Ruby Coriene Mann
Jul 4, 2015
Ruby Coriene Mann, age 83, of Chambers, Nebraska, formerly of Kirk, Colorado, passed away on Saturday, July 4, 2015, at the Good Samaritan Care Center, in Atkinson, Nebraska. She was born on October 24, 1931, in rural Kit Carson County, near Bethune, Colorado. At the age of 6, her mother passed away due to complications of child birth. Feeling unable...
Gary Lee Erickson
Jun 30, 2015
Gary Lee Erickson was born June 11, 1951. He was the first of three boys born to Margaret and Don Erickson. Gary was born in Denver, Colorado. He attended Littleton High School graduating in 1969. Gary loved music and played guitar and mandolin and sang lead vocals in his own “garage” band. He went to many concerts and could name...
Joseph John Burke
Jun 21, 2015
Joseph John Burke, 85 passed away June 21, 2015 at home in Wray, Colorado. He was born to Rodger and Mary (Pruchtl) Burke in Boone, Iowa. Cremation was requested with no services. Schmidt-Jones Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Rebecca Cooper
Jun 13, 2015
Rebecca Cooper, daughter of Charles and Frances Cooper passed away in Wray, June 13, 2015 after a long battle with cancer. She did not have an easy life, yet she is remembered most for her outward happiness, humor and her generous heart. She is survived by her sons, Ryan Rhoads, Cassidy Rhoads and Corey Rhoads, her sisters, Karen Hill and...
Paul "Whitey" E. Seward
Jun 10, 2015
PAUL E. “WHITEY” SEWARD, born August 3, 1943, to Byron E. and Velma (Proehl) Seward in Wray, Colorado. He passed away Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at Wray Community District Hospital in Wray, Colorado. A Memorial service will be held at the First Christian Church in Wray, Colorado on Friday, June 19, 2015, 10:00 a.m. with Pastor Steve Wynkoop officiating. Services...
Lila Dykes
Jun 6, 2015
Lila Mae was born to Albert and Grace Fix in Wray, Colorado on February 17, 1924. Lila was a homemaker while raising her 3 children then later worked at Kodak Colorado Division for many years. Lila was proud to have lived her life independently, being able to manage her house and garden well into her 80s. 'Grammy' is survived by...
Gary L. Peterson
Jun 6, 2015
We celebrate the life of Gary Lee Peterson, the first child born to Guy and Evelyn (Eastin) Peterson on August 27, 1938 in Wray, Colorado. After battling a short illness, he departed this life on Saturday, June 6th 2015. He grew up in the Vernon community with two younger brothers and two younger sisters. He attended Champion Valley School through...
Kenneth L. Kalivoda
May 29, 2015
Kenneth L. Kalivoda was born in Belleville, Kansas on September 24, 1923 to John and Rose (Hess) Kalivoda. Ken passed away at his home on Friday, May 29, 2015 with family by his side. His family moved to north of Wray in the middle 1930’s. He graduated from Wray High School in 1941. He was a member of the Wauneta...
Marilyn M. Smith
May 28, 2015
Marilyn M. Smith (Anderson)-Dec. 1, 1937 --- May 28, 2015 After fighting a gallant fight with pancreatic cancer, Marilyn went to be with our Lord. In mourning, Marilyn Marie Smith's death, we celebrate her extraordinary LIFE. Marilyn was preceded in death by her son - Scott Robert Smith, mother, Bernice, father, Laverne, brothers, Conrad, and Lemoyne. She is survived by...
Avis Earlene Edwards
May 20, 2015
Avis Earlene (Schafer) Edwards was born in Wray, CO at the home of her aunt and Uncle on February 20, 1924 and passed away at Hillcrest Care Center on May 20, 2015. Earlene was the second child of Clyde and Mae (Allen) Schafer. She grew up on her family’s farms with her older sister and three younger brothers. Earlene attended...
