Katherine A. (Buchner) Owles
Mar 21, 2016
Katherine A. Owles was born in Aurora, Illinois April 9, 1922 to Anton and Marie Buchner. She was raised in a family of 10. After graduating from high school Katy worked in her parent’s bakery. A secretarial appointment came up for a water well drilling company in Aurora and she worked there until retiring. Kathy met Elmer Zbinden in Aurora...
Viola L. (Blazer) Wall
Mar 16, 2016
Viola Lucille Blazer Wall was born to Howard and Ada Blazer on February 22, 1930, at her Aunt Frances Bucholz’s home near Vernon, CO. She passed away March 16, 2016, at the age of 86. She was the oldest of four siblings, Dewayne Blazer, Harold Blazer, Arlene Blazer McCracken and Robert Blazer. During the first five years of Vi’s life...
A. Rowe Shively
Mar 15, 2016
Arthur Rowe Shively was born on December 16, 1941, in Wray, CO, to Charlie and Mina Shively. He was the middle child of five. He grew up on the family farm just south of Idalia, CO. He attended school at Idalia and graduated in 1959. Rowe attended CSU, known then as “Aggies,” and graduated in 1963 with a BS in...
Charles "Bill" William Neitz
Mar 14, 2016
Charles “Bill” William Neitz passed away peacefully of natural causes at Hillcrest Care Center, in Wray CO on March 14th, 2016 at the age of 87. Bill was born on August 18th 1928 in the town of Cambridge, KS. He was the first born and the first son, of Miranda and Albert Neitz. He had 2 brothers, 2 sisters and...
Jeremy Douglas "J.D." Steckman
Mar 14, 2016
Jeremy "JD" Steckman, age 21, entered into rest on March 14, 2016 at home after a long fight with Muscular Dystrophy. He was born to Daniel and Mitzi Steckman on April 8th, 1994 in Wray, Colorado. At birth, JD had some immediate health issues. He spent the first week of his life at Rose Medical Center in Denver. For more...
Jill Ann (Nichols) Brunswig
Mar 13, 2016
Jill Ann Brunswig, the youngest daughter of Carl and Connie (Reins) Nichols was born on January 17th 1946 in Ogallalla NE. She passed away on March 13th 2016 at her home in Wray, Co at the age of 70 years old. Jill was educated in the Nebraska school system where she graduated from the Ogallalla High School and went on...
Eleanor Dorothy (Stachoske) Perry
Mar 10, 2016
Eleanor Dorothy Perry was born June 11, 1922 to Reinhold and Christina Stachoske in Baldur, Manitoba, Canada. She met William Byron Perry. They were married January 1, 1943 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, shortly after he enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force. Their first child, Pat was born while Bill was flying missions overseas. Bill had dual citizenship and when he...
Robert "Bob" Gene Pariset
Feb 26, 2016
Robert Pariset was born at home on July 3, 1929 to Charlie and Marie (Schmidt) Pariset. He went to his Lord on February 26, 2016 at Hillcrest. Robert grew up on a farm nine miles south of Eckley. His education started in a one room schoolhouse southwest of the home place. He attended Eckley High School, graduating in 1948 as...
Lona Mary (Williams) Hansen
Feb 22, 2016
Lona was born in Galva, Iowa, to Glenn and Hazel Williams on November 13, 1929. She passed away on February 22, 2016 at Hillcrest Care Center. Lona moved to Hastings, Nebraska as a young teen where she met her future husband on a blind date. Lona attended Hastings College where she studied vocal music and was soloist for the Hastings...
William "Bill" Dale Strangways
Feb 20, 2016
William Dale Strangways, son of George and Hazel (Gable) Strangways, was born on June 29, 1932, near Beecher Island in the partially sod ranch home on the original Strangways homestead. He passed away at the Wray Community Hospital on February 20, 2016. Bill attended grade school in the one-room school at Beecher Island. In 1945, at the age of 12,...
