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....
Lorin Junior Selby
Jun 17, 2014
Lorin Junior Selby was born on Feb 6, 1946 in Wray Colorado to Lorin and Vera Selby. He passed away June 16, 2014 at his home in Sugar City, Colorado after a long battle with cancer. He grew up on the family farm south of Wray and graduated from Wray High School in 1964. Following the death of his father...
Melvin Gene Ritchey
May 22, 2014
Melvin Gene Ritchey was born October 14, 1947 to Marlin and Sylvia (Fincher) Ritchey in Yuma, Colorado. He went home to his heavenly Father May 22, 2014 in Wray, Colorado. As a young boy the family lived in rural Yuma County. His entire education was in Wray, Colorado. When he was in high school, he worked for his Dad in...
Gerald O Sievers
May 6, 2014
Gerald O. “Shorty” Sievers was born April 9, 1928 in Parks, Nebraska, one of 2 sons, to Oren Mark and Stella Mable (Singley) Sievers. Shorty passed away on May 2, 2014 at the Hillcrest Care Center in Wray, Colorado at the age of 86. Shorty married Alvina Arleen Calkins on June 3, 1954 and to this marriage 4 children were...
Russell A Walborn
Apr 22, 2014
Russell Albertus Walborn was born June 3, 1927 to Virgil Albertus and Ethel Ruth (Brockman) Walborn in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He was the oldest of seven children and a tireless gift of grace and help to his parents in raising his brothers and sisters – Verna, David, Paul, Merle, Karen and Dorothy. Russell graduated from Bethany Nazarene Seminary, now Southern...
Stephanie A Schneider
Apr 17, 2014
Stephanie Ann Schneider was born in Julesburg on September 21, 1973 and left us to join her heavenly Father on April 15, 2014. Stephanie was the first born daughter of Robert and Barbara (Dye) Schneider and the oldest sister of Robin, Curtiss, and Jed. In 1977, Steph and her parents moved to Wray, She started her education at Dixie’s daycare...
Martha (Ireton) Stults
Apr 7, 2014
Martha “Martie” Ireton Stults was born in Plattsmouth, Nebraska on March 16, 1927. She was the second child born to Henry F. and Marie (Roberts) Ireton. Her biological father left for work in Texas when Martie was around the age of two. The remainder of the family moved to Haxtun, Colorado to be near her Uncle Carey and his wife...
Bonny Neuhaus-Kniese
Mar 24, 2014
Bonny Neuhaus Kniese was born July 22, 1930 in Yuma, Colorado to Frank and Vera Josh. She was the second of five children. Bonny attended Yuma schools, graduating with the class of 1948 and then attended Barnes Business College in Denver. After graduation she returned to Yuma where she met O.J. Neuhaus. They were married November 18, 1950. Three children,...
John Nelson Ekberg
Mar 6, 2014
John Nelson Ekberg was born October 19, 1936 in Wray, Colorado. He arrived safely in his heavenly home on March 5, 2014 from Hillcrest Care Center in Wray at the age of seventy-seven. Nelson, as he was known, was the youngest child of John Henry and Rhoda Velma (May) Ekberg, joining brother Harry and sister Rhoda on the family farm...
Janet Rose (Jones) Walker
Feb 21, 2014
On June 29, 1944, I was born to loving parents, Eleanor May & Homer Jones in St. Francis, Kansas. On February 19, 2014, I ran thru meadows of daisies alas free of pain into the arms again of my parents, Eleanor & Homer Jones along with my brother, Galen at Heaven’s Gate. In the celebration and accomplishments of my life,...
Wayne B Yost
Feb 18, 2014
Wayne Burdett Yost was born in the Wray Hospital, March 25, 1927 to Lawrence Albert and Jessie Olive (Veal) Yost. He passed away February 16, 2014 at Hillcrest Care Center. He attended Idalia Schools. He worked for Gale Rogers Wheat Farm at Armel, Colorado for two years prior to joining the Army. He served with Headquarters Company 1st Battalion 311th...
George Ekberg
Feb 18, 2014
George O. Ekberg entered eternal rest on February 13th. George was raised in Idalia, Colorado on a family farm, where he learned the values of hard work and love for family. George served in the United States Navy and is a graduate of Colorado State University. He married his soul-mate, Kay, on July 8, 1962. George and Kay resided in...
