15, 1937 in rural Yuma County, CO and she entered her heavenly home, peacefully, at AltaVita
Assisted Living in Longmont, CO on March 24, 2018, of Polycystic Kidney Disease. She was the 2nd of 5...
Frank B. Engel
Mar 23, 2018
Frank Berton Engel, 75, of Wray, Colorado lost his 10 year battle to terminal cancer at 1:41 AM on Friday March 23, 2018. He passed away at Anschutz University of Colorado Health in Aurora, Colorado with many loved ones at his side.
Frank was born September 27, 1942 in Denver, Colorado to Henry and Clarice Engel. He...
Margaret A. (Holland) Hendrix
Mar 20, 2018
Margaret Alice Holland Hendrix was born November 17, 1930 in Anadarko, Oklahoma. Her family moved in October 1931 to the family ranch north of Ordway, Colorado that her McCabe grandparents started in 1894. It was in this rural setting that Jim and Lorena (McCabe) Holland lovingly raised Margaret, the cherished only granddaughter in the Holland family, along with her...
Darrell D Scofield (Brother Of Delbert Scofield)
Mar 14, 2018
Darrell Dean Scofield was born to Charles Lawrence Scofield and Frances V. Wickam on March 24, 1944, at Yuma, Colorado. He passed away March 13, 2018, at the age of 73 at the North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley. He was the second oldest of four siblings, Stanley Scofield; Kathleen Schaffer; and Delbert Scofield.
Darrell grew up...
Priscilla M. Foster
Mar 11, 2018
Priscilla M. Foster was born on May 20, 1940 in Rodarte , Taos County , New Mexico. She was one of nine children, born to her parents Jose Flavio Sanchez and Nicasia Mary Medina Sanchez. She along with her family came to Fort Morgan, Colorado in 1950. She grew up in Fort Morgan and married James Foster on February...
Marcella Joy (Simpson) Mcrea
Mar 8, 2018
Marcella Joy (Simpson) McRea, 54 was born October 12, 1963 to Teddy and Geraldine (Skrdlant) Simpson in Sidney, Nebraska. A Private Family Graveside & Inurnment will be held at a later date in the Peetz Cemetery in Peetz, Colorado. Memorials may be made to the Marcella J. McRea Memorial, c/o First Pioneer National Bank, 145 W. 4th Street, Wray, Colorado...
Melville Richard Vermillion (No Services)
Mar 3, 2018
The curtain came down one last time on March 3, 2018 for Melville Richard Vermillion - a one-man act. He began his journey in Akron, Ohio on October 11, 1948. Born to Harry Victor and Rosalie Ellen, he shared the spotlight with his sisters Sue and Harriet and brothers Harry Evan and Joe. He would say he was the...
V. Nadine (Klassen) Collette
Feb 16, 2018
Nadine Collette
Loving Mother and Wife, fun Gran & G.G.
Vera Nadine Klassen Collette was born August 2, 1931. Her parents, Jake and Veda Klassen ran cattle on the Gatton Ranch near Abarr, Colorado and she was born on the Dunlap Place. She was the youngest of six children...
Donna Lea (Krening) Whomble
Feb 13, 2018
Donna Lea Whomble was born November 15, 1931 to William and Hannah (Pope) Krening in Weldona, Colorado. She passed away February 13, 2018 at the Sterling Regional Medcenter in Sterling, Colorado. A Receiving of Family & Friends will be held on Friday, February 16, 2018 at the Schmidt-Jones Funeral Home, 427 Adams Street, Wray, Colorado from 5:00 p.m. - 7:00...
Phyllis G. (Chapman) Kline
Feb 11, 2018
Phyllis G. Kline was born to Guy W. and Claire H. (French) Chapman on January 19, 1937 in Chappell, Nebraska. Phyllis died at Hillcrest Care Center February 11, 2018 at the age of 81.
Phyllis's father, Guy, was a cowboy. He was a horse trainer and that likely led to Phyllis's love of horses. In fact, later...
John Calvin Jones
Feb 9, 2018
John “Calvin” Jones was born March 10, 1927 in Cheyenne County Kansas to Robert L. and Beatrice E.(Anderson) Jones. He was the fifth of eight children. He passed away February 9, 2018 at Hillcrest Care Center in Wray, Colorado.
Calvin spent his early childhood in Cheyenne County Kansas until the Jones family purchased the Rosenkrans Ranch South...
