Randel Dean Newton
Feb 4, 2013
Randel Dean Newton was born on May 14, 1969, at the Wray Community Hospital to Carol and Dean Newton. Randel passed on February 2, 2013, at the age of 43. Randy attended all twelve years of school in Wray graduating in 1987. While in high school he participated in football all four years. He received honorable mention for football in...
Lorna M (Kohlman) Winden
Feb 4, 2013
LORNA MARIE WINDEN, 72, of Sterling died January 30, 2013 at SterlingLivingCenter. Lorna was born on September 23, 1940 in Wray to Loren and Rozza Kohlman. Lorna attended school in Wray, CO. In her earlier years growing up, Lorna spent most of her time at the Wray Sale Barn and Cedardale Nursing Home which were both family owned and operated. ...
Clarence L Wickersham
Dec 11, 2012
Clarence l. “Wick” Wickersham of Boulder was called to his “Heavenly Home” on December 5, 2012. He was the son of Jess Milton Wickersham and Millie Powers Wickersham.He was born in Hereford, South Dakota on October 10, 1923. He was married to Doris N.Root in Bauder, Colorado on December 8th, 1942. He lived in Boulder after coming here from Rapid...
Dorothea Mae Oestman
Dec 11, 2012
Dorothea Mae Oestman was born on July 18, 1917 to Junious and Gladys Weed at Laird, Co. She passed away at the Brighton Care Center in Brighton, CO on December 2, 2012. She married Elmer Oestman, Sr. on September 5, 1937 and they farmed north of Wray until they retired and moved into town in November 1975. Dorothea and Elmer...
John H Engel
Dec 11, 2012
John H. Engel was born June 8, 1918 to John and Louise (Bearman) Engel north of Vernon on a chicken ranch. He was baptized in the Vernon Lutheran Church. At the age of two when his mother died, John was taken in by Anna and George Hadlock at their home southwest of Vernon. He attended Hope School, which was a...
Patricia Lee Phillips
Dec 11, 2012
Patricia Caster Hahn Phillips peacefully passed away on December 4, 2012 in Wray, Colorado. Patricia was born in Clarion, Iowa on July 14, 1925 to Leon Dell Caster and Orel Grace (Mechem) Caster. She married Verlyn Max Hahn on October 6, 1946. To this union 3 children were born, Linda Lee Hahn of Wray, Colorado, Leland Max (Gloria) Hahn of...
Floy Jean Fisher
Dec 11, 2012
Floy Jean Crabtree Fisher was born on September 17, 1925 near St. Francis, Kansas to Frank and Bessie Mae Bartlett Crabtree and died Nov. 8, 2012 at her home in Haigler, NE. She lived in the St. Francis, KS and Parks, NE areas during her younger days graduating from 8th grade with all the rural schools in a ceremony held...
Bill Mansfield
Nov 27, 2012
Billy Gene (Bill) Mansfield, 88, of Wray, Colorado, passed away on November 22, 2012. Bill was born on November 7th, 1924, in Haigler, Nebraska to Glen Jasper Mansfield and Lily Mae (Dowd) Mansfield. On September sth, 1941, Bill married the love of his live, Adora Ellen Dent of Tenton, Nebraska. Bill and Ellen made their home in the Armel area...
Duard L Fix
Nov 15, 2012
Duard Lee Fix, 78, passed away on November 15th, 2012 at theWray Community Hospital after a courageous 16 month fight with pancreatic cancer. Duard was born to Albert and Grace (Whyte) Fix in Wray onAugust 1, 1934. He was the youngest brother to Duain (Weenie) Fix, Lila Mae Dykes, Shirley Carson, and Melvin Fix. His mother had a massive stroke...
Edwin D Reed
Nov 7, 2012
Edwin David Reed came to this world on March 3, 1943 to Glen and Ollie Reed in Orofino, Idaho. He was a joy from the beginning. A young child with a bright smile and a great sense of humor. Everyone knew at early age that he was going to be special. Tragedy did find him at an early age as...
