Barbara Dee Bowland
Nov 11, 2015
Barbara passed away on November 11th at The Doctors Hospital in Laredo, TX due to complications with pneumonia. Barbara was born to Burleu and Francis (Osborn} Wickizer in Brush, CO on Sept 20th 1943. She spent her early years in Brush, until she was placed in several foster homes around the area. When Barbara was a young teen she lived...
Leona May Helling
Nov 5, 2015
Leona May Rothenberger Helling was born in North Yuma County, Colorado, on September 18, 1929 to Grace Caparoon Rothenberger and Charles Peter Rothenberger. Known as “Sis” to her six brothers, her parents soon joined her siblings in their loving nickname. Leona forever remained “Sis” to her family. In 1954 while working in Wray, Colorado, Leona met Carl Franz Helling, who...
Glen H. Weaver
Oct 31, 2015
Glen H. Weaver Longtime resident of Burlington, Colorado Glen Weaver left this life on Saturday October 31, 2015 in Aurora, Colorado at the University of Colorado Medical Center. Glen was born on May 28, 1918 in Pallmar, Nebraska to James and Josephine (Clarence) Weaver. He attended a country school thru the 8th grade until he was needed to help with...
Alfred William Lamb
Oct 20, 2015
Alfred William Lamb was born on November 29, 1940 in Salem, Iowa to Dale and Katheryn (Bacon) Lamb. Alfred moved to Eckley, Colorado with his parents, older sister Alberta, and younger brother Ernest. Dale married Peggy Everest in 1945 and she was a beloved mother to Alfred and his siblings. He attended school in Eckley until the 5th grade. The...
Ruby Charlene Counce
Oct 17, 2015
Ruby Charlene Counce, 75 born April 17, 1940 to Alfred and Ruby Pearl (Whomble) Bullard in Rural Yuma County, Colorado. She passed away on October 17, 2015. Visitation is Friday, October 23, 2015 at the Schmidt-Jones Funeral Home, 427 Adams Street, Wray, Colorado from 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Funeral services will be held Saturday, October 24, 2015, 10:00 a.m....
Michael Wayne Pletcher
Oct 16, 2015
Michael Pletcher, was born September 21, 1988 to Wayne Pletcher and Janet (Walker) Ivins in Sterling, Colorado. He grew up in Eckley, and in the 4th grade they moved to Wray. His interests turned to riding and repairing bicycles as well as small engines. This later turned into a lifelong love of diesel engines and semi-trucks. Following his dream, he...
Donald E. Oncale, Sr.
Oct 14, 2015
Donald E. Oncale, Sr., who was born June 27, 1928 in Napoleaneville, Louisiana to Adam and Ivy (Lacompte) Oncale. He married Vera Southwell of Wray, and to this union was born four children, Jacqualine Oncale, Maggie (Kayler) Oncale, Vivian (Galasso) Oncale and Donald E. Oncale, Jr. In addition, seven grandchildren, Angela and Jaqualine Wigingtonp; Brad and Braeden Oleson, Clifford Carl,...
Bruce Warren Hall
Oct 2, 2015
Bruce Warren Hall was born in Wray, Colorado on April 3, 1941 to Francis (F.K.) and Mabel Hall. He was the youngest of three children. Bruce was called home on October 2, 2015 at the age of 74 years. He attended Eckley schools. Bruce was the only one in a class of 12 from first grade to continue on to...
Philip Keith Prentice
Sep 30, 2015
Philip Keith Prentice died September 30, 2015 at the Hillcrest Care Center in Wray, CO to be with the Lord and Savior. Phil and his twin sister were born February 2, 1949 to M. Keith and Gladys (Flint) Prentice in Sacramento, CA. His parents moved to Wray, CO in 1949 soon after the twins were born and he spent his...
Margaret Elizabeth (Graham) Osmus
Sep 25, 2015
Margaret Elizabeth Osmus was born December 23, 1916 to Joseph Harvey and Norma Aline (Hedrick) Graham in McMinnville, Oregon. She was the second born that day following her twin sister Marjorie into the world at a time when twins were just a little more difficult than today. Margaret died on September 25, 2015 in Glenpool, Oklahoma at the age...
