Ruth B Engel
Oct 18, 2013
Ruth Beechley Engel was born June 30, 1925 in a farmhouse eight miles north of Eckley, Colorado to Alba ?Abb? David and Roselia (Lamb) Beechley, where she lived until the age of six years when the family moved to the old homestead northwest of Idalia, two miles north of the Poenisch (Mullin) Ranch. She had three brothers and four sisters....
Neal Kenneth Burke
Oct 9, 2013
Neal Kenneth Burke, 69 years of age, passed away Wednesday, October 2, 2013 at his home in Wray. Neal was born July 20, 1944 in Scottsbluff, NE to Lloyd Eugene and Eva S. (Roth) Taylor. Eva remarried and Neal was adopted by Gus V. Burke at a very young age. He grew up in Greeley, Colorado and moved with his...
Russell A Olsen
Oct 9, 2013
After a six year courageous and victorious battle with pancreatic and liver cancer, Russ was called home to be with his Lord and Saviour on September 9, 2013 at the age of 52. Russ was born to Howard and Gladys Olsen on December 2, 1960 in Yuma, Colorado. many Yumans will remember what a miracle he was to this union....
Francis H Olsen
Oct 9, 2013
Francis Olsen of Wray, Colorado, passed away on September 20, 2013, at the Hillcrest Care Center, Wray, Colorado at the age of 100 years, 5 months and 16 days. Born April 4, 1913 on the family homestead, to Henry and Hulda (Seipp) Olsen, southeast of Rocky Ford. The eldest of six children, he attended school at Timpas, and Rocky Ford,...
Clifford E Castor
Sep 9, 2013
Cliff Castor passed away peacefully, Sunday, September 8, 2013 after a 2 1/2 year battle with pancreatic cancer at the age of 73. He was born November 11, 1939 in Wray, Colorado to parents, William John and Lena F. (Hesse) Castor. He was blessed to have four brothers and two sisters who he loved spending time with. Cliff was baptized...
Chloe Rebekah Wisdom
Aug 13, 2013
CHLOE REBEKAH WISDOM, 4 was born August 20, 2008 to Clint & Renee (Moore) Wisdom in San Jose, Costa Rica. She passed away August 12, 2013 in Wray, Colorado. A Funeral service will be held at the New Life Christian Center in Eckley, Colorado on Thursday, August 15, 2013, 2:00 p.m. with Pastor Glen Kline officiating. Interment will be held...
Aubry Lynn Eyestone
Aug 8, 2013
In Loving Memory of Our Little Angel - Aubry Lynn Aubry Lynn Eyestone, a bright, vivacious, joyful girl of 3 years left this world on July 31,2013. Lovely, blond headed, blue eyed daughter of Robb and Tamara Eyestone and big sister to Cooper Thomas, Aubry Lynn was born in Thornton, Colorado on March 14, 2010. She lived with her family...
Clarence R Lidke
Aug 8, 2013
Clarence R. Lidke was the son of Emil and Emma (Steen) Lidke, who had emigrated from Germany to Nebraska and then the Idalia area. He was born May 11, 1920, on a farm southeast of Idalia which his parents rented. Due to his mother’s failing eyesight, Clarence’s care was entrusted to his sisters, Elsie, Hattie, Anne and Mabel while his...
Anthony Dewayne Whomble
Jul 9, 2013
Anthony Dewayne Whomble was born December 13, 2011 at the Wray Community District Hospital in Wray, Colorado to Dewie and Angel (Tinsley) Whomble and became the baby brother of Hailie, 7 and Lucy, 3. In the short time here on earth, Anthony touched many lives with joy, smiles and laughter and he will be missed by his whole family. He...
Harlan F Boden
May 31, 2013
Harlan Fred Boden entered the presence of the Lord on Thursday, May 30th, 2013. He was born to Fred and Rose (Pfeiler) Boden on March 23rd, 1926 and lived on the home farm in Idalia, Colorado all his life. He was 87 years old. Harlan married Shirley Keeler on June 22nd, 1952. They enjoyed over 60 years of life together. ...