Ellen Louise Pittman
May 19, 2015
"SHE'S JUST BIG-BONED" ... Not Louise, her dogs. Her family will remember how every dog that came to live with Louise and John Pittman would receive meals, treats, and midnight snacks of ice cream, cottage cheese, and milk. No one that ever knew Louise could escape her kindness, graciousness and generosity. Just as her dogs would grow to resemble basketballs...
Victor Lee Pariset
May 6, 2015
Victor Lee Pariset was born to Charles “Charlie” and Marie (Schmidt) Pariset October 4, 1931 on the farm in Eckley, Colorado. He passed away peacefully, May 6, 2015 at the Yuma Life Care Center in Yuma, Colorado of natural causes. Victor then lived on the homestead his entire life. He was an avid farmer who loved his hobbies which included...
Marilyn Joyce Mekelburg (Boyes) Sunsdahl
Apr 25, 2015
Marilyn Joyce (Mekelburg) Boyes Sunsdahl passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by her loved ones on Saturday, April 25, 2015 in Wray, Colorado. She was born to Theodore (Ted) and Loretta (Oman) Mekelburg in Sterling, Colorado, October 4, 1938. Marilyn grew up on the family farm and attended school at Lone Star and Yuma. She met and married Robert...
Harry Edward Ekberg
Apr 12, 2015
Harry Edward Ekberg died peacefully in his home on April 12, 2015. He died in the room where he was born on November 10,1920, to John Henry and Rhoda Velma (May) Ekberg. This was his grandfather May's home one mile north of Beecher where he and Beulah later made their home. His education began in the one-room school house at...
James David Bowland
Mar 28, 2015
James David Bowland was born on August 1, 1930 in Burnwood Township, Kansas to James David and Jennie (Lily) Bowland. He was one of nine children in the family and lived in McDonald and Atwood, Kansas and Stratton, Nebraska before moving to Wray in 1944. Jim died peacefully at the Laredo Medical Center in Laredo, Texas on March 28, 2015....
Mary Jane Groves
Feb 20, 2015
Mary Jane (Bullard)Groves was born April 23, 1937 in Yuma, Colorado to Roscoe and Nellie Mae (Miller) Bullard. She was the oldest child of Roscoe and Nellie, with a younger brother, William "Bill". Mary Jane passed away at the age of 77 years-old in Loveland, Colorado at Medical Center of the Rockies. Mary Jane grew up in Wray, CO spending...
Verna Lou Boyes
Feb 19, 2015
Verna Lou (Hamilton) Boyes was born February 10, 1928 to her parents, Francis Marguerite (Roberts) and Paul Hamilton in Wray, Colorado. Verna Lou Boyes was a resident of Wray Colorado for many years. Verna Lou graduated from Wray High School in 1946. She married Claude F. Boyes on June 1, 1947 in St. Francis Kansas and to this union they...
Benjamin Calep Ellis
Feb 9, 2015
Benjamin Calep Ellis was born on May 13, 1949 in Wray, Colorado to Thomas Caleb Ellis and Blanche (Redden) Ellis. Ben's first year of school was in a Country School House in the Wiggins, Colorado area after that he went to Wiggins Elementary up to grade 5. The Family relocated to Haigler, Nebraska. Later on the family moved again to...
Laura Pearl Wall
Jan 31, 2015
LAURA PEARL WALL, 91, born April 16, 1923 to Royal and Leola Grace (Jones) Woods, II. A Visitation will be held Monday, February 2, 2015 from 1 p.m. - 6 p.m. at the Schmidt-Jones Funeral Home, 427 Adams Street, Wray, Colorado. Funeral services will be held at Haigler United Methodist Church in Haigler, Nebraska on Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at...
Ora Lee Busby
Jan 22, 2015
Ora “Lee” Busby (89) passed away January 22nd, 2015, in Greeley, Colorado. Ora Lee Cunningham was born March 12th, 1925, to James Arias Cunningham and Leona Grace (Hutchins) Cunningham in Sanford, Colorado. Lee grew up in the San Luis Valley and graduated from Sanford Public High School. Following graduation, Lee moved to Denver where she worked for a telephone company...