Leo F. Sprague
Feb 13, 2016
Leo Francis Sprague was born January 7, 1925 to Arthur Ray and Barbara Marie (Vogl) Sprague in Ft. Lupton, Colorado. Leo attended and graduated from Longmont High School where he played football and many other sports. Leo enlisted in the Marine Corps June 15, 1944. After boot camp he was stationed overseas on the Russell Islands, Guadalcanal, Uithi, Caroline Islands...
M. Marie (Gerber) Weyerman
Feb 9, 2016
Minnie Marie Weyerman was born on February 8, 1922 at Idalia, Colorado to William F. and Jennie (Anderson) Gerber. She passed away February 9, 2016 at the age of 94 at Hillcrest Care Center. Marie attended Idalia schools, graduating in 1940. As a young girl she helped on the family farm where her life-long love of horses and animals began...
Ronald "Ron" Wayne Baker
Jan 30, 2016
Ronald Wayne Baker was born to Lester R. Baker and Nellie A. Baker on October 14, 1951 in Wray, CO. He passed away after a brief illness on January 30, 2016 at Northern Colorado Medical Center-Hospice unit in Greeley, CO at the age of 64. He married Kathy (Engel) Thomason at age 18. They had two sons together; Lester Ronald...
Rebecca Karlyn Dickson
Jan 29, 2016
We are here to celebrate our loved one Rebecca Karlyn Dickson; most of you know her as Becky. Rebecca gained her wings on the day of January 29th, 2016 during a courageous year of battling cancer in her home surrounded by her family. Becky was born to Lisa Baker in Prescott, Arizona on November 10th, 1972 but frequently moved as...
Hermine Amelie Stewart
Jan 25, 2016
Hermine Stewart, our “Sunshine”, was granted her angel wings and joined her husband Monday, January 25th, surrounded by her family at the Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland, CO. A memorial service was held last Wednesday at the Schmidt- Jones Funeral Home in Wray, Colorado. Hermine was born on June 22nd in 1930 in Virton, Belgium as the daughter...
Olive Geraldine "Jerry" Howard
Jan 15, 2016
O. Geraldine “Jerry” Howard was born to James Edward and Faye (Glenn) Penton October 21, 1926 in Wray, Colorado. She spent her childhood at Beecher Island until they moved to Wray sometime after 1936. She attended country school and finished in Wray. During this time she worked for a small dairy doing chores and other various jobs around the dairy...
Shelia Joyce (Renzelman) Weigel
Nov 23, 2015
Shelia Joyce Renzelman was born January 27, 1947 in Wray to Raymond and Lucille (Gartin) Renzelman. She passed away November 23, 2015 in Greeley, Colorado at Northern Colorado Medical Center following a brief illness. Shelia grew up southwest of Wray on the family farm with her one older sister, Sandra. She graduated from Wray High School in 1965 and attended...
Clifford O. Wilson
Nov 18, 2015
Clifford Orin Wilson was born Oct 2 1926 NE of Wray CO to Orin and Opal Adkinson Wilson . He joined sisters Faye, Ruth, and Fern and brother Earl. He would later have another brother Lee and sister Elaine. He departed this life Nov 18 2015 at the age of 89. Cliff went to Wray High School graduating with the...
Orpha Faye Brown
Nov 17, 2015
Orpha Faye Brown was born to Roy and Irene Hoover Howard on November 16, 1925 at St. Francis, Kansas. She attended school at St. Francis. Orpha married Eldon C. Eaks in July 1942. The couple had 3 daughters Orpha was employed as a nurse aid for many years. She was Assistant Post Master in Atwood and was a matron at...
Cosie L. Tomlinson
Nov 15, 2015
Cosie LaVerne Tomlinson(known to the family as Bernie) age 85, passed away at the Hillcrest Care Center in Wray, Colorado on Sunday, November 15, 2015. He had been there for a number of years after having a serious fall. Born July 15, 1930 to Ward A. and Geneva (Blanchard) Tomlinson in Yuma, Colorado. Cosie lived most of his life in...
