Margaret L Felix
Aug 13, 2012
Margaret Felix was born July 13, 1925 on the plains of eastern Colorado in Cheyenne County near Wild Horse. She grew up through the dust bowl and depression and it made her into a tough make do, don’t throw it away person. Over her life time she could do what ever was required of her from raising a family to...
Irene (Sanderson) Muller
Aug 13, 2012
Irene Hannahbelle Sanderson was born July 21, 1934 in Wray to John and Anna (Kibel) Sanderson. She was the second born of four girls. Her sisters were Gracie, Betty, and Violet. Irene graduated from Wray High School in 1952. That same year she met the love of her life, Max Muller from Bern, Switzerland. Irene always said, “it was Max’s...
Rebecca C Edens
Jul 31, 2012
Rebecca Carol Grate was born October 24, 1946 in Hart, Michigan to Willard Layton Grate and Marjorie Emilia Reed. Her family moved to Shelby, Michigan in 1955 and to Montague, Michigan in 1959. They settled in Florida for a short time before finally ending up in California. When Beckie was 16 years old, her youngest sister Lynda was born and...
Lynn Wayne Weyerman
Jul 23, 2012
Lynn Wayne Weyerman was born to Jerry R. Weyerman and Minnie Marie (Gerber) Weyerman on May 4, 1948 in Wray, Colorado. He passed away June 22, 2012 at Hillcrest Care Center in Wray, CO after a hard fight with cancer. Lynn lived in the Kirk and Idalia, CO area his entire life. He attended and graduated school at Idalia in...
Wayne &Ldquo;Nick&Rdquo; Nicholas
Jul 23, 2012
Wayne M. (Nic) Nichols was born to Francis and Marlowe Nichols on May 12, 1931 in Wagner, South Dakota. He passed away at home on July 21,2012 after a lengthy illness. Nic grew up in South Dakota and California. He had one sister, Joanne, and 2 half siblings, Mickey and Patricia. He graduated from UCLA with a bachelor’s degree and...
Mary Lou Brophy
Jul 17, 2012
Mary Lou Pickering Brophy was born June 6th, 1936, on the Troublesome in Grand County,Colorado. Both of her parents were from Middle Park pioneer families. She attended school in Kremmling and graduated from Kremmling Union High School in 1954. Mary Lou continued her education at Colorado Teachers College at Greeley to earn a bachelor’s degree in Home Economics. She then...
Tillie L Andrews
Jun 13, 2012
Ottillie LENA (ENGEL EASTIN) ANDREWS Tillie was born on the family farm South West of Vernon November 5, 1910 to John Paul and Louise {Biermann} Engel. She passed away June 12, 2012 at Hillcrest Care Center. At the age of 101 years 7 months and 7 days Tillie was baptized into the Luthern Church on December 6,1910. Tillie was the...
Lela Elaine (Funk) Mccoy
Jun 12, 2012
Lela Elaine Funk, daughter of Claude L. and Jessie Faye Funk, was born on December 27, 1918 in Nolan, New Mexico. Her family moved to Wray when Lela was 2. She was a Wray resident until her earthly life ended on Saturday, April 21, 2012 at age of 93. Lela graduated from Wray High School in 1936. She worked for...
Glen Pratt
Jun 12, 2012
Glen Pratt of Idalia was born December 24, 1930 to Harlan K. Pratt and Nora E. Bolin Pratt at their home in Kirk, Colorado and passed away at the North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley, Colorado April 14, 2012 at the age of 81 years. He grew up with his brother, Harold Pratt and though they lived in central southern...
John W Courtney
Jun 1, 2012
John Wray Courtney was born on May 19, 1928 in Wray, Colorado to Elmer Wray and Gussie (Harp) Courtney. John passed away peacefully in his own home on June 1, 2012, with his beloved wife of 63 years by his side and next door to his birthplace. He was a lifelong resident of Wray. John’s life was focused on family....
Dorothy D Blecha
May 15, 2012
Dorothy Deane Peterson Blecha was born on August 18, 1924 near Haigler, Nebraska. Her parents were Alex Mathew Peterson and Lena Mae Robb. She was the youngest of 8 children having 5 brothers and 2 sisters. She spent her early childhood north of Haigler. She attended a one-room schoolhouse through 8th grade and graduated from Haigler High School. Although wealth...
Kenneth E Rose
May 9, 2012
Kenneth Edward Rose was born Dec. 8, 1938 to Pearl Holbart Rose and Dorothy Mae (Morrell) Rose at the family home south of Laird. Kenneth passed away Tuesday, May 8 at Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins following a short illness. He attended Liberty School District #73, a small country school house located just one· half mile from his home...
Beryl A Prather
May 7, 2012
Beryl Audry Cornish Prather was born February 10, 1926 to Lewis William and Lutie Vance Richey Cornish in Wray, Colorado and peacefully departed this life on May 5, 2012 at Hillcrest Care Center in Wray. She was the eighth of nine children and the first to be born in the hospital. Younger brother, Gene, completed the family of six boys...
Thomas A Loyd
May 2, 2012
Thomas Arthur Loyd, son of Edgar and Margaret Loyd, was born on August 20, 1916. He departed this life on March 19, 2012. He lived in Wray all his life, except for the time he served in the Armed Forces. His grandparents, Tom and Eliza Loyd, were early pioneers coming to Yuma County from Marysville, Missouri in 1886. After graduating...
Charles L Murphy
Apr 26, 2012
CHARLES LESLIE “CHUCK” MURPHY was born the only child of Frank and Audrey (King) Murphy. He started his journey in life the 24th day of November 1931 in a farmhouse 2 miles west of Ragan, Nebraska. He passed away after a lengthy illness the 26th day of april 2012 at the Hillcrest Care Center, Wray, Colorado at the age of...
Leonard O Wells Richardson
Apr 26, 2012
Leonard O. Wells, 64 passed away on Sunday, April 22, 2012. Cremation was requested. No services were requested.
Robert N Twiss
Apr 26, 2012
Did you hear the one about … If you knew Robert “Bob” Twiss this was his standard greeting for anyone he met. Bob was born in Wray,Colorado July 28,1939 to Rex and Ruth Twiss. His father,Rex,managed various ranches north of Wray on which he grew up. He was the second of 5 children. He had an older sister Joanne,younger brothers...
Cecil Wayne Mccasland
Apr 24, 2012
Funeral services for Cecil Wayne McCasland 69, who died Tuesday, April 17, 2012 was held Saturday afternoon, April 21, at Anton First Baptist Church in Anton, Texas. Interment was in the Anton Cemetery, Anton, Texas with arrangements made by Hillcrest Funeral Home in Littlefield, Texas. Cecil was born to Lorrain and Dorothy McCasland in Yuma, Colorado November 21, 1942. He...
Vera Ferne (Blacker) Rockwell
Apr 9, 2012
Vera Feme Rockwell was born November 11, 1918, to Blaine Calvin Blacker and Margaret Hannah Colson Blacker at their home near Vemon and she passed away at Hillcrest Care Center, April6, 2012, at the age of 93 years. Blaine and Margaret had moved to their farm near Vernon following their wedding in Kansas in 1914. When Vera was born, she...
Max G Schafer
Apr 5, 2012
Max G. Schafer, of Eckley, Colorado died Wednesday, April 4, 2012 at The Towers assisted living in Wray at the age of 85. He was born to Clyde V. and Mae Allen Schafer at their farm home near Wray March 3, 1927 as the third of five children. He attended Radnor and Laird schools and graduated from Vernon High School...
