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....
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...