Rolando Meraz
Sep 20, 2015
Rolando Meraz was born November 18, 2006 to Ricardo and Angela (Rios) Meraz in Fort Morgan, Colorado. He passed away September 20, 2015. VISITATION ~ ROSARY Schmidt – Jones Funeral Home 427 Adams Street - Wray, Colorado Friday, September 25, 2015 Visitation ~ 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Rosary ~ 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. VISITATION ~ ROSARY Heer Mortuary...
Lillian A. Peters
Sep 1, 2015
Lillian Anabelle Peters was born in Armel, Colorado on October 5th 1939 to Harry and Christina Peters. She was the youngest of three children. Growing up Lillian spent most of her time on the family farm. At the age of 14, she moved from the family farm to St Francis, Kansas where she would finish high school. After graduation, Lillian...
Bessie Rosa Dent
Aug 25, 2015
Bessie Rosa Dent was born April 19, 1925, at home southwest of Beecher Island, CO to Howard M. and Gracie L. (Ekberg) Chase. She was the oldest of three children. She passed away August 25, 2015, at Hillcrest Care Center at the age of 90. Bessie Rosa attended grade school at Beecher Island, grades 9 - 11 at Armel High...
Robert Dean Witte
Aug 22, 2015
Robert "Bob" D. Witte was born on May 9, 1959 in Longmont, Colorado to Harley A. & Peggy Garton Witte. At a very young age his family moved to Craig, CO and later to Colorado Springs, CO after a year they moved to Ft. Collins, CO., where he attended school, from grade school through to High School. All through junior...
Frank Alvin Cantrall
Aug 15, 2015
Frank Alvin Cantrall was born in Hastings, Nebraska, on November 17, 1923 to Frank S. and Vinnie (Shattuck) Cantrall. He passed away in Yuma, Colorado on August 15, 2015 at the age of 91. In 1925 a tornado devastated his parents' homestead south of Wray which led to the family losing the farm and causing many hardships which continued through...
James Dennis Vaughn
Aug 9, 2015
Our friend, James Dennis Vaughn, also known as Jim, or more fondly as Jimmy to his friends, was born on August 13, 1942, in Bucyrus, Ohio, to Dennis Vaughn and Mary Kay Hern Vaughn (Emil). He left this life on August 9, 2015, in Wray, Colorado. Jim served in the navy after graduating high school and was on one of...
Allen Kent Wingfield
Aug 4, 2015
Allen Kent Wingfield was born June 2, 1946, at the Wray Community Hospital, son of Robert E. and Dorothy (Thomas) Wingfield. He died peacefully on August 4, 2015, at his home in Las Vegas, NV. Kent, the second of five children, grew up on the family farm southwest of Vernon, CO. He attended Vernon and Wray schools, graduating from Wray...
Jeanette B. Rieb
Jul 25, 2015
Jeanette Bernice Rieb was born June 2, 1936 in Syracuse, KS to William and Eleanor Maupin. She passed away at her home in Wray July 25, 2015. She attended school in Denver and Eaton and graduated from Brush High School in 1954. After high school she attended secretarial school in Denver and worked for Shell Oil Company for five years....
Irene Mae Baldwin
Jul 23, 2015
IRENE M. BALDWIN, 86, born December 14, 1928, to William and Dollie (Amons) Warren in Wheatland, Wyoming. She passed away Thursday, July 23, 2015 at Hillcrest Care Center in Wray, Colorado. A Graveside Memorial Service and Inurnment will be held at the Grandview Cemetery in Wray, Colorado on Thursday, July 30, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. Cremation was requested. Schmidt -...
Marilyn Jones
Jul 21, 2015
Marilyn Jones was born on February 24, 1930, to Frank and Mary (Schow) Crookston in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was welcomed home by an older sister, Betty. Marilyn attended the LDS church regularly and received many awards and gold stars in her Sunday school classes. She enjoyed school, especially reading and history. She also enjoyed piano lessons and music. She...
