obituaries

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Jan 8, 2015

Rolla David Keigley, Dave to family and friends was the most loyal, honest, upstanding man and friend to many people he met in his travels.

And this is his life story:

Rolla David Keigley "Dave" was born on September 28,1929 in Pueblo, Colorado to Rolla William Keigley and Vera Fern (Roberts) Keigley. Dave was two...

Jan 6, 2015

Toby Graham was born June 29, 1973 in Ft. Collins, CO--the first child of Jerry and Janet Graham. He grew up on the farm north of Wray and graduated with the WHS Class of '91. By end of his junior yr. of high school, Toby knew he wanted to attend Arizona State in Tempe, AZ. And that would have been...

Dec 29, 2014

IRVIN “IRV” GORMAN, 75 was born October 27, 1939, to Virgil Earl and Cecelia Florence (Goroski) Gorman in Wray, Colorado. He passed away December 25, 2014 in Wray, Colorado. A Memorial Services will be held at the Wray United Methodist Church in Wray, Colorado on Wednesday, December 31, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. with Reverend Norman Stott officiating. Cremation was requested....

Dec 17, 2014

Ada Elizabeth Beechley passed away December 16, 2014, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, at the Advanced Health Rehabilitation Center.  She lived in Yuma County all of her 99 years until recently moving to Colorado Springs with her daughter. Ada was born at the family home near Vernon, Colorado, on October 17, 1915, to Leslie and Rosa (Kibel) Kier.  She was the...

Dec 17, 2014

Argil A. Renzelman was born to Conrad Carl Renzelman and Emma Katherine Kugler Renzelman, on February 16, 1936, and passed away December 16, 2014, at the age of 78.  He was the youngest of four siblings, including Velma, Lelia , and Walter. Argil attended country school, Laird elementary and graduated from LairdHigh School in 1954.  He loved sports and excelled...

Dec 9, 2014

Betty Joyce Buzick, 95 passed away December 7, 2014 at the Sunrise Assisted Living in Westminster, Colorado. Betty was born to Charles Dudley and Bertha Emily (Hinshaw) Robinson  in Richland, Iowa. No services and cremation was requested. An obituary at a later date. Spellman-Schmidt Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Dec 9, 2014

Wilbur Willis Brown, 86 passed away on Saturday, December 6, 2014 at Hillcrest Care Center in Wray, Colorado. Wilbur was born October 16, 1928 in Vernon, Colorado to Orba Herman and Ruth (Fischer) Brown. He attended school at Beecher Island. Wilbur served in the U.S. Army from 1950 to 1952. He worked at Bugs Farm Supply as a farm implement...

Dec 2, 2014

Zachariah Colton Alcorn passed away on December 2, 2014 in Wray, Colorado at the age of 15. Zachariah was called by his middle name, Colton, more often than his first name. He was borntoMarvin Alcorn Jr. and Sylvia Alcorn (Slawinski) in Steamboat Springs, Colorado on April 14,1999. Zachariah was born with a twin brother, Noah Alcorn, and has an...

Dec 1, 2014

EVELYN P. FLICK, 89 was born June 4, 1925 in Atwood, Kansas to Ora and Anna (Portschy) Like. She passed away on November 28, 2014 in Idalia, Colorado. No services and direct cremation was requested.