Doris Jean Leighton
Dec 1, 2014
Funeral services for Doris Jean Leighton were held December 5, 2014 at the Spellman-Schmidt Mortuary in Wray, Colorado with Reverend Wynkoop officiating. Internment was at the Grandview Cemetery. She departed this life at the age of 87 years and 10 months. Doris Jean was born January 10, 1927 in Wray, CO to Ray T. and Cora Anderson. Her early life...
Mary K Cobb
Nov 27, 2014
Mary Katherine Cobb was born on January 10th, 1976 in Langdon, North Dakota. She was the youngest of two daughters to Lee C. Zion and Linda D. (Wakefield) Zion. Mary passed away suddenly on November 27th, 2014 in Boulder, Colorado. Growing up Mary got to travel the United States and Europe as her father Lee was In the United...
Norma E Seward
Nov 22, 2014
The First Lady of Colorado Horse Racing Norma E. Seward, renowned Colorado horsewoman and longtime resident of Wray, Colo., passed away on November 19 at North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley, Colo. Her untimely death was a result of acute congestive heart failure. She was seventy-four years old. Funeral services were held on November 28 at 11 am at the...
Harold F Shandy
Nov 22, 2014
Harold Shandy, 66 was born July 7, 1948 in Wasco, California to Ben and Mary (Jones) Shandy. He passed away November 20, 2014 in Idalia, Colorado. Harold liked working on machinery and rebuilt his first car at the age of 12. He attended a power engineer’s school and obtained a stationary engineers license. He supported his family by working on...
Mary A Ersland
Nov 16, 2014
Mary Alice Carlson Ersland was born on May 3, 1932 in Melrose Wisconsin. She passed away Sunday, November 16,2014 at Hillcrest Care Center where she lived for the past 2 years. She was 82.
Mary was born the eldest of 5 children to Elmer Carlson and Thelma Brown Carlson. her father was a logger and farm hand...
Charline E. Orcutt
Nov 12, 2014
Charline E. Orcutt, 86 of Julesburg, Colorado passed away on November 12, 2014 at the Sedgwick county Nursing Home in Julesburg, Colorado. A graveside service was held on Monday, November 17, 2014, 11:00 a.m. at the Grandview Cemetery in Wray, Colorado with Rev. Kerry Johnson officiating. Charline was born on april 13, 1928 in Wray, Colorado to Charles and Edna...
Shannon D Bueltell
Oct 31, 2014
SHANNON D. (POOH) BUELTELL, 45 was born December 31, 1968, to Donald and Ilene (Morgan) Bueltell in Yuma, Colorado. He passed away October 30, 2014 in Greeley, Colorado. A Celebration of Life – Bonfire will be held at the Eckley Community Center in Eckley, Colorado on Saturday, November 15, 2014 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Paula and Garrett invite...
L Clay Glenn
Oct 31, 2014
Lawrence Clay Glenn was born January 16th, 1929 in Cunningham, Kansas. He was the eldest of six children born to James Edgar Glenn and Marguerite Pearl (Northrop) Glenn. Clay grew up playing and working on the family farms and ranches with his father and grandfather. He often told stories of driving teams to plant feed, riding out to the pasture...
Rex J Tracy
Oct 27, 2014
Rex J. Tracy was born February 26, 1937 in Wray, Colorado to Harve and Evaleen Tracy. He died October 25, 2014 at his home in Wray, Colorado. Shortly after Rex was born the family moved to Cheyenne County Kansas where Rex spent his first eight years of his life. While there he started school in the country school, District number...
James F Poyser
Oct 27, 2014
JAMES FREDERICK POYSER was born February 4, 1935 to John and Alta Poyser in Phillips, Kansas. He passed away October 26, 2014 at Hillcrest Care Center at the age of 79. He was raised on a farm in Kansas and when he turned 21, he moved to Salida, Colorado to work at the mine at Climax. He worked as a...
