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...
George A Fix
Feb 6, 2014
George Arthur Fix, son and grandson of Yuma County pioneers, died peacefully at his home in Wray early in the morning of February 6, 2014 at the age of 88. George was born to George Fix and Julia Shively Fix in Wray on November 28, 1925. He spent most of his childhood and youth on his parents’ farm north of...
Deloris L Zuege
Feb 4, 2014
Deloris Louise (Bier) Zuege was born September 16, 1928 in Cheyenne County, Kansas to Emauel and Louise (Lampe) Bier. She fell asleep in death on February 3, 2014 at the age of 85 in Wray, Colorado. Deloris spent the early years of her life living in various places in Kansas and Colorado. In 1940, her parents moved to a farm...
Noel Sullivan
Feb 4, 2014
Noel was born in Chicago, IL. He was raised in Fort Collins, CO until the 6th grade when he and his family moved to the San Luis Valley, CO. He graduated from Sergeant High School (near Monte Vista, CO) in 1977. He graduated from Northwest Nazarene College in 1984 with a degree in Ministry. After college he attended Nazarene Theological...
Barry D Alexander
Jan 28, 2014
Barry Alexander, 57, passed away peacefully on January 23, 2014 at home surrounded by his family and friends. Barry was born March 19, 1956, to Carroll and Harriet B. (Willett) Alexander in Superior, Nebraska. Going through school he was a seven time letterman in football and wrestling for Superior High School, along with finishing 5th in the AQHA National Finals...
Ronald L Dickson
Jan 28, 2014
Ronald LaVern Dickson was born in Vernon CO on May 17th, 1930 to Loren Fines Dickson and Opal Pauline Shively Dickson. He attended Bunchgrass School and went on to graduate from Vernon High School in 1948. Upon graduation from high school, Ron attended Pasadena City College for one year. In 1951 he joined the U.S. Navy and served as an...
Weston Lane Johnson
Jan 20, 2014
Weston Lane Johnson was born January 15, 1987 in Lakin, Kansas to Blane & Jill (Bushnell) Johnson and departed life January 17, 2014 in Wray. In 1990 Weston and his family moved to Great Bend, Kansas where he would start school. At age five Weston started competing in competitive sports, primarily swimming where he excelled and qualified for several State...
L Lucille Brunswig
Jan 13, 2014
L. Lucille Brunswig, former resident of Ogallala, 94, died Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2014 at Casa de la Luz in Tucson, AZ. A Memorial Service will be held at the St. Paul Lutheran Church in Ogallala at 11 am, on, Friday, Jan 17, 2014, with Pastor John Stubenrouch officiating. Visitation will be during the evening of Friday, Jan 17 at the...
Virginia Lee (Pyle) Warner
Jan 7, 2014
Virginia Lee Warner, 89, formerly of Scottsdale, AZ., died at Arbor Lakes Senior Living, Maple Grove, MN. on December 10, 2013. She was born in Wray, Colorado on February 27, 1924 to William and Junia Pyle. She graduated from Wray High School in 1942, attended Linwood College and Denver University. In 1943 she was united in marriage to her high...
Hope Danielle Allen
Jan 7, 2014
A Memorial service will be held on Saturday, January 11, 2014, 2:30 p.m. at the Beecher Island Sunday School in Beecher Island, Colorado with Dr. Phil Mitchell officiating. Hope Danielle Allen, infant daughter of Perry and Jessica (Mertens) Allen was born and passed away January 4, 2014 at the Wray Community District Hospital in Wray, Colorado. A Private Family Interment...