Joann Brown
Oct 13, 2012
Joann “Joie” Theresa Brown (Pevler) was born to Joann Alta Wheaton and Michael Mark Thompson on the Vandenberg Air Force Base, California on December 4, 1963. She passed away peacefully at her home on October 11, 2012. She grew up in Haigler, Nebraska with her three sisters (Mary, Julie, and Tricia.) She attended school in Haigler, Nebraska where she graduated...
James Black Lindsey
Oct 10, 2012
James Black Lindsey was born November 13th, 1927 in Laurel, Mississippi to G.W. and Pauline Lindsey. He was the seventh of eight children. Mr Lindsey grew up outside of Laurel on a 40-acre farm where his family raised cotton, vegetables and melons. They also raised pigs and numerous farm animals. James and his brothers bred tan and black hound dogs...
Iona E Yost
Sep 23, 2012
lona Elizabeth Yost age 92 passed away on September 20, 2012 at the Hillcrest Care Center. She was born on May 8, 1920 north of Benkelman on the family farm to Raymond and Lula Martin. She married Lloyd Yost in Benkelman, Nebraska on August 8, 1940. He preceded her in death on September 28, 1991. lona and Lloyd celebrated their...
Marin Lucille (Bolton) Moyer
Sep 8, 2012
Marion Lucille Moyer was born to William & Ida Bolton on March 19, 1920. She was the youngest of seven children. Lucille grew up on a farm in Kansas. When Lucille was learning to walk she waddled, so her family tagged her with the nickname “Duck”, a name that followed her fondly for all her years. Lucille went to Texas...
Joanne Kay Ekberg
Aug 31, 2012
Joanne “Kay” Ekberg (Stone) entered into eternal rest surrounded by family on August 24, 2012. Kay was born in Vernon, Colorado on March 29, 1941. She was raised on a family farm where she learned the values of hard work and love for family. She married her sweetheart and soul-mate on July 8, 1962. They recently celebrated their 50th wedding...
Bernice E (Lippert) Zion
Aug 31, 2012
Bernice Elizabeth Zion was born December 8, 1921to Julius Rand Edna V.(Gillett) Lippert at their home 3 1/2 miles southwest of Wray. She was the third of four children: Fred Lippert, Marie Anderson, and Jim Lippert. She lived all of her life in the Vernon/Wray area. She departed this life at Hillcrest Care Center on August 18, 2012 at the...
Geneva Lorraine (Barrett) North
Aug 31, 2012
Geneva Lorraine (Barrett) North passed away on Wednesday evening, August 15, 2012 at Hillcrest Care Center. She was 94 years old. Geneva was born in Mildred,CO on April 29, 1918 at 11:30 a.m.to Avis and Russell Barrett. Geneva married Guy Willard North on December 22, 1939 in Imperial, NE. To this union were born four children: Kitty Arlene, Janice Diana,...
Patrick Winifred (Menke) Conrad
Aug 31, 2012
Patricia Winifred (Menke) Conrad was born July 30, 1917, at Exeter, Nebraska and moved with her family to a farm near Vernon, Colorado when four years old. She died at the age of 95 on August 30, 2012. The oldest of the three children of William and Constie (Emanuel) Menke, Patricia grew up in the Vernon and Wray, Colorado area. ...
Robert O Blazer
Aug 31, 2012
Robert “Bob” 0. Blazer was born March 14, 1937 in Lebanon, Oregon to Howard 0. and Ada Frances (Poppen) Blazer. He passed away at the age of 75 on August 6, 2012. Bob served in the Navy and enjoyed traveling the sea and seeing the world. A love for traveling grew to be a passion for Bob. Bob spent many...
Alberta H (Waters) Weese
Aug 13, 2012
ALBERTA H. WEESE was born to Charles and Burd (Rose) Water February 11, 1922 in Haigler, Nebraska. She passed away July 23, 2012 at the Pecan Tree Manor in Gainesville, Texas. She was raised on a farm near Laird, Colorado and attended school there. She met Thomas Weese while working at a defense plant in Denver during World War II....