Hilma J Madison
Sep 30, 2014
HILMA J. MADISON, 89 was born June 23, 1925, to Guy Jonathan and Julia Barbara Vasecka) Cope in Cope, Colorado. She passed away September 30, 2014 at Hillcrest Care Center in Wray, Colorado. A Funeral Services will be held at the Cope Community Church in Cope, Colorado on Friday, October 3, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. with Reverend Terry Covert officiating. ...
Dorothy Louise Juranek
Sep 18, 2014
Dorothy Louise (Gleason) Juranek was born Nov. 6 1927, three miles east of Beecher Island, Colorado to Lloyd and Mary (Lamb) Gleason. She was the oldest of six children. She parted this life Sept. 17 2014 at Hillcrest Care Center in Wray at the age of 86. As a child, she stayed with her grandmother in Eckley and attended Yuma...
Gary Lee Keller
Sep 15, 2014
Gary L. Keller of Denver, lost his battle to cancer September 13, 2014 at the Denver Hospice at the age of 61. Gary was born January 13, 1953 in St. Francis, Kansas to Alfred and Martha (Hilt) Keller. Gary grew up in Vernon, Colorado and was confirmed at the St. John’s Lutheran Church in Vernon. He graduated from Wray High...
Helen Mae Poyser
Sep 10, 2014
Helen Mae (Criswell) Poyser was born November 12, 1929 in Salida, Colorado to Charles E. and Bernice Margaret (Jay) Criswell. She passed away September 6, 2014 at Hillcrest Care Center in Wray, Colorado. Helen was raised in Maysville, Colorado and attended school in Salida, Colorado. Helen married Winne Joe Holman and to this union was two children, Winne Charles and...
Royal Woods
Jul 30, 2014
Royal Woods III, 92, of Wray, Colorado, passed away on July 30, 2014. The funeral service was held at the Wray United Methodist Church on August 2, 2014. Royal was born in Benkelman, Nebraska on August 16, 1921 to Royal and Leola (Jones) Woods, II . He graduated from Haigler High School and continued on to the Grand Island School...
Bernadel R Fisher
Jul 24, 2014
Bernadel Fisher was born November 24, 1925 in Wray, Co to the late Paul and Emma Gartin. Bernadel is survived by her twin sister, Berniece Rose of N Richland Hills, TX, Shirley Ficke and husband, Robert Ficke, of Lincoln, NE, and Janice Haack and husband, Larry Haack of Denver, CO. Her deceased siblings who are lovingly remembered; Lucille Renzelman, Pauline...
Gwendol Murphy
Jul 14, 2014
Gwendol “Gwen” Florence (Holst) Murphy was born the second child to Emil and Lorraine Holst. She started her journey through life March 14, 1931 during a nasty blizzard in Hartley, Iowa. At the age of two she and her infant sister contracted pneumonia. Gwen received a second chance in life but unfortunately her sister passed on. Gwen passed away at...
Olive Marie Thiringer
Jul 14, 2014
Olive Marie Burger ( or “Polly” as we all knew her) was born on April 28, 1915 in Menlo, Kansas. She passed away on July 10, 2014 at Hillcrest in Wray, CO at the age of 99 years and 73 days. Polly was the middle child and only daughter of Earl and Ruth Burger. Polly was blessed with two brothers,...
Rick Schorzman
Jun 30, 2014
Rick L. Schorzman was born November 6, 1951 in Benkelman, Nebraska to Robert and Doris (Wiley) Schorzman. He grew up and attended school in Haigler, Nebraska graduating from Haigler High School in 1970. He enjoyed football, basketball and track during his high school years. After high school he attended Nebraska Technical College in Milford, Nebraska graduating in 1971 with a...
Wanda M Jacobson
Jun 17, 2014
Wanda Mae Howard was born December 17, 1932 to Roy William and Irene Elizabeth (Hoover) Howard in St. Francis, Kansas. She passed away at the Wray Community District Hospital in Wray, Colorado on June 13, 2014. Wanda Mae Howard married John E. Jacobson on April 17, 1952. They had three children, Lyle D. Jacobson, Gail M. Oleson and Lewis J....