Irma A Deselms - Sloniker
May 21, 2013
Irma Ailene Deselms – Sloniker was born June 30, 1934 on the family farm in Yuma county to Jesse C. and Mary (Saville) Speicher. She was the youngest of six children. Irma passed away May 19, 2013 at the Hillcrest Towers in Wray, Colorado. Irma embraced life and spent her lifetime in the Wray area working in various occupations having...
Rhea K Benedetti
May 21, 2013
Rhea Kathleen was born in the family home at Wray, CO, on February 20, 1929, the fourth of five children, to Clyde Grant and Dorthea (Hopkins) Pittenger. Hiqhly intelligent and quietly shy, she developed an early and ongoing love of books and learning. Rhea graduated from Wray High School as Valedictorian in 1947, and wanted more than anything else to...
Lethia Lavonne Jones
May 13, 2013
Lethia Lavonne entered into life August 5th 1937 to John Henry and Lois Cloud in Magdalina, New Mexico. She entered into eternity January 8th 2013 in Wray, Colorado. After a long battle with COPD. Lavonne and her brother John, grew up and went to school in Socorro and Lovington, New Mexico where their family lived on a ranch at Green’s...
Eunice L (Ming) Wisdom
May 7, 2013
Eunice Lulu Ming Wisdom was born on January 26, 1927 on the Rosenkrantz Ranch south of Laird, CO. Her parents were Andrew Jestarus and Lulu Lucinda Ming, and she was the oldest of 5 children, Bob, Sam, Wanda, and Russell. Eunice spent her early years on the ranch until the family moved to Wray, CO. She graduated from Wray High...
Raymond Leroy Mann
May 6, 2013
Raymond “Ray” Leroy Mann was born on January 8, 1931 in rural Eckley near Old Baldy to Curtis Theodore “Ted” and Jessie Marie (Dull) Mann. He passed away on March 1, 2013 at Laurel Manor Care Center in Colorado Springs. After graduating from Kirk High School in 1949, he married his high school sweetheart , Ruby Coriene Yelek, on March...
Kenneth Lee Kock
May 6, 2013
Kenneth “Kenny” Lee Kock was born April 29, 1941 in Marshalltown, Iowa to Ernest and Thelma Kock. He lived in the Lincoln and Gladbrook area and graduated from Gladbrook High School in 1960. He married his high school sweetheart, Bonnie Ladehoff, on August 18, 1962.Ken enlisted in the Army in 1963 and trained as a helicopter mechanic and was last...
Virginia P Renzelman
May 6, 2013
Virginia Pauline (Gleason) Renzelman born February 23, 1930 to Lloyd and Mary Gleason in Beecher Island, Colorado and was the 2nd of six children. Ginger married her true love, Clarence Renzelman on January 7, 1946 and to this union were born six children, Rodney, Terry, Debby, Jimmy, Wendy and Stacy. Her family was the greatest love of her life. In...
Mary Earlene Whyte
May 6, 2013
Wray will miss a 95-year icon in Mary Earlene Whyte. Born August 20, 1917, to Earle and Mary Drommond in Sanborn, NE. The family moved to Wray when Earlene was 7 months old. She graduated from Wray High School in 1935. Earlene then graduated from beauty school and brought her talents back to Wray. On March 20, 1938, she married...
Eldridge Dwayne Andrews
Apr 26, 2013
Eldridge Dwayne “Deak” Andrews was born on December 11, 1927, in Wray, Colorado, to Eldridge Edward Andrews and Inez Lucille Davidson Andrews. Deak was the oldest of five children. He passed away on April 25, at Wray Community District Hospital. He grew up in the Vernon area and attended area schools and then graduated from Vernon High School in 1945. ...
Alberta V King
Apr 26, 2013
Alberta Virginia King passed away at the Wray Community Hospital in Wray, Colorado on April 15, 2013, at the age of 97. Alberta was born to Albert John Wessel and Bessie Jamima (Kellar) Wessel on January 8, 1916 in her grandfather Kellar’s home at 827 Blake St, Wray, Colorado. The first of two children, Alberta had one sister, Ilene (Wessel)...
